tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post2112334802931700785..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: Shocking consensus winner in 1978 comparative tastingW. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-6952454741804537762019-04-26T10:14:29.205-07:002019-04-26T10:14:29.205-07:00Blake wrote:
"Call me crazy, but I'd lik...Blake wrote:<br /><br />"Call me crazy, but I'd like to taste old Charles Shaw."<br /><br />You should, as the Charles Shaw winery predates Trader Joe's "2-Buck Chuck" wines.<br /><br />The eponymous winery founder planted Gamay using a suitcase clone from Beaujolais.<br /><br />His wines were well-received in the marketplace circa the late 1980s.<br /><br />From the Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089688073031173053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-69603438724121933572019-04-24T13:29:00.240-07:002019-04-24T13:29:00.240-07:00Ive been a believer in Washington Merlot since my ...Ive been a believer in Washington Merlot since my first Velvet Devil. The latitude means something; daylength? I really think it may be regarded the premier global region for Merlot someday. Maybe today.williplantsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09608124306076415519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-32493338633008164252019-04-24T10:49:51.703-07:002019-04-24T10:49:51.703-07:00Blake!
of course you would be invited! You are the...Blake!<br />of course you would be invited! You are the coolest blogger out there and we only invited the cool cats to the tasting!<br /><br />Washington wines are not to be taken lightly anymore!Doug Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10195891825116596465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-84976759443938497532019-04-24T10:30:42.420-07:002019-04-24T10:30:42.420-07:00Call me crazy, but I'd like to taste old Charl...Call me crazy, but I'd like to taste old Charles Shaw. The brand started in 2002 so maybe the first vintage was 2000? And I'm not sure there are even vintage wines. Expectations would be so low. <br /><br />There are two acronyms I used when running tasting panels for a newspaper: DPIM (Don't Put In Mouth, based on the aroma alone), which was created by somebody before me. And I W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-32369573733513309812019-04-24T04:23:34.061-07:002019-04-24T04:23:34.061-07:00Great article I'm glad you didn't pull out...Great article I'm glad you didn't pull out a bottle of 1978 Two Buck Chuck LOLABIRAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595063726548371132noreply@blogger.com