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Biodynamic Cabernet of Grace from Wise Acre Vineyards
- Winery Profiles
- Written by Fred Swan
- Created on Thursday, 27 February 2014 08:36
A hundred chocolate-brown feathers litter the ground before the barn, the only remaining traces of a bobcat's midnight chicken dinner. Seemingly unaware of their narrow escape, the remaining heritage Buckeye hens and a homely, bare-necked turchicken peck the earth between feathers for insects and bits of grain. Horses, rabbits and sheep are nearby and a friendly old, yellow labrador lies sleepily on his side, watching the action.
In the barn is a two-wheeled, hand-guided tractor that works the soil without causing compaction. A large plastic tub with a central filter occupies one corner, looking like an industrial version of a Bodum teapot. It's used for making biodynamic teas though, nothing you'd want to drink. Just past the barn in the shade of a tree lies a large compost pile and, buried next to that, a decomposing wooden barrel filled with older compost and thousands of happy worms. Somewhere, cow horns are buried. They're contents will ultimately be sprayed onto the soil to benefit microorganisms and increase uptake of nutrients by the plants.
The vineyard itself is small, just about half an acre, and slopes at 11 degrees down toward the barn. It's set into a small bowl in the hillside which is consistently three to four degrees cooler than the valley floor but a couple of degrees warmer than the hillside outside of the bowl. Swirling winds prevent frost. It's a nearly perfect site tucked away in a spot you'd never find on your own, even with a GPS. There's not a single winery in sight. This is Napa Valley though, and home to one of that AVAs most lithe and balanced Cabernet Sauvignon.
Lynn and Kirk Grace of Wise Acre Vineyard. Photo provided by Lynn Grace.
Lynn and Kirk Grace bought the property in 2003. They planted it with 4 x 4 spacing to Bosche-clone Cabernet Sauvignon on 101–14 rootstock. That's the same combination found at his family's Grace Family Vineyards, considered the first of Napa's "cult" Cabernet Sauvignon producers. Kirk is responsible for viticulture at Grace Family too, but his primary job is viticulturist for Stags Leap Wine Cellars. He held the same position at the certified-organic* Robert Sinskey Vineyards for nine years.
Lynn and Kirk do everything themselves by hand at their home vineyard, using bio-correct practices that Kirk has developed over 32 years of organic and biodynamic wine-growing. The wine is made solely from their Wise Acre Vineyard grapes by Gary Brookman. Brookman makes the wine for Grace Family too.
Despite their cult status, Grace Family wines have never been big or over-extracted. Raj Parr, well-known now not just for his wine expertise but also for his "pursuit of balance" and stance against high-alcohol wines has said, "Grace Family wines are among my favorite wines in the world… honest wines, true to variety and sense of place." The Wise Acre vineyard is in a different location—in between the St. Helena and Howell Mountain AVAs—but shares the same vineyard set-up, practices and philosophy. Lynn and Kirk shoot for alcohol levels of 13.5% or less.
Their first vintage was 2008. I recently tasted a barrel sample of the 2012. It will be bottled in May and then age for another 16 months before release. I'd happily drink it now. In fact, I swallowed every drop of my tasting pour.
The wine smells of currant, red cherry, earth, spice and a hint of juniper. In the mouth there is a moderate amount of fine-grained, lightly grippy tannins balanced neatly with acidity. The wine will be lovely with food but, even now, doesn't require any. Body is medium to medium+. Flavor intensity is excellent and the finish long. Flavors echo the nose with currant, red cherry, earth and spice but also a splash of mocha. I don't rate barrel samples but, if this was a released wine today, it would be Very Highly Recommended.
Production volume is very low and heavily dependent on vintage. It's been as low as 20 cases and will never be more than 100. Given that, plus the all of the hand labor, the pedigree and the quality of the wine itself, it's a bargain in Napa Valley at $150. The wines are sold direct and there's a 3-bottle minimum.
*Robert Sinskey has been Demeter-certified biodynamic. It recently cancelled their licensing/certification relationship with Demeter and can no longer use the term biodynamic but has not changed its farming practices.
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Coppola Acquires Inglenook Name for Rubicon, Hires Phillipe Bascaules
- Winery Profiles
- Written by Fred Swan
- Created on Thursday, 14 April 2011 00:38
Francis Ford Coppola, owner of Rubicon Estate Winery, acquired the Inglenook trademark from The Wine Group this week. The purchase fulfills Coppola's longtime dream of reuniting his historic estate winery and vineyards with their original name. For many years, the Inglenook brand has been used for inexpensive, mass-market wines. Now it will once again be associated with high-quality wine from Rutherford in Napa Valley. In a separate move this week, Coppola hired Phillipe Bascaules to serve as Estate Manager and Winemaker. Bascaules has spent the last 21 years at Chateau Margaux in Bordeaux, serving as Estate Director for the last 11.
In 1975 Coppola purchased the 1,560 acres which had been the part of Inglenook estate. Included were 125 acres of vineyards, in need of replanting, and the Niebaum residence. However, he was not able to purchase the Inglenook name which was owned by a different company. So Coppola dubbed his new winery Niebaum-Coppola. He acquired an additional 70 vineyard acres, formerly part of Inglenook, in 1995 holdings. In 2006, Niebaum-Coppola became Rubicon Estate Winery to leverage the success and name-recognition of the winery's flagship product, a Bordeaux-varietal blend called Rubicon.
Francis Ford Coppola at Rubicon Estate, July 13, 2011
Photo: Fred Swan
Learn Secrets to Perfect Wine and Cheese Pairing at St. Supery in Rutherford
- Winery Profiles
- Written by Fred Swan
- Created on Monday, 20 August 2012 20:31
"Sauvignon Blanc is a good pairing for goat cheese," F. Scott Tracy told me. "But goat cheese isn't necessarily a good pairing for Sauvignon Blanc." Before each of us sat four glasses of St. Supery wine, a plate with four cheeses and various accompaniments.
