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whats it worth?
Hi Been given a bottle of Chateau Moulin Pay Labrie 1967, not being a wine drinker, I thought it might be worth something as one or two people said it might be, so here I am looking for someone who...
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Wine Spectator Ratings: Why the Kink at 90 Points in the Distribution?
A few days ago I tried posting a graph of the 2008 Wine Spectator ratings distribution but the server just didn't take it. Please take a look at the graph at Note the kink in the distribution at the...
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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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Do you know what steel smells like?
I just has a bottle. I won't name it, but the bouquet smelled like machined steel. The metal workers here know what I mean. It was good.
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TN: Alsace white, Loire red
With pasta with a lemon/spinach/mushroom cream sauce, the 2004 Trimbach Pinot Gris Reserve. Sweet Fuji apple and some pear, good acidity for PG, floral nose. Not very long, but pleasant and a good...
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Two recent tastings: 04 du Tertre and 05 Eden Vale pinot
Been absent for far too long after moving from Yale and losing (convenient) Usenet access :-(. Two recent tasting notes, one bad and one excellent. I'd bought (I think based on a rec here, actually) a...
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TN: Grignolino, CA PN, Pfalz
Betsy had an evening rehearsal, and no time to cook. so I grabbed a pizza on way home to have a chance for a quick early dinner with her. Wine was the 2007 Cascina Del Frate Grignolino D'asti. Comes...
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Virginia wine
I think Virginia wines have been a topic of conversation in the past. A little over a week ago we spent a few nights in Charlottesville, VA. So much history there - Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and...
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Couple of Pinots
We got together with a few of our neighbors for a last fling before returning north and we decided on a Pinot Noir theme. A couple of whites to start with. 1998 Dauvissat Chablis "La Forest" 1er-No...
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[TN] '07 Hexamer Quartzit
As part of our ongoing traversal of entry-level '07 German Rieslings, tonight we opened (with a dinner of carrot-ginger soup and cheese tortellini tossed with salt-broiled salmon and butter): 2007...
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Sette Ponti
Some notes on the wines of Sette Ponti: 2006 Sette Ponti Crognolo – excellent nose with hints of cocoa, tasty entry with medium soft tannins, smooth and drinking well now. A medium term wine that...
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Concerning syrah - historically
Hello, I posted a question regarding syrah's historicity a few days ago. I later found a possible site to obtain information, the "Université du Vin" somewhere in the Rhone valley, and sent the...
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[TN] Merry Edwards, St. Clair SB
Sunday night, we made a simple dinner of carrot soup, freshly baked baguettes and charcuterie, Jean asked for a Pinot Noir, so on down to the cellar and back with a bottle of: 2005 Merry Edwards Pinot...
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TN: low level 2000 Pomerol, classy 2002 Bourgogne AC
With a porterhouse , grilled squash, and braised napa cabbage, the 2000 Ch. Clos Rene (Pomerol). I know most serious 2000s are rather closed now, but thought as Rene is on lesser side maybe it would...
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Cribbage and Wine
Afternoon late lunch and cribbage tournament notes. 2004 Champelou Le Portail Vouvray – a hint of sulphur and wax in the nose, then some floral elements. Well balanced with tasty acidity coming in...
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