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Comic of the Day (7/3/08)
Loosely wine-related. Dan-O
 
WTN: a middling bunch of wines, mostly by river
Wednesday was warm but gorgeous, with low humidity for July in NY. I went to the waterfront concert for a picnic with friends, then joined Betsy at her sister's home as they arrived from DC. A variety...
 
FAQ maintenance
To whomever does the maintenance: In the section of recommendations for restaurants in Sonoma valley, Mixx and Lolo have been closed for a couple of years...
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ping his Lordship
Please contact me by private email, I may just be in a position to get to NZ afterall.
 
WTN: Wines with Peking Duck (Riesling, Burg, Bdx, WA, Rioja)
Last night I met two of my favorite NYC winegeeks (and one lovely wife'o'geek) at the midtown Peking Duck House for dinner. A good dinner, good to great wines, and great company. We started with the...
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wine by sea
Hi, we'd like to receive your opinion about the possibility to ship a container from Italy to Far-East in summer period. Is there somebody that has experience in this sector? Is the wine subject to...
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Garden Wines - Brunellos
Wine in the garden yesterday. With pissaladiere and endive tarts: 2006 Thornhaven Gewurztraminer – sweet varietal nose, good fruit in middle and clean end. 2007 Thornhaven Gewurztraminer – spicier...
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Re: Dinner Blackberry Farms
The caviar was excellent. Not Beluga sturgeon but not bad...more osetra like.
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Cellartracker (cellar management)
WOFW did a feature by Jamie Goode on cellar management software, if anyone surprised Cellartracker was the clear frontrunner? to Eric. Last month CT added a couple new features: 1) I like the...
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Re: TN: 2 '07 German Rieslings, 05 Bdx, '05 Macon
oops, should note that the Marjosse is "Bordeaux AC", I think the white is labelled Entre Deux Mers.
 
what to say when it's bad
People who know I'm a wine geek invariably ask my opinion of their "special wine." I don't want to offend them by saying I don't like it (as is often, sadly, the case) and I end up hemming and hawing,...
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Romano Levi
As there have been a few obituaries in this NG recently, it might be useful to add that on 2nd May, Romano Levi passed away in his home town of Neive, Piemont, where he had build a legendary...
 
Elk
I am having Elk for dinner and I would like a wine pairing. My cellar is 95%+ Bordeaux. This is not much notice, but any help would be appreciated. Fred.
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Vale Art Stratemeyer
Sad to hear that Art Stratemeyer passed away 8 April 2008. Art's wife Betsy informs me that as a result the wonderful wine-related site will go offline 31 August 2008. Art was kind enough to publish...
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TN: 2001 Chambolle
Last night Betsy made a duck breast salad, callalou (apparently the greens from the taro plant, a new one to us, we are alternates on a CSA package), and mashed potatoes. Most days I feel like...
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