A wine and cheese pairing at St. Supery in Rutherford, Napa Valley
I was at St. Supery to try out a new wine and cheese pairing class that is part of an overall refresh of their Rutherford tasting room and hospitality offerings. Tracy, who leads this and other classes, has been helping consumers understand food and wine combinations for twenty years. His last position was at Napa Valley's Michelin-starred La Toque restaurant where he'd been sommelier since it's founding in 1998. Prior to that, he sommed at several restaurants in Los Angeles. He joined St. Supery this summer as Guest Experience Manager.
Tracy and I sipped the 2011 St. Supery Estate Sauvignon Blanc. It is a crisp wine, but mouthwatering rather than sharp. Its flavors of grapefruit, lime and green tropical fruit deserve a poolside cabana. We then took a bite of goat cheese on a slice of baguette. The cheese harmonized with lingering flavors of the wine. Tangy citrus met tangy, grassy cheese. So far so good.
Again, we sipped the Sauvignon Blanc. Now its flavors were muted. The wine felt flatter and rounder in my mouth. The chalky-creamy goat cheese insulated my tongue from the acidity which is at the core of Sauvignon Blanc. "The wine highlighted the goat cheese, but the cheese makes the wine seem less attractive and complex," remarked Tracy, his point proven.
That was not the end of our experiment though. We took another bite of the cheese and bread, but this time along with a single table-grape. Then, one last sip of the wine.
The Sauvignon Blanc's vibrancy and range of flavors had returned in full. The grape's naturally high acidity compensated for the low acidity of the cheese. This meant our palates were in a nearly neutral state for the wine.
We went on to experience three more combinations of wine and cheese, each clearly illustrating a different aspect of their interaction. The principles are easily understood and can be applied to other food and wine pairings, and to cooking in general. With just a little bit of advance experimentation, visitors can use what they've learned to delight their own palates and "wow" friends at home.
Visiting St. Supery
St. Supery is located at 8440 Hwy. 29 in Rutherford and open daily from 10am - 5pm. Parties of 6 or less need not make reservations for the six wine Estate Tasting ($15) or the four wine Single Vineyard Tasting ($25). Library tastings, tours and classes are readily available by appointment (made online). The tour and classes each last 30 minutes and cost $25 - $35, except for the 60-minute "Bordeaux Varietals and Your Senses" class ($50).
Two tasting areas on the ground floor can accommodate scores of visitors for the walk-in tastings. Private tastings and classes are conducted upstairs where there is a small private room and a large area filled with tables. It can be divided with curtains. Visitors can also enjoy the art gallery, with rotating exhibits organized by San Francisco's Paul Thiebaud Gallery, taste wine al fresco at the small tables in the front courtyard, or play a game of pétanque under the shady trees.
Part of the outdoor tasting area at St. Supery
The main St. Supery tasting room: there is another bar to the right and a second room in the background.
Have a ball at the pétanque courts at St. Supery.
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Kelly Fleming Winery: World-Class Cabernet Sauvignon, Timeless Beauty
- Winery Profiles
- Written by Fred Swan
- Created on Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:47
Scores of wineries line Napa Valley's main roads. But there are many hidden gems you'll never find on casual, signpost-to-signpost wine tours. Places like Kelly Fleming Winery offer great wines, serene settings and are easy to get to once you know about them.
Kelly Fleming Winery is located in the hidden Simmons Canyon, just 5 minutes off of Silverado Trail in the Calistoga AVA. Drive into the hills on a short road of rural residences then make a right turn behind the houses. A little valley opens before you, revealing Kelly Fleming's beautiful stone winery set on a slope amongst the estate vines.
Kelly Fleming Winery, Fall 2012. Photo: Fred Swan
Kelly and her then-husband Paul bought the 300-acre property in 1998 for it's potential as a vineyard. The neighboring Araujo Eisele Vineyard testified to the terroir. They liked the land's undeveloped state — nothing to tear down or rip out — as well as its beauty and relative isolation. It's adjacent not just to a number of well-established vineyards but to the land trust. The area will remain undeveloped and low-traffic.
The Flemings had been coming to Napa Valley for years, making evaluations for their restaurant chains' wine lists. She grew to love the valley and thought they would retire to the property, plant a vineyard and sell the fruit. That plan evolved.
Paul was attached to the restaurant business. Kelly wanted the vineyard life. She moved to the property, building a house further up the canyon and, with consultant Celia Welch, overseeing the planting of eight acres of Cabernet Sauvignon. When the vines began to produce wine-ready grapes, she decided to vinify rather than sell. So much for retirement. "I'm working harder now than I ever did before," Kelly smiled.
In addition to her role as proprietor of the vineyard and wine label, Kelly played a large role in the design of the house and tasting room. She has a background in fine arts and later designed interiors for her husband's restaurants, which include Ruth's Chris Steakhouses in Arizona and California and P.F. Changs. For the winery and house her inspirations were Italian villas of weathered stone: simple, elegant, low-maintenance and timeless. Inside, furnishings follow the theme and are sparse but both functional and comfortable. The tasting room also includes a restaurant-quality kitchen to handle winery lunches and dinners.
The tasting room carries on the feeling of an Italian villa. Photo: Fred Swan
Celia Welch made the first small commercial vintage of Kelly Fleming Cabernet Sauvignon at Rombauer Vineyards. The next year, with a larger crop, they moved production to Laird. But Kelly wanted to follow her fruit through the whole process to guarantee the best representation of the vineyard and to provide her customers with the provenance they expect at nearly $100 per bottle. To do that, she began construction of a 5,000 square-foot winery/tasting room. It opened in 2010. Though the winery has a 5,000 case capacity, Fleming intends to keep production at or below 3,000 cases to ensure quality.
