Lost Dog Lane
Paul Jaboulet Aîné
La Chapelle Hermitage Syrah 1997
Was sad to find this old dog is tired. It’s lost all its texture and nice savory elements. What remains is smooth stewed fruit. Drink up. — 7 years ago
Starve Dog Lane
Merlot
Enjoyable wine that does what it says on the label. — 4 years ago
Château Meyney
La Chapelle de Meyney St. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2010
My introduction to and one of my favorite St. Estephe.  at first blush is incredibly tight, tannins coat your entire younger, this wine is just tighter than a three legged cat in a dog pound. Give it a good hour or so in then tannins fade, it’s like it’s enough good structure to be able to enjoy the wine but you get wonderful flavors of fresh rose and chewing on green herbs that go into beef Bourgogne and all of that fun stuff. The tannins fade into velvet, not Lou Reed in the velvet underground, but an iron fist with a velvet glove. There’s a solidity behind it that smacks you in the face with delicious plum and green herb and just floral flavors that would make Monet slap himself in jealousy. Drinking this wine after giving it time to decant makes you realize that you actually have lost that loving feeling and need to drink more wine. — 5 years ago
Matthiasson
Limerick Lane Vineyard Zinfandel 2016
This wine almost brought tears to my eyes. I have given up on Zin because they are just big alcohol bombs and all of the fruit is lost in the process. Steve has taken HIS approach on this young fruit. This is elegant and sexy. The fruit comes first along with some beautiful minerality. This is how Zin should be made. I’m back in the Zin world thanks to this winner. It is young and I’m excited to see what unfurl in the future — 7 years ago
Tschida
Himmel Auf Erden Rosé Blend 2018
Crushed vitamins watermelon dog sweat. Not the greatest. Tasted better on day 2. Lost the crushed vitamin watermelon thing and had nice texture and freshness/balance. — 5 years ago
Chesebro
Cedar Lane Sauvignon Blanc 2015
uncovered this 2015 that must have been lost for a while and was glad I did. great food wine with a lot going on, wonderful wine. — 6 years ago
Norman
手取川 ひやおろし “Scarlet Mountain” (Tedorigawa Hiyaoroshi “Scarlet Mountain”)
• Rice: Yoshida’s autumn junmai (hiyaoroshi-style) release: Koji rice Yamada Nishiki and kake rice Ishikawamon.
• Polish ratio: 60% (per Yoshida’s autumn junmai seasonal spec). 
• ABV: 15%
• Sake type: Junmai Hiyaoroshi (純米 ひやおろし)
• Junmai = pure rice (no added brewer’s alcohol)
• Hiyaoroshi = an autumn release that’s been matured/rested after brewing so it drinks rounder and more umami-forward than a just-released sake (it’s a seasonal “timing/style” designation, not a single fixed recipe)
• Brewery: 吉田酒造店 (Yoshida Sake Brewery)
• Location: Ishikawa Prefecture (石川県), Japan
• Bottle size: 720ml
• Importer: World Sake Imports
• Date code: “2025.09”
How it drinks: This is the “fall food sake” lane. The core impression is rice-weight and savory smoothness, not high aromatics. You get that autumn-rested integration: less sharp edges, more umami and round mid-palate. It’s the bottle that gets better once soy, grilled notes, mushrooms, and richer fish show up.
Why it reads “autumn”: Hiyaoroshi tends to land in a sweet spot where amino acids and residual extract feel more knit together, so you perceive more umami and less angularity. It’s not necessarily sweeter, it’s just more “settled,” and your palate reads that as depth.
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Had this second and as much as the info above says it will read less angular/sharp edges it has some rough ones. Banana strongly on the nose. Reads rougher to me as it’s not silky smooth like the other bottle. The alcohol is more present and the weight on the palate isnt as easily perceived due to that. As much as I preferred the other I think this was fantastic with the warmer foods at the end of the omakase and especially when the fatty otoro came out. Was able to stand up to that wher tbe delicate prior bottle would have been lost. — 10 days ago