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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)...
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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...
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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...
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TN: Champers, Rhone and Languedoc, Chablis, Hungary
So we were having friends for dinner last night (originally we were going there, but their dog is a better houseguest than ours, so they brought over the poodle to romp with the Basset). A work...
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Re: [TN] '47 Cheval Blanc
Are you sure this wasn't monkfish tongues in jelly? All sounds a bit fishy to mee. -- All the best Fatty from Forges
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2006 Yann Chave Crozes Hermitage
With grilled pork tenderloin for dinner last night we opened a bottle of 2006 Yann Chave Crozes Hermitage. Deep saturated purple black in the glass. Plenty of oak on the nose with berries and herbs...
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"The wine list [for the G20 summit] is expected to include the award-winning Nyetimber sparkling wine produced in West Sussex."
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TN: nondosage Vouvray Petillant
So after hearing me comment that chicken and dumplings was a comfort food of my youth, Betsy determined to make some. It was truly delicious, though it bore little resemblence to my childhood Southern...
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[TN] Two cheapies from Dressner
Last night, we engaged Andrew in preparing a pizza dinner wherein we each assembled two small pizzas for ourselves, a game that Andrew greatly enjoyed. To go with our pizza, I opened a bottle of: 2007...
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Nuits St. Georges Notes
Burgundy dinner notes. The usual post wine festival meal with Roy Hersh, up from Seattle. First, we tasted a few half full bottles that one of our crew had liberated from another tasting 2006 Dom. de...
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Young and old
When I consume wines...I notice a trend. Most of my California wines I prefer in their youth....(Cab/Chard) My french Bordeau and Burg I perfer with at least 10 years of age...maybe 20. Oregon Pinot...
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TN: Cali PN and Wachau GV
A matching mistake, Betsy had said we were having salmon, so I pulled out a Pinot Noir. Problem was the recipe she used steams the salmon with chard and caramelized onions, does much better with...
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Breakfast wine
Hello All! I know I have also posted this on but I thought I'd like to see what real wine drinkers might think about it. One of my local radio stations (WBJC) has a short discussion on wine every...
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1999 Turley Petite Syrah Turley Estate
Remembering a discussion about Petite Syrah here a few months back I rummaged around the cellar and found a couple bottles of 1999 Turley Petite Syrah Turley Estates. I opened a bottle to serve with...
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