tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post1521279612499192533..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: Finding good wines from California's Central ValleyW. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-67558011477618733172016-03-18T14:57:38.388-07:002016-03-18T14:57:38.388-07:00I'd add Papagni, too, especially their Alicant...I'd add Papagni, too, especially their Alicante Bouschet.Jamal A Rayyishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00654652325802614036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-6078991226652625992016-03-14T14:27:54.777-07:002016-03-14T14:27:54.777-07:00You forgot to stop at Ficklin and Quady! Long hist...You forgot to stop at Ficklin and Quady! Long histories at both wineries for port styled wines. Case production is high, as both wineries distribute nationally.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16021406652270203430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-80673090117478281582016-03-14T14:27:53.696-07:002016-03-14T14:27:53.696-07:00"It turns out the universities aren't hel..."It turns out the universities aren't helping. They're like cooking schools that teach people to make potato salad for a cruise-ship buffet." Big, uninformed mistake here: No university, be it FSU, UCD, SLO, Cornell, Texas Tech, Penn State, Bordeaux, anywhere in the world, none of them, are charged with teaching winemakers how to any style of wine. The charge is to teach Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05874444172655259340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-4675221382649879882016-03-14T09:48:30.812-07:002016-03-14T09:48:30.812-07:00If there is to be a leader of the "Revolution...If there is to be a leader of the "Revolution" to honest, "unmanipulated" wines, that would be Ray Krause. His vision is the one point of clarity that you make about the otherwise Industrial Wine Business of the vast Central Valley. Ray does not make a wine that I wouldn't be pround to present to friends and family - and what celebration would not be better with a bottleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01639040311412017577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-38948714800064895162016-03-13T11:29:10.107-07:002016-03-13T11:29:10.107-07:00Thank you for ferreting out some interesting, seri...Thank you for ferreting out some interesting, serious wines in the Central Valley. I have long been a fan of Westbrook Wine Farm but I look forward to tasting the other wines you describe. I would like to add that you probably did not get a fair indication of Fait Accompli. With time, preferably in cellar, but at the very least a few hours in the decanter, this wine opens up like a fine Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00278441491447161730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-67336243744720068532016-03-11T22:59:59.612-08:002016-03-11T22:59:59.612-08:00Thank you for revisiting the topic of what the Cen...Thank you for revisiting the topic of what the Central Valley has to offer! Reading this piece, I learned about some cool folks doing creative things in wine. Great job!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00617989286397459865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-42353013096883519012016-03-11T22:59:44.333-08:002016-03-11T22:59:44.333-08:00Thank you for revisiting the topic of what the Cen...Thank you for revisiting the topic of what the Central Valley has to offer! Reading this piece, I learned about some cool folks doing creative things in wine. Great job!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00617989286397459865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-58430463572614902362016-03-10T08:17:08.963-08:002016-03-10T08:17:08.963-08:00So there was, indeed, a very beautiful baby in the...So there was, indeed, a very beautiful baby in the bathwater.Jon Bjorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915787145103864827noreply@blogger.com