Victory Hotel
Victory Brewing Company
Sour Monkey
Now this is some good monkey! LoL. A really nice sour beer to enjoy either with friends and a grill or by yourself watching Netflix in your underwear — 7 years ago
Victory Brewing Company
Prima Pilsner
A pilsner with a bit of hops and earthiness that gives a bit of bite to this refreshing German style beer. — 8 years ago
Victory Brewing Company
V-Twelve Liquid Luxury... Quadrupel Ale
Rich! Caramel malt candy. — 9 years ago
Cakebread Cellars
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
Grand Hotel Private Label
125th Anniversary Amador County Barbera 2014
Pleasant enough red wine. Went nicely with strong marinara based dishes abd with sweet dark chocolate. — 9 years ago
Alexandre D' Almeida
Palace Hotel-Bussaco Reservado Buçaco Branco 2007
Analysis not yet completed — 10 years ago
Finca Allende
Rioja Viura Blend 2008
Hotel Majestic. La Gran Noche de la Rioja.
27.06.19 — 6 years ago
Mas Doix
Doix Costers de Vinyes Velles Priorat Carignan - Grenache Blend 2015
Hotel Catalonia BCN Plaza. Outlook Wine 10 Years OW10.
30.05.19 — 6 years ago
Victory Brewing Company
Victory Storm King Imperial Stout
Solid imperial stout — 9 years ago
Château Pichon-Longueville Baron
Baron de Pichon-Longueville Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2003
Saturday night...time for steak and claret as my buddy Gary Westby says. In this scenario, I envisioned the wine being equal or even better than my steak. Not to toot my horn but most everyone that's had my steak simply says meaningfully that it is the best they've had. Myself, I've only had one better the Ribcap at Bourbon Steak in SF; which sadly closed as the hotel took back the space they were in. Hopefully, soon to reopen again elsewhere in SF. However, back to the Pichon Baron. I can't say I loved it. I wanted to love it as it is one of my favorite properties in Pauillac. The wine isn't bad but it just never shined. Maybe, it's just not a good moment in it's evolution to open. It's soft, elegant but missing the beauty, flavors and complexity I've come to expect. The fruits are dry blackberry, dark cherries, black raspberries, a touch of juicy strawberries and black plum skin. Dark dry powdery minerals, saddlewood, lead pencil savings, underbrush, dry dark earth, dry pebbles. There is not much on the mid palate, it finishes a little flat and the fruits never really shined. Surprising for such a warm vintage. Hoping it improves over the years as I've got 5 more. Unusual that the wine really needed the steak more than the steak needed the wine. — 9 years ago
In the end if give it 9.4. It was one of the nicest wines I've had in a while
Victory Brewing Company
Hop Devil IPA
Excellent, highly hoppy but rounded too. A decent brew. — 7 years ago
Dominio de Pingus
Ribera del Duero Tempranillo 2013
Super young, super tight, super wound up, and super primary. Not showing much other than oil like density and dark blue and black fruits. It would be nice to visit this year's from now. w/ Peter Sisseck at Victory Wine Group tasting. — 8 years ago
Château Latour
Premier Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1940
What a beautiful person inside and out! I'm blessed beyond measure to be able to call him "Dad". Words can't adequately express how much I Love him. We opened a few bottles last night that I will hold near and dear to my heart forever. We are celebrating his completion of 6 rounds of chemo therapy in his battle against Prostate cancer. This is his 3rd time in the ring against this opponent and it appears that he's won with a unanimous decision by knockout at this time!!!!!! Love you dad!!!!! So proud of your strength through this process. My Father was born in 1940. A difficult year to say the least:
Germans entered Bordeaux in June of 1940. As dictated by Hitler himself, it was the sworn duty of each and every commander to search and seize whatever could be used for the advancement of the German cause. Bedlam broke out. Chateaux' were ransacked, wine cellars were looted if not used for target practice. The Chateauxs were forced to continue producing wines. It's poetic justice that Mother Nature provided the Germans with the worst growing season from 1940 to 1944!!!! The Germans left Bordeaux in 1944 to the cheers of the residents "Au Revoir Les Allemands"!!!! The 1940 bottle that we enjoyed this evening survived World War II. It Survived the ransacking, pillaging & plunder of countless German soldiers. It's outer capsule showed evident signs of its struggle but it's inner beauty was unblemished and glorious. I've had many, many vintages of Latour from 1928 and on but none have ever tasted as perfect as the one we enjoyed tonight. This 1940 was perfect. It was a fighter, it never gave up, it never relinquished in the face of adversity. That's my Father, that my role model. He's a beautiful person inside & out. I think 1940 is the best vintage that I have ever had the privilege to enjoy. Special thanks to my good friends Michael Troise whom provided me with much of the insights in regards to the incredibly difficult vintage and David Page whom gifted this bottle to me for our celebration this evening. I will never forget your generosity. It was a glorious evening to say the least!!! Wine has a way of bringing people together and encapsulating an evening and event. I couldn't think of a better way to rejoice in his victory than to open a Father & Son birth year wine. — 8 years ago
Château Miraval
Côtes de Provence Rosé Blend
Hotel Wailea poolside. Never fails! — 10 years ago
Trimbach
Cuvée Frédéric Emile Alsace Riesling 2007
2007 vintage. At poolside restaurant at the Edition Hotel, Miami Beach. Pale lemon hue. Tight on the nose - needed time to open up. Apple, greengage plum and lemon zest. Some grapefruit aromas with air. Not picking up the expected wet stone minerality in this bottle at least at this stage of its development. Very youthful. Hint of rubbery note but quite subtle. On the palate, bright, precise and clean, massive acidity, medium minus body and medium intensity. Medium finish. Very enjoyable with fish lunch. Being from a great vintage, this wine is still way too youthful and has yet to develop depth and complexity. I think it should not be touched for another 5-7 years and thereafter should drink well until 2030+. — 10 years ago
Ron R
This Pa brewery is rocking my world. Close my eyes and taste this, and I drift back to my time when I lived in Waterloo, Brussels. Label says 9.5% abv, but it’s tucked in nicely. Woody notes on the palate, with cardamom, cloves and licorice. Heart-warming as it slips down the hatch. Well done! — 6 years ago