Workers used dynamite to blast a 7,000 square-foot cave into the solid, volcanic hillside at
Kelly Fleming Winery. Photo: Fred Swan
The cave houses not just barrels, but a library of bottled wine. Photo: Fred Swan
A custom chandelier highlights the volcanic bedrock and creates a dramatic setting.
Photo: Fred Swan
Celia Welch — 2008 Food and Wine Magazine winemaker of the Year — continues to make the Kelly Fleming wines with help from assistant winemaker Becky George, Kelly and the rest of the small staff. "We're all certified on the fork lift," Kelly quipped as she led me through the fermentation room. It's a family operation too. Kelly's daughter, Colleen, works in hospitality, sales and marketing for the winery. Kelly's son Robert handles national accounts.
The estate vineyard is just over 12 acres now, with four acres of Cabernet Sauvignon added in 2005. There is a small plot of Malbec too. Six blocks of Cabernet Sauvigon lie in four distinct areas. Six clones of Cabernet Sauvignon on five rootstocks provide diversity for nuance. Soil depth ranges from just four inches on steep slopes to eight feet in the flats, but it all drains quickly. "My second crop is rock," Kelly muses. The rhyolitic bedrock includes channels of softer material that lets roots dig in for water, but limited irrigation is still required to keep the vines alive.
I highly recommend a visit to Kelly Fleming Winery whether you're on a buying trip or just looking for a delightful tasting in a romantic setting. It is open by advance appointment, Monday through Saturday. Visits, $40 per person, include a tasting of available wines accompanied by cheese, crackers and often another treat made from the property's olives, fruits or vegetables.
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The 2011 Kelly Fleming Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley is pretty, aromatic Napa Valley blend. Celia Welch took all the Sauvignon Blanc Musque U.C. Davis' To Kalon Vineyard could provide. It delivers lovely floral highlights with white peach and spice. A jot of Sauvignon Blanc Clone 1 from elsewhere provides accents of sweet citrus and dry grass.
Half of the wine fermented in stainless steel. The other half went into a mix of new, once-used and twice-used French oak barrels which lent nuanced flavors of wood and spice. After fermentation the wine aged sur lie for 4 months. The palate is lithe with a satiny texture, medium body and long-lasting finish. Drink now through 2014. Highly Recommended. [14.1% alc., 884 cases, $36]
Big Pour is a new label for Kelly Fleming. This wine will be a different blend every year. It will always include estate Cabernet Sauvignon and, starting in 2010, estate Malbec, but will be complemented by other Bordeaux varieties from elsewhere in Napa Valley to create a wine that's intended to be immediately accessible but still age-worthy.
The 2009 Kelly Fleming Big Pour is a blend of estate Cabernet Sauvignon (84%) and Merlot from a select vineyard in Oakville. Dark ruby in the glass, it offers pronounced aromas of black currant, blackberry, dusty earth, violets and dark spices (allspice, pepper). The palate is full-bodied with a lovely, silky-smooth texture imparted by rich fruit and medium+ fine, powdery tannins. Black currant, chocolate and oak flavors are at the fore. It is ready to drink now and doesn't require decanting but will gain complexity, through 2020. Highly Recommended. [14.7% alc., 756 cases, $60]
Made solely from estate Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2009 Kelly Fleming Cabernet Sauvignon is a testament to that vineyard's excellence. For maximum quality control and blending flexibility, the blocks/clones are picked and vinified separately. The estate Cabernet Sauvignon ages for about 22 months in French oak. Final blending takes place six months before bottling. The wine matures in bottle for another 14 months prior to release.
The nose is a charming melange of dark fruit, flowers, sweet spice, cedar and oak. In the mouth it is full-bodied and smooth with medium+ fine, powdery tannins. Rich but graceful, the flavors echo the aromas (dark fruit, sweet oak and spice) and add a bit of chocolate. The finish is long. The wine I tasted had been decanted for 24 hours and I would encourage decanting if drinking this wine in the next couple of years. It will age well through 2028. Very Highly Recommended. [14.9% alc., 997 cases, $98]
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In Depth: La Follette Wines
- Winery Profiles
- Written by Fred Swan
- Created on Wednesday, 04 August 2010 06:21
Winemaker Greg La Follette is making wine for a new wine brand and this time it bears his name. Mr. La Follette has been working in the wine business since 1991 when he was a research viticulturalist/enologist for André Tchelistcheff at Beaulieu Vineyards. He's held consulting, research, winemaking and executive management roles at several top North Coast wineries since then, including Jarvis, Kendall-Jackson, Flowers, and Tandem Vineyards. He has also contributed at a number of overseas wineries, including Yarra Ridge in Australia.
Focus is a key theme of the new brand though, which is an evolution of Tandem Vineyards. Whereas Greg La Follette has usually worked for multiple wineries at the same time, he is now winemaker solely for La Follette Wines and doesn't have any outside consulting contracts. "Now, winemaking is no longer my weekend and evening job," said LaFollettte. This is good news, because his winemaking style is very hands on, varying substantially from one wine to the next as he tries to maximize expression of terroir. One example of this is the "fluff racking" he employs for Lorenzo Vineyard Chardonnay.
Fluff racking involves very carefully using a racking wand while the wine is being moved from the press in order to evenly distribute light, fluffy solids into each barrel while preventing heavier solids with stronger, earthier flavors from going in at all. "If you don't fluff enough, you can wind up with a boring wine and not enough texture," according to La Follette. He did his post-graduate thesis on how Burgundian winemaking techniques affect mouthfeel. Mouthfeel hadn't yet been a focus in the characterization wine. La Follette was the first person to do so and puts a lot of emphasis on texture in his winemaking.
But Greg LaFollette isn't about employing a bag of winemaking tricks to create a signature style. He sees both irony and a special opportunity in working on this eponymous brand. "My overall philosophy has been to focus on the wine, not the winemaker. I kind of railed for years against the machine that has the winemaker as rock star. When you think about the greatest vineyards in the world, you think of the vineyard not the winemaker. Here I am now with a brand with my own name on it... But really what I want us to do is focus on the wine which is the culmination of more than a quarter century of work, with a lot of vineyards that I've actually helped to establish and bring to fruition."
