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TN: Great Rieslings, mixed showing of others
Wednesday I had to speak at a panel at a college in the city, Betsy had din ner before I got back but saved me a plate- skirt steak , broccoli, and mus hrooms. I'm a Domaine Bart fan, but the 2011...
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point of diminishing returns
we talk of this occasionally. Tonight I think I established an excellent balance of wine quality to food pairing that brought out the best in both. We had 5 spice duck breast (mostly Ian Hoare's...
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Lopez de Heredia Gravonia Crianza 2004
Was in Copenhagen for business and a wine store near that university had To ndonia red reserva 2001 and gravonia white 2004. I got one of each for a gi ft card I got for answering questions in a...
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Don't we somehow enjoy the more expensive than the less expensive?
The following recent article describes a price experiment with wine:
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TN: 2 '13 Loire SBs, 1 98 St. Emilion, 1 Pinot Grigio
Sunday Betsy's quartet had a concert in Rye. A sizable crowd enjoyed the pr ogram- Dvorak's "American" Quartet and the a cool jazzy quartet by Peter Sc hikele (I knew he's respected, but this is...
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TN: 8 Beaujolais, plus A Conterno, JM Boillot, and Matthiasson
Betsy made a quick bouillabaisse (cod, shrimp, scallops and littlenecks) an d I opened the 2013 Matthiasson Rose. I think my first Matthiasson wine, and I really enjo yed. No clue re cepage. Very...
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Confused in China
Have just returned from six weeks in China: Shanghai, Beijing, Xi'an; Hangzhou, Sanya and few other smaller cities. This was my second visit (previous one was 3 years ago) and during that time I found...
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TN: Nostaligia of the straw-covered bottle, plus Alsace, Macon, Rhone, and a RossodM
Betsy needed a cooking wine, it was the 2012 Litaud "Les Pommards" St Veran . Maybe this wasn't cold enough, but it came off as rounder/softer than wha t I look for in Macon, soft pear and tropical...
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"...A glass of wine really improves a bad movie."
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TN: Good Loires & Champagne, plus Burg, St Emilion, and CA reds
Betsy had opened a 2013 Pepiere Muscadet for cooking, and I used more for m y "risotto." I just went out and bought some cheap whites, cause I can't wa ste Pepiere for cooking! What a value,...
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Shelf life?
I have a couple of bottles of sparking wine in my fridge, which has been there for a couple of years. It's been stored upright, but it's corked with plastic stoppers. I'm expecting it to still "pop"...
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TN: Mostly 1979 Claret
Monday I made goat shanks with cabbage, wheatberries, and turnips, wine was the 2010 Antano Montefalco. Midbodied, a little tannic, showing a bit of a lcohol (I think it said 14.3, but that's from...
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TN: France, Austria, Spain, Italy, Germany
Betsy needed cooking wine while I was in city, and used the 2013 Chidaine T ouraine Sauvignon. A glass next day was clean, fresh, light, correct. B Wednesday was herbed salmon, brown rice with nori,...
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TN: more 1989 Bordeaux
A good group got together last night at Bobby Van's Grill for another look at 1989 Bordeaux. I enjoyed a warm spinach salad and shared a porterhouse. Starter was the 2010 Meyer-Fonne "Kaefferkopf'...
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TN: Greater Burgundy, older Rhone, Rueda
Betsy made a lovely dish of mussels and white beans over pasta, cooking and dinner wine was the 2013 Los Navales Verdejo (Rueda). I didn't love this - nice citrus, funky herby note, but seemed...
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