Brian K Miller
Passionate Arboisphile
9340
Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:05 am
Northern California
Brian K Miller
Passionate Arboisphile
9340
Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:05 am
Northern California
Lou Kessler wrote:C'mon guys this is familiar. Many wineries just weren't able to get grapes picked that hadn't been affected by some bad weather around harvest time. In almost all "bad" vintages some wineries are lucky enough to obtain good fruit. There was a great deal of "bad" wine in 1998 here & Sonoma.
Mark Lipton wrote:Lou Kessler wrote:C'mon guys this is familiar. Many wineries just weren't able to get grapes picked that hadn't been affected by some bad weather around harvest time. In almost all "bad" vintages some wineries are lucky enough to obtain good fruit. There was a great deal of "bad" wine in 1998 here & Sonoma.
Sure, Lou, but the "lucky" wineries aren't randomly distributed: certain conscientious growers can make good wine, year in and year out. '98s from those wineries won't taste like '99s or '97s, but they'll still be good and might, to people like Brian and myself, be tastier than those made in riper years. Kermit Lynch talks about that in his "Adventures on the Wine Route."
Mark Lipton
Dale Williams
Compassionate Connoisseur
11147
Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:32 pm
Dobbs Ferry, NY (NYC metro)
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