The other thing about the wine DBT is that you are only allowed to sip/taste ~1cc of the wine, then rinse, then quickly the next ~1cc, etc... thought you would want to know... 😉
There's a Lioco Chard that has the astonishingly low alcohol of 12.6% (astonishing by today's standards). I have to get a couple into storage as they may well turn out to be ageworthy.
I did have a 1966 Montrachet that was about 10 when I drank it that was revelatory. Not one of the very top makers but quite respectable.
Parasound is proof that Mr. Curl has market/marketing value.
(et ça, c'est la boeuf)
You should have seen me with the tour guides in the Willamette Valley, to be fair they make pinot 13 -13.5 for the most part and astonishingly to me only 15% or so new oak. A refreshing change from Napa.
Which wineries? My folks are pretty active in that scene (so I have a tasted a lot of the pinots throughout the Tualatin and Willamette valleys). Probably took you to Dundee, since it's the highest concentration--PITA to drive through.
Funny you say that, at one point I did a 25yr. memory dump of my faves at one of the guides and Dundee Hills contained 90% of them. Archery Summit and Domaine Serine come to mind but the locals now consider them a little too snobby. Being from Boston I must have a soft spot for Ponzi but it varies from vintage to vintage. On this trip we didn't go there but my faves remained from grapes sourced from Dundee and vinified elsewhere, blind of course. So SY George was wrong all along, there is terroir. Sorry DHP that's an inside joke.
No prob on the inside joke. 🙂
My dad and I go bike through all those hills whenever I'm home and cut down our Christmas tree on the property adjacent to Ponzi. My parents are members at Alloro and Methven, and, IMO their wine is right there with the rest, and their respective winery environments is downright enjoyable to spend time at.
Archery Summit, haha, yeah, too snobby. I think they went through a change in management about 5-7 years ago, for the worse.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. 😀
My dad and I go bike through all those hills whenever I'm home and cut down our Christmas tree on the property adjacent to Ponzi. My parents are members at Alloro and Methven, and, IMO their wine is right there with the rest, and their respective winery environments is downright enjoyable to spend time at.
Archery Summit, haha, yeah, too snobby. I think they went through a change in management about 5-7 years ago, for the worse.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. 😀
I can't afford good red wine, so I only drink Cognac. I get a bigger 'bang' for my buck(s) and less of a hangover. '-)
Why mess with success? 😀
(But, really, like beer, the quality of your average $10 bottle can be quite good!)
Then again, my low standard are well documented here. 😛
(But, really, like beer, the quality of your average $10 bottle can be quite good!)
Then again, my low standard are well documented here. 😛
It is better that I work for others, because they have the 'balls' to demand what the product can actually get from serious audiophiles. I always sell too cheap, if I control the price of the product. That doesn't leave me much of a margin for the more difficult times. The Vendetta sold really well for awhile. In the end, with one bad review from HP and digital moving in, things slowed. The end came when I lost about $14,000 in semiconductor inventory that I lost in the firestorm. (I kept them at home for safety from theft, etc.) Oh well.
Okay Scott, I have a Parasound that needs to be repaired, not sure what I fried but poof that was that. Let it go real cheap if you want to fix the thing. Not a JC marked model though.
I reckon with a good business partner you can trust to handle build and distribution (which is hard) and maybe a kickstarter campaign to relaunch a special ltd edition, signed by the man etc run it could work. But the trustable partner is the killer.
Such a partner is really hard to come by. He'd need to understand more than just a bit of electronics, he'd need to organize a functional manufacturing system, packaging, sales and advertising. This is a TALL order, na be truly honest to boot. If you meet someone like that, go for it.
Worst if all, you both would need some start up capital.
Worst if all, you both would need some start up capital.
The problem with factories is that they usually require quite a quantity to get the price right, just what you can't afford for your first series.
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