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Looking for budget winery tours/tastings in Spain and Portugal

Hello, My wife and I are going to Spain and Portugal this summer for our honeymoon. We don't have a lot of money. She's...

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posted by tipscommissar

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List of Illinois Wineries

Here is a list of Illinois Wineries and contact info/location: http://www.goplacez.com/winerybb/illinois_wine.php

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posted by roslauski

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1989 Chateau Margaux

My wife and I celebrated our 35th anniversary last night with a bottle of 1989 Chateau Margaux. We started with a coupl...

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posted by rvwrlee

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Which direction do I go from here?

I'm trying to keep an open mind on drinking wine. Most $20 to $100 bottles of wine taste like vinegar to my taste buds....

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posted by CARYGRANT4U

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Sangiovese grape in the new world?

Over the weekend I had a bottle of Cecchi Chianti Classico in which I really enjoy. While I was drinking I was wonderin...

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posted by sws2000

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TN Scharzhoferger Feine Auslese Nikolauswein 1970, Koch

The wine is Scharzhoferger Feine Auslese Nikolauswein 1970, Koch, (geerntet 5./6. Dezember). The wine was properly stor...

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posted by spamtrap2

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TN Mosel, Canon Fronsac, and Bourgogne

This weekend was an absolute stunner in NY- sunshine, pleasantly cool for June/July, gentle breezes. A huge series of s...

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posted by Dwmidnt

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TN: Great Wall (Chinese wine)

The recent spam about the greatness of Chinese wines came to mind tonight as we sat around the low table with my studen...

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posted by myseri

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TN 1979 Matanzas Creek Cabernet, Sonoma County, Estate Bottled

The color shows little sign of age. The nose is clean with a ripe fruit, slightly plummy character. Good body and acid....

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posted by mehl

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TN '04 Fevre Chablis

Jean and I went out for a rare meal without Andrew these days and took ourselves out to a very nice resaurant in Indy:...

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posted by notpil

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Pacific Northwest Wines

Notes from a blind Cascadia (WA, OR,BC) tasting Osake Granville Island Junmai Nama Genshu - brought as a curiosity and...

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posted by wspohn4

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Walla Walla Washington Trip

Was in Walla Walla this past week for 4 days and visited a few wineries in spare time. First let me say this little tow...

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posted by rneidich

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Re: TN Many St Emilions at the East River Cafe

Nice notes, Dale. It sounds like a fun tasting. I hear you about the Angelus: it's certainly not traditional, but there...

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posted by notpil

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Hommage a Da Beppe - His Greatest Hits

To commemorate the recent death of a longtime AFWer, Joe "Beppe" Rosenberg, I have decided to archive a few of his more...

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posted by notpil

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by notpil

TN Disappointing Loire Rose

We intended to go to the river for a jazz concert last night, but afternoon thunderstorms pushed the concert into the c...

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posted by Dwmidnt

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