Question re value Chards and Shiraz


First, can I buttume you are back in Indiana now? Welcome home.

TN Freemark Abbey Cabernet Bosche 1978
Joe "Beppe"Rosenberg Having had Freemark's Bosche from 72,73,74, and 76, I was surprised by the intensity of the 78. The other mentioned vintages were fairly full by today's standards, but...

I understand the issue well. I was placed in the same a couple years ago.

When it comes to Chard most people have clear differnces in style...they like butter-wood or crisp fruit hold the butter-wood.

I did two types for the party. From California there was the Chateau St. Jean Sonoma Chard...it was about $8.00 at regular retailer...this was for the butter-wood crowd and I inexpensive white burg for the crisp fruit.mineral acid crowd. Went over well.

Hope you have success. One of the reds I picked as a cheapo called Collossi or something like that. It was a Lombardi selection I think. It was a red wine of sicilian origen and was pretty good to geeks and non geeks.

You could also, as we did for the dias have a few special bottles for that table placed on that table. So when the mbuttes toast with Sparkling, Champaigne nv or cava they could have a bottle of Etoile, or Dom or something special...is the dias is mostly wine geeks. No one non geek would care or notice.

Good Luck.

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TN: Chevillon PTG, Karl Lawrence, Wrongo Dongo
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