Comments for Les Blog http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog Les Garagistes is a shadowy cabal of friends who make wine together in an undisclosed location in SE Portland. Their blog is a concise catalog of blinding truths and outright fictions (not necessarily in that order), but it's worth a read anyway. Their wine is not for sale. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:24:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Road Trip One: Quest for Merlot by Corranc http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/2008/10/02/road-trip-one-quest-for-merlot/#comment-202 Corranc Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:20:37 +0000 http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/?p=354#comment-202 Whatever the numbers are, it looks like an invigorating trip. Thanx for the photos, for all of us who missed out! Whatever the numbers are, it looks like an invigorating trip. Thanx for the photos, for all of us who missed out!

]]> Comment on Improvement for a room by JP http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/2008/09/28/improvement-for-a-room/#comment-200 JP Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:17:38 +0000 http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/?p=325#comment-200 And oh what a cute fruit chute it was... But what is wine making without a bit of "plonk" contingency planning: <a HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3115492/Ultrasound-machine-turns-cheap-plonk-into-fine-wine-in-30-minutes-says-inventor.html" rel="nofollow">Our Backup Plan</A> And oh what a cute fruit chute it was…

But what is wine making without a bit of “plonk” contingency planning:

Our Backup Plan

]]> Comment on Goodbye old friend by Ziraud http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/2008/09/09/goodbye-old-friend/#comment-198 Ziraud Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:54:17 +0000 http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/?p=304#comment-198 Thank you all so much for your condolences. This will be my first harvest ever without Marley, but I'm trying to think more about how he'd follow me along in the vine row, reaching up from time to time to nibble grapes like a Roman libertine. A true Garagiste! Thank you all so much for your condolences. This will be my first harvest ever without Marley, but I’m trying to think more about how he’d follow me along in the vine row, reaching up from time to time to nibble grapes like a Roman libertine. A true Garagiste!

]]> Comment on Ladies and gentlemen: your 2007 Peugeot by Les Blog » Fall Bottling http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/2008/09/13/ladies-and-gentlemen-your-2007-peugeot/#comment-197 Les Blog » Fall Bottling Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:06:27 +0000 http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/?p=306#comment-197 [...] concocted the Peugeot blend and put it back in neutral barrels first. That meant measuring out the right percentage from each of the three constituent barrels (Cab, Merlot, Franc) into a holding tank, one after the [...] [...] concocted the Peugeot blend and put it back in neutral barrels first. That meant measuring out the right percentage from each of the three constituent barrels (Cab, Merlot, Franc) into a holding tank, one after the [...]

]]> Comment on Goodbye old friend by Roger Smith http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/2008/09/09/goodbye-old-friend/#comment-195 Roger Smith Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:30:45 +0000 http://www.lesgaragistes.com/LesBlog/?p=304#comment-195 M&E So sorry, so very sorry. I was fond of Marley. An excellent companion and reassuring presence. Roger M&E

So sorry, so very sorry. I was fond of Marley. An excellent companion and reassuring presence.

Roger

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