General Wine Forum

After returning ...

... from a 5-day trip to Bourgogne, I have meditated on the wines of George Fourrier in Gevrey. Why? Perhaps because Mr...

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posted by nils.lindgren

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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."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/05/20/scijamesbond120.xml

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posted by aesthete8

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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 t...

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posted by mehl

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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 chick...

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posted by rdalderis

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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, fi...

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posted by aesthete8

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alt.food.wine mini-FAQ

This is a weekly reminder that the FAQ for this group resides at the website http://winefaq.hostexcellence.com. Additio...

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posted by notpil

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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. Jo...

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posted by maxREMOVE

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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 favori...

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posted by Dwmidnt

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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...

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posted by notpil

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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...

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posted by Dwmidnt

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TN: Wedding wines (including an Angelus)

Yesterday attended a wedding at a gorgeous lakeside property north of here. Beautiful perfect day, you couldn't have as...

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posted by Dwmidnt

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TN: 5 Australians, 1 New Zealand wine

Friday was a wet and stormy night, and my local group met at Dave's house. Theme was Australia/New Zealand, and we each...

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posted by Dwmidnt

3 comments posted 18yrs posted by Dwmidnt

Back from Burgundy

We just returned from two weeks in Burgundy...whew! I tasted a lot of 2006's and barrel tasted a bunch of 2007's. I thi...

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posted by rvwrlee

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'96 Font de Michelle CdP blanc

Had this with line caught sea bass, simply grilled over a wood fire with good Nyons olive oil and gros sel. This was a...

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posted by laeraton

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Broadening Your Wine Palate on a Lighter Wallet

Interesting segment on Weekend Edition this morning. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId534375

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posted by evankeel

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