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PabloS
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We cellared some LA Cetto's nebbollio for about 5 years, a 97 I believe and it was wonderfull stuff. 
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Hook
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The Nebbiolo
at LA Cetto is the only decent wine they have produced for a while, IMO. Buy only the ones they label riserva privada as the others are uninteresting.
I am pretty much in Bruce's camp.....Baja wines still need work. And they better get going cause Chile, Argentina and So. Africa are really starting
to kick some serious butt.:moon:
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Gypsy Jan
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To capt. mike; very perceptive;
you pointed out to me what I didn't realize: that my houseguests were condescending and ungrateful.
I am easily blindsided by these situations, I always want to believe in the best takes on the situation.
Eh, what else can I say?
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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capt. mike
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gypsy Jan and Roger, er - i mean Pompano!
well Jan, none of my biz naturally but i couldn't resist - maybe not best type friends but casual guests - but my read would have been stingy,
ungrateful and not to be invited back!
and yes Pompano! Randy Dunn makes excellent wine, all be it mui expensive from his boutique winery in either napa or sonoma i recall - starting at
around $50 a bottle. you do know he flies a jet comander turbo prop into serenidad, don't you? about a 2 million $$ puddle jumper!
a few years ago FLYING mag did a feature on wine country, vineyard owners/producers who fly as well - so Randy was featured. One day he lands at
serenidad and i recognized him from the pictures in the mag - so i walk over and introduce myself as he is unloading people and baggage etc. well he
is not friendly at all and i get the feeling i should just go away....later i find out why - he normally gets away with bringing large qtys of his
juice down in the plane to stock his place etc - this trip the folks at mexicalli where he cleared in had a different idea this time, checked him out
more thoroughly found much bottles over the limit of 3 liters PP import allowed AND MADE HIM LEAVE BEHIND A FEW CASES OF HIS VERY FINE $50 STUFF!!!!
SO YEAH - he was still burning from tthat and not in much of a good mood.
so now, when ever i see him i just smile and say, "hey Randy, how's the produce shaping up for this year?" 
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
Elizabeth I have been trying for the last 24 hours to come up with an answer for you on this thread but I cannot. the reason is the Baja wines are
vary inconsistent in the quality and structure. once in a while I find one that is OK but it doesn't last long. I think you know that I am one who
likes to support Baja and Mexican Products and business. but in this case I am guilty of buying foreign wines most of the time. in Mexico I like to
drink the wines from chili and Argentina . the problem with the wines of Baja is not the grapes as they grow exultant grapes here . the problem lies
in the making of the wine. you cant cut corners in making a fine wine. and the winemakers here are vary good at cutting corners and they pay for it in
the quality of the product they produce. wine making is an art with a lot of science mixed in. |
What's gotten into you Bruce? Not a single spelling error!! Are you using one of them ghost writers now?
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capt. mike
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Pompano, maybe i can hook up with you
both, Dunn, sometime and get to know etc. am sure he's good people....
and i like a bodacious full bodied "blonde" at times....
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
Elizabeth I have been trying for the last 24 hours to come up with an answer for you on this thread but I cannot. the reason is the Baja wines are
vary inconsistent in the quality and structure. once in a while I find one that is OK but it doesn't last long. I think you know that I am one who
likes to support Baja and Mexican Products and business. but in this case I am guilty of buying foreign wines most of the time. in Mexico I like to
drink the wines from chili and Argentina . the problem with the wines of Baja is not the grapes as they grow exultant grapes here . the problem lies
in the making of the wine. you cant cut corners in making a fine wine. and the winemakers here are vary good at cutting corners and they pay for it in
the quality of the product they produce. wine making is an art with a lot of science mixed in. |
What's gotten into you Bruce? Not a single spelling error!! Are you using one of them ghost writers now? |
I count fore
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elizabeth
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Actually, there was one spelling error...it's Chile, not chili...so you can be reassured it is really Bruce. 
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by elizabeth
Actually, there was one spelling error...it's Chile, not chili...so you can be reassured it is really Bruce. |
You're not looking vary closely.
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The Gull
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CANT you see, Elizabeth? Look VARY hard.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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elizabeth
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Ah, I see now...maybe Bruce meant that the wines vary inconsistent...instead of very inconsistent...a grammatical error!
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My favorite is Coca Lite or Pepsi Light. Very fine tasting, no aftertaste and goes great with any kind of food. Won't switch ---been drinking it for
over 25 years now. No trouble with the law, the little woman or anyone else.
If there is no fishing in heaven, I am not going
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Bruce R Leech
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
Elizabeth I have been trying for the last 24 hours to come up with an answer for you on this thread but I cannot. the reason is the Baja wines are
vary inconsistent in the quality and structure. once in a while I find one that is OK but it doesn't last long. I think you know that I am one who
likes to support Baja and Mexican Products and business. but in this case I am guilty of buying foreign wines most of the time. in Mexico I like to
drink the wines from chili and Argentina . the problem with the wines of Baja is not the grapes as they grow exultant grapes here . the problem lies
in the making of the wine. you cant cut corners in making a fine wine. and the winemakers here are vary good at cutting corners and they pay for it in
the quality of the product they produce. wine making is an art with a lot of science mixed in. |
What's gotten into you Bruce? Not a single spelling error!! Are you using one of them ghost writers now? |
I count fore |
sometimes when I'm lucky I can get Edith to check things for me
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by elizabeth
Ah, I see now... |
Almost. Try opening the other eye.
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O.k. You are right...I was definitely not looking closely enough, but in my own defense, I thought Bruce really meant exultant ...an odd word in that
context, but you know how wine people get over descriptions of grapes! And...vary 2x...and cant instead of can't. Is that all?
elizabeth(Can't sign in here, when I don't sign off at home)
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baja wines
Santo Tomas cab sauvignon 2000 won gold in brussels. New winery, vinisterra, makes outstanding tempranillo and a blend of four that includes cab
and merlot...it's the Macouzet label..i'm just beginning to learn about wines, so cannot be too insistent. just think it's worth trying these two,
those of you who believe baja wines have a ways to go...
vinisterra is in san antonio de las minas, i believe, guadalupe valley. web site www.vinisterra.com
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