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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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posted by dalewilliamsmidrun

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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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posted by Dwmidnt

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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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posted by Dwmidnt

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TN: Lopez de Heredia, and a half bottle of "90 Jadot Corton-Charlemagne

No wines Mon or Tues, but after a speech Wednesday I thought I would open s omething with leftovers (roast chicken with...

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posted by Dwmidnt

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TN: Snowy night with lots of Right Bank claret, + 89 L d'Or, Germans, white Bdx, more

Patrick was in town and Ramon proposed a dinner based on traditionally styl ed Right Bank wines. A good group was round...

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posted by Dwmidnt

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TN: Soave, Burgs, Etna, rose

n unexpectedly social week, a former neighbor was in town and we hosted a s mall dinner party with other neighbors, and...

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posted by Dwmidnt

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TN: No truffles, but Barolo, Burg, Brunello, Cote Rotie, and more

Ben and Wendy host an annual pre-holiday dinner, usually themed around olde r Piedmont and fresh white truffles. As 201...

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posted by Dwmidnt

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TN: DDC, Riesling, ESJ, more

What could go wrong with a half bottle of 1995 Louis Latour Meursault-Perri eres? Well, lots. While everyone talks abou...

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posted by Dwmidnt

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the extra long finish

I figure a wine group might be helpful for a question about the finish - I munch on Quest bars before gym sessions, for...

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posted by r_delaney2001

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