WINES OF THE TIMES - Kazimierz World Wine Bar

VINO BLANCO you’re wondering why the list is like this?
well, I don’t watch Reality TV ( I quit dealing with reality
long, long ago), and I don’t play Fantasy Football
(the voices in my head are fantasy enough),
so that pretty much just leaves this
’01 Chateau d’Yquem semillon blend, Sauternes, France..........................................................1950
’75 Chateau d’Yquem semillon blend, Sauternes, France..........................................................2600
for a town that supposedly doesn’t care for sweet wine, you people are sure flying through the d’Yquem
(then again, if this is the West’s most Western town, you can saddle me up a pinto and call me Walter Brennan)
(although I am starting to walk like him) (no brag, just fact)
VINO BLANCO/ROJO/MAS (just play along, it’s only a wine list)
***spotlight ***
’99 Mr K viognier, trockenbeerenauslese, Alban Vineyard, Edna Valley, half bottle................301
’99 Mr K semillon, vin de paille, Brander Vineyard, Santa Ynez, half bottle.............................300
’02 Mr K semillon, vin de paille, Brander Vineyard, Santa Ynez, half bottle.............................299
’98 Mr K viognier, trockenbeerenauslese, Alban Vineyard, Edna Valley, half bottle................295
’98 Mr K semillon, vin de paille, Brander Vineyard, Santa Ynez, half bottle.............................294
’00 Mr K semillon, vin de paille, Brander Vineyard, Santa Ynez, half bottle.............................284
’00 Mr K viognier, trockenbeerenauslese, Alban Vineyard, Edna Valley, half bottle................275
’02 Mr K viognier, trockenbeerenauslese, Alban Vineyard, Edna Valley, half bottle................269
’01 Mr K gewürztraminer, ice wine, Babcock Vineyard, Santa Ynez, half bottle......................264
’00 Schwarz zweigelt, unfiltered, Andau, Austria.........................................................................202
’99 Schwarz zweigelt, unfiltered, Andau, Austria.........................................................................172
’00 Schwarz grüner veltliner/chardonnay, Andau, Austria.........................................................156
’99 Schwarz grüner veltliner/chardonnay, Andau, Austria.........................................................137
’05 Schwarz grüner veltliner/chardonnay, Andau, Austria.........................................................107
’99 Schwarz zweigelt rosé, ‘the Butcher’, Andau, Austria, half bottle...........................................96
’06 Schwarz grüner veltliner blend, A Lita, Andau, Austria.........................................................60
long ago and far away, I asked the original Mr K (Kazimierz, the inspiration behind the Kazbar) why he started his
own business and he replied “because I got really tired of having some dumb ass tell me what to do all day long;
I figured if I was gonna mess up, it may as well be for myself, at least I could do things my own way; get me a beer”
(hallelujah, brother, or in this instance, father)… in my case, it has allowed me the same freedoms, particularly with
this wine list, which is why I’ve taken our already inventive format of arranging by color and price, with occasional
spotlights, and turned it upside down (and included red and rose) for this grouping, and not just because I can, but
because it’s warranted due to the extremely special nature of these wines…the joint project winemakers here are the
legendary Alois Kracher (the king of dessert wines) and eccentric Manfred Krankl (the prodigy behind Sine Qua Non);
first, they teamed up in the Sine Qua Non ‘winery’ (Manfred’s garage) to create some truly mind-boggling sweeties,
then they converged to make wines from a special lot of superb grapes grown by Hans Schwarz, Alois’ butcher
(Kaz would have said “to hell with the grapes, just get me some pigs feet from that guy, and where’s my beer?”)