John I haven’t changed anything.
Adam Uh-huh.
John So everyone’s moaning and groaning about the last tip. So I’m going back to the well and going back to the wine tips, which everybody seems to love.
Adam We love our wine tips.
John 19, uh, 19, 2023 Kirkland Signature Chablis.
Adam Another Kirkland.
John Yeah, do as Costco, you know, people can go to Costco, it’s cheap. I lost track of the price, unfortunately.
Adam Oh, couldn’t it be more than $9? They don’t charge much more than that for their wines, do they?
John Not for these Kirkland ones, no.
Adam No.
John It’s just a plain Chablis. Now, here’s the thing. This one in particular… Let me get this label I got here. Pierre Brissy, winemaker on the back of the label. It says Pierre Brissy. Okay, so Pierre did the wine. So… Chablis is an area of the northernmost part of Burgundy. And they’re known for making, and the grape used in Chablis is always Chardonnay. And so it’s a Chardonnay, which is, you know, the ABC folks may or may not like, but it doesn’t taste like a California Chardonnay, so people shouldn’t complain about it too much. And it says Chablis. It doesn’t say Chardonnay. So I guess that would benefit people who hate Chardonnay. But it’s not the typical Chablis. In the normal low carbon dioxide years of yore, with climate change not being what it was, tends to be steely, they describe it as steely, flinty, sharp.
Adam Hold on a second. Are you telling me that climate change… i.e. more parts per million of our CO2 makes the wine better?
John Oh yeah, the Germans will tell you this right now. You go to the Rhine and ask around and let them tell you what they think.
Adam Well, this is an argument that has never been used. I think we’ve mentioned it once before on the show. I can’t recall, but I like it.
John Well, winemakers think it’s a big deal. Yes, more… So some of these areas that make this sketchy… Sometimes good, sometimes bad wines. Burgundy is a good example. They’re basically every vintage is good. And so this Chablis is not like the flinty, harsh, you know, acidic Chablis that people expect. It’s a very soft, gorgeous wine. I would say I would check it out, especially all the people that hate the California shards. Shards, I’m using this thing. Shard. I sharded, man.
Adam That’s right. Hey, there it is. There’s a dynamite tip of the day from John C. Dvorak. I get them all at noagendafun.com, tipoftheday.net.
