With grilled pork tenderloin and assorted vegetables, the 2012 Walter Scott "La Combe Verte" Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley). Good acids,. crunchy red fruits, but a little sweeter than I remembered, and a light cola note that' s more CA than OR. B-
Friday with stuffed green peppers (turkey), the 2014 Thomas-Labaille Sancer re Rose. Pale, crisp, snappy acids, tangy, rocky. Really tasty and one of m y roses of the year. B+/A-
Also the 2014 Keller Limestone Riesling QbA. Just off dry,good acids, chalk and lime, fine but not compelling B/B-
Saturday the hound and I went to some friends for a small dinner party. I c arried some canapes (combinations of smoked duck with mozzarella, olives, m ushrooms) and Nancy had made melon with prosciutto. A couple of bubbly star ters
NV Pinon Touraine Brut Rose Crisp, taut, red fruited, very nice. B+
NV Sanfeletto Extra Dry Prosecco Sweet apples, cidery, coarse mousse. C+/C
Main course was stuffed lobster (shrimp, scallops, a bit of breading and sp ice) with a corn/tomato salad and a green salad
2010 Chalet-Pouilly Pouilly-Fuisse Dry, minerally, a little oak, pretty good but seems to be drooping on finis h I'd say time to drink up. B/B+2013 Pierre Yves Morey Colin Bourgogne White fruit, citrus, hint of oak, racy acids, good length for Bourgogne. B+
2004 l'Hermitage Bandol I'm a Bandol fan, but this was rough and reductive, with hard tannin. But o thers liked and it was gone before I had a chance to figure out if air woul d help. This night, C+2005 Ste. Colombe (Cotes de Castillon) Easy-going, tannins integrated, black plums with a little earth and tobacco . Good showing for a very inexpensive Bordeaux. B/B+
2014 Keller Von der Fels Riesling Bracing, dry, lots of earth and wet rocks, much more interesting than the L imestone. B+/A-Sunday turkey ragu with the 2011 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco. I re ad this was a forward vintage but this was a bit tannic and tough, though t here was good black cherry fruit. Better on day 2. I'll let these rest, exp ect improvement, but for now B-
Last night a kale salad with fried egg, grilled portobello with pesto, and a tomato/cuke salad. I decided to go with Chardonnay, gave Betsy choice of American (Mayacamas) or French. She went with French, I opened the 2002 Rem i Jobard "Charmes" Meursault 1er. Full-bodied, pear and hazelnut, but for t he first time (my 7th bottle of this I think) there's some oxidation. Good, I enjoy, but color is darker and the oxidative notes get clearer and clear er. B?
Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C drinkable. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a p arty where it was only choice.Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivi ty, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.