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1947 MG-TC

There's unlikely to be any place on earth as good for seeing classic cars as in the parking lots of the various supermarkets in Malibu. I pulled into the Vons lot the other night and saw this 1947 MG-TC parked... Continue reading

Posted Feb 12, 2013 at A360P

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2003 Drew Family Winery Morehouse Vineyard Syrah

C'mon, it's Monday night. Nobody pulls out the 1978 Guigal La Landonne or the 1985 DRC La Tâche for a Monday night. This is when you pop the bottle you can't remember where you acquired it from, or maybe the... Continue reading

Posted Feb 12, 2013 at Dan Fredman PR

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2004 Scott Paul "Audrey" Pinot Noir

Named in honor of Audrey Hepburn, this wine from Oregon's Willamette Valley has a little bit of fleshiness and a lot of class and style to it. The 2004 Scott Paul Audrey has mellowed a bit with age, even if... Continue reading

Posted Jan 15, 2013 at Dan Fredman PR

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1998 Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz

Back around 1999 or 2000, I was in Australia on my first wine-focused trip to the country. I'd been there a couple of times before producing bands (Sea Stories and The Sunday Kind) and while I did a little bit... Continue reading

Posted Jan 3, 2013 at Dan Fredman PR

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Cédric Bouchard Inflorescence Blanc de Noirs "Côte de Val Vilaine"

Perfection in a bottle, Cédric Bouchard's Inflorescence Côte de Val Vilaine is ridiculously pure, a fantastic way to ring in the new year. Disgorged in April, 2012, the wine hadn't had enough time to develop any secondary aromatics but it's... Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2013 at Dan Fredman PR

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1999 Domaine Tempier Bandol Cuvée Spéciale La Migoua

There was a bit of a stylistic sea-change at Domaine Tempier when François and Jean-Pierre Peyraud retired in 2000, handing the reins over to Daniel Ravier. Although he continues to stick to traditional winemaking methods and to a more-than-just obeisance... Continue reading

Posted Dec 31, 2012 at Dan Fredman PR

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2010 Jean-Claude Lapalu Brouilly, "La Croix des Rameaux"

A few days ago I noticed a tweet from @CraigCamp that I interpreted as inferring something along the lines of "brett and VA are flaws and should never appear in a wine". I may have taken this statement out of... Continue reading

Posted Dec 28, 2012 at Dan Fredman PR

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1999 Robert Denogent Poully Fuissé "La Croix" Vieilles Vignes

Ho-hum, just another Chardonnay. Okay, maybe not.... This came from a case I'd sold to a client back in the last century when I worked for Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant in Berkeley. Domaine Robert Denogent was what we sold people... Continue reading

Posted Dec 27, 2012 at Dan Fredman PR

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2004 André-Michel Brégeon Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie Reserve

André-Michel Brégeon has been one of the mainstays of the Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant portfolio as long as I can remember. Although Muscadet may well be the least-respected wine in the Loire Valley (if not all of France) I find... Continue reading

Posted Dec 26, 2012 at Dan Fredman PR

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1985 Illuminati 'Nico' Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Illuminati was one of the first producers I was introduced to from Abruzzo when I was first getting into wine. They were described to me as "forward thinking traditionalists". Nico is Dino Illuminati's tribute to Nico Illuminati, founder of the... Continue reading

Posted Dec 19, 2012 at Dan Fredman PR

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Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster

I was driving through Brentwood heading toward PCH on San Vicente the other day when I saw a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster pulling into a driveway. I didn't get a closeup look at it but i did have just enough time... Continue reading

Posted Dec 19, 2012 at A360P

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Maserati 3500 GT

I first became aware of the Maserati 3500 GT during high school. I'd walk home after classes and would pass by a house inhabited by a Cal Poly student who happened to own a 3500 GT that was much the... Continue reading

Posted Dec 18, 2012 at A360P

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Chateau Musar Tasting with Serge Hochar, Terroni, Oct 18th, 2012

Lebanon is roughly at the same parallel as Los Angeles and its altitude is just about the same as the Rhône Valley. For centuries its been an ideal place to grow grapes (the occasional wartime bombing to the contrary). Although... Continue reading

Posted Nov 5, 2012 at Dan Fredman PR

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Cobra Convoy on PCH

Carroll Shelby is gone, but there are a lot of Shelby Cobras out on the road... Looked in my rear view mirror, and what did I see? A coupla Shelby Cobras, comin' up on me... Can't tell if they're originals,... Continue reading

Posted Nov 5, 2012 at A360P

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McLaren MP4-12C on the street...

