Dusk To Dawn
Alma Rosa
Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2012
Santa Rita hills showing its stuff. Bright fruit. Easy drinking. Makes me want to throw a dinner party seating at dusk. — 11 years ago
Müller-Catoir
Haardter Bürgergarten Spätlese Riesling 2001
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
— 11 years ago
Konteki
Tears of Dawn Daiginjo Sake
Excellent saki. Crisp smooth and still complex enough to be interesting — 11 years ago
Ninkasi Brewery
Dawn of the Red IRA Ale
My two favorite beers, IPA and Amber, in one smooth, slightly hoppy, beautiful bottle. Smooth from start to end. If you love ambers and would like to step into IPAs, this is your carte Blanche to do it. I can't think of anyone who wouldn't enjoy this. — 11 years ago
Seghesio Family Vineyards
Sonoma County Zinfandel 2012
Had a fab Biale Black Chicken Zin last night at MuckyDuck listening to Dawn & Hawkes. Spoiled me a bit Great evening. Picked up this Seghesio Sonoma Zin at Krogers. $17 and very drinkable. Good for the PP. — 11 years ago
Narragansett
Lager
Sometimes that shark, he looks right into you. Right into your eyes. You know the thing about a shark, he's got...lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white. And then, ah then you hear that terrible high pitch screamin' and the ocean turns red and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin' they all come in and rip you to pieces.
Y'know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men! I don't know how many sharks, maybe a thousand! I don't know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday mornin' chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player, boson's mate. I thought he was asleep, reached over to wake him up. Bobbed up and down in the water, just like a kinda top. Up ended. Well... he'd been bitten in half below the waist. Noon the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us, he swung in low and he saw us. He's a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper, anyway he saw us and come in low. And three hours later a big fat PBY comes down and start to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened? Waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water, three hundred and sixteen men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb. — 11 years ago
La Follette
Van der Kamp Vineyard Pinot Noir 2011
La Folie de La Follette. Clones from La Tache ! Vineyard sits next to a goat pen. Sous bois, cherry, forest floor at dawn. — 11 years ago
St. Francis Winery
Sonoma County "Old Vines" Zinfandel 2012
Excellent Value.
Needs to breathe- a ton.
Delicious with dark chocolate. Will hold up to game, spicy red sauce, grilled buffalo burgers, and more.
Deep purple plum in the bowl that it coats with viscous legs.
Nose: Blackberry roots and vines, old leather, autumn dusk forest.
Tart cherry on the tongue leads to vanilla oak plummy mid-palate and ends with a lingering, black pepper finish. — 11 years ago
Wayfarer
Fort Ross - Seaview Sonoma County Chardonnay 2012
This wine emits a pale yellow-green silver glow. Wayfarer Vineyard’s cool coastal influence is evident in the wine’s complex aromatics, layered texture and impeccable balance. An interplay of citrus, orange blossom, Asian pear, white peach and flinty aromatics echoes and expands on the palate. Flavors are lifted and extended by acidity that washes over the sumptuous structure framing the expansive mid-palate. A finish of tangerine and acacia with hints of roasted almond and honeysuckle lingers in the mouth. Generous and complex, this wine will continue to evolve and open. Cellar 5-8+ years.
Waiting for the perfect moment to harvest was essential in achieving aromatic intensity while maintaining the wine’s buoyant acidity. We hand-harvested in pre-dawn hours to ensure firm, cool clusters were delivered to the winery. After gentle whole-cluster pressing, the wine settled for 12 to 24 hours followed by carefully-monitored racking. Our 2012 barrel program utilized 65% new French oak at medium toast levels. Cooperages include Damy, Francois Freres, Remond and Latour. Alcoholic fermentation was slow as guided by native yeasts, and lees were stirred often until malolactic fermentation was fully completed. The wine aged in barrel for 15 months and was bottled unfined and unfiltered.
— 11 years ago
Randy B
Paid $27. A complex, a bit sweeter than advertised sake. Good complement to sashimi. — 10 years ago