Greg La Follette
To help make that happen at La Follette, the lineup of wines will also be more focused than was the Tandem portfolio. According to La Follette general manager Nancy Bailey, "La Follette is about Pinot Noir with a bit of Chardonnay. Tandem offered several different varietals, La Follette will offer just two, plus a Pinot Meunier for club members." There are six La Follette wines scheduled for release around September of this year and one more, the 2008 La Follette Lorenzo Vineyard Chardonnay, to be released in February or March of 2011. The lineup includes three Chardonnay and four Pinot Noir, plus just two barrels of Pinot Meunier.
She added that the new brand plans to maintain "a compact lineup that will consistently show terroir and seasonal variation." To that end, La Follette will be more focused with respect to vineyards too. Tandem produced wines from as many as fourteen vineyards. La Follette will use just four in vineyard-designate wines: Lorenzo Vineyard, Sangiacomo Vineyard (Roberts Road, Petaluma Gap), Manchester Ridge and Van der Kamp Vineyard. This ties in to the importance Greg La Follette places on site specificity,
"These wines are authentic to their sites. Each one of these wines is very different from each other. These wines represent the land, the soil, the rocks, the sun. And those kinds of things are much larger than any one person... You first completely let go of what you want to see and let the land speak to you and then help to interpret that... This for me is the most exciting and thrilling thing about being a winemaker."
Greg La Follette and assistant winemaker Simone Sequeira make the wines at a facility in Sebastopol used by roughly 40 other labels. The winery, in a complex formerly used by Vacu-Dry to process apples, is not open to the public. Greg La Follette actually helped establish it in 2001 and was the first person to make wine there. Now known as Owl Ridge Wine Services, companies using it to make their wines include Kosta Browne, Londer Vineyards, Paul Hobbs, Wesmar Winery and Halleck Vineyard.
I was among the few wine writers invited to attend the first press tasting for La Follette. It took place in San Francisco at Baker & Banker restaurant. After we tasted and evaluated each wine in silence, Master Sommelier Evan Goldstein led a discussion of them with Greg La Follette, detailing the vineyards and the processes used for creating each wine.
2008 La Follette Chardonnay Lorenzo Vineyard, Russian River Valley - 100 cases, 14.6% alc., $37.99.
Greg La Follette characterizes this wine as "layered, lush, fleshy and spicy" and the closest to a "California-style" Chardonnay of the three. One of the oldest vineyards in the Russian River Valley, La Follette says, "this is the one vineyard [where] I actually have my hands on every single vine every single year." He uses fluff racking on this wine to provide texture while maintaining fresh aromas and flavors. This is also the only vineyard for which uses just one specific cooperage. The particular small-production barrels complement, rather than dominate, the wine's natural spice.
My notes: Medium intensity lemon-green in color with legs and a moderately intense nose of butter, spice-poached pear, bruised apple, canned peaches and peach pit. It is supple on the palate with lightly perceptible tannins. It has flavors of butterscotch, buttered rum, poached pear, fleshy peach and a very long finish. Very Highly Recommended.
2008 La Follette Chardonnay Sangiacomo Vineyard, Sonoma Coast - 395 cases, 14.1% alc., $29.99
Greg La Follette said that this is one of coolest, and latest ripening, vineyards in Sonoma County. He sees its unique signature as a "feral, sauvage et animal" quality which Evan Goldstein also describes as matchstick. "Most California winemakers and small children will run away from a wine like this in barrel screaming," joked La Follette, "but when my French buddies come taste with me they smell it and say, "Ha, I am at home.""
These characteristics of the vineyard are amplified by inclusion of a lot of solids, there is no fluff racking for this wine. The presence of considerable solids also leads to higher fermentation temperatures which in turn brings out a "yeast stress aroma signature" that adds its own feral aspect and increases textural interest.
My notes: Medium plus intensity lemon-gold with legs and aromas of mineral, yellow and green apple, mild spice, oak and matchstick. Full bodied and lightly creamy with light tannins and flavors of apple butter, nectarine, cinnamon and vanilla. Highly Recommended.
2008 La Follette Chardonnay Manchester Ridge Vineyard, Mendocino Ridge - 272 cases, 14.5% alc., $47.99
This is the ultimate example of La Follette's hands-on winemaking and attention to detail with respect to Chardonnay production. The vineyard, characterized by delicacy and perfume, includes three Chardonnay clones, Dijon 76, Old Wente and a very recently developed Chardonnay musqué clone called Dijon 809 which is noted for floral aromas. Vinification for the Dijon 76 and Old Wente clones is done by including all of the good solids, but not fluff racking, sticking with wild yeasts for fermentation and then using intentional reduction (preventing the juice and wine from being exposed to any oxygen).
But, for the the Dijon 809 only, he keeps the juice in contact with the de-stemmed skins for as much as 36 hours. This increases the aromatics but also the phenolics. Since these phenolics can cause wine to turn brown or pink, and also take on a bitterness, he puts the juice through controlled oxidation - the opposite of the intentional reduction used for the other two clones. This lets the juice go through the color changes so that it doesn't occur in the wine. It also takes away the bitterness. According to La Follette, the resulting wine will start out more golden than a typical Chardonnay, but will hold that color for a long time and age very well.
The Dijon 809 is then put through a basket press, not a bladder or tank press. Yield from a basket press is only 75% of what the other presses would achieve. But, the basket is more delicate and doesn't extract harsh compounds from the skins. The juice is cold settled and fined using skim milk, egg whites and bentonite to further reduce the phenolics and proteins before vinification takes place.
