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Okanagan ice wine harvest
The following message was posted to: CANWINE Hi all At 3 a.m. yesterday, we took advantage of a narrow window of opportunity to harvest part of our Icewine crop, as temperatures dipped below the...
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Austrian Rieslings- question of M.Pronay
Michael, As fall is really here, I'm getting my consolidated orders from summer delivered. Includes some Austrians. I was curious re your opinion on aging of a few Rieslings (in each case I only have...
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My First 2000 Burgundy
I opened my first bottle of 2000 Burgundy last night. I don't put a whole lot of stock in generalized pronouncements of vintages so I thought I should pop a cork and see for myself. I chose a Dugat-Py...
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Gallo Confirms Tainted Wine
An article in the Los Angeles Times reports that Gallo has confirmed that traces of TCA have been found in wines bottled at its processing facility in Sonoma. 90 different Gallo wines totaling nearly...
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What's too cold for shipping?
I am receiving a shipment of futures from the Oregon Pinot Noir Club today. It is travelling through the high country, and we are in the deep freeze, after our first winter storm dumped two feet of...
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Types of Barolo?
Read the following and it looks like there are different types of Barolo (maybe different areas in Piedmont)? A quick web search turns up nothing. What, if any, information can be extracted from words...
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Bordeaux Tasting
A group of us went to our friends cabin on Casper Mtn. for a repeat of the Bordeaux tasting we had last year (different wines). We managed have the party (Sat Oct 25) before the big storm, which...
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Wine Speculator States the Obvious
I still get this for the waiting room table, and usually give it a quick skim to see if there is anything interesting. The latest issue bears the headline: "Wine-Drinking Women Have Better Chance of...
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Wine Cellar Refrigeration
At long last I am constructing my cellar. Aproximately 750 cubic feet. Basement corner location (Northwest corner with west exposure under a porch) will hopefully give me a large amount of passive...
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Thanksgiving wine- Here we go.....
I know this is probably an old topic but I was curious what you guys are going to choose to drink for thanksgiving. The meal I will be drinking it with will be a very typical, traditional american...
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A Barolo Birthday
My husband discovered a fondness for Barolo on a trip to Italy a few years ago, and we brought home some 1994 Rocche dei Manzoni Barolo on a recommendation. Neither of us have tried this wine, but my...
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about yeast
Hi all, Perhaps someone can explain this to me. There's a very good caviste in Paris on rue de la Tombe d'Issoire (14eme) not far from St Jacques and Denfert. The fellow (Nicolas) specializes in lower...
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OT: Steak fans in London
apologies for being a little OT here... there is this great american monster called COSTCO. it is pretty much like TESCO, only you can't buy say a single tube of toothpaste. i reckon the storage area...
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TN: Frei Bro. PN, Garrigue Vacqueyras, and a Sparky Marquis white
Invited to our former neighbors for dinner, I carried along a bottle that was recently given to me as a gift, the 2001 Frei Brothers Pinot Noir Reserve (Russian River Valley). Fairly lush red fruit, a...
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Champagne Question
I normally place Champagne in refrig 2-3 days before serving. Then I place in bucket with ice and some rock salt about 20 min before company comes over. Is Champagne already at the proper temp when it...
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