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TN: Macon and WA Syrah
Wednesday we had salmon and quinoa; as I was driving later into city to take a group of CUNY med students around, I only had a couple of sips with dinner. Leftover Laurent CdNV was pleasant and...
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Fat food beverages?
I was just sent this delicious link: As I salivated over the morbidly fascinating dishes I could only wonder what beverages people consumed with the trashy food. Thunderbird? Cola? Hydrochloric acid?...
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TN: Dominuque Laurent (w/o apparent oak)
Betsy made pork chops with shiitakes, plus quinoa with kale, I opened the 2005 Dominique Laurent Cotes de Nuits Villages Vielles Vignes. Despite Laurent's rep for oak (and I've had some DL village and...
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2000 Carretta Barolo Cannubi
Last night with simply grilled beef tenderloin with a bit of good olive oil and shavings of Parmigiano Reggiano Vacche Rossa. I opted for the first Barolo that I came to in the cellar which ended up...
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a few Rhones: Perrin, Clos des Cazaux, Faucon Dore
Couple of wines worth noting. 1998 Vacqueyras Clos des Cazaux, Templiers. A fine mature Vacqueyras from a good year. Full of life, tannins well resolved, bramble and spices with a long finish....
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[TN] '05 Descombes Brouilly
Tonight, Jean came home in a bad mood and feeling lousy, so down to the cellar for some red wine to lift her spirits. 2005 Georges Descombes Brouilly nose: meaty, verging on Band-Aid, raspberry fruit...
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TN: 2002 Closel Papillon (and a Tarheel victory!)
So dinner was pasta with a Pierre Franey recipe for bay scallops in cream sauce, with a broccoli rabe/pea side and the 2002 Closel "Clos du Papillon" Savennieres. There has been some recent buzz about...
 
Egiodola?
I'm putting together an order at one of our regular CdR/CdP producers, and I notice they are now offering a VdP de la Principaute d'Orange which has a pretty large amount of egiodola in it. I've never...
 
"A 1999 Pomerol wine from Bordeaux and Coquilles St. Jacques scallops set the refined tone for their cordial, if not overly gushing, exchange."
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alt.food.wine mini-FAQ
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[TN] '90 Jadot Hospices Corton
Tonight, with a simple dinner of roasted chicken, potatoes and brussels sprouts, I opened a bottle of a recently acquired Burgundy: 1990 Hospices de Beaune Corton 'Cuvée Docteur Peste' (Louis Jadot)...
 
TN: Burg, Bdx, Mosel, Kremstal (and spotting fake corks, real or not)
We seldom have 2 wines when just the two of us, but Betsy's dinner plan kind of demanded it Friday. Opening course was designed to use up crab, so she invented crab tacos, with guacomole, a chipotle...
 
Dinner Wines
We had some guests for dinner last night and we opened a number of wines. With assorted munchies 1990 Pol Roger Rose-Quite youthful, strawberry and cream flavors with a nice fresh mousse. B+ 1998 Pol...
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TN: '98 LT Figeac
So last night we had leftovers - lamb/bean stew, broccoli with cumin and sesame, and crab/avocado salad (this time with cabbage). I went light on the relish (more a cilantro gremolata) so the stew...