My notes: Medium plus intensity lemon-gold in color, no legs. The nose is forward, yet delicate and pretty, and includes peach, spice, melon and flowers. The palate is fully-bodied, creamy and intensely flavorful. Vanilla, butter, baked peach, butterscotch, sweet spice and poached pear are easily discerned. Very Highly Recommended.
2008 La Follette Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast - 2324 cases, 14.6% alc., $29.99
Created primarily for restaurants' by-the-glass programs, this wine is a blend of of components from six different vineyards. La Follette says, "if you listen close enough you can pick them out, but my goal is to make it very hard to pick them out." He wants to showcase the hallmarks of the Sonoma Coast region as a whole: color, a strong backbone and texture, and layers of aroma and flavor. And, unlike some regional blends that consist of leftovers from single-vineyard efforts, the first blend of this wine is made very early. That wine is then adjusted frequently by adding more components over a period of months until the desired profile is achieved.
My notes: Dark ruby with legs and an inviting nose of black cherry, cocoa, earth, charcoal and a hint of meat. The mouthfeel is like slightly coarse silk with somewhat prominent, grainy tannins balanced by juicy black and red cherry. The fruit is framed by mild oaky spice and the flavors last quite a long time. An excellent value and Very Highly Recommended.
2008 La Follette Pinot Noir Sangiacomo Vineyard, Sonoma Coast - 433 cases, 14.3% alc., $39.99
La Follette has been working with the vineyard since 1984 and says the wine is the most feminine of his single-vineyard Pinot Noir. Spice and acidity are signatures of the vineyard. I have been impressed with 2008 Sangiacomo (Roberts Road) Pinot Noir, even more so than the very fine 2007s. I asked La Follette to describe the two vintages. He said that while "2007 was perfect, maybe too perfect," 2008 had just enough moist, cool weather late in the year to keep the grapes smaller than normal, resulting in a greater skin to juice ratio.
My notes: Ruby in the glass with legs and attractive aromas of cherry, delicate spice and caramel. On the palate it's smooth — almost creamy — with flavors of juicy cherry and caramel. Highly Recommended.
2008 La Follette Pinot Noir Van Der Kamp Vineyard, Sonoma Mountain - 494 cases, 15.1% alc., $39.99
Whereas Sangiacomo Roberts Road is the lowest (60 ft) vineyard on Sonoma Mountain, Van Der Kamp is the very highest at 1200 ft. Among other things, this means that it's top soil is very thin relative that of Sangiacomo, so the vines are less vigorous, leading to a more structured wine.
In an effort to avoid off-flavors that might have affected these grapes due to the intense forest fires of 2008, La Follette wanted to minimize crushing of the grapes. He therefore used a high percentage of whole clusters and also carbonic fermentation in this wine which also includes 5% Pinot Meunier. The results are very good.
My notes: Medium dark ruby with a pale meniscus and legs, the nose is wild cherry and spice. The palate holds a complex mix of dark fruit, caramel, charcoal, spiced meat and slate. Highly Recommended.
2008 La Follette Pinot Noir Manchester Ridge Vineyard, Mendocino Ridge - 214 cases, 14.6% alc., $49.99
Manchester Ridge Vineyard is located in a very remote part of Mendocino County. It's a three-and-a-half hour drive from La Follette's Sebastopol winery, the last hour of which is on treacherous and rutted dirt logging roads. Greg La Follette likens the wine to some of the fine Pinot Noir has recently made in Chile with it's "old school herbal quality." As with the Van der Kamp, he used a lot of whole cluster, carbonic fermentation to avoid any possibility of smoke taint.
My notes: The wine is dark ruby in color with a fascinating nose of cranberry, strawberry, dried herb, orange peel, light brown spice and tobacco leaf. It offers a rich, creamy mouthfeel with flavors of cranberry, cherry cream, spice, orange peel and raspberry. The finish is extremely long. This is one of the best Pinots I have had this year and it gets my Highest Recommendation.
The La Follette Wines is owned by Pete and Terri Kight. In 2008, Mr. Kight purchased Tandem Vineyards from Greg La Follette, retaining him as winemaker. The Tandem Vineyards brand is being discontinued in favor of the new brand and approach of La Follette. Tandem wines can still be found in the market, but the winery has sold through their inventory and won't produce any more under that label.
Pete Kight founded CheckFree Corporation and served as its Chairman and CEO until it was sold to Fiserv in 2007. His longtime passion for wine led him to acquire Quivira Vineyards & Winery of Dry Creek Valley in 2006 and to become a partner in Torbreck (Barossa Valley, Australia) with its founder Dave Powell.
Disclosure: These wines were tasted non-blind at a press event in the presence of the winemaker.
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I already sent Cathy a private message, but I wanted to ad here that I
wanted to have Spot and Orangecat with me in the garden but I wasn't into
burying them. My vet had them cremated and returned the ashes to spread in
my garden. Pet cemeteries can be iffy. A local one that had been well
established changed hands and the property was sold for development. If you
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> Oh Cathy, you have my sympathy...been there; done that so many times
> and it does NOT get easier. Pets are like children; certainly
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> Like Zem, I've got a pet cemetery out by the old veggie garden -
> totally against the law but they're MY children and it's My
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> If you can't or don't want to bury Jason on your property, there
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Australia's preparations for recapturing the Ashes were again disrupted yesterday by the resignation of Allan Border as a selector. Although it was tempting to suppose that Border had simply thrown in the towel upon realising that it would be impossible to find a team to beat England, he supplied different official reasons.
"My various commitments are far heavier than I expected back in mid-year," he said. "I don't think it is appropriate to do what is a really important job if I am not able to give it the full attention it deserves."
Border, who was captain of Australia for almost 10 years in 93 Tests, has now resigned twice as a selector. He cited other commitments the first time and since he agreed to return to the four-man panel, which was only in June, he has not helped to pick a single Test squad.
The departure of Border, who will remain a board member of Cricket Australia, is merely the latest glitch in what is meant to be a serene and glorious machine. Australia are already looking for a new coach after John Buchanan's announcement of his intention to leave after the World Cup next spring.
