Russian River Pliny The Elder, Blind Pig and Damnation

posted: 2010/09/14 by: schneidermike

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Randall

Mike! Randall here from G. V.'s Wine Library T. V. Wow… after watching this I am literally thanking God almighty that I live in Northern California and Russian River beers are common place amongst us beer judges/geeks. One of the co-owners of RRBC told us that some brewers from Belgium visited Vinnie and told him that they considered his Belgian-style beers “New World Belgians”. This is an honor bestowed upon no one else that I've ever heard about. Imagine snooty Burgundy Gran Cru producers calling Anderson Valley Pinot Noirs “New World Burgundies”! Or Lafite Rothschild Bordeaux vintners calling Napa Cabs “New World Bordeaux”. I just couldn't see that EVER happening… but the equivalent happened at Vinnie's place.

If you are ever going to be in NorCal, let me know ahead of time at randallnorcal@hotmail.com, and I'll see what I can do to hook you up with multiple commercial brewers, home brewers of international quality, judges, etc. around this area, which is STILL ground zero for microbrewing in this country. Peace and cheers…

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