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Pinot is our favorite libation, also. As you perhaps remember,

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In Reply to: RE: I shall drink to that! posted by Victor Khomenko on September 18, 2020 at 18:34:20

we lived for decades in the Willamette Valley. I'd recommend Chehalem, Elk Cove, and Lange for excellent, mid-priced bottles. Ponzi, Archery Summit, Beaux Freres (partly owned by Robert Parker) Domaine Drouhin--- well, when you want the very best, those would be they.

Some prefer Oregon pinot that resembles the French style, more austere. I'd argue that's a mistake when the Oregon fruit and terroir are so different and are apparently, by nature, fuller, jammier. Some say pinot doesn't age well but I personally never experienced that. I kept many bottles from different wineries for up to fifteen years and never had a bottle go bad. Some started to resemble port--- but that was wonderful!

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I do remember... - Victor Khomenko 04:54:17 09/22/20 (5)
I don't think I had those first three, although the second one sounds familiar. I don't keep wines for longer than a few months - there was once a joke in Russia about a man from a poor region - he was getting 365 harvests of potatoes a year. When asked how he simply replied, in his broken Russian: "Hungry... very hungry" - he would plant them in the morning, but dig them out by dinner time. That's my story. I used to have a small wine cellar, but those times are long gone.
- Will share the potato story with Russiaphile wife - tinear 07:24:37 09/23/20 (4)
  who now is ploughing through Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of "War and Peace." Obviously, her lifelong love of the language & culture has rubbed off on our daughter who, before Covid led her to take a gap year, was scheduled to live in the "Russia House" at her college. I studied Russian lit in college, too, but only in translation--- my craziness has bounds.
  - I understand the view from the distance... - Victor Khomenko 04:52:38 09/24/20 (3)
    ...but to me this is like someone studying German language and culture in 1945. Yes, the Russian culture is rich, but it is a totally perverted society that deserves no place among the humans.
    
    Realize, that while Germany went through serious cleansing (arguably, insufficient), the soviet fascism only gained strength as result of WW2.
    - RE: I understand the view from the distance... - rivervalley817 12:41:48 09/25/20 (0)
      'soviet fascism only gained strength as result of WW2'
      
      they've set up a lot of 'back channels' since then to like minded 'leaders' and 'captains of industry' around the world as well ... that's undoubtedly a component to what's being observed in many 'shithole' countries these days
      
      best regards,
    - But... Tarkovsky grew in that soil. And many other directors. And all those dancers! - tinear 12:52:38 09/24/20 (1)
      I can understand your frustration, now more than ever. What's happening in Brazil nauseates me to no end. Fascism, like Covid, may be with the human race forever...
      - As in any other jail, you will find some decent people there - Victor Khomenko 12:05:42 09/25/20 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: But... Tarkovsky grew in that soil. And many other directors. And all those dancers! posted by tinear on September 24, 2020 at 12:52:38
        
        Unfortunately, the great majority of the dumb population fully supports their dictator and is united in their boundless hatred towards all democratic states. It is truly one sick society. One of the most corrupt on Earth.

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