Comments on: Wines I drank with Russian spies in LA at Marouch http://dobianchi.com/2010/07/12/wines-i-drank-with-russian-spies-in-la/ Negotiating the Epistemologic Implications of Oenophilia Thu, 31 May 2012 18:08:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jesse Becker, MS http://dobianchi.com/2010/07/12/wines-i-drank-with-russian-spies-in-la/#comment-9729 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:00:24 +0000 http://dobianchi.com/?p=8953#comment-9729 Xinomavro, like the Santorini you mentioned, I just meant the fresh, high-acid, mineral character of _young_ Assyrtiko (the way most people drink it) is a great ambassador for all Greek wines and I’d love to see Merwah produced this way so the world could know Lebanon and not just Musar. I love and drink all the oxidative wines you listed but Musar is really peculiar. Jeremy–Marouch looks awesome BTW. I will check it out.

]]> By: Xinomavro http://dobianchi.com/2010/07/12/wines-i-drank-with-russian-spies-in-la/#comment-9723 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:23:54 +0000 http://dobianchi.com/?p=8953#comment-9723 Jesse I agree with you in terms of as “many” people like as “many” don’t.

But don’t you think that’s good, there’s not enough to go around so more for us who love it.

Wine in most cases needs patience all these guys are doing it for the love (Gravner, Damijan, how about the Juras, Movia, Clos Saron, some matured Assyrtikos from Santorini and Tondonia whites

Though I would love to get to taste Khoury’s wine and I’m only 30 minutes from Lebanon

]]> By: Jesse Becker, MS http://dobianchi.com/2010/07/12/wines-i-drank-with-russian-spies-in-la/#comment-9693 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:34:02 +0000 http://dobianchi.com/?p=8953#comment-9693 Musar blanc kills me because it’s not always the best ambassador for Lebanese wine…I’ve turned just as many people off as I have on with it. They can be stunning though, I had a bottle of the 2000 in Beirut last December and it was gorgeous after an hour in the decanter. It’s a wine that needs patience and understanding for sure. I’d love to see Merwah and Obaideh from someone like Sebastian Khoury at Domaine de Baal; a fresh, mineral version of those varieties would be great a great thing for Lebanese wine.

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