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2004 Ch du Champs des Treiles,Le Petit Champs

Sainte Foy Bordeaux. Heck of a long name for a 11.99US wine! Deep color of garnet. faint nose, cherries (but not Burgun...
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posted by seeLOOKATsig
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[TN] '88 Groffier GC Burg

Tonight, as promised, we jumped the gun on "open that bottle night" by opening a good bottle with a dinner of salmis de...
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posted by notpil
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TN Speir 2005 Discover Pinotage/Shiraz

This is a South African wine for $14 that was a wine club selection in June; I opened it this week with Moroccan chicke...
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posted by teacherjh
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2006 Morlet Family "La Proportion Doree"

2006 Morlet Family La Porportion Doree- I met Luc Morlet a few years ago when he placed his wines at our distributorshi...
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posted by rvwrlee
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Taittinger, Usseglio, Ponsot, etc

We met at a freinds home for dinner last night and opened a few nice wines. With passed hors of salmon mousse wrapped w...
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Dinner with Mark Lipton

Mark Lipton made it up to Chicago yesterday and the two of us caught up for dinner at Spoon Thai. Terrific food (as is...
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posted by salilbenegal
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Open that bottle night

Tomorrow, as per the good folks at the Wall Street Journal, is Open That Bottle Night. Time to open that bottle that ha...
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posted by seeLOOKATsig
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TN Barerock 2003 Adelaide Hills Chardonnay

A new world Chassange Monrachet my wine guy said. Not sure about that but at $14.99US a bottle this was a keeper. Green...
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posted by seeLOOKATsig
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A Little Giggie Giggie

Created in 1971, the AOC of Gigondas produces a typical encepagement of Grenache with varying amounts of syrah and Mour...
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posted by wspohn4
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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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Licono Chardonnay and Scallops

Mad a miso infused scallop and pasta dish last night and my wife and I had the Licono 2005 Chardonnay non-reserve. Deli...
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posted by larry
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TN: Very good Pigato

Last night Betsy made an Italian-influenced roasted fish stew (monkfish and clams), I thought a good time to open the 2...
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posted by Dwmidnt
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[TN] '01 Mas de Bressades

Tonight, with a light dinner of leftover baguette with tapenade and extra sharp Canadian "cheddar," I opened a bottle o...
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posted by notpil
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TN: regional Riesling, Mencia, cheap GV

Sunday we had leftover poulet au Riesling, along with a salad and my first cooked cucumber dish, a crispy cukes and lem...
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posted by Dwmidnt
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by Dwmidnt

[TN] '05 Pepperwood Grove PN

Tonight I was preparing Ian Hoare's salmis de cuisses de canard recipe, which calls at one point for a bottle of red wi...
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posted by notpil
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by notpil