Passenger Wines
K Vintners
The Cattle King Syrah 2013
Pierre Gonon
Saint-Joseph Syrah 2012
Hang on St. Joseph on the passenger side
Open it up tonight the devil can ride — 11 years ago
Weingut Knoll
Loibner Ried Kreutles Smaragd Grüner Veltliner 2015
Clos Roche Blanche
Cuvée Pif Touraine Cabernet Franc Blend 2014
Passenger Pigeon wine! Thank you Greg. — 10 years ago
Château Léoville Barton
Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2010
Aged to perfection on my passenger seat. — 12 years ago
Talisman
Weir Vineyard Yorkville Highlands Pinot Noir 2012
With Tim & Deb. Dessert. Damn good.
Rhubarb, raspberries, cherries, leather
Tim was a complete asshole that night... From a story about a stinky airplane passenger... — 9 years ago
Domaine Harmand-Geoffroy
Clos Prieur Gevrey-Chambertin Pinot Noir 2009
Excellent. Ripe, spicy black fruits with balancing acidity & well integrated tannin. Oak evident but very much a passenger. Just starting to develop tertiary aromas. — 9 years ago
Bernard-Massard
Cuvée de l'Ecusson Brut Moselle Luxembourgeoise White Blend
Specially sealed so you can enjoy bubbly at altitude (can't have the cork flying around the cabin - even if you want to point it at the annoying passenger with the extra large bag in the overhead bin). Nice and crisp bubbly from Luxembourg - just a shirt ways away from the champagne region itself... — 12 years ago
Isaac Pirolo
Two notable history lessons could be taught with this wine. The first being how the elevation of Snipes Mountain was just high enough to preserve its geological record during the Missoula Floods which marked the end of the last ice age, about 10,000 years ago. The second being the story of Ben Snipes, the Northwest Cattle King. Chasing gold up the Oregon Trail, Snipes arrived in Yakima Valley in the 1850s and saw the potential for raising cattle, and would eventually build an empire of 125,000 heads of cattle. K Vintners Cattle King (which also includes some Upland Vineyard juice from Walla Walla) has been on a run lately, receiving 99, 98, & 99 points for their 2012, 2013, & 2014, respectively, from Jeb Dunnuck. This brings the ruckus. It’s like eating a blueberry BLT while going 100 mph in a 15 passenger van and listening to Queens of the Stone Age in Juárez. — 8 years ago