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TN: NY heatwave, with St Amour, Puligny, CA wines, Lores, Provence

No wine Monday with Korean soft tofu stew. Tuesday was local pork chops (fi rst purchase from new snout-to-tail butcher...

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TN: Barrel aged Riesling, young Burgs, '15 Fleurie, etc

Grilled sausage and squash with salad and the 2002 Nikolaihof “Stei nriesler” Riesling. This is a recent release, held...

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1986 Diamond Creek Volcanic Hill Napa Cabernet

I had a friend stop buy to look over and buy a few bottles of wine as I'm downsizing my cellar in preparation for a mov...

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TN: Wines by the Hudson- Mendocino rose, Finger Lakes Riesling, Oz Semmilon, Wh. Burg, Languedoc

Wednesday night was about perfect (except for Betsy being in NH). I went to the park bearing crab/avocado salad, beet s...

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TN: White wines in NY and GA (Riesling, Fiano, Champers, Burg, Loire, US)

No wine Friday as we flew to ATL (after walking from the shuttle-deficient valet parking, I offered Betsy a glass in te...

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TN: ESJ, Guignier, Bedrock, and a cava

A friend and his pup visited Tuesday, we started with lobster salad, tapena de, and the 2009 Agusti Torello Mata Cava R...

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Nickel and Nickel

Through a series of events many years ago I ended up with a significant var iety of the various single vineyard offerin...

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TN: wines in hot NY- '83 Pomerol, '14 Vouvray, '67 MSR BA, etc

Friday was scallops, wild rice, broccoli, and the 2014 Pinon “D? ?ronnières” Vouvray. New bottling to me. Pretty classi...

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Couple of weekend wines

Had friends at the farm this weekend and opened some old bottles. 1997 Diamond Creek Red Rock Red Rock Terrace (mag) A...

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TN: Wines in ME (and NY)- PNs, Malbec, Riesling, Chardonnay, etc

Couple I forgot from Sunday night group dinner 1999 Clos du Coutale Cahors Still a bit of tannin, quiet black fruits, s...

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TN: Mostly Chard and (I think) SB on Vinalhaven (and North Haven)

No wine Friday -after work I drove to Portland ME (5 hr drive took 7 -damn the Bueker state!), parked and moved my stuf...

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TN: 2 Loire(ish) reds, Marsannay, Provencal and Rheingau roses

No wine Tuesday as I led a group around NYC. Wednesday joined some friends by river- had been a hot day, but breeze was...

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2005 Denis Mortet Gevrey Chambertin Mes Cinq Terroirs

I've been fortunate to have been able to follow this wine through it's matu ration over the years as I was able to buy...

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TN: Salil sendoff- '81, '86, '59 claret plus CdP, Mosel, Champagne, etc

A little going away event for Salil got moved to my place rather than city, easier on a work night. We had baba ganoush...

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TN: 01 Cigales, '13 Fixin, '15 Saar and Provence

Betsy is in Maine. I was left with Dave, Grace, and the hound, I concentrat ed on emptying fridge of leftovers (sausage...

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