Serge Dracula Slayer 
South Florida
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 663
 | | 09-28-2006 01:30 AM |
| I surely miss him. He gave me permission to publish his trip notes at http://winereader.comThis is one of the MOST comprehensive impressions of Priorat Wines | | | http://NothingControversial.com |
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Serge Dracula Slayer
South Florida
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 663
| | 09-29-2006 03:57 PM |
| pictures added | | | http://NothingControversial.com | |
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jaimetown
DC area
Wine Labeler
Posts: 3583
| | 09-29-2006 05:36 PM |
| Good info - there was also a nice thread on Priorat way before Board-O's trip that was a great dialogue: Priorat Primer | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10205
| | 09-29-2006 09:31 PM |
| i'll be there 11/11-11/19. i've printed all of board-o(and landsharks) suggestions. wooohooooo!  | | | |
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Serge Dracula Slayer
South Florida
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 663
| | 09-29-2006 10:51 PM |
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i'll be there 11/11-11/19. i've printed all of board-o(and landsharks) suggestions. wooohooooo!
are you going to Clos Mogador?
The restaurant Rene runs is not to miss, that was my highlight of the trip last year.
I was impressed by Board-O's notes, he did one heck of the job and covered lots of grounds. | | | http://NothingControversial.com | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10205
| | 09-29-2006 11:52 PM |
| must hits(from board-o's notes) for us include: mas igneus mas d'en gil alvaro palacios clos mogador clos figueras cellar laurona la vinya del vuit mas doix cellar joan simo cellar vall llach cellar ardevol cellers scala dei any others?  | | | |
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Serge Dracula Slayer
South Florida
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 663
| | 09-30-2006 01:45 AM |
| T, how many days you going to be there? we had only 3 for the entire Barcelona/Priorat region and it wasn't enough. Will you be driving stick shift? Keep in mind - street signs are optional on Barcelona streets and in the country side they are practically non existant. Small request from local grape growers: while you are there - improve the terroir!  http://nocomments.com/2/Spain/Priorat/imagepages/image14.html | | | http://NothingControversial.com | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10205
| | 09-30-2006 02:54 AM |
| LOL  we will be there(barcelona) a full 7 days(excluding travel time). at least 2 of those will be dedicated to priorat, maybe 4, but probably 3(still in "negotiations" with the mrs.....   ).. we're taking advantage of a recently relocated friends' 3 floor flat near the gothic "area"(?) near the cathedral(?)...i think that is good??? | | | |
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Drew
Sammamish, WA
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3412
| | 10-01-2006 05:15 PM |
| Looks like we're telling the parents to sod off this year and heading to Barcelona for a couple of weeks. T-Bird, post your notes! Thx to Board-O! | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10205
| | 10-02-2006 02:12 PM |
| drew, when will you be there? | | | |
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Landshark
Wine Labeler
Posts: 3727
| | 10-02-2006 04:39 PM |
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we're taking advantage of a recently relocated friends' 3 floor flat near the gothic "area"(?) near the cathedral(?)...i think that is good???
That is very good, you will not nned a car until you want to leave the city. No place to park or drive it in the gothic area. | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10205
| | 10-02-2006 08:02 PM |
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we're taking advantage of a recently relocated friends' 3 floor flat near the gothic "area"(?) near the cathedral(?)...i think that is good???
That is very good, you will not nned a car until you want to leave the city. No place to park or drive it in the gothic area.
schweet! if i wanted to go two days in a row, would you recommend just staying there(priorat) or driving back and forth? | | | |
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Serge Dracula Slayer
South Florida
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 663
| | 10-02-2006 08:09 PM |
| from my expereince, staying there is better option.
Don't forget, if you taste wines right, you'd be quite loaded by the end of it and driving to Barcelona isn't fun.
I slept thru my partner's curses, and only woke up in Barcelona after he missed an exit. | | | http://NothingControversial.com | |
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Drew
Sammamish, WA
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3412
| | 10-02-2006 08:10 PM |
| Looking at just after Christmas, around 12/28-1/15 or so. | | | |
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Landshark
Wine Labeler
Posts: 3727
| | 10-02-2006 08:48 PM |
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we're taking advantage of a recently relocated friends' 3 floor flat near the gothic "area"(?) near the cathedral(?)...i think that is good???
That is very good, you will not nned a car until you want to leave the city. No place to park or drive it in the gothic area.
schweet! if i wanted to go two days in a row, would you recommend just staying there(priorat) or driving back and forth?
If you are going there for two days I would stay out there. Imagine yoc came to visit LA and wanted to taste wine in Ojai while you were there
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10205
| | 10-02-2006 09:17 PM |
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I am so jealous
YOU??? jealous of ME??? regarding TRAVEL???? that's a first! | | | |
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