Comments on: In the Ring with Pinot Pinot Pinot http://drinknectar.com/2010/03/03/pinot-pinot-pinot/ Wine blog and wine tasting room in Spokane Washington Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:40:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: drinknectar http://drinknectar.com/2010/03/03/pinot-pinot-pinot/#comment-1040 drinknectar Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:48:59 +0000 http://drinknectar.com/?p=936#comment-1040 Thad - Thanks for the comment. I totally agree and in my limited experience thus far, I have noticed that the best Pinot Noir I've tasted have been over $30. I'm still taking the challenge of finding a "decent" $10 offering (people still have budgets). When I film my tastings it is usually after enjoying the wines with dinner first. I carry some of those notes over with me into the filming. I have found the same thing, Pinot Noir tastes best with food and is not my choice for a 'sipping' wine (although there are a few that fit that category.) I'll be in Seattle hopefully for Taste Washington but my time will be limited. I'm sure we'll also be over for a Mariner's game during the summer. Thanks SO much for the invitation and I WILL take you up on it! Josh Thad – Thanks for the comment. I totally agree and in my limited experience thus far, I have noticed that the best Pinot Noir I’ve tasted have been over $30. I’m still taking the challenge of finding a “decent” $10 offering (people still have budgets).

When I film my tastings it is usually after enjoying the wines with dinner first. I carry some of those notes over with me into the filming. I have found the same thing, Pinot Noir tastes best with food and is not my choice for a ‘sipping’ wine (although there are a few that fit that category.)

I’ll be in Seattle hopefully for Taste Washington but my time will be limited. I’m sure we’ll also be over for a Mariner’s game during the summer. Thanks SO much for the invitation and I WILL take you up on it!

Josh

]]> By: Thad W. http://drinknectar.com/2010/03/03/pinot-pinot-pinot/#comment-1034 Thad W. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:45:07 +0000 http://drinknectar.com/?p=936#comment-1034 Josh, while I am glad you're including pinot noir in your coverage, I am pained by the selection of wines you are using as a frame of reference on this wonderful grape. To get the quality required in pinot noir, you're going to have spend at least $20 to find a decent bottle of wine. These price points are all due to the economics in cultivating and crafting pinot noir. Also, I encourage you to experience pinot noir with food, as this wine was never meant to be a cocktail beverage. Next time you're visiting Seattle let me know when you're coming, as I will enjoy having you over for dinner and an extended tasting of Oregon pinot noirs. Keep up the great work connecting folks to wine, especially those from Washington and Oregon. Josh, while I am glad you’re including pinot noir in your coverage, I am pained by the selection of wines you are using as a frame of reference on this wonderful grape. To get the quality required in pinot noir, you’re going to have spend at least $20 to find a decent bottle of wine. These price points are all due to the economics in cultivating and crafting pinot noir.

Also, I encourage you to experience pinot noir with food, as this wine was never meant to be a cocktail beverage. Next time you’re visiting Seattle let me know when you’re coming, as I will enjoy having you over for dinner and an extended tasting of Oregon pinot noirs.

Keep up the great work connecting folks to wine, especially those from Washington and Oregon.

]]> By: drinknectar http://drinknectar.com/2010/03/03/pinot-pinot-pinot/#comment-1015 drinknectar Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:32:43 +0000 http://drinknectar.com/?p=936#comment-1015 A group blind tasting would be sooo awesome. I really need to live in a bigger city where the wine scene is rockin' - It is my mission to make the wine scene more rockin' in Spokane! Woohoo! A group blind tasting would be sooo awesome. I really need to live in a bigger city where the wine scene is rockin’ – It is my mission to make the wine scene more rockin’ in Spokane! Woohoo!

]]> By: Mary Cressler http://drinknectar.com/2010/03/03/pinot-pinot-pinot/#comment-1011 Mary Cressler Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:00:10 +0000 http://drinknectar.com/?p=936#comment-1011 Fun. I love blind tastings! Always keeping you on your toes and it's always fun (and sometimes humbling) to surprise yourself. I also find that it makes you pay closer attention since you often have to throw your pre-conceived notions about a particular brand out the door and just trust your palate to what you actually like (not what somebody says you're supposed to like). We must do a grand blind tastings with a bunch of bloggers some day :) Cheers -Mary Fun. I love blind tastings! Always keeping you on your toes and it’s always fun (and sometimes humbling) to surprise yourself. I also find that it makes you pay closer attention since you often have to throw your pre-conceived notions about a particular brand out the door and just trust your palate to what you actually like (not what somebody says you’re supposed to like). We must do a grand blind tastings with a bunch of bloggers some day :)
Cheers
-Mary

]]> By: drinknectar http://drinknectar.com/2010/03/03/pinot-pinot-pinot/#comment-1004 drinknectar Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:28:15 +0000 http://drinknectar.com/?p=936#comment-1004 Thanks, Shannon! I can't wait to meet you and your wife some day. I think we would really hit it off. Thanks, Shannon! I can’t wait to meet you and your wife some day. I think we would really hit it off.

]]> By: Shannon Casey http://drinknectar.com/2010/03/03/pinot-pinot-pinot/#comment-1002 Shannon Casey Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:23:46 +0000 http://drinknectar.com/?p=936#comment-1002 Wow! Really enjoyed this video. You do a great job of explaining the wine in-depth and thoroughly. The semi-blind tasting is a fabulous idea. Wow! Really enjoyed this video. You do a great job of explaining the wine in-depth and thoroughly. The semi-blind tasting is a fabulous idea.

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