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TN: Macon at Mohonk, Baden PN at home, both good

Betsy had a concert Mon night at Mohonk Mountain House, I did some light hi king during rehearsal, skipped wine with di...

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TN: Bdx (white and red), CA Syrah and CS, GV, Champagne on a pretty weekend

Friday lamb rib chops, squash, and the 2000 Ch. Grand Corbin Despagne (St E milion).Black plums, mocha, some leather. M...

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TN: Buster, Bourgogne, Becker, and wines I can't alliterate

Betsy got back from Maine Wednesday, that night we went to park for concert . Lucky again with weather- 70s and breezy....

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"...Are wine connoisseurs scientists or charlatans?..." (recent article)

https://www.1843magazine.com/features/supertasters-among-the-dreaming-spires

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TN: Champagne and Burgs (mostly Chevillon) at Wu's Wonton King, NYC

On a nice cool July evening a good crew got together at Wu’s Wonton King in Chinatown. We started with a blind bubbly....

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TN: Heitz, ESJ, Sociando, Boulay, etc

No wine Thursday with chicken, but Friday I had some pot roast from freezer with the 2014 Heitz Grignolino. Musky/flora...

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TN: Heat wines wines- few roses, few whites, 1 red (Trousseau)

No wine Monday (stewed tofu, mushrooms) but Tuesday friends invited the hou nd and I to dinner. The dogs had rawhide wh...

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2009 Domaine des Baumard Clos du Papillon Savennièr es

I had dinner last night at my favorite local restaurant and I noticed that they had 2009 Domaine des Baumard Clos du Pa...

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posted by rvwrlee

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TN: Burgs, BdB, Minervois, Saar, Beaujolais rose, CA CB/Viognier

Betsy is in Maine for festivals for a while longer, so Saturday I convened a meeting of the Rivertowns Folks Whose Spou...

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TN: BTG with rijsttafel tasting menu, plus a '98 Pomerol for Bastille Day

Thursday in Portland we went to Tempo Dulu in a lovely boutique hotel where we opted for the rijsttafel tasting menu. L...

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TN: wines BTG in Portland Maine

No wine Monday (with sockeye and clean out fridge leftovers), Tuesday we dr ove to Portland ME where quartet starts the...

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TN: Austria, Piedmont, Rioja, Champagne, Burg

Fred hosted our little local group for a look at Austrian wines- with a nic e spread of sardines, cheeses, tapenade, zu...

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TN: al fresco wines- Saves, ESJ, + Italians, Bdx, etc

We lucked out again with weather for the park concert- sunny, low humidity, not hot, nice breeze. Unusual band (kind of...

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TN: 3 roses, 2 whites, 1 red on July 4th

Betsy had a rehearsal Tuesday, so we didn’t host our usual 4th part y. But we did go to our usual fireworks watching pa...

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TN: 24 Francois Cotat, 4 Champagnes, 2 Vouvrays, 2 CalCabs

Yesterday I took the train up to Croton for part 2 of a big look at the win es of Domaine Francois Cotat. 13 intrepid w...

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