Sun 31 Dec 2006
New Year’s Resolutions — and Another Shameless Referral to My Website!
Posted by Fredric Koeppel under Best Wines[8] Comments
So, it’s New Year’s Eve. Time for a few resolutions:
1. I resolve, as I hope I have on this blog (officially launched three weeks ago!), to be snarky, nitpicking, argumentative and critical in every sense in the service of good food and wine and our experiences of eating and drinking and to battle cluelessness in the many guises in which it occurs.
2. I also resolve to proclaim as loudly and as eloquently and as exhaustively as possible my love for great food and wine whenever and wherever they may appear.
3. And I resolve to drink as much great wine and eat as much great food as I can in 2007. And to walk a lot. And work-out. Do a few crunches. Practice the piano every day. Come to grips with the categorical imperative. 
And, with all those elements in mind, allow me to direct your attention to this page on my website, where yesterday I posted the “50 Best Wines of 2006 and 25 Unbeatable Bargains.” Something for every taste and pocketbook. Please enjoy. But safely, O.K.?
Here’s the link: http://www.koeppelonwine.com/Featured_Article.asp
January 3rd, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Nice. I share your resolve. Thanks for compiling your lists. I look forward to exploring (that would be a combination of learning more and drinking more) many of the wines you selected.
As a 4th generation Californian I’m always glad to see the state’s winemakers recognized for their outstanding efforts. But, as a (happy to be here) transplant to Seattle, I’m sorry more of our outstanding Washington winemakers (and growers) didn’t make the cut. The Hedges Family Estate Limited Red Mountain merlot is an outstanding representative, though.
Given their program’s emphasis on blending, and the relative scarcity of their “Limited” bottlings, I encourage your readers to look for their more relatively available offerings. Great fruit, great palettes, great winemaking. And, a good introduction to what’s being made up here.
Cheers!
January 3rd, 2007 at 7:51 pm
Hi, Bruce, thanks for looking at the blog and website and thanks for the comments. I will admit that when I was weighing the selections for those lists and trying to parse some mighty fine lines of advantages and disadvantages, the Hedges CMS wines were on my radar. And the truth is, I just don’t get a chance to try many wines from Washington, though I would certainly like to. I’m a fan of L’Ecole 41 and McCrea Cellars, but they didn’t come my way this year.
January 8th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Creating, and committing to, lists is a daunting task. Thanks again for putting yours together.
Here are some of my favorite WA winemakers. Hopefully you’ll have opportunity to experience them this year: Ben Smith (Cadence) gets better every year; Bill Owen (O S Winery) has a killer pallette and irreverent approach; Mark McNeilly (Mark Ryan Winery); Matthew Rosso (Matthews Cellar); Caleb Foster (Buty); Gordy Rawson (Chatter Creek Winery); and Ron Bunnell (Bunnell Family Cellars).
Cheers!
January 9th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Hmmm, looks as if I’m going to have to make a trip to Washington state and check out these wines……
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