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Well....... It Sounded Interesting......
07-12-2001, 07:02 PM
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I saw this sitting just inside the entrance of a local wine shop. It was less than $10.00 a bottle (about $7.50) and sounded interesting. A blend of Pinot Blanc (19%) and Pinot Gris (81%) says the label. Vintage 1996.

Wallace Brook Cellars (the back label says that Wallace Brook is the figment of someone's imgaination) made in Newberg, Oregon by Wallace Brook Cellars.

I should have known better just from the fact that is was on display right inside the store's entrance.

Had to fight real hard to find any hints of grape or any kind of fruit on the nose or on the palate. This, to me, was solid tree with a bit of crispness to indicate it at least has some acid in there somewhere. The stuff gave me a headache.

Has anyone else tried this? Tasted like cheap, oakey, California Chardonnay to me. Yuck.

I need some gin on the rocks to cover this stuff up!!

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07-12-2001, 07:58 PM
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As the ole saw go " P.T. tole' you so " WW

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07-12-2001, 08:08 PM
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As I have traveled around to the Oregon wineries in my area. I have knowticed that more and more of the wines are tasting oakier and oakier. And the worse part of it is, the people pouring are prouder and prouder with the percentage of oak/new oak the wine has. After about 5 wineries, your tongue is full of slivers and dead. Then you hit a place that does it right; you taste fruit; and your tongue comes alive again. There are just too many hacks going with the trends. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/frown.gif[/img]

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07-13-2001, 09:09 AM
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Bucko have you been giving Barnsey the ole' Look at The Spinning Watch Action. My gracious! We now have a pair to deal wif' up in the woods. WW

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07-13-2001, 09:28 AM
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Don't worry ww, with all the oak going to wine, the woods will be vacant tracks soon enough...

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07-13-2001, 05:34 PM
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Not much in the way of oak forests up here...

They could alway start labeling it "fermented in Oregon Pine." Yummy, yummy.

I like nuances of oak. I just like to taste the wine too. With some of the wineries up here, that's all you taste is the oak.

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07-13-2001, 09:11 PM
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As I told one Oregon winery (seriously), "Please send my compliments to the lumberjack."

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07-15-2001, 01:25 AM
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Shhh! You boys quiet down 'bout the slivers or we'll end up with Woodcollector movin' out here to support this new lumber industry side-business.

As for the "lumberjack" comment...classic! More ammo in th' gun [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]
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