Perennially Crystal Quail

Tweet Regulars know it’s not possible to completely describe the transcendental experience of a Crystal Quail evening.   After the ritual pilgramage through the back-est of Center Barnstead, New Hampshire country roads and arriving in the middle of nowhere to find a small 18th century farmhouse glowing in the setting sun just twenty yards uphill of the rear over sized garden whose bounty is being prepped [...]

Reconnecting with Cotes du Ventoux in New Hampshire

Tweet With the 2006 in distribution and the 2007 releasing, stumbling  across the 2005 Chateau Pesquie Terrasses at a local New Hampshire State Liquor store last week was a pleasant surprise.  I grabbed the remaining 4 bottles on sale at $10.99, ignoring the half dozen 04s and asked for more 05.   With the New Hampshire State Commission selling the 04, [...]