Usher Tinkler

Vrede en Lust

Boet Erasmus Red Blend 2014

A favorite to usher in 2019!
Happy New Year everyone.
Be blessed.
— 7 years ago

Duckhorn Vineyards

Napa Valley Merlot 2014

Phenomenal way to not only watch the ‘Stros lay on the heat to the Yankees, but also to usher in a 9 day Vacation! The Four Seasons always delivers top tier wining & dining. I certainly wouldn’t mind staying here throughout all four seasons... — 8 years ago

Krystal Vento
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Krystal, Shay and 1 other liked this

Craggy Range

Te Muna Road Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2014

Drinking complex with graciously floral and green notes sharing love with tropical, tree, and citrus fruit. Fresh grass, pea shoot, tomato leaf, fennel, and jasmine usher in front of lime, green melon and passion fruit. Slate minerality serves as the adhesive for the palate. Grain-driven texture and laser precise acidity honed into the center... finish doesn't quit. Balanced in all aspects and super juicy. Terroir comes through beautifully! — 8 years ago

Dana Dungan
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Charles Usher

Barbera 2012

Loved this one, great berry flavor — 10 years ago

A. R. Lenoble

Brut Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Grand Cru Champagne 1996

Jake Perdie
9.7

1996 Le Noble Blanc de Blanc Champagne to wave goodbye to February and usher in an early March Spring! — 11 years ago

Mylitta

Tokaj Isabella Zurack 2010

Melissa M. Sutherland
9.1

To magic, mystery and always, love. Great wine and story to usher in the New Year! — 11 years ago

Deirdre Heekin
with Deirdre
Sasha, WC and 3 others liked this

Pierre Péters

Cuvée de Réserve Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne Chardonnay

Delightful way to usher in 2014 at the stroke of midnight — 12 years ago

Martin, Beau and 4 others liked this

Lanson

Black Label Brut Champagne Blend

Bob Barry
10

A wonderful champagne that helped usher in Christmas. — 12 years ago

Chappellet

Mountain Cuvée Proprietor's Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2015

Hey there chaps. If you're feeling chapfallen, then this mountainous cuvee could easily usher in a new chapter in your lives. One that even Monsieur Chaptal would deem a sweet choice. I tip my Chapeau to the chapt who made this Chappellet. Pairs well with Chapatties. I felt like a chapleted chaplain having ditched his chaperones and chaplaincies. Shows notes reminiscent of chaparral. So see your roving Chapman for a bottle worthy of being displayed on your chapiters! — 8 years ago

Usher Tinkler

Shiraz Pinot Noir

Lovely light tannins then back of the pallette full fruit that comes with a great mid climate shiraz — 8 years ago

Domaine des Côtes du Berchoux

Beaujolais-Villages Gamay

A silhouette of violets, dandelion tea, and dark sour cherries usher in angular acidity and firm, addictive tannins. Firm bodied with balanced doses of minerality and sassafras bark. Equality across the palate. Delicious and a stand-up performance of a Beaujolais-Village quality level. #vintageonthecork — 9 years ago

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Antica Terra

Aurata Chardonnay 2012

Absolutely terrific wine. Bound to uplift even the most doomy-gloomy mood. As such, it pairs well with political discourse and the prospect of "President Trump." Go ahead, drink those sorrows away. You deserve it.

Beautiful, shimmering golden color. I believe it's actually already deepening with age. (2012 vintage consumed in mid-2016)

On the nose, apricot fruit and unrefined honey dominate but is accompanied with a menagerie of rare and precious aromatics. The result is a feeling of having something truly exotic in your glass. This is a world-class wine for which there could never be any argument over its worthiness. You will be taken by this wine and there's really no way to over-hype it and set the expectation bar too high because this wine will meet it every time.

As we dig in deeper past the obvious top notes, we discover a treasure chest filled with persimmon, sandalwood, white flower, and vanilla bean.

