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TN Chalone Vineyard Pinot Blanc Estate, 1992 & Montelle Peach Eau De Vie
The Chalone Vineyard Pinot Blanc Estate, 1992 was stored properly by me since release. It had a high fill and no cork issues. The color is very light lemon. Chalone often has made remarkable Pinot...
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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...
 
[TN] Birthday wines
Jean's birthday was celebrated, as per her request, by a weekend spent camping in a State Park. Our first dinner on Friday was (for us) the traditional grilled ribeyes with potatoes and onions. To...
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Cabernet Sauvignon and Orange Juice, An Unexpected Gourmet Combination
The, almost, inexplicable satisfactory gustatory result from the combination of one half Cabernet Sauvignon and one half Orange juice was a surprising combination of a refined wine and a rather...
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http://winefaq.cwdjr.net
The old domain for the FAQ of this group has now been taken down. Also a temporary link to my domain for use during the transition to the new domain has been taken down. The FAQ can now only be found...
 
TN: Rueda, St Emilion, PTG
Wednesday was a no-wine day, I spent the evening getting soaked in a deluge in city, decided to dry off and go to sleep rather than a nightcap. Thursday I was a bit pooped, had takeout ribs and the...
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Blind Tasting Notes
Blind tasting notes 2005 Township 7 Seven Stars – every winery in BC seems to feel obliged to make a sparkling wine. Some do it passably well, some apparently incompetently and this was an example...
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Copyright
Perhaps some of you wine scholars and internet posters might benefit from actually reading what copyright is and what is protected. I think this virtually difinitive of my opinion that our posts here...
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How do you learn about new wines to enjoy?
Hello All, I'm new to this group, and relatively new to wine in general. I'm not an oenophile, but am looking to be a little more educated overall. I was wondering, as a starting point, what kinds of...
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More web theft of AFW content
Most of you probably recall my "AFW through the looking glass" thread earlier this year about a particularly unscrupulous website that stole posts and repackaged them (complete with bizarro user...
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bottle variation
Do any of you cognescenti out there know why there may be drastic variations in bottles of the same case? For instance I have been drinking out of a case of Klick Zinfandel which has been made in a...
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[TN] '06 Vollrads QbA
Tonight's late dinner was accompanied by a bottle of: 2006 Schloss Vollrads QbA Riesling (10.5% ABV) nose: petrol, minerals palate: soft, ripe peach fruit, off-dry, light body After the remains of...
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What are you drinking if not this?
The Aussies seem worried, cheers greybeard
 
Wine Library, Wine Spies, et al
This guy, Gary Vaynerchuk, is the new, cool wine guy. Saw him on cable news last weekend. He also reviewed The Wine Spies, you know, Agent Dread.. Sort of a Wine Brats derivitive.
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TN: German Pinot Gris
With pork chops, caprese salad,and a green salad the 2007 Keller Grauburgunder Trocken (Rheinhessen). On minerally end of the Pinot Gris specturm, though there is a solid body of white peach and...
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