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Mondavi, (and a bunch of other stuff)
Another blind tasting dinner. 1992 Mission Hill Riesling Grand Reserve – this elderly BC wine, teetering on the brink of extinction, was interesting more for the fact that it showed anything at all....
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Champagne for wedding
I am celebrating my daughters wedding next month. I was thinking of having my family and closest friends to my room at the hotel for champagne toast before the wedding about 4PM. Will invite about 15...
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Ponsot, Voge, Dominus, Warres, Fonseca, Essencia
Lunch notes (blind tasting) With spot prawns in pirirpiri sauce 2003 Alain Voge St. Peray Fleur de Crussol – this white made from 70 year old Marsanne and iven5 months in oak was reall exceptional....
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Burgundy stops
I've listed a number of the winery visits that we made during our recent stay in Burgundy. Domaine Laroche-Everything is under screwcap now. Nice tasting room/ restaurant over the old mill race in the...
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TN: a night of plonk, followed by a good Friuli
Tuesday I got stuck for a ride to pick up a truck from repair shop, called Betsy to save me. Made her pressed for time for dinner shopping, so I told her I'd take her out. We went to the just opened...
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After returning ...
I don't often run across Prieure Roch, but Domaine Leflaive (NOT Olivier) and Lafon claim to be fully biodynamic. I know Leflaive is certified by Demeter, unsure re Lafon.
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"French researchers tested this by using an odourless dye to colour white wine red. The wine tasters who tried the result used typical red wine descriptors, suggesting that its colour played a significant role in how they thought of it."
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Kongsgaard
Has anybody tried any of their wines? I first heard of them last Fall when they were part of a high end CA Chardonnay tasting in Austin last Fall. I just got a copy of their current release letter....
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What wine to serve with lemon chicken?
We're serving lemon chicken tomorrow night for dinner and I was wondering what wine I should serve with the lemon chicken? The recipe calls for skinless chicken breasts,lemon juice,olive oil and it's...
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"Hard as it may be to accept, pleasure is not the measure of fine wine."
- Hard as it may be to accept, pleasure is not the measure of fine wine. Rather, the best measure judges complexity, finesse, cohesion of flavors, and an indefinable but unmistakable sense of...
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alt.food.wine mini-FAQ
This is a weekly reminder that the FAQ for this group resides at the website Additionally, it is posted monthly to the newsgroup Questions or comments about the FAQ are best posted to the newsgroup...
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Anderson Valley 2008 Pinot Conference
Contents: Event and its region. Technical program highlights. New wine consumers ending the era of dominant critics. John Haeger's new Pinot book. Winery notes. Scuttlebutt. Anderson Valley (AV), the...
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TN: Stubborn horse
Betsy's back, Betsy's back! And back in kitchen. She felt like red meat,and had little time, so turned to an old favorite- steak on a watercress/parsley salad with a horseradish/mustard dressing. A...
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[TN] 2000 L'Espigouette CdR
On Saturday, Jean and I decided to smoke a pheasant that we had sitting around, so I duly fired up the smoker and gave it an applewood smoking. With the bird, I decided that a medium-bodied...
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TN: Rhone and Provence
Couple of wines tasted over last 4 days: 2007 Ch. de Roquefort "Corail" rosé (Cotes de Provence) This was with some ham and a mixture of beet greens and broccoli rabe. Strawberries and cherries...
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