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TN: Superbowl with ESJ, CVNE, JJPrum, plus Loire, Etna, Burg

2016 Pepiere “Les Gras Moutons” Muscadet Fuller style, pear and lemongrass, round, tasty if not my preferred express io...

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"Cape Town’s water shortage crisis is threatening South Africa’s wine harvest"

https://qz.com/1189336/cape-town-water-crisis-south-african-wine-vineyard-harvest-will-be-hit-by-drought/

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TN: SOBER does '97 Supertuscans and CalCabs, '96 Chards, Veneto,Champagne, and a TBA

Our SOBER group convened at Mike’s, where he greeted us with dips, crudites, and black bean soft tacos. And bubbles: NV...

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On Apr.16, Cape Town will run out of water

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/africa/cape-town-water-crisis-intl/index.html

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WTN: Napa, Rias Baixas, Loire, Rhine

With a baby octopus salad as well as cauliflower steaks with cauliflower p uree, the 2016 Karine Lauverjat Sancerre. Cr...

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TN: 1993 Burgundy at Riverpark

On a shockingly warm January evening, our (supposed) Bordeaux group once ag ain veered off theme to do a look at 1993 B...

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TN: Several Branaire and Haut Bailly, plus Dom, LLC, Giscours, Clisson

Mark hosted a lunch featuring Haut Bailly and Branaire Ducru* in honor of t heir recently departed owners, Robert Wilme...

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TN: ESJ, Felsina, Israeli wines, base Donnhoff, and more

We took the dog with us over the hill to friends’ place for dinner. Appetizers were deviled eggs and an eggplant capona...

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Who created the gyropalette/girasol - France or Spain?

I am trying to confirm who created the gyropalette/girasol - France or Spain? I have come up with both at different tim...

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posted by Rick

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TN: Mostly good wines, even if some lack a little typicite- Burg, Chianti, Bierzo, more

Brother-in-law is in Vienna for couple weeks, so Bets invited her sister fo r dinner and made beef stroganoff, one of t...

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WTN: Riesling, Gamay, Catarratto, Sangiovese

I’m mostly avoiding wine on weeknights (trying not to put back on w eight), but after the “bomb cyclone” hit and I spen...

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TN: New Year's weekend wines (France, US, Italy, Austria, Spain)

No wine Thursday, but Friday we (me, Betsy, David, and Ruby the hound) went to some friends for dinner. I was to bring...

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TN: white and red Bordeaux, plus Malbec

Went to some friends for a dinner of bulgogi, tofu, avocado, rice, bok choy , & glazed sweet potato, followed by a spir...

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TN: Bordeaux with goose, Sancerre and Corton Charlie with crab, and other Christmas wines

Shrimp & radicchio over angel hair and salad with the 2015 Pepiere ? ?Briords” Muscadet. Lemon and grapefruit, a little...

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TN: Lots of Loires, plus a few others

Friday Betsy made Japanese style pork curry, haiga rice, and salad, I opene d the 2015 Selbach-Oster Kabinett ( no vine...

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