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TN: white Burgs and Paso Robles, red Bierzo and Sonoma Coast

With clams and pasta , the 2001 Remi Jobard Le Poruzot-Dessus Meursault 1er . Pear, butterscotch, almondy and round,ful...

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1998 Il Poggione Brunello

I grilled grass fed ribeyes last night and opened my last two bottles of 19 98 Il Poggione Brunello. The color was a bi...

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TN: Heritage blind tasting challenge, good Gazin, plus Falanghina, Puligny, rosato

Betsy used airline points to get me a WS sub, was flipping through last mon th when I saw the matching column featured...

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TN: weekend of good (though no great) wines

I realized when I took out recycling I forgot one Labor Day wine, the 2016 Calabretta Etna Rosato. I didn’t take notes,...

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TN: Labor Day wines ('67 Spanna, '72 Gevrey, '96 Rioja, '00 CFE, more)

Betsy made broccoli salad, slaw, and potato salad. I did 3 salsas (tomatill o, mango, tomato), charred leeks with a cap...

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TN: Corkage misunderstanding -Barolo, 2 Monts Damnes, Pomerol, NZ SB, etc

Thursday we walked up the hill to some neighbors’ home. We started on the deck with proscuitto/melon, cheeses, and crud...

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TN: WA reds, 95 Giscours, Dr L, Delamotte, Foillard, etc

No wine Thursday with short-rib hamburgers plus a lentil salad topped with eggplant. Friday we made chicken yakitori, s...

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TN: Aligote, former Cava, Loire SB, Gamay, roses

An overnight thunderstorm brought in cooler drier air, and we had great wea ther for final riverfront park concert of t...

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TN: Fine night, with suckling pig, Rhones, Rieslings

Monday no wine with feta creamed corn topped with shrimp, tomatoes, & pobla nos. On a hot Tuesday a good group met at W...

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TN: Loire, Spanish, Piedmont whites, rose bubbly and still, '82 Brunello, '98 Bdx

Red snapper, sauteed kohlrabi, and the 2016 Vina Sobreira Albarino.Moderate acids, mango and peach, touch of grass. Not...

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TN: Wines by Hudson- Bdb, Muscadet, MSR, roses, Syrah, CS

No wine Tuesday at an upscale new Mexican place in Irvington (crab salad wi th corn and cojita, squid with a chipotle s...

7 comments posted 9yrs

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New Hip with 97 Jarvis Cabernet

I received a new hip last week so I was off wine for a week while taking pa in meds but doing great and no longer neede...

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TN: Lagrange haw haw haw, Clisson (not Pep), Jadot, and many more

Friday we went to Betsy’s sister’s, they made lobster rolls , slaw, potato salad, Cambodian style corn, and we only car...

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TN: Ruwer, Provence, Loire, Burg, North Fork, Argentina

o wine Monday (lamb stuffed peppers, “Israeli” street corn) or Tuesday (pork chops & kale). So Wednesday happy we had g...

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TN: Burg, Loire, Bdx, etc with mollusks and more

No wine Thursday with bucatini all'amatriciana, Friday I shucked some oyste rs and grilled some squash while Betsy saut...

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