I had lunch yesterday with Robert Kamen of Kamen Wines. I've know
Robert for a number of years and he and his team are making so pretty
good stuff these days. Robert is also a pretty good screenwriter
having written a number of well known scripts such as "The Karate Kid"
and my personal favorite "A Walk in the Clouds"

2005 Syrah-Deep black fruit notes, nice balance, very Hermitage like
with a bit of sage and briar, red meat, iron and minerals.

2006 Syrah-A bit more plush and lush with very ripe blueberry and
blackberry flavors, a bit of vanilla, anise and cocoa notes.

2005 Cabernet "Kashmir" -Their premium wine. Quite plush and
concentrated. Smooth as silk. Very ripe, black cherry, blackberry,
brown sugar and exotic spice. Ultra concentrated..more of a cocktail
wine but quite delicious.

2005 Cabernet-Polished and smooth. Vewry well balanced and very
foody. Nice dusty black fruit with a bit of spice and vanilla.

We opened a bottle of 1997 Gaja San Lorenzo that was badly corked and
a bottle of Sessitti Pertimali 1997 Brunello that was outstanding.

Bi!! wrote on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:40:47 -0700 (PDT):

> I had lunch yesterday with Robert Kamen of Kamen Wines. I've know
>Robert for a number of years and he and his team are making so pretty
>good stuff these days. Robert is also a pretty good screenwriter
>having written a number of well known scripts such as "The Karate Kid"
>and my personal favorite "A Walk in the Clouds"
ds"

> concentrated..more of a cocktail wine but quite delicious.

> 2005 Cabernet-Polished and smooth. Vewry well balanced and
> very foody. Nice dusty black fruit with a bit of spice and
> vanilla.

Interesting but a bit irrelevant. I don't want to be excessively
sarcastic but, IMHO, as a wine maker, Francis Coppola made good movies
too.
--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Jun 19, 5:24�pm, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> �Bi!! �wrote �on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:40:47 -0700 (PDT):
>
> > I had lunch yesterday with Robert Kamen of Kamen Wines. �I've know
> >Robert for a number of years and he and his team are making so pretty
> >good stuff these days. �Robert is also a pretty good screenwriter
> >having written a number of well known scripts such as "The Karate Kid"
> >and my personal favorite "A Walk in the Clouds"
>
> ds"
>
> > concentrated..more of a cocktail wine but quite delicious.
> > 2005 Cabernet-Polished and smooth. �Vewry well balanced and
> > very foody. Nice dusty black fruit with a bit of spice and
> > vanilla.
>
> Interesting but a bit irrelevant. I don't want to be excessively
> sarcastic but, IMHO, as a wine maker, Francis Coppola made good movies
> too.
> --
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

I only added that he was screenwriter because I'm often asked if he's
the same guy who is the screenwriter who wrote "A Walk in the Clouds"
since it's a movie about a vineyard. IMHO, Kamen makes better wines
than Coppola. Have you had his wines?

Bi!! wrote on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:04:04 -0700 (PDT):

> On Jun 19, 5:24�pm, "James Silverton"
> > wrote:
>> �Bi!! �wrote �on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:40:47 -0700 (PDT):
>>
> >> I had lunch yesterday with Robert Kamen of Kamen Wines.
> >> �I've know Robert for a number of years and he and his team
> >> are making so pretty good stuff these days. �Robert is also
> >> a pretty good screenwriter having written a number of well
> >> known scripts such as "The Karate Kid" and my personal
> >> favorite "A Walk in the Clouds"
>>
>> ds"
>>
> >> concentrated..more of a cocktail wine but quite delicious.
> >> 2005 Cabernet-Polished and smooth. �Vewry well balanced and
> >> very foody. Nice dusty black fruit with a bit of spice and
> >> vanilla.
>>
>> Interesting but a bit irrelevant. I don't want to be
>> excessively sarcastic but, IMHO, as a wine maker, Francis
>> Coppola made good movies too. --
>>
>I only added that he was screenwriter because I'm often asked if he's
>he same guy who is the screenwriter who wrote "A Walk in the Clouds"
>since it's a movie about a vineyard. IMHO, Kamen makes better wines
>than Coppola. Have you had his wines?

No, not yet. I'll look for them. As you can tell, I'm not that impressed
by Coppola.


--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Jun 19, 9:05�pm, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> �Bi!! �wrote �on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:04:04 -0700 (PDT):
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 19, 5:24 pm, "James Silverton"
> > > wrote:
> >> Bi!! wrote on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:40:47 -0700 (PDT):
>
> > >> I had lunch yesterday with Robert Kamen of Kamen Wines.
> > >> I've know Robert for a number of years and he and his team
> > >> are making so pretty good stuff these days. Robert is also
> > >> a pretty good screenwriter having written a number of well
> > >> known scripts such as "The Karate Kid" and my personal
> > >> favorite "A Walk in the Clouds"
>
> >> ds"
>
> > >> concentrated..more of a cocktail wine but quite delicious.
> > >> 2005 Cabernet-Polished and smooth. Vewry well balanced and
> > >> very foody. Nice dusty black fruit with a bit of spice and
> > >> vanilla.
>
> >> Interesting but a bit irrelevant. I don't want to be
> >> excessively sarcastic but, IMHO, as a wine maker, Francis
> >> Coppola made good movies too. --
>
> >I only added that he was screenwriter because I'm often asked if he's
> >he same guy who is the screenwriter who wrote "A Walk in the Clouds"
> >since it's a movie about a vineyard. �IMHO, Kamen makes better wines
> >than Coppola. Have you had his wines?
>
> No, not yet. I'll look for them. As you can tell, I'm not that impressed
> by Coppola.
>
> --
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Niether am I. Last bottle I bought was off a restaurant wine list and
it was awful stuff.

> No, not yet. I'll look for them. As you can tell, I'm not that impressed
> by Coppola.
>



Niether am I. Last bottle I bought was off a restaurant wine list and
it was awful stuff.


I bought only ONE bottle, but that was enough for me.


What about Greg Norman's wines. I've bought TWO bottles, but liked nary one
of those either.

Dee Dee

In article >,
"Dee Randall" > wrote:

> > No, not yet. I'll look for them. As you can tell, I'm not that impressed
> > by Coppola.
> >
>
>
>
> Niether am I. Last bottle I bought was off a restaurant wine list and
> it was awful stuff.
>
>
> I bought only ONE bottle, but that was enough for me.
>
>
> What about Greg Norman's wines. I've bought TWO bottles, but liked nary one
> of those either.
>
> Dee Dee

Has anyone had a celebrity wine that was any good? So far, I haven't.

On 2009-06-20 04:58:17 -0700, "Dee Randall" > said:

>
>> No, not yet. I'll look for them. As you can tell, I'm not that impressed
>> by Coppola.
>>
>
>
>
> Niether am I. Last bottle I bought was off a restaurant wine list and
> it was awful stuff.
>
>
> I bought only ONE bottle, but that was enough for me.

OK, give him a "D" for wines, but an "A" for trying - some time ago I
was at his house for a party (where the sound of my feet was recorded
for Apocolipse Now) and was impressed at his trying to maintain the
Gustave Niebaum/ Inglenook wines of the '40's... His purchase of the
estate was instigated by a desire to keep the estate out of "corporate"
hands.