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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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TN: Bubbles, Roses, Bordeaux, and more on a lovely weekend

Friday was another thank you dinner for some couples who had hosted or help ed us during renovations. Gorgeous evening,...

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Wine Captain

I know this is a really trivial question but what the heck. Can the term wine *captain* be used as a synonym for sommel...

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TN: Roses, Cot, and Aligote by the Hudson

Wednesday was the first riverside park concert of the season. Clouds cooled things down, the jazz harmonicist Hendrik M...

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honeysuckle

Occasionally I see wine review, mentioning "notes of honeysuckle". I've never tasted actual honeysuckle, root, berry, l...

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TN: almost summer weekend wines- PN, Chardonnay, Riesling, more

Friday we had the first of our “New Kitchen Thank You” dinn er- 3 couple who had us over during construction (and helpe...

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TN: MSR, Rioja, Austrian pink, corked Prosecco

Betsy made fish tacos, opened the 2015 Vollenweider “Wolfer Goldgru be” Riesling Kabinett. Rich but balanced by bright...

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