Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Bill Spohn Post Time: 05-24-2008 at 12:05 AM

Posted by Bill Spohn: Lunch notes (blind tasting) With spot prawns in pirirpiri sauce 2003 Alain Voge St. Peray Fleur de Crussol – this white made from 70 year old Marsanne and iven5 months in oak was reall exceptional. Lots of colour, and a lovely old Marsan

I visited St. Lucia about 20 years ago when I boarded a Windjammer Barefoot Cruise on a 200-foot-long tall ship for a one-week sail around five islands. It was pure heaven. But the new Jade Mountain Resort , which opened in December 2006, makes any other St. Lucia vacation pale in comparison. High on Morne Chastanet and overlooking the Piton World Heritage site and the Caribbean below...

I didn’t write down and I can’t remember when we bought this 2005 Jade Mountain Mourvedre but I do remember we had it at a Wine Cellar tasting before we purchased it. Jade Mountain Vineyard and Winery is located in Contra Costa County California. The Evangelho vineyard which was planted in 1890, is named for the last name of the family that has managed it since 1938 and is where this wine...

... served on a French roll, with cucumber, carrot & cilantro Jade Noodles : Noodles tossed in a ginger...

I love to garden, but living on the second floor with limited space doesn’t make that easy. Therefore, I can only do so much with what I have. The windowsills are filled with parsley, mint, basil, chives, etc, along with a jade plant and something I only know as angel’s wings , a clipping of which I somehow managed to bring on the plane coming back from my Christmas trip home and which has...

The finish just would not end. The length of the finish is one of the defining characteristics of a great wine and this one had a doozy. It started out great with an earthy, deeply fruity nose and concentrated flavors that flowed into a finish of epic proportions. The only problem is that this wine had a finish more appropriate to Bourbon than wine. The 2003 Jade Mountain Napa Valley Syrah has...