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Wine pairing stumper...
I'll make this as brief as possible. For dinner tonight, I'm having 6 people over for their choice of braised chicken or veal cannelloni. The cannelloni will be stuffed with ricotta, spinach, thyme,...
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FA Wines & Vineyards of France reference champagne
Wines & Vineyards of France by Louis Jacquelin & Rene Foulain,VGC, large heavy item, 416 pages. The definitive guide to the wines and vineyards, the origins of various wines,the elements needed for a...
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Wine insult at dinner party - HELP!!!
Opinions please: I love entertaining. I love cooking for friends and it's fair to say that I'm know in my circle for being a good cook. Also, I am really into wine and everyone also knows that I take...
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TN: Riesling, Champagne, Gewurz, and more with Chinese food
Mark Golodetz organized a Riesling/Champagne (with a few outliers) dinner at my favorite Westchester Chinese place, Central Seafood in Hartsdale. A very nice crew of 15 came together, with assorted...
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Re: Ex-AFWer makes good
Cool! That's good to know. I wonder if he'll offer an AFW discount? ;-) Mark Lipton http://michaelmina.net/rn74/
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Spanish Notes
Notes from an excellent Spanish tasting (with two Portuguese interlopers) 1996 Lopez Heredia Vina Gravonia Blanco Crianza – odd nose that featured petrol-like almost Riesling notes with an...
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[TN] '07 Schloss Lieser QbA
With Jean absent for several nights at a meeting, single parenting means a sharp limitation of dining options. Tonight, Andrew and I decided upon a dinner of cheese ravioli, so I whipped together a...
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Comparing apples and oranges?
What is Sassicaia doing in this tasting? Has mrs. Jancis Robinson always drunk Sassicaia thinking at a syrah? A.M. http://www.salomonwines.com/PDF/Jancis_Robinson_07_Alttus.pdf
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1998 Pomerols
1998 Pomerol horizontal notes, aka the ‘Fowl’ dinner (all courses were bird based) from a Commanderie de Bordeaux event in Vancouver. I tend to buy far less right bank than left, and more St....
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TN: Disappointing Ramonet
Dinner was a roast herbed chicken, salad with yellow beets, and brown rice; wine was the 2006 Domaine Ramonet Bourgogne Blanc. I often find the basic regional bottlings from great producers to be a...
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Re: New York "floor tax" on wine starts May 1
The Decanter article is a little imprecise. What is happening is they are raising the excise tax on May 1st to about $0.19/gallon to $0.30/ gallon. They are doing a one-time tax of inventory to bring...
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alt.food.wine mini-FAQ
This is a weekly reminder that the FAQ for this group resides at the website Additionally, it is posted monthly to the newsgroup Questions or comments about the FAQ are best posted to the newsgroup...
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It's a buyer's market for wines
Being a novice wine drinker, I enjoyed this article, so am posting in case there is another like me. Posted 4-18-09, I believe. Control your personal finances. Bankrate has the advice, information and...
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fat wine drinkers
The Daily tellegraph reports that Average wine drinker puts on half a stone of fat a year, says campaign group Now let me see - I became an average wine drinker about 40 years ago. So, 40 multiplied...
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[TN] '90 Pegau and '01 Footbolt
Some times it transpires that chemists of my professional acquaintance also share my passion for wine. Such was the case this weekend when a prominent chemistry professor from Princeton happened to...
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