Comments on: Pivotal Pinots http://bbrblog.com/2008/01/11/pivotal-pinots/ A weblog from Berry Bros. & Rudd, the famous wine merchant Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:13:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Jasper http://bbrblog.com/2008/01/11/pivotal-pinots/#comment-460 Jasper Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:32:30 +0000 http://bbrblog.com/2008/01/11/pivotal-pinots/#comment-460 I love this ! Romance carried out through the twin joys of pinot noir and the BBR blog site! I have not tried the Crooked Vine wine, though I have always loved the viognier chardonnay blend which Bob Lindquist of Qupe Winery pioneered in the early 1990s. Not sure about it with chocolate though. But you might want to try something like Alain Chatoux's straight Beaujolais alongside your mousse or chocolate for a refreshing experiment. Was that beautiful roses or beautiful rosés your husband sent you by the way ? I love this ! Romance carried out through the twin joys of pinot noir and the BBR blog site!

I have not tried the Crooked Vine wine, though I have always loved the viognier chardonnay blend which Bob Lindquist of Qupe Winery pioneered in the early 1990s. Not sure about it with chocolate though. But you might want to try something like Alain Chatoux’s straight Beaujolais alongside your mousse or chocolate for a refreshing experiment.

Was that beautiful roses or beautiful rosés your husband sent you by the way ?

]]> By: lesley bingham http://bbrblog.com/2008/01/11/pivotal-pinots/#comment-444 lesley bingham Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:13:33 +0000 http://bbrblog.com/2008/01/11/pivotal-pinots/#comment-444 I am so glad that my husband managed to get out of the office on the weekend and discoverd that Silicon Valley has more than one string to its bow. I am particularly interested to hear more about the 'CV Charve' as it is always difficult to find something to go with a chocolate pudding. As it happens to be St.Valentine's day I send him my love and he will be pleased to know that his latest BBR delivery arrived this morning - a few hours before my beautiful roses for which I thank him. I am so glad that my husband managed to get out of the office on the weekend and discoverd that Silicon Valley has more than one string to its bow. I am particularly interested to hear more about the ‘CV Charve’ as it is always difficult to find something to go with a chocolate pudding.

As it happens to be St.Valentine’s day I send him my love and he will be pleased to know that his latest BBR delivery arrived this morning - a few hours before my beautiful roses for which I thank him.

]]> By: Tony Bingham http://bbrblog.com/2008/01/11/pivotal-pinots/#comment-434 Tony Bingham Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:33:32 +0000 http://bbrblog.com/2008/01/11/pivotal-pinots/#comment-434 As part of a leisurely wine tasting weekend south of San Francisco I visited Ridge, Bonny Doon, Wente, the David Bruce Winery and a couple of other lesser names. Most of what I drank was Cabernet, Merlot, Petite Sirah (often delicious), Zinfandel and several curious blends from the amazingly eclectic BDV list, including their signature, and splendid, Le Cigare Volant. Only David Bruce majored on Pinot Noir and I'm glad I tried them. His 2002 Chalone Brousseau, 2004 Santa Cruz Mountains and 2005 Sonoma Coast were all excellent and very reasonably priced. The most surprising success I found was a 50/50 blend of Chardonnay and Viognier from Crooked Vine, called CV Charve (acute accent on the e). This combined, in their words, the creamy, smoky aspects of Chard with the tropical fruit and spiciness of Viognier. With typical Californian adventure it was served with chocolate! As part of a leisurely wine tasting weekend south of San Francisco I visited Ridge, Bonny Doon, Wente, the David Bruce Winery and a couple of other lesser names. Most of what I drank was Cabernet, Merlot, Petite Sirah (often delicious), Zinfandel and several curious blends from the amazingly eclectic BDV list, including their signature, and splendid, Le Cigare Volant. Only David Bruce majored on Pinot Noir and I’m glad I tried them. His 2002 Chalone Brousseau, 2004 Santa Cruz Mountains and 2005 Sonoma Coast were all excellent and very reasonably priced. The most surprising success I found was a 50/50 blend of Chardonnay and Viognier from Crooked Vine, called CV Charve (acute accent on the e). This combined, in their words, the creamy, smoky aspects of Chard with the tropical fruit and spiciness of Viognier. With typical Californian adventure it was served with chocolate!

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