Comments on: A biodynamic pair

by: Anita

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:28:10 +0000

CF: I may have to re-evaluate my wine-buying habits — seems as though BevMo really stick you on imports, especialling seeing as how you got this wine for $10 in Washington, home of rip-off wine taxes/prices.

Glad — well, not really — to have a corroborating opinion. I still don’t think I’d like it, even if I’d paid less.

by: Culinary Fool

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:55:34 +0000

I tried the 2005 Belluruche and had a similar experience. Very non-distinctive and while I didn’t hate it, there wasn’t much to really draw me back.

by: Anita

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:21:34 +0000

Jack, I actually thought that — that perhaps the differences would be clearer in a nicer wine. But I wanted to pick two wines that were similar (region, varietal and price-point) to what we often drink, so I was eliminating the tasting variables as much as possible.

I find that BevMo usually has pretty good prices on middlebrow wines, but perhaps I am basing that on my domestic wine purchases. Hmmm…

Thanks for hosting WBW this round, and for stopping by here.

by: Jack

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:56:28 +0000

Pretty strange they’d tell you that a Domaine Tempier wine is biodynamic.

I have a bottle of the Patianna in my cellar…oh, well. The Bellruche I’ve loved in the past but this is not a wine I’d want to pay $16 for either. However, it goes for $10-$12 where I shop - even Whole Foods!

Thanks for joining in! I think you might score better with a $20 Alsatian biodynamic wine, next time you roll the dice.

by: Anita

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:22:10 +0000

Ooo, beer blooging theme. I’d play, if you started.

by: fbm

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:54:21 +0000

oh this is a cool idea - let’s see if i can join the next round… and i wish there was some Beer Blogging Day…