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Albea Srl "Lui" 2005 / Funny concept at Trieste wine store.

The owner the largest wine store in Trieste arranged to meet me to show me around in his store and based on my cellar t...

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Interesting late harvest dessert wine from Italy

My wife