Comments on: Oddball Wine of the Week: Ribeira Sacra

By: chas

chas — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:12:26 +0000

Jim, I’ll check out the links. Yeah, would be fun to connect for wine here in town some time. Austin’s got so many good places for that now. Besides Fino, I’m a big fan of the ever changing choices at Mulberry. And good food to boot.

By: Jim/VINEgeek

Jim/VINEgeek — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:17:26 +0000

It’s cool that Fino would have this on their list. I could see this working with fried green tomatoes, too. Yum. I dig the Juan Gil as well. (Here’s my review in case you missed it: http://www.vinegeek.com/2010/02/mourvedre-monday-4-juan-gil-2007/ ) And if this is you’re first time visiting the blog, check out the Year of Mourvedre link at the top for other Mourvedre/Monastrell/Mataro reviews.

Maybe we’ll bump into each other at a wine event around town or we could meet up for a glass sometime. Cheers.

By: chas

chas — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:34:36 +0000

Just had this wine earlier this evening at Fino in Austin. Went googling and what do I find but someone blogging about it from apparently right here in Austin too. We loved the wine. Often at Fino we’d opt for something more like the Juan Gil monastrell (which they didn’t have right now) but this one came recommended from Fino staff and was a really lovely lighter bodied wine but complex nose and fresh fruit. Both of us really enjoyed it. Oddly perhaps, seemed to pair up nicely with the fried green tomatoes we were also having.

By: Jim/VINEgeek

Jim/VINEgeek — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:18:08 +0000

Yeah that’s always a balance with these posts. If it’s an oddball it may be hard to find. Even if you can’t find this particular bottle, keep your eyes peeled for any wine from the region. That Galevan was gone in a couple weeks at my Costco. I’ve still got 5 bottles in cellar.

By: @nectarwine

@nectarwine — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:31:36 +0000

Another great post, Jim. My biggest complaint is I can’t find it! LOL – I’m still searching for the Galevan Cotes du Rhone from about a month ago. You’re a big tease…

Josh @nectarwine

By: Jim/VINEgeek

Jim/VINEgeek — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:48:58 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Rob. I hope you’re able to find some of this wine sometime. I’d love to read your post about it.

By: Robert Burden

Robert Burden — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:08:15 +0000

Incredible! I love the low-rider boat! I am going to check out the article now. Thanks for this great post!

By: Jim/VINEgeek

Jim/VINEgeek — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:30:13 +0000

Ben – Glad you enjoyed the post. I felt the same way when I read the NYT article. Hope you’re able to try some.

By: Jim/VINEgeek

Jim/VINEgeek — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:23:11 +0000

Dominique – I love that phrase “heroic viticulture”! Thanks for the information. I look forward to trying more of these wines. The links you provided appear to have been cut short and i can’t get them to work. If you get a chance to repost them, that would be great. Thanks again!

By: Ben Simons

Ben Simons — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:37:18 +0000

Wow! This post makes my heart ache with longing to try these wines. I’m almost serious. These people seem to really be doing things the right way, and I love it. You just don’t see this kind of stuff very often. Thanks for the great review, and for turning me onto something new.