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TN: Keg wine, plus Arbois (new producer to me) and Liguria
Wednesday was salmon, long beans with pepper, and rice, with the 2009 Rolet Arbois Tradition. I'm told a blend of Poulsard, Trousseau, and P inot Noir. Tart cranberry/raspberry fruit, a little orange...
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TN: couple roses, one red, one bubbles
Sunday we had grilled tuna with rosemary, summer squash, and a soba-noodle salad. Wine was the 2013 Edmunds St John Bone-Jolly Gamay rose. Surprise, s urprise, a lovely wine. Sweet red fruits, a nervy...
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Red vs White
Just curious. Generally speaking,do yiou expect to pay less for white wine than red?
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Chinon
Hi, We are off by car to Chinon for a week in July and I would welcome suggestions for reliable, not too expensive producers (around the £5-10 ($7-15) mark) in Chinon and the surrounding areas....
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TN: Pomerol, Mosel, Vallee d'Aoste, and Sicily
Wednesday dinner was all on grill -pork chops with tomato and feta, squash, and sweet potatoes and scallion salad. In celebration of spring I went wit h the 2013 La Kiuva Rose de Vallee. Bright color,...
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2000 Drouhin Chablis Premier Cru
$10 somewhere sometime. Color most noticable thing about the wine is the color a fairly deep yellowish golden, my wife made a slightly less elegant comparison. There is not a lot of nose the wine has...
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WTN: 4 Rieslings, 10 Chateauneufs
With a nice dish tamari/hoisin tofu over soba in a ginger/scallion sauce, t he 2012 Lauer Barrel X Riesling. Nice balanced off-dry wine, citrus and mel on, vibrant acids, excellent value B+ I had...
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TN: Mothers Day weekend, with LdH,Dashe, Burlotto, and more
Betsy was in Philly, but the hound and I were invited to some friends' home for dinner, so we climbed over the hill and had a nice dinner. Ron had a n ew smoker, and we had a nice appetizer of smoked...
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TN: 2006 Chassagne 1ers with and without TCA, 2 2013 roses
Betsy's mom went home, and Dave left for Copenhagen for a month, just the t wo of us for dinner- lobster, a rice/quinoa combo, salad, and a white Burgu ndy. The first bottle, the 2006 JN Gagnard...
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Banyuls - Temperature
We've had Banyuls only once, and the wife remembers it being chilled. I remember it at room temperature. Which is recommended?
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2000 Drouhin Chablis Premier Cru
Just found a bottle lurking in the back rows. Am apprehensive about opening but if marked correctly i only paid $10.00 which sounds rather low even for a no vinyard name Chablis. On the other hand I...
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1994 Robert Mondavi Reserve Napa Cabernet
Opened the 1994 Mondavi Reserve Cabernet last night with dinner. Slightly brickish. Nose of cassis, black fruits and cedar. Medium weight, lots of fruit still hanging in. blackberry, cassis, plum with...
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2004 Sassiciaia
Found a 6 pack of 2004 Sassiciaia in my cellar that I had stashed on releas e. Still dark reddish purple. effusive nose of cassis, briar and animale. Sofy and smooth in the glass with a medium body...
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TN: US, French, and Austrian wines
Sunday was a busy day, a morning speech, a few hours of dinner prep, then I drove Betsy's mom and her friend to Betsy's concert in Stamford. Incredibl e setting (Treetops, the former Libby Holman...
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TN: Mendocino, Chablis, Etna, and Niederosterreich
Cooking wine this week was the 2012 Berger Gruner Veltliner, but I managed to get a few tastes in. lightbodied, lemon cream, a hint of spritz, good f or the $13/liter tag. B-/B Dinner was halibut in a...
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