This means that in three major tournaments - the Champions Trophy, in which Australia play their first match next Wednesday, the Ashes and the World Cup - the players will be listening to a man with one foot in the exit door. If that were not enough, Buchanan's position has been badly undermined by the comments of Shane Warne, who said the coach's role was unnecessary after a two-day boot camp in which the players were instructed to take part.
"John and I get along OK, but I think that his methods overcomplicate issues and at some stages he has lacked common sense," said Warne in a ringing denunciation.
That led to a phone call from the captain, Ricky Ponting, reminding Warne of his responsibilities. Unfortunately, that conversation merely reminded everybody that during the last Ashes it often looked like Warne was marshalling the side in the field, not Ponting.
These simmering ingredients have now been given a stir of which Gordon Ramsay could be proud by the former Australia captain Kim Hughes. Earlier this week he lambasted Warne for his comments, claiming he had shown a complete disregard for Buchanan's position. For good measure, Hughes added that Warne would have been an embarrassment if he had been captain of Australia and advised senior players to sit him down and tell him to shut up. As Warne took 40 wickets at 19.92 in the 2005 Ashes, this may not be wholly practicable.
Warne is not with the Australian squad who have arrived in India for the Champions Trophy, a competition they have, astonishingly, never won. But he is continuing to dominate team affairs.
Rumours are beginning to circulate about the state of his right shoulder. He returned to Australia during the English summer, when he was playing for Hampshire, for apparently routine treatment. But a conspiracy theory is now doing the rounds that the shoulder is in a delicate state.
The other night, at a dinner at Lord's, the chairman of the England selectors, David Graveney, said: "He has had some problems with that shoulder. It will be interesting to see how it turns out."
Of course, the Australians would say that this is a case of a drowning man clinging on to any piece of passing flotsam, but then they are at it themselves. Their veteran seam bowler Glenn McGrath said in Adelaide the other day that he fully expected Australia to win the Ashes series 5-0. This is McGrath's usual prediction but he is now 36 and only 70 per cent fit by his own admission.
In India, the Australians are as uncertain as England of team selection. With a week to go, they have three candidates as opening partner for Adam Gilchrist: Simon Katich, who has been unconvincing in the role, the newcomer Phil Jacques, the all-rounder Shane Watson and Matthew Hayden, who did the job for years.
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As Jake is reading his newest Star Wars novel, he decided to turn on the TV. "Oh my god, the ailens came so un expectedly," said a frantic news reporter on the TV Jake turnned on ", were doomed for shure, nobody knows a thing about these tings, we cant defeat what we have no knowalge of!" As Jake threw a Magnificent gesture, he knew, he wouks=d have to be the one to lead the 'Inter-Galactic Space Battle', also known as the 'Star Wars'. Jake knew this was his calling, he knew this was his time to shine, he was gonna be the hero, but first, his mom needed to give him a ride to Washington D.C....
Jake stood before the prsident, being questioned of his credentials and qualifacation for the job of 'Grand Master Space Balltler Extraordinare' (the president himself came up with the name). Jake was accepted for his great knowlage of Ailen utilities and all around star wars stuff, with battle knowalge, he was a perfect cantidate for Grand Master Space Battler Extraordinare. Jake now has 600,000 soliders on his side now, ready for battle against the Douchebagediands (the ailens). "For battle is kinda like glory if only you win in the always losing game of life," Jake exclaims to his Warriors, yet stare blankly back at him, not understanding his speetch ", KILL KILL KILL KILL THE DOUCHEBAGDIANDS!!!"
In a crazy frenzy, the worriors are pumped, ready to kick some ailen ass, Jake now knows he is awesome, he knew all of his star wars knowlage would pay off some day. As the soldiers ran into battle, screaming 'DON'T STEP ON OUR FEET', Jake was in the front, Leading the 'Grand Batallion of Star Wars Like Storm Soldiers For Fighting' (also nammed by the Prez.) With a weapon in his hand and Blood in his heart, ready to spill some forign stuff! A long battle rages, as jake has already stormmed out and eliminated 23 ailens in the first ten minutes, Knowing every weapon the ailens had, every space craft they flew, he knew it all.
The battle raged on, as the ailens poured out of their ships. They wouldn't fool Jake, as he knew the secret weak points to bomb the whole ship with a single grenade. Jake thought he was on the top of it all, as he combed away every enemy in sight, but outta no where a ship hes never seen before flew twords him, in the ship was George Lucas! All of the pieces fit together now, Gorge Lucas wasn't outta his mind, he knew everything all along. Jake was astonished, yet in a furious rage shot at this one manned close up fighting machine screaming ", You Betrayed me Lucas, now you will pay the ultimate price, very epic like!"The plane crashed and Jake flew aside.
As Jake awoke, a severd leg lies next to him ",Damn my leg." Then he noticed it was some other guys leg and got up to seeGeorge Lucas, with a red light saber in hand. " Jake, say for me, ' I'm Jake, and today is the day I die ', like in that adreniline movie," as he walked tword him, raising his Lightsaber with great prejudice ", any final words my dedicated fan?" "Yeah," Jake said ", Make a new star wars movie, IN HELL!" All of the sudden Jake summons Steven Segal to do his bidding! "Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings," he says has he just has salin George Lucas. As George falls to his knees Jake yells," I will never forget you!" Jake began to weep.
A week later after the war was won, a ceremony was held or Jake and Steven Segal. Jake was given two congressional Medals of Honor, and 17 other medals. He was also titled by the president as the ' Super Magenetic King of Killing the Ailens with Extreme Prejudice and No Mercy Shower.' As Jake and Steven gave their speeches, Jake aknowlaged he will make his own star wars, in honor of the late George Lucas. He would come to call it Jakes Wars. How origional is ha?
