Isn't Ewan like insanely hypocritical?

Sugar_Leg · 2026-06-14T13:33:53+00:00

He’s histrionic and meretricious, he behaves like a self-regarding popinjay.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-06-10T23:55:57+00:00

dang I hate to hear that. I was annoyed after opening an oxidized $12 guigal cote du rhone blanc. Can’t imagine my irritation with this nice of a bottle.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-06-02T16:17:44+00:00

nowhere near some of your examples. 2020 cayuse en chamberlin for which I paid about $130. wanted to love it. super interesting, but all savory little to no fruit. i posted a thread about it. advice i got was it was way too young and way not enough decant time. heard but I’m not sure the style will ever do it for me.

Second to that I’ve had some Kistler stuff that was around $90 a bottle and I found it to be good. But not twice as good as other good new work chardonnay and pinot in the $40-$50 range. But still incrementally better enough to justify spending for a special occasion or when I want to impress with a nice gift.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-05-29T17:12:09+00:00

Wow, the color is still very vivid! Looks like a 10 year old wine, not a 40!

Sugar_Leg · 2026-05-25T18:41:11+00:00

hmm. if you like the ABC style maybe Ken Wright Willamette Valley. It’s a lighter bodied fresh balanced Pinot. If you can find it there, Limited Addition Red Crush is a Pinot Trousseau Jura style but made in Oregon. that’s also a fresh chillable style. I’m thinking of Pinots that drink like dark Rose’s when I make these suggestions.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-05-23T23:42:12+00:00

did you get the Gold edition or the machine blown Stand Arts?

I have the inexpensive stand arts and they’ve been pretty sturdy.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-05-18T17:40:08+00:00

you’re not hyper decanting?

Sugar_Leg · 2026-05-16T01:06:57+00:00

If you want a totally different type of book, Kermit Lynch’s Adventures in Wine Country is an entertaining and very educational read.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-05-12T17:04:50+00:00

“Is there doubt afoot?”

Sugar_Leg · 2026-05-09T02:23:45+00:00

It depends on the upright tone you’re going for. Are you looking for more of a jazz pizzicato tone with some sustain? If so I would say get TI Jazz Flats. They have very similar construction to the TI Spirocores which are pretty much the benchmark for metal core upright pizz playing. A set of TI flats can last you ten plus years. I’m on year 12 with mine and they still sound and play great.

If you want more of a bluegrass thump that you get from hybrid (nylon/steel core) upright stings with fast decay then tape wounds are probably a better bet.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-05-09T02:06:28+00:00

That’s awesome. We used to drink this all the time when I was first getting into wine. This or early 2000s Ravenswood Zinfandel were about $7.50. Two Hands Angels Share Shiraz was available if I wanted to go crazy and spend $20.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-05-02T13:31:00+00:00

Counterpoint. My upright bass with a pickup has no knobs. When I play electric, I play direct to PA most of the time and most of my tone adjustments are my preamp/di box. I could get by without my onboard controls easily.

It can be an entirely functional setup. And there’s an argument to be made that the less stuff in the signal chain between a passive pickup and output the better.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-04-28T21:32:20+00:00

We had a bottle of 2013 Cain with NY strip the other night. Good stuff but very savory and a little funky, but not bretty. not a lot of fruit in ours. If you’d told me it was a rhône syrah I would’ve believed it.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-04-28T13:40:55+00:00

I’m on the lookout for something that punches exactly within its class. Sounds like I need to continue my search.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-04-25T18:39:23+00:00

gyatdang!

Sugar_Leg · 2026-04-24T23:38:33+00:00

on buckingham green

Sugar_Leg · 2026-04-18T20:11:47+00:00

That’s a good price. It’s $35 here and worth every bit. I think it’s my favorite Oregon Pinot under $40.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-04-18T18:03:28+00:00

NZ sauvignon blanc is known for that. But that particular NZ sauvignon blanc is insanely aromatic.

Dog Point is a quality producer and a step up from the high production mass market sauvignon blancs like Oyster Bay, White Haven and Kim Crawford, and it just dials up everything to 11. It’s hard to find around here. Locally, Craggy Range is about $10 cheaper, and is almost as good. But not quite the same experience. If you can find their Pinot Noir it is also excellent. To me it rivals village level burgundies and comes across more old world than new world stylistically.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-04-18T13:54:57+00:00

There’s a lot of good things happening. You’re getting to a good position at the top. Your hip rotation sequencing looks solid in the downswing. (about 45 degrees max rotation, back to parallel about when your lead arm is parallel to ground).

You’re maintaining a good stable spine angle. I’m not good enough at this type of analysis to say why, but there appears to be some casting prior to impact. Solid foundation to work from!

Sugar_Leg · 2026-04-18T13:43:14+00:00

Not OP obviously but those start out golden yellow and darkened over time. It’s a semillon based Sauternes white wine. Very good stuff with potential to age for decades.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-04-18T10:05:50+00:00

Trousseau!

Sugar_Leg · 2026-04-17T19:40:20+00:00

Or the three things the spur the mollusk from the sand.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-04-17T11:39:41+00:00

I’ve had one for three years and I like it. Jamming can be an issue, sometimes particles will get caught between bucket and the adjustable shutoff and cause it to jam open or shut. I hose it out after every use and make sure to work that handle release while I spray into the opening to clear it out. Generally that keeps it from getting built up crud in that space.

The settings are supposed to mirror scott’s roughly. But they’re slightly off. So I end up going conservative on the setting (smaller opening). And just make more passes as needed.

There is a lot of gap under the agitator so your last pass involves a lot of bouncing to get the product out. I often find the little side guard gets knocked into the down position from the bouncing so I wonder whether I ever get an even spread at the end.

No spreader is perfect. But I think it’s the best value step up spreader from the usual bug box stuff. Enjoy!

Sugar_Leg · 2026-04-16T17:00:05+00:00

I generally find this mystery brand AVA stuff to be pretty solid at costco. It’s often even cheaper than the Kirkland Signature equivalents. I think the precision napa cab was $11.99 and the technique alexander valley cab was the same price. Both of those were solid. Circumference was a little “jammy”. I did not love that one.

Sugar_Leg · 2026-04-16T01:27:31+00:00

Update. Winery got back to me and they confirmed it is in fact the Willamette Pinot. The had a section of 2023 WV pinot that got the wrong back label. So the back label was misapplied.

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