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Reasonable Hotel in Buenos Aires?
Can anyone recommend a very reasonable, decent hotel in Buenos Aires, preferably in Recoleta or Bario Norte? I'm looking for something in the $40 to $70 range. Thank you.
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Re: 1985 Ch Gloria
thanks for notes, haven't had '85 in years, but Gloria is a sentimental favorite of mine
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TN: the antithesis of the PremOx issue (it shoulda been dead), plus '98 Right Banker
Who on earth would buy a 27 year old negociant village white Burgundy in half bottle (from a vintage where many GCs are over the hill)? Well, that would be me. Sometimes if I have won a few bottles on...
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Nicolas Joly's business card
A few weeks aago Nicolas Joly was here in Austria. He held a one-day conference on the principles of biodynamic winegrowing. Location was Weingut Meinklang (Herr & Frau Michlits, Pamhagen,...
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bubbly carbon footprints
Sorry if this has been asked before. Not sure exactly how much CO2 is in a bottle of bubbly, but there's enough to maintain a pressure of about 6 atmospheres. My question, in two parts: in these days...
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A dining experience in Williamsburg, Virginia
We've escaped the cold and snow (Feb-Mar) in Minnesota for the last few years, with our final destination on Hilton Head, South Carolina for a month. On our driving trips down and back, we have spent...
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Cork taint is caused by loose fitting corks. BBC reports.
Hi, You might have thought that the dread abbreviation TCA had something to do with it, but no. According to a BBC report detailing proposed experimental changes in their bottling techniques to be...
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2004 Denis Mortet Gevrey-Chambertin "Lavaut St Jacques"
With dinner last night we started with a tartare of Ahi tuna with a bit of cilantro and red chiles I opened a bottle of 2007 Pieropan Soave Classico which was fresh and citrusy like a squirt of fresh...
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TN: 3 moderately priced ($10-20) French wines
After feasting Sunday afternoon, we had a late dinner of leftovers that evening, with the 2007 Pernot Bourgogne blanc. Good concentration and depth for a simple Bourgogne, white fruits, earth, a...
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Mistake
Should be Coutet 1971 oops
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TN belated, ( I am still alive!)
Hello all, I am still about! Have been off line on and off, holidays, motherboards, external hard drive failure, minor illness and visits to see awaited G'child number one down in deepest Sussex. If...
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a fresh approach to your online shopping
More and more people are turning to online shopping for their groceries...we are very proud to introduce you to our online prescence. We sell Organic MKeat, Beef, Lamb and Pultry, groceries and green...
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TN 82 Cakebread Cabernet
Many years ago my good friend brought this bottle from Napa and gave it to me, I suppose in the mid-80s. It has slept ever since, although traveled many thousands of miles by truck and container...
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[TN] 2001 L'Espigouette Vacqueyras
Tonight, I cobbled together a dish that I called "Morroccan paella" that incorporated leftover Easter lamb. Jean suggested a Cotes du Rhone, but since none were ready in the cellar (mostly Texier) I...
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2005 Thierry et Pascale Matrot Meursault
I was given a couple of 375ml of 2005 Thierry et Pascale Meursault (under screwcap) as samples recently and I opened one tonight as I was solo. The wine was way off. Very oxidized, over-ripened rotten...
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