On Jan 31, 9:52*am, DaleW > wrote:
> While Betsy made a caesar salad, we sipped a glass of the 2008 Loosen
> "Dr L" Riesling. Lots of lime, fairly sweet, tangy acids. Fairly
> simple, but satisfying $8 wine! B-/B
>
> We lugged our salad, some applesauce, and our hound to friends who
> were celebrating their spaniel's birthday (hey, she came to Lucy's
> party). The dogs enjoyed bones, the people enjoyed stuffed pork chops,
> potatoes, salad, etc. I had also carried the 2001 The Old Field
> Merlot*(North Fork). Black plummy fruit, a little smoke meets vanilla
> oak note, medium acidity. There's a little pruney edge on the finish
> that says drink up, but overall a nice enough wine. The issue (as
> always with me and NY wines) is value, at $19 it has tough competition
> from less expensive Bordeaux and New World merlots. B-
>
> There was also a Zardetto prosecco, dependable as always.
>
> Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an
> excellent*wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I
> wouldn't*drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I
> offer no*promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of
> consistency.**

I meant to put an additional disclaimer here, the owners of The Old
Field are old friends, though I haven't seen in several years, so you
can factor that in on notes.