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Vermont

We join a group of wino friends in Vermont each year in early October at a great wine destingatin in Barnard Vt. each y...
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posted by rvwrlee
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Hill Country wines

I was in Austin so I thought we would give the Fredericksburg wine trail a try. Went to 5 wineries most so so to just b...
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posted by larryleichtman
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[LONG] Recent tastes

2005 Stolpman Syrah La Coppa (9/29/2013) Much like my last impression of this wine. The fruit is unmistakably Californi...
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posted by notpil
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A partial explanation for cork taint

From a recent study published in Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA): http://m.phys.org/news/2013-09-odor-suppression-bad-wine....
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posted by notpil
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TN: French and Italian wines

Betsy was in Brooklyn playing “Anna Nicole” at BAM, but Lucy and I were invited to some friends for dinner. Lucy and Ja...
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posted by dwmidnt
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2000 Chapoutier Ermitage Le Pavillon

I made a venison stew as I'm trying to use up last years buck so I seared o ff the aromatics and venison steak meat in...
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posted by rvwrlee
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TN: France, Spain, Israel

With lemon sole, brussels sprouts, and rice, the 2011 Dauny “Clos du Roi ” Sancerre. Apples, a little grass, good crisp...
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posted by dwmidnt
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TN: Mostly Italian

Sunday menu went Italian-ish- lamb shanks (cross sliced like osso bucco), p olenta, Tuscan slow cooked green beans (bas...
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posted by dwmidnt
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Truth being stranger than fiction,

here's a little incident that happened to me today. Waiting at the pharmacy, we witnessed the gentleman just in front o...
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posted by laerton
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