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Best red wine of Swiss
This is my personaly site ( no commercial ) Enjoy Il Bacco Ticinese
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Rioja redux
Plonk of the week at the local supermarket is Faustino VII rioja listed as "cosecho" as opposed to Crianza, Riserva and Gran Riserva. Is this the low grade stuff someone was talking about?
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hargrave 1981 chardonnay "Lichtenstein"
While cleaning, I came across a few bottles of this (from my parents). I would assume that it has turned by now. Anybody have a guess? Also it is a limited case wine (500) with Roy Lichtenstein...
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YellowTail now available at 'home"
Went to a major wholesaler expo and curiosity got the better of me as they had the much discussed Yellowtail Shiraz, and Yellowtail Merlot available for tasting. Now available in Australia, (it has...
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Oregon Wine Harvest
It rained last night, but while tripping around the Yamhill County wineries last weekend, the general word was that the harvesting has been completed. The warmth of September caused everything to...
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Seattle Guy Starting a Wine Shop - Colin
Back in August, there was a very good thread initiated by Colin in Seattle who wanted advice on starting a wine store - Colin, have you done so? How's it working out?
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Gruner Veltliner question
This past weekend I went to a large sale at the Sam's Wine Warehouse in Chicago. One of the wines that was on sale I picked up was the: 1997 Josef Jamek Reid Schreiberberg Smaragd Gruner Veltliner...
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Wine prank
Hello, I'm going to ask my girlfriend's father for her hand in marriage on Friday. I'm kind of a jokester and I want to do a thing where I invite Jenny's parents over, fix them dinner, the whole nine...
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cork trouble
Has anyone ever gotten a bottle of wine where the cork was pushed out of the bottle? It is out about 1/4" and does not appear to have been previously removed. If anyone has experience or knowledge of...
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Great Buys at Costco Today in Charlotte, NC
Today I puchased a case of 2000 Bordeaux...assorted 3 Bottles Lynch Bages at $52.95 ea 3 Bottles Forts De Latour at $37.99 6 Bottles of Haut Bages Liberal for $17.99 ea. Plus my futures, 1 case of...
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Wine tasting 101
My wife recently made a bet and lost. She now has to buy me one nice ($20-30 cdn) bottle of wine each month. This works great because if I like the suggestion made by the LCBO wine specialist, then I...
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Help Wanted
I recently came accross a bottle of wine that was on a ship wreck that sunk in 1884. Until recently it was submerged in the ocean since the time of sinking. The ship that it was on had a cargo of wine...
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TN: '99 Ste. Colombe (CdC)
Betsy had a full day Sunday- Sufi/Indian music in a Presbyterian Church (!!), then a matinee of "Magic Flute". So I volunteered to do dinner. Lamb chops and eggplant on the grill, with spinach and...
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Methode Traditionnelle !
I have been slowly becoming a red wine fan over the last few years and now I love it. We went to France in August (Dordogne - Bergerac area) and picked up several bottles of local red wine from wine...
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Courtesy, once again
As one of the resident self-appointed AFW busybodies, I feel once again compelled to make a post re courtesy. In doing so, I'm not trying to point fingers, nor am I trying to sidestep my own...
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