tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8017457764988110566.post1713785868857846385..comments2023-10-09T11:45:33.422-04:00Comments on McDuff's Food & Wine Trail: A Vertical Tasting of "Torbido!" with Peter Weimer and Romy Gygax of Cascina EbreoDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03274955351036700406noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8017457764988110566.post-87394674331548081452010-11-26T14:10:08.539-05:002010-11-26T14:10:08.539-05:00Thanks, Jeremy. It was great getting to hang with...Thanks, Jeremy. It was great getting to hang with you, too. Hopefully not so short, next time around.<br /><br />Agreed on Peter's '97. A tough vintage for his first release, and nothing manipulative about it.<br /><br />As for the modern/traditional mash-up represented in the style and history of the estate, I was thinking along very much the same lines. The new old is a great way to put it.David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03274955351036700406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8017457764988110566.post-6640235705063625322010-11-24T09:16:52.822-05:002010-11-24T09:16:52.822-05:00I agree that the 1997 was a disappointment but I a...I agree that the 1997 was a disappointment but I admired Peter for letting that wine be what it was meant to be: not a great vintage (as we in the alternative press know!).<br /><br />His wines are anachronistically oxymoronic: they are new old, they are rustic contemporary. And man, I wish I had a bottle of the 99 for my Thanksgiving! <br /><br />Great post... and wow, man, so great to finally meet you in person!Do Bianchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744434741371288465noreply@blogger.com