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TN: Germany v. Spain, preliminary match
So I had told some people last week they could call for help on Monday, once I was at office I realized how few things were open (Independence Day observed). It was slow, so I closed a bit early, and...
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TN: July 4th weekend, with CaliCabs, CdR, Cava, etc
Saturday I was doing house chores, and decided time to do vinegar/ bottling harvesting. Usually I put in a bottle+ of leftover wines to get next batch started, but only had about a third of a bottle...
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Bocce Wines
Notes from a garden/bocce afternoon, a pot luck where anything goes: Bailly Lapierre Cremant de Bourgogne Exception Nature – pleasant nose, good bubble, light and pleasant. 1999 Jakoby-Mathy...
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TN: Wines al fresco, mostly rose, plus a Volnay, Marsannay white, Bandol red, etc
Couple gorgeous nights on patio. Thursday night I cut a rack into double chops, did a quick herb marinade, and then grilled along with some squash, combined with salad and the 2005 Domaine & Selection...
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TN: Chateau Lascombes 1966
The wine is Chateai Lascombes 1966. I bought it in the early 70s, and it has been properly stored. There were no cork or other issues, and the fill was to the low neck. Many of the 1966 Bordeaux wines...
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[TN] '09 Baudry Rosé
Tonight, with a light dinner of stirfried green beans in a black bean sauce, I opened: 2009 Bernard Baudry Chinon Rosé (13% ABV) nose: strawberries, minerals palate: delicate, fruity, crisp acidity...
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TN: Brunello, roses, VdP Cab, Chard by the river
By Wednesday Monday's brutal heat and humidtity were a distant memory. Sunny, low humidity, high of 79. I rendevoused with a load of friends for the riverfront concert, bearing grilled squid salad,...
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Wine in Tahiti !
I have been absent for a while - did you miss me? No - I thought not ! Have just returned to NZ having sailed to Tahiti and return. Out of the blue a couple months ago, a friend phoned and asked if I...
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TN: cheap but good Brunello and Chablis GC
Zachys has a rep for high prices, but when they have sales, there can be some pretty good prices. This week I picked up $5 Barberas, $15 GC Chablis, $15 '05 Volnay, $20 06 Barbaresco, etc. 2 got...
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Niagara VQAs
Anyone interested in Niagara VQA wines? Let's talk. Chuck
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TN: 3 good wines- 2 Gamays (pink and red), 1 Riesling (but wrong one)
So a plan for a Vietnamese squid salad fell to the side when I realized that not only were we out of rice sticks, but I forgot to get sprouts. So instead I started improvising a squid/bokchoy stirfry,...
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Les Berceaux, Ephernay, France Restaurant
After a GREAT private tour at Moet and Chandon and walking miles of their caves, the hospitality at Moet and Chandon had arrange a magnificant lunch me my wife and I at Les Berceaux, a really great...
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"The club has only one membership requirement: having tried at least 100 different varieties of grape."
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Blue Hill TNs and two others
We hadn't been to this favourite restaurant for a few years, but it's still great (even if slightly downhill - the amuses especially seemed production-line and rather bland); and the wine list and...
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1970 wine choices
A few weeks back I solicited opinions/suggestions from the group as to what I should seek for my 40th next month; again, thanks to all for the expertise and in particular to Dale who was kind enough...
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