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RE: You just never know!

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jimbill

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In Reply to: RE: You just never know! posted by triodesteve on August 08, 2009 at 07:55:32

I'm also starting to get tired of the fruit bombs. I blame Australia. I recently had a Reynolds Family meritage. I always associate meritage in more of the Bourdeax style, not just the blending leeway. This was a big ol' bomb too.

On a different note. Do you grow your own grapes or do you purchase?

I'm also starting to get some purchase options from some of the wine clubs I belong to. How was '08 in California? Especially Sonoma pinot noir. I've really enjoyed the '07 wines.

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Blame the reviewers.... - triodesteve 07:33:44 08/20/09 (2)
who keep giving them high scores. Lots of wineries make wines to get high scores because that's what moves the wine. If reviewers changed so would the wines.
I don't grow my own grapes for a couple of reasons. Having a vineyard is a money hole...I can't afford to tie up my capital with establishing a vineyard. (I am not a rich man, especially not now!)
I get my grapes from different climates...I rarely buy Syrah and Cabernet from the same area, same goes for Riesling, etc...this gives me way more options. I routinely travel 2 hours away from here to find grapes...why limit yourself to one climate if you don't have to? Growing grapes is a hard thing to master. Some day I'll work on it, but for now I leave it to the farmers with a proven track record.
Not sure about 2008....I seem to remember some early frost problems in CA, but not sure exactly where...and then there were fires. I know I've seen some emails from labs in CA talking about smokey flavors in the 2008's and how to deal with them.
- Another question for you. - jimbill 19:14:22 08/24/09 (1)
  I've noticed that some wineries that ship out of state to me charge me my state's sales tax. Others don't. What gives?
  - RE: Another question for you. - triodesteve 19:52:34 08/24/09 (0)
    It depends how good you are at following rules I guess..everyone should be collecting sales tax to be paid to your state...in practice, smaller places don't have the manpower to deal with it. If you are a large winery you can't afford to get in trouble maybe.

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