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TN: (comparatively) cheap Barolo
My turn to cook, I made Beschwipster Huhn (German drunken chicken in red wine), Cuban black beans and rice, and asparagus. Wine was the 2004 Giovanni Manzone "Castelletto" Barolo. Picked this up in a...
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Decent Sicilian Whites
Hi, A friend of mine is off to Sicily on Monday, and has asked me - rather at the last minute - if I know of an whites from Sicily Well, given that there's a positive SEA of whites made from the...
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TN: pink bubbly sweet wine!
So last night we had our delayed corned beef and cabbage. Not an easy match, I tend to go for off-dry Riesling. But since I had Riesling night before, I felt like something else. Off-dry, rose, and...
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Fermented Fuit Juice -- How to turn it into alcohol?
I've been making fermented fruit juice. I store and open commercial apple juice in the fridge for weeks. Then I just mix with water 1/2 and 1/2. Gets nice carbonated pop going but this isn't really...
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2002 Colgin Cariad Napa Red WIne
A musician friend of mine called and said he was in the area on tour and he and his lovely wife usually stay with us for a few days to get a break from hotels when on tour. He brought a bottle of 2002...
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TN: '06 Prum with Thai food for St Patricks Day
So Betsy had started the corned beef when her brother-in-law called- he invited us to join he and her sister on a journey to Queens. We decided the corned beef would be great on day 2, and jumped at...
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Periodic Courtesy Reminder
As a well-known AFW resident busybody, I've periodically taken it upon myself to post courtesy reminders. A few thoughts (from previous courtesy posts): 1) This is Usenet, a tool for discussion. Don't...
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TN: white Beaujolais
With roast chicken with a bread salad with pine nuts, the 2007 Terres Dorees (Jean-Paul Brun) Beaujolais Blanc. As always, a nice unoaked Chardonnay. Ripe apples and just a little nectarine, some...
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Aerating red wine
There is a $60 aerator...but what is the problem with simply stirring the wine vigorously? There must be a problem with that if aerators go for $60.
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TN Oppenheimer Kreuz Gewurztraminer Auslese 1971
The wine was Oppenheimer Kreuz Gewurztraminer Auslese 1971, Carl Sittman, A.P Nr. 4 387 165 66 72. This is a rather old estate dating back to 1612. The wine won the Silberne Kammer Preismunze,...
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Ping -Sri Bodhi Prana
RE: your question; Too bad none of the professional wine snobs here answered you - but I will. My circle does it for kicks quite a bit. We like to take a $150 bottle and mix it with a $10 bottle of a...
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TN: Small offline with some folks from DC (Bdx, Tuscan, MSR)
Jon and Liz Peterson were in town, Ramon and I met them at Cipolla Rosso, a new Tuscan place near the 59th st bridge. Very nice people, a fun evening, good food,and the wines all showed well. We...
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TN: nice Chablis, etc
Before going to natural wine tasting Friday, I grilled some turkey burgers Betsy had put in freezer. Wine was the 2007 Leitz Rudesheimer Klosterlay Kab, about which I have written several positive...
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Wineries in the southwest
Hi everyone, I'm new to the group and excited to be part of the discussions. I love exploring wines and small boutique wineries. I'm planning a fall wine tasting trip in the southwest. Any suggestions...
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TN: Lots of natural wines
o my local group met last night at Fred's place. A different format, Fred has recently started part-time as a rep for a distributor of "natural" wines, and prepared a sampling for us. Most were from...
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