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TN: Easter/Passover weekend- Loires, Pomerol, Burg, Sicily

No seder, but for first night of passover we had gefilte fish from Epstein 's deli, matzah ball soup, a tiny hunk of br...

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TN: Riesling GG and a mostly Grenache (Maury Sec)

Tuesday I took lunch to a friend who’s recovering from an ortho inj ury. With gyros, pork souvlaki, & greek salad he op...

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TN: 16 bottles of Tuscan (and 1 lone Champagne) at Il Corso NYC

Our “Bordeaux group” met at Il Corso last night for Tuscan night. While we gathered: The 2008 Pierre Péters “lès Chétil...

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TN: 2 Pomerols and 1 "Cave des Pomerol" (?!?!), Loire, Minervois, Baden sticky

Thursday AM was spent shoveling snow, shoulder was a bit sore and I thought it affected my mood. Made dinner for Betsy...

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"Really good tasters never confuse (or conflate) acuity with judgment..."

- Really good tasters never confuse (or conflate) acuity with judgment. One is the considered weighing and prioritizing...

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TN: Champagne, Bojo, Burgs, BdM, Ruwer, St Estephe

Wednesday opened the 2014 Camus-Bruchon Bourgogne with a chicken tagine-ish dish (with turnips, sweet potatoes, chickpe...

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TN: German and Burg PN, Riesling, Chard, probable SB, Tempranillo

Wednesday’s nor’easter had a quiet start compared to previo us Fri, but winds and heavy snow were pretty fierce by end...

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Chinese food

http://www.fredericksburg.com/entertainment/food_drink/what-wines-to-pair-with-common-chinese-dishes/article_1356514b-3...

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Food and Wine- 40 wines that have changed the way we drink

I seldom find F&W drink content useful, but this was an interesting concept. As always easy to find quibbles and disagr...

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TN: Good Champagne, Burgs, Loire, dull Piedmont

With chicken breast, broccoli rabe, and quinoa/barley, the 2016 Dauny Sance rre Rose (Pynoz). Fuller styled which worke...

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TN: Mostly 1998 Bordeaux (Racines, NYC)

Our Bordeaux group met at Racines Monday for a look at 1998 Graves and Righ t Bank wines. I arrived and was offered the...

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TN: Texier, Drouhin Fleurie, de Villaine, CVNE, Raventos. Schafer Frohlich

Weird weekend, Thursday Betsy woke up with a cramp and fell leaping out of bed, hurting her back. It’s getting better,...

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TN: Lunar New Year with German and French wines (plus 1 ESJ)

Friday was sous vide tandoori-ish chicken thighs, arugula salad, & brown ba smati 2014 Ziereisen Steingruble Chasselas...

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Cheap and cheaper

About a month ago, I went in an Aldi grocery store to look around. I found a bottle of Cabernet for $2.07. I thought ab...

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TN: "wacky " labels, Sancerres, Madiran, Cahors, Mugnier, etc

Since this week we have opposing schedules, we decided to celebrate Valenti ne’s Day a little early at Saint George in...

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