I love the way the McLaren MP4-12C looks and sounds on the street. It's as flashy as a Ferrari or Lamborghini but there's just something about the way its shape and sound collude to create a mobile ambience that's as... Continue reading

Posted Oct 15, 2012 at A360P

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Do you take the Ferrari or the Jaguar to get to the supermarket in Malibu?

Nice to see a Ferrari 458 Italia and a Jaguar XK 120 parked next to each other at the local Ralphs Market last week. Both get you there in style, but potentially at quite different speeds. Not much subtlety in... Continue reading

Posted Oct 12, 2012 at A360P

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ZAZ-965 Zaporozhets spied in Los Angeles!!

I was never very good about following my parents' advice to not talk to strangers. Thus it was no surprise that I began chatting with a guy with a middle-European accent (IIRC he was from the Ukraine) at the Petersen... Continue reading

Posted Jul 31, 2012 at A360P

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Martian Ranch & Vineyard "Down to Earth" Grenache...

Martian Ranch & Vineyard "Down to Earth" Grenache Rosé is the LA Times' Wine of the Week: http://lat.ms/M9XUde Thus far this is my favorite of the Martian Ranch releases... Continue reading

Posted Jul 26, 2012 at Dan Fredman PR

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1996 Dauvissat Chablis, Vaillons Vieilles Vignes - perfect experience, near-perfect wine...

Seeking perfection in wine is a moving target at best. A wine can be brilliant, it can be flawless, and it can taste mindbogglingly swell, but "perfect" doesn't wash over you unless context and story come into play. The 1996... Continue reading

Posted Jul 26, 2012 at Dan Fredman PR

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If Figoni & Falaschi rebodied a Miata, it still wouldn't look like this.

I like the work of legendary automobile body designers Figoni & Falaschi as much as the next guy, but the price of a Delahaye or Talbot-Lago is way out of my reach. All is not lost - I saw a... Continue reading

Posted Jul 10, 2012 at A360P

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Lotus Eleven

Driving back home up PCH last Sunday I saw a bright yellow car way up ahead. It had a rather seductive silhouette compared to most cars out on the road so I tempted fate and the LA County Sheriff to... Continue reading

Posted Jul 9, 2012 at A360P

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Pre-4th of July "afternoon" bbq...

Some friends invited me to their place in Malibu for a Sunday afternoon BBQ - "you HAVE to be there by 4 because we're eating at 5!!" I was told. The host miscalculated the timing of the porchetta and we... Continue reading

Posted Jul 9, 2012 at Dan Fredman PR

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MG-TF, MG-TC Parade on PCH

I was walking along PCH last week, minding my own business, when what should appear on the horizon but a flock of MGs! (does "five" constitute a flock?) The parade was going past me as I was able to get... Continue reading

Posted Jul 3, 2012 at A360P

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Jaguar Mark IX, Vienna

While walking from my hotel to VieVinum at the Hofberg Palace, I saw this Jaguar Mark IX parked in the rain in Vienna yesterday. It looked good from a distance, but I'm a sucker for red paint jobs on non-Italian... Continue reading

Posted Jun 5, 2012 at A360P

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MG MGA

Saw this MG MGA at Supercar Sunday yesterday. The cost of the immaculate restoration has to have been a lot more than the cost of the car itself, but that's one of the good things about MGAs (and MGs in... Continue reading

Posted May 28, 2012 at A360P

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