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Reveillon wines

(or as my daughter put it in her menus: Davis' New Year Eatery). 2002 Luneau-Papin Clos du Poyet (with Breton Crab claw...

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posted by laerton

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NYE wines

Our lineup for New Year's Eve: Champagne 2004 Francis Boulard - these are some of the first wines from the now separate...

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TN: Nahe and Beaujolais w/vaguely Chinese meal

Tonight an early dinner, as Betsy's parents were going to opera with her sister. Dave and his girlfriend Mary Kate were...

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posted by Dwmidnt

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Help finding store in Virginia beach

I will be in Virginia Beach for a while and would appreciate suggestions for a good wine store. I am willing to drive an...

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TN: Muscadet and Cotes du Bourg

With clams in a fairly spicy broth, scallops with a chive/lemon sauce, rice, and Brussels sprouts, the 2004  Pepiere (O...

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TN: Corton, Tig, Pape, Mondavi, Penfolds.

Notes from a blind tasting – a flight of whites and then a flight of reds. All whites were the 2000 vintage. Pio Cesare...

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TN: Barbera and Chinon in an early blizzard

Forecast of snow showers changed to snow, next thing you know they're saying blizzard. But Sunday evening it was still...

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Christmas visits 2003 Bordeaux

The cold weather, White Christmas, wind whistling etc, coupled with lack of preparedness (forget to get wine out of the...

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posted by laerton

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Christmas wines

On Christmas Eve we started with a couple bottles of NV Michel Turgy Blanc de Blanc Reserve. We had visted M. Turgy a n...

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posted by rvwrlee

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TN: Christmas Eve and Day wines

Christmas Eve we had a subdued Feast of the One Fish. David and Betsy's parents joined us for lemon sole, bok choy, and...

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posted by Dwmidnt

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Château Pierrefitte Lalande De Pomerol

We've just been given a bottle of this (the 1986 vintage) and I wondered if anyone has any ides where I can find out mo...

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TN: Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2005

Disclaimer: It has been so very long since I have had the strength to prepare a wine dinner that I would probably be ef...

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posted by godzilla

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TN: 1998 Poujeaux

We were relieved yesterday when we saw Dave's flight had taken off from London (where he had been stuck for 5 days). Be...

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posted by Dwmidnt

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TN: 2 Beaujolais, 1 Burg PN, 1 NZ SB

Betsy picked up her parents at airport after getting brisket started, I was just in charge of getting root vegetables i...

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Happy Holidays, All!

To all you who populate afw and make it what it is, have a very Merry Christmas/Channukah/Kwanzaa/Solstice and a lovely...

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