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Since I'm no longer a fan of Lucas(for making Vader such a wuss in "Revenge of the Sith"), I have to say I loved the line: "Make a new Star Wars movie IN HELL!"
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2) From the beets, drain the liquid into a measuring cup and add enough water to make 1 cup of the liquid.
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4) Heat the mixture till it starts to boil, reduce the heat and then simmer gently for about 1 minute.
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The Sydney Sixers more or less sealed their spot in the next round of the Champions League T20 as they walloped Yorshire by 8 wickets and 67 balls to spare to seal their 2nd consecutive win in the tournament. Mitchell Starc was the star with the ball as he picked up 3 wickets while Watson took 2 wickets. Josh Hazelwood too had an outing to remember as he gave away just 9 runs off his 4 overs while also picking up a wicket to restrict Yorkshire to a lowly 96/9. Brad Haddin and Michael Lumb got stuck in to the Yorksgire bowlers as they shared 78 run stand off just 42 balls to help Sydney get to a big win.
Opting to bat first, Yorkshire made a steady start with both the openers taking a cautious approach. Mitchell Starc's first over went for 3 boundaries and it seemed like the English team had made the right choice by batting first. The Sydney Sixers however fought back with a few quite overs and got their first breakthrough at the right time. Josh Hazelwood was rewarded for some tight bowling as he had Andrew Gale out for 8 off 18 balls in the 6th over. Starc put the Sixers on top in the very next over as he had Phil Jacques out caught by Dominc Thornely.
Joesph Root and Adam Lyth tried to restore parity with a steady stand but the runs came at a trickle and only increased pressure on the duo. They fell in quick succession after the half-way mark to leave Yorkshire in deep trouble at 78/4 in the 16th over.
Sydney continued to thwart Yorkshire's attempt to get back on track as they continued to pick up regular wickets. Adil Rashid was out for 1 to Pat Cummins in the 17th over while Dan Hodgson departed in the next. Gary Ballance, Azeem Rafiq and Steven Patterson were out in the last two overs as Yorkshire could only muster 96/9 in their 20 overs.
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Lummus Advances to Two Hot Rod Finals in Doubleheader Weekend at Englishtown Teammate Townsend Drives Chevy to First Career Pro FWD Win ENGLISHTOWN , N.J. , Oct. 2, 2006 - When rain postponed the finals of the Palm Beach NHRA Sport Compact ...
Lummus Advances to Two Hot Rod Finals in Doubleheader Weekend at Englishtown
Teammate Townsend Drives Chevy to First Career Pro FWD Win
ENGLISHTOWN , N.J. , Oct. 2, 2006 - When rain postponed the finals of the Palm Beach NHRA Sport Compact Nationals at Moroso Motorsports Park in West Palm Beach last month, it set up a "doubleheader" at this past weekend's NHRA Sport Compact Fallnationals at Old Bridge Raceway Park. The remaining finals of the Palm Beach event were completed during qualifying for the scheduled Fallnationals.
In the rescheduled Palm Beach Hot Rod final, Ron Lummus drove his Garrett Turbo Pontiac past the Honda of Stephanie Eggum to claim his fifth win of the season and 13 th of his career. The 2005 Hot Rod champ drove to victory with an elapsed time of 8.14 seconds at 177.53 mph as Eggum broke her transmission at the starting line.
"First of all I want to thank my wife Shelly," said Lummus. "It felt good for the team to get the win. We really needed that because it's getting close. I know how Stephanie felt because I have been there before. I want to thank all the super guys on our team for making it look easy."
Not to be outdone, Lummus's Bothwell Motorsports teammate Ron Townsend collected his first career Pro FWD win in a Chevy, although it might have come easier than expected as the he simply had to stage his car to claim the victory. His final-round opponent, Jason Hunt, driver of the Mac Tools/Brut Chevy Cobalt, is recovering from injuries sustained in a passenger car accident a few weeks earlier. Despite the free pass, Townsend still powered his Chevy to an elapsed time of 8.63 seconds at 155.24 mph.
"It feels great to get my first Wally," said Townsend. "I saw Jason there even if he wasn't there. I hope he gets better soon. I also want to thank Steve Bothwell. To get two wins in one day (Townsend in Pro FWD, Lummus in Hot Rod) is just incredible. It takes a lot of effort from a lot of people like Ed Hanson, Karl Wallers, and Dave and Bill Hardesty. Now, I have just as many Wallys as my 17-year-old daughter. We can have two Wallys for the mantle."
In the scheduled NHRA Sport Compact Fallnationals at Old Bridge Raceway Park , Lummus advanced his Garrett Turbo Pontiac to the Hot Rod final for a second time before Eggum was able to return the favor of her earlier loss. Lummus qualified No. 2 and defeated Joe Demaree in a Honda Round 1, Mike Crawford's Dodge in Round 2 before facing off with No. 1 qualifier Eggum in the final. Eggum defeated Lummus with a national-record elapsed time of 7.908 seconds at 184.25 mph to Lummus's 8.269 e.t. at 171.27 mph.
In Pro FWD, Townsend made his second final-round appearance of the day before bowing out to points leader Ed Bergenholtz. Despite qualifying No. 6 in the field, Townsend drove past fellow Chevy driver Gary Gardella in Round 1 and had a bye in the second round to advance to the final round. In the final, both drivers struggled but Bergenholtz came away with the win with an elapsed time of 9.110 seconds at 188.31 mph to Townsend's 10.139 e.t. at 120.26.
