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Vinotheque Wine Cabinets
I am a distributor for Vinotheque, and work for a company called Wine Hardware in Walnut Creek, St. Helena and Sonoma. I’ve been selling Vinotheque wine storage cabinets for about 8 years now. In my...
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Bad Pinot
Dinner last night at a local restaurant on Marco Island called Verdi's. Decent food but very weak wine list. We started with a glass of 2007 Sonoma Cutrer Chardonnay RRR for $10/glass. Some lemony...
 
TN Scharzhofberger Feine Auslese Nikolauswein 1970, Koch
The wine is Scharzhofberger Feine Auslese Nikolauswein 1970, Koch, gerrntet 5./6. Dezember, 9% alcohol, (pre 1971s had no AP Nr). I bought it in the mid 70s and it has been properly stored The fill...
 
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well, there should be more added in this book i guess. check out the special website dedicated to Bulgarian wine at: those are the Bulgarian wines that you must try before you die.
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does anybody know a good source of Bulgarian wine
i have found this incredible site, offering amazing Bulgarian wines and i wanted to ask if you have seen or tried any of them. check it out and let me know. they also have a pretty nice database with...
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TN: Keller and Drouhin
With some shu mai and assorted leftovers, the 2007 Keller Riesling Kabinett (Rheinhessen). Rich peachy fruit, some citrus, off-dry but with bright acids keeping it sharp. Nice length, some...
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Re-stocking the cellar ... what is missing?
Hello, I have used a few days to re-kt my cellar, it being now possible ti enter it without danger toi life and limb (said danger being e g having a bottle of 1988 vintage port falling down and...
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mixing wine
I have a few simple house white wines, but like to try new and on-sale inexpensive wines. Sometimes an inexpensive chardonnay will be too flabby, so I mix it with a little Barefoot Sauvignon Blanc to...
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Natural Oil
i'd rather go for some natural olive oil :-) Home - Mazzone Olive Oil
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Marilyn Merlot question
I opened a 2002 Marilyn Merlot on Sat., and I could tell just by the color, it was going to be crap. It hadn't turned, or gone bad, but the wine was light fruit juice, at best. The flavor appeared to...
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"1001 Wines You Must Taste Before You Die" (new book)
Has anyone read it yet?: 35965972&sr=1-10
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Italian Notes
Italian dinner notes 2006 Ch. St-Jean des Graves – of course we had to wet whistles while cooking, so popped a cork on one of these modest white Bordeaux. Fresh and with a fair bit of sauvignon....
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What to do with cardboard wine cradles
I suspect a few of us get wine by mail, especially those in small towns. I had a whole bunch of those rough cardboard cradles that are used to protect wine during shipping, and I think I found a use...
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TN: Gaillac, Piedmont, Sicily, Rhone, and Bordeaux
A friend came over to pick up from a shared purchase, he likes unusual stuff so I opened a cheapie, the 2006 Clement Termes "Blanc Perle" (Gaillac). Unusual bottle shape (has a bit of indented waist...
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Biodynamic wines
We have decided for our small tasting group of 8 to go for a tasting night of all biodynamic wines. Unfortunately, I can't find any way to get lists of biodynamic wines as wineries sometimes list that...
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