So this coming week I will be going to James Suckling's great wines of the world day 2. Now I know on here he's not highly regarded lol but this will be my first real wine event/tasting so any pointers or wines I should definitely seek out?
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Chateau Ste Michelle took it upon themselves to be removed from this list.
California – Chappellet, The vice, Stag’s leap
Argentina – Domaine bousquet
Rioja – Muga, Faustino
France – Pontet Canet
This looks great. Are there some great wines missing from each region? Yes. Can you honestly drink enough wine to be picky? No. So have a great time, grab some Stags leap and Bergstrom (one of my wedding wines, great for Oregon) and enjoy yourself.
Spit! Unless you want to be drunk, fast. You will likely wind up some level of inebriated regardless, but spitting will dramatically slow your level of intoxication, allowing you to taste more and have clearer judgements.
Otherwise, it’s personally up to you with what your objective is with the tasting. For example, are you looking to learn more about Napa? Or are you more interested in say, Pinot. Are you looking to do a new world vs. old world comparison? Looking to try top producers regardless of varietal/style (red, white, sparkling)? Without that info, I can’t give great specific advice or recommendations to try.
That said, if I were going, I would definitely hit up Girgich, William Seylem for Napa, Abbot Claim, Bergström, and Lingua Franca for Oregon. El Enemigo and Catena Zapata for Argentina. Almaviva, Seña, and Silva in Chile. Gloria Longville, Pichon, Ponetet-Canet, and Chevalier for BDX, Philipponnat, and Delamotte for Champagne, Chapoutier in Rhone, Barons de Ley in Rioja, Aldo Conterno and Roberto Voerzio in Piedmont, Bertani in Veneto, and cap it off with Madeira or port.
I probably couldn’t get halfway through this list but those are the producers that most interest my taste or curiosity. A good part of this list is based on bottle price, being familiar with the producers, but priced out on actually trying them, but curious none the less, even if the wines are not to my preferred (restrained) style.
There are some fantastic Italian producers on that list – highlights for me would be Aldo Conterno, Roberto Voerzio, Giodo, and Tua Rita for sure
I went to this event in San Francisco and it was amazing. Such a fantastic selection. I’m going to day one in NYC on Wednesday, see you there!
I went to the one in SF! The popular/prestigious producers will run out fast, so definitely hit up the ones you really want to try first and don’t just go through the path starting at the front. Of course, that can be a wonderful way to do it too, but when I went a lot of the nice Napa wines were gone by the time I made it up the stairs lol
Any Australian wineries going?
Why so many from Argentina and only one from Australia?
Not a single South African wine?