alt.food.wine mini-FAQ

Apr 06, 2007 9 Replies
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This is a weekly reminder that the FAQ for this group resides at the website

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Additionally, it is posted monthly to the newsgroup alt.food.wine. Questions or comments about the FAQ are best posted to the newsgroup itself.



Table of Contents:



  1. I have just found a bottle of wine in my parents' cupboard and... 1a. I want to know how much it's worth 1b. I want to know whether it's OK to drink 1c. Will it taste good?
  2. I just had an incredible bottle of wine. Where I find some of it to buy?
  3. What wineries should I visit (where should I stay? eat?) in... 3a. Napa? 3b. Sonoma? 3c. Mendocino? 3d. Paso Robles? 3e. Amador/El Dorado Counties? 3f. Santa Barbara County? 3g. Oregon? 3h. Washington? 3i. NY Finger Lakes? 3j. Burgundy? [not yet ready] 3k. The Rhone Valley? 3l. The Languedoc? [not yet ready] 3m. Bordeaux? [not yet ready] 3n. Alsace? [not yet ready] 3o. Germany? [not yet ready] 3p. Austria? [not yet ready] 3q. Piemonte? [not yet ready] 3r. Tuscany? [not yet ready] 3s. Australia? 3t. New Zealand?
  4. What is the best way to preserve an opened bottle of wine? How long will it last?
  5. What wine should I serve with this food?
  6. Does it matter what kind of glass I drink the wine out of? 6a. Are those fancy Riedel glasses worth all that money?
  7. What causes red wine headaches? How can I prevent them?
  8. What do those abbreviations mean?
  9. Do those magnetic thingies really age your wine instantly?
  10. I want to buy a bottle of wine to commemorate the birth of a child, to be opened 18 (21) years from now. What should I get?
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This is a trial run for a proposed weekly "mini-FAQ" that points to the website, gives the table of contents and also lets readers know that there's a monthly posting of the FAQ itself. All comments, questions, criticisms and off-the-wall commentary welcomed.

Mark Lipton

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Good idea. If the mini-FAQ is posted weekly, is the monthly FAQ even necessary?

Andy

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If I may offer a suggestion, I think a brief description of the kinds of flavors one typically should expect from certain types of wines would be a very nice addition. Like, in a typical Merlot, one can expect x,y,z. It's rather general because 2 vintages can taste different, but there has to be some kind of baseline.

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It provides it for those with no or poor web access.

Jose

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That's a good point, Jose. Along the same lines, it permits offline access to the full FAQ for people whose Internet connection is slow, unreliable or costly. It also covers for the contingency where the Web page may be inaccessible (server down, DNS problems, etc.). Still, I'll be interested to hear what others think about this.

Mark Lipton

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Still, I'll

Monthly FAQ for me. If for no other reason, I have a busy life. Filled with wonderful things; one of which is wine. Dee

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I think it looks good and is a very helpful innovation for this newsgroup.

-- Max

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Fair enough. Weekly and monthly works for me.

Andy

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