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TN: roses, Italian whites, and more on a warm summer week

Wednesday was hot, but by the river (in shade, with breeze) it felt pretty good at concert. We carried charcuterie (por...

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Sad news about a former afw regular

Those of you who've been around for a while may recall a poster "cwdjrx" with a particular knowledge of sweet wines suc...

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TN: albarino, NSG, St Jo in NY

Betsy headed off from Portland the Sebago Lake festival, I took bus and Amt rak home. After retrieving pup, too tired t...

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TN: Wines in Nova Scotia and Maine

Saturday we rose early, drove to Portland, ME where we rendezvoused with fr iends and got on 6 hour ferry to Yarmouth N...

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TN: Wines in NY- roses, Magdelaine, ESJ, Pol Roger

On Wednesday we had chicken with white beans and preserved lemons, along wi th the 2017 Terrebrune Bandol rose. This is...

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"California wines contain Fukushima radiation, and i t’s not a bad thing"

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/california-wines-contain-fukushima-radiation-and-its-not-a-bad-thing

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TN: Loire, Burg, Rioja, Piedmont

With fish and caprese., 2013 Pinon “Le Vouvray”. Sec-tendr e, green apple and limeade, well balanced, great effort in a...

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TN: almost perfect night by river, with 3 Roses, 1 Cassis blanc, 1 Riesling

Absolutely perfect weather for Wednesday’s park concert- at 6:30 it was 79 degrees, low humdity, clear skies, light bre...

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WTN: World Cup weekend wines- red white and rose, not all French

With ham, Swiss chard, and rice, the 2017 Koehler-Ruprecht Pinot Noir Kabin ett Trocken Rose. Good acid, tart red fruit...

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TN: Roses by Hudson (Burgs, Champagne, Franken too)

Wednesday was warm, but humdity wasn’t bad, and by time I got to pa rk concert a breeze off the Hudson made it quite lo...

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TN: Half a pig, all of aking crab, 2 Champagnes, 7 Burgundies at Wu's Wonton King

A nice group met at Wu’s Wonton King at edge of Chinatown last nigh t. Steamy day, but AC worked well. We had preordere...

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TN: Mugnier, PYCM, ESJ, Leitz, Taittinger

No wine Thursday (but we did enjoy “Won’t You Be My Neighbo r”) Friday was great, the heat and humidity broke. We were...

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TN: Hot 4th of July, with roses, whites, and a lone red

Monday we went to Irvington for dinner. Kate and Thom had out cheese and sa lami, followed by vichyssoise, beet salad,...

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TN: NY heatwave weekend, with Sauv Blancs, Muscadet, Chenin Blancs, roses, and 1 2000 satellite Bordeaux

Friday we went to a wake and then home to grilled scallops & squash, with a rugula salad and a couple of wines 2017 Und...

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TN: coupla BTG Austrians

Tuesday Betsy took me to Boro6, a newish wine bar in Hastings. We shared bu rrata with ramp pesto, a nice salad, open-f...

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