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TN: riesling from NZ and DE, plus Beaujolais, CA, etc

with chicken meatballs in a fresh tomato sauce, the 2005 Viticcio Chianti Classico. Easy plum fruit, dried cherries, a...

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TN: Mostly Nebbiolo (plus Champagne, Trebbiano, Sauternes)

A great group got together for some Nebbiolo at La Silhouette in Manhattan last night. Restaurant did a fine job with w...

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TN: Easter weekend wines

Saturday I was picking up some fish in WHite Plains, dropped by Grapes the Wine Company to pick up an order. While they...

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Lunch wines - Bollinger, Pegau, Fonseca

Tasting notes from Good Friday lunch. Bollinger Special Cuvee (nv) – for a young wine this was showing a bit of colour...

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posted by wspohn4

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TN: wines from France, Germany, US, Austria, and Argentina

2009 Diel Riesling Kabinett No vineyard designation. Limeade and green apple flavors, decent acidity, nice length, at t...

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[TN] '10 Dog Point Pinot Noir

Tonight we went out for dinner at the Hotel D'Urville in Blenheim as we begin our journey back to the US. With a dinner...

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[TN] '09 Dry Hills Gewurz

Tonight was our next-to-last night in Christchurch, so we went out to arguably the best restaurant here, The Bodhi Tree...

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WTN: many many wines - from France, US, Australia, and Germany

Former AFWers Salil and I had some wine to trade,we made a plan to meet so I decided to invite some folks over and make...

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TN: Chiantis (only one legal), white Burgundies

Friday I had a speech at a high school event in White Plains, came home late but they waited dinner for me. Main course...

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Riedel announce Biodynamic range

Find out more about the Riedel Biodynamic range, and enter a competition to win the first Riedel Biodynamic here http://...

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posted by steve.slatcher

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[TN] '10 Wild Earth Rosé

For our last weekend in Christchurch, tonight I made paella and opened to go with it: 2010 Wild Earth Rosé (100% Pinot...

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rapid aging

Is the chemistry of wine aging completely understood? Is it possible to engineer an enzyme, which would speed the proce...

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posted by r_delaney2001

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TN: bunch of French wines (Loire, Rhone, Burgundy, Beaujolais, etc)

My friends Fred and Alex had one of their table d'hote events Sat night. I drove to Hastings (parking in a legal overni...

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Selling wine on consigment in the SF Bay Area?

Do any of you in the San Francisco Bay Area know of a good honest place that sells wines on consignment. I've a few bott...

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TN: week of mostly French wines (1 Italian)

Over several days the 2010 Duffour (Cotes de Gascogne) was used as an apertif and cooking wine. Grassy and sassy. I'd a...

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