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Brunello di Montalcion - piece of advice, please
Hello; A friend of mine celebrated his 60th birthday yesterday. Him being a person of great personal charm and warmth, and also CEO of a rather large corporation, he was feted with, amongst other...
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St laurent Recommnedations from Austria
Please give your recommendations on St Laurent from 2000, 2001,2002 thanks
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An Eclectic Tasting and a Silver Oak Q
Last Wednesday I had one of the most interesting tasting experiences of my life: A group of cardiothoracic surgeons holding their congress in Vienna chartered me to tutor a tasting for them. They had...
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TN: Wairau River Reserve 2000 SB
This was a wine I first tried (and loved) at the winery in Dec. 2001, revisited at a dinner on a recent vacation: Color: Deep golden yellow Nose: iodine, grass, apricot Palate: Initially, impressions...
 
How long to keep wine for
A question, when it says on the back of a bottle..."Cellar for up to five years", how long should I cellar this wine. ? For example, I'm looking at a bottle of Shiraz '01, it says it will keep for up...
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TN: 1996 Napanook by Dominus
Last weekend was my 5th wedding anniversary. My wife and I drove up to McCall -- a small resort-type town on Lake Payette, in the central part of western Idaho. It was beautiful and relaxing, etc....
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Zinfandel
Salut/Hi Jim, le/on 27 Oct 2003 14:12:41 GMT, tu disais/you said:- Not surprised. I agree. Problem is that we will never find out if one of them didn't have the cure for some future ailment hidden in...
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Oak - have I gotten used to it?
Hi All, For some folks oak can be a real turn-off when it's too prominent in certain wines. I don't have a very refined palate, and I don't recognize oak unless it slaps me in the face. However, I do...
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Borsch, what wine?
Regarding Nils' origin he probably would propose Absolut Vodka. Salut Jan
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1992 Haut Brion
I realized tonight I still have a couple bottles of 1992 remaining in my cellar. Last time I had it was really nice about 3 years ago. I had bought cheap on futures. All I can say is an off year of...
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Which '89 Bordeaux?
Think I'm gonna dig into the last of my stash of '89s for Thanksgiving (my wife does a mean roast duck, and it's my birthday besides). Have two bottles each of Haut Brion, Lafite R., Leoville Las...
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Mosel: vintages 2001, 2002 and 2003, somewhat long
Hi folks. Following my annual excursion to the middle Mosel you may now have my impressions :-) On 2001: That vintage reconfirmed it's position as one of the most charming and attractive Spätlese...
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Aplogy for HTML
"John Taverner" ha scritto Don't worry: old geeks as me just got it in plain text ;O) Vilco
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TN old style v new Burgundy SFWS
Solihull Fine Wine Society Well, the endless summer goes on to the endless Autumn here in the UK. The colours of the trees are stunning this year. On to wines. AN wanted to compare the old guard of...
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wine FOB Bordeaux France
are you looking for good wine ? list of bordeaux wine on demand :