Upon first entry in the mouth you are met with a zippy liveliness but then that melts gently across your palate to really give you a fine, pervasive coating that excites the taste buds in every corner of your mouth. This is a POWERHOUSE of assertive flavor. This wine will stage a veritable coup d'etat upon your complacent palate. There will be an ouster of your resident ennui. No incumbent sense of boredom will be safe from this wave of populist essence. There will be a complete and total transition of power in the halls of your mind's parliament leading to a peaceful but efficacious revolution. With your personal Congress in shambles, this fresh new confederacy shall draft a Constitution that will usher in a new era of utopian cooperation and transcendental civic euphoria!

Sorry, maybe for a little carried away there. For reals though. Drink this wine when you're feeling down and feel the BURN! Well, not really - because the alcohol is really well-integrated. ;)
— 9 years ago

A. Rafanelli

Unfiltered Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 2006

Marc Stubblefield
9.0

Trying to usher in fall here in San Diego by braising a pot roast. A lovely match; without the food it might have been a bit hot. — 11 years ago

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Laherte Frères

Millésimé Extra Brut Champagne 2004

Kristen Murphy Caldecutt
9.1

A lovely vintage bubbly to usher in the new year last night...and for a tipple this evening to start the new year! Zippy and bright, focused and even better on day 2. — 12 years ago

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Melissa M. Sutherland

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Totally agree on Day 2 comment.
Kristen Murphy Caldecutt

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Just makes me want another bottle for aging Melissa!

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars

Artemis Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Phenomenal way to not only watch the ‘Stros lay on the heat to the Yankees, but also to usher in a 9 day Vacation! The Four Seasons always delivers top tier wining & dining. I certainly wouldn’t mind staying here throughout all four seasons... — 8 years ago

Krystal Vento
with Krystal
Krystal, Shay and 2 others liked this

Iconoclast

Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Phenomenal way to not only watch the ‘Stros lay on the heat to the Yankees, but also to usher in a 9 day Vacation! The Four Seasons always delivers top tier wining & dining. I certainly wouldn’t mind staying here throughout all four seasons... — 8 years ago

Krystal Vento
with Krystal
Krystal, Shay and 1 other liked this

DeLille Cellars

Grand Ciel Cabernet Sauvignon

A good bottle of wine to usher in 35 — 9 years ago

Krug

Vintage Brut Champagne Blend 1988

Tasting notes on Krug can never really capture the magic so I won't try....but I will say that vintage Krug always (always!) lives up to the hype and I appreciate anything that lives up to expectations. A generous, expressive, classy, sleek bubbly that helped me usher out a '16 that I was more than happy to push roughly through the door. If you're "not a fan" of champagne try Krug. It's transcendent. — 9 years ago

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Martin G Rivard

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@Bill Bender I've had at least 6 of their 2002 vintage and it is legendary!!! Acquire that bad boy if you can. Epic to say the least. I love Krug! It's our house champagne 😍👍👍😍
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That is a nice house to live in @Martin G Rivard
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@Bill Bender indeed! I suspect Ben Franklin sponsors the @Martin G Rivard house toilet paper! 👍😂 #nohardfeelings

La Pousse d'Or

En Caillerets Volnay 1er Cru Pinot Noir 1972

Pretty perfect way to toast a great #ipob NYC and usher in #lapaulee — 11 years ago

Jasmine HirschJay McInerney
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Aled Jones

Aled Jones

Love this wine

Foxen

Williamson-Doré Vineyard Cuvée Jeanne Marie Red Rhone Blend 2009

A rich garnet, the '09 Foxen Red Rhone Blend 'Cuvée Jeanne Marie - William Doré Vineyard' perfumes the nose of this GSM with brambly black fruit, white pepper and toasty cedar scents. Racy mint, tobacco and ripe cherry flavors flood the tastebuds. A seamless, velvety texture usher in the lengthy finish. — 11 years ago