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The Dead 60s
The 1960s might be dead in this Liverpool quartet's world, but the late '70s and early '80s are alive and kicking on its self-titled debut, which evokes the sound of the Clash driving its train in vain into the Specials' ghost town. Yet another stylish post-post-punk band, the Dead 60s still show a slight spin of newness. The tension of the music comes from pitting the rigid tick-tock of Gang of Four against ska's behind-the-beat groove, and the band has mastered the neat trick of sounding like it's in a big hurry to get nowhere in particular. Album opener "Riot Radio" is built atop a trebly, itchy-scratchy riff that won't stop recharging itself, while "A Different Age" has a high-tremolo lead line that sounds as if it can't regain its balance. Singer Matt McManamon sneers with panache -- in "Nowhere," he uncovers the quiet melancholy that lurks inside your average street punk. Yet there's something almost too right about the Dead 60s' debut. Listen closely to the perfectly assembled tunes and they evaporate like fog, leaving only the mist of good influences behind. It's another neat trick, but a frustrating one.
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Breakfast was awesome! Coffee was delicious. Had supper there it was great. Yes u should eat here! .
The service was really good. I had a great waitress and the hostess was also very friendly. The food is the food. It's Bob Evans. It was clean and quiet and there were no surprises. My food was served very promptly and it was fresh and hot. I would go back.
Just like every other Bob Evans diner! Along with its usual fat-laden choices, Bob Evans now offers some more healthful choices on its breakfast menu. Located a quick walk across the yard from our hotel, it was the perfect place to eat before heading home from our Jamestown adventure.
Good food and selection. Staff were nice. Comfortable place to eat. Across the street from our hotel.
Been there a few times with friends. Nothing special with the food. Service was poor. They never checked on us after they delivered our food. Had find the waitress ourselves to get our check. Rather go to a local restaurant than this.
Bob Evans has whatever we are in the mood for. If you want comfort food, they have comfort food. If you are looking for healthier options, there are plenty of delicious choices. I wish our local one had a little bit larger room for "store-type" items that are so much fun, but other than that, it's perfect. Services is very...
Nice store, updated format which was clean. Service was very prompt and our order was prepared quickly.
I object however to their in store promotional signs featuring "August Deals" with a promotional price but limitations in very small print limiting it to Saturday and Sunday.
Food - nothing special but a known standard which is sometimes better than chancing a...
We stopped here on Sunday morning and met up with friends whom we haven't seen in several years. It worked out great. We had to wait a while as we were a group of 10 and they don't have great seating for large groups. Once seated, our order was taken promptly and our coffees stayed refilled. The food was delivered...
The restaurant and staff were clean and friendly. The food was delivered timely and was enjoyable. A great start of our day. Would stop here again.
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Created attachment 570268 [details] [diff] [review]
use domstorage-flush-timer instead of profile-before-change
We want to do more work on profile-before-change (finish statements and close connections), so move this test to a message that currently does the same but will be unaffected by future work.
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use domstorage-flush-timer instead of profile-before-change
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Honza said this test is explicitly about the true param passed to FlushAndDeleteTemporaryTables(true), domstorage-flush-timer notification instead passes false.
He suggested to add a new domstorage-flush-force notification, timilar to domstorage-flush-timer but that passes the true argument
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Use domstorage-flush-force
What bugs are this one dep on/block it if any? Not sure how removal of the new topic observer gets handled here and in what order you want to land the patches that fix it.
Patch looks good to me otherwise. I'll r+ it when dependencies get properly set or explained.
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f+, but see comment 5.
This was part of 697989, so it blocks it. The observer will be remove by using weak references (bug 697988). That could go in any order, but I think we should probably push this one first, so I am also adding 697988 as blocked by this.
Cool. Thanks!
I can give an unofficial r+ to this bug's patch.
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> #include "mozilla/Preferences.h"
> #include "nsThreadUtils.h"
> +#define NS_DOMSTORAGE_FLUSH_TIMER_OBSERVER "domstorage-flush-timer"
> +#define NS_DOMSTORAGE_FLUSH_FORCE_OBSERVER "domstorage-flush-force"
A comment above these, explaining the difference between the two, may be useful.
nit: These are suffixed _OBSERVER, but really should be _TOPIC... btw...
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> // Used for temporary table flushing
> os->AddObserver(gStorageManager, "profile-before-change", false);
> os->AddObserver(gStorageManager, NS_XPCOM_SHUTDOWN_OBSERVER_ID, false);
> os->AddObserver(gStorageManager, NS_DOMSTORAGE_FLUSH_TIMER_OBSERVER, false);
> + os->AddObserver(gStorageManager, NS_DOMSTORAGE_FLUSH_FORCE_OBSERVER, false);
Ideally this should not be needed, if the only use is for testing. Indeed you directly call into the Observe() method.
But if Honza thinks it may be useful in future, fine by me.
A try with the requested changes is at
I will push it if it is green.


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I got this recipe from Irishabroad.com which had a LONG list of Irish recipes. (This compared to many other sites that only had a handful of the common stuff like colcannon, Irish stew, and soda bread.) The torte was made in layers, like a lasagna - potatoes, cabbage, cheese, potatoes, cabbage, cheese, potatoes. It was a very nice side and I will definitely make it again as a regular St. Paddy's dish. It doesn't hurt that it uses the bacon drippings to coat the potatoes.
• 1/2 head Savoy cabbage, shredded
• 3 tablespoons Kerrygold Irish butter
• 1/2 pound Irish traditional bacon, diced
• 4 baking potatoes, peeled and sliced 1/4-inch thick
• 8 ounces Kerrygold Cheddar Cheese
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter a 9-inch quiche pan or pie plate.
In a pot of boiling water, blanch the cabbage for 2 minutes. Drain and refresh in cold water. Pat dry. In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the bacon and cook until browned, about 5 minutes. With a slotted spoon, remove the bacon and toss with the cabbage. Add the potato slices to the skillet and toss to coat in the bacon drippings. Place one-third of the potatoes in the bottom of the prepared pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and half the cheese. Top with half the bacon and cabbage mixture, salt and pepper, then repeat with one-third of the potatoes, remaining cheese, bacon and cabbage, salt and pepper, and end with a layer of potatoes. Cover with a sheet of parchment paper and bake for 45 minutes. Remove parchment for last 5 minutes to let potatoes brown. Slice into wedges. Serves 8