Kevin Furtado
Kevin Furtado
influences noir recognize river russian site style taste
Pinot noir is very site specific. You can recognize a Russian River style. The area's influences is why the taste is so unique.
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This is a dream come true for me. Bill Harlan is to California wine making what the Steadman Hawkins Research Foundation is to orthopedic research. He brought the world California 'cult cabernets'. In my 12 years in this business, I've never even been able to taste the wines that we are pouring at this event, let alone serve them.
answer mind palate tastes
Keep your mind and palate open. Your palate is a Rolodex of tastes you have encountered before hand. There is no right answer when tasting wine.
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Pinot speaks its own voice. The nuances produced in pinot noir are most interesting to me because of my palate. The subtleties in pinot are absolutely wonderful.
believe people spread trying
I think people who believe in pinot understand. I'm just trying to spread the word.
great job putting rebounds
(Lamb) did a great job putting them on her back. They had a lot of second-chance and third-chance opportunities. That really made the difference, that they had more than 10 rebounds than we did.
great performance win
I thought we could win. But I didn't think we could win like this. That was a great performance by our players.
caught dumb emotion half played second smarter
We got caught up in the emotion in the first half and made some dumb fouls. But we played smarter in the second half.
game great mindset
We'll go into the game with a mindset that we can win. We have to do that. But we'll have to play a great game.
mystery respect river russian
It's part of the mystery of the grape. I thought there would be more of a formula, but there isn't. I have a lot of respect for the winegrowers in the Russian River Valley.
dan faster talks
Dan is the only person that talks faster about pinot than I do.
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Taylor is our emotional leader. She is the heart and soul of this team. It was tough to lose her because she brings so much to the team. I thought Morgan played well, but it's tough to ask somebody to play the whole game without a break.
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That's definitely something you can't simulate in practice.
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Fog is a huge factor with the creation of pinot noir in the Russian River Valley.