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RE: Finding a recommended wine

Posted by Avocat on July 11, 2009 at 14:15:59:

Steve,
Thanks very much for your response to my note. I'll certainly consider (but probably not follow) your recommendations.
You apparently either didn't read or completely ignored my concluding request. Which was: What's a good approach for someone who doesn't want to spend hours and hours researching the issue? - While wine is obviously of great importance and interest to you, it's not the only, or the most important, of my interests. Quite frankly, and as indicated in my original note, I don't intend to spend hours of my time researching new wines, going to various tastings, having ongoing discussions with my dealer, etc. On the other hand, I do appreciate wines, particularly the reds. (For example, I've tasted all the first growths, and appreciated every one of them, along with many other good Bordeaux wines and Cabernets.) Again, however, I simply don't intend to devote substantial amounts of my time to tastings, discussions, research, etc., ad nauseum.
Bottom line: Although you advise NOT relying on ratings by (any?)of the wine publications or wine columns (never, never, you say), I AM NOT going to follow that advice. Instead, I WILL CONTINUE to use such ratings as one tool for identifying new wines of possible interest or unusual quality and value. (We ARE in a recession, in case you hadn't heard.) Again, I think your opinions and advice in this matter are colored by your ongoing day-to-day involvement with the industry and the wine-making art and science generally.
Getting back to the Columbia Valley Reserve Cabernet, when will the 2006
vintage be available generally, and can we order a case at this time? If so,how?
Thanks again for your response, and congratulations on the good work you have been doing, as confirmed by the favorable reviews of both the reserves, and also of several others of your wines. Also, for the rational and fair pricing policies you have adopted. I've tasted a number of them over the years, and, IMHO, most of them are very good choices in their respective price ranges.
Jim Cate