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Spanish Notes

Notes from an excellent Spanish tasting (with two Portuguese interlopers) 1996 Lopez Heredia Vina Gravonia Blanco Crian...
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posted by wspohn4
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by wspohn4

[TN] '07 Schloss Lieser QbA

With Jean absent for several nights at a meeting, single parenting means a sharp limitation of dining options. Tonight,...
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posted by notpil
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by notpil

Comparing apples and oranges?

What is Sassicaia doing in this tasting? Has mrs. Jancis Robinson always drunk Sassicaia thinking at a syrah? http://www...
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posted by amc62it
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by amc62it

1998 Pomerols

1998 Pomerol horizontal notes, aka the ‘Fowl’ dinner (all courses were bird based) from a Commanderie de Bordeaux event...
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posted by wspohn4
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TN: Disappointing Ramonet

Dinner was a roast herbed chicken, salad with yellow beets, and brown rice; wine was the 2006 Domaine Ramonet Bourgogne...
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posted by Dwmidnt
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by Dwmidnt

Re: New York "floor tax" on wine starts May 1

> http://www.decanter.com/news/280605.html > > The state of New York is to impose a 'floor tax' on all beer and wine >...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Dwmidnt
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by Dwmidnt

alt.food.wine mini-FAQ

This is a weekly reminder that the FAQ for this group resides at the website http://winefaq.cwdjr.net. Additionally, it...
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posted by notpil
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by notpil

It's a buyer's market for wines

Being a novice wine drinker, I enjoyed this article, so am posting in case there is another like me. Posted 4-18-09, I...
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posted by deedovey
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by deedovey

fat wine drinkers

The Daily tellegraph reports that Average wine drinker puts on half a stone of fat a year, says campaign group...
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posted by onetram
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by onetram

[TN] '90 Pegau and '01 Footbolt

Some times it transpires that chemists of my professional acquaintance also share my passion for wine. Such was the cas...
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posted by notpil
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by notpil

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...
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posted by ksternberg1
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by ksternberg1

Re: 1985 Ch Gloria

> Not really a note, just a quick word to report that the 85 > Gloria is holding up fine, lots of fruit and nice St. Ju...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Dwmidnt
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by Dwmidnt

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 winegro...
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posted by me
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by me

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 main...
14 comments posted 17yrs
posted by onetram
14 comments posted 17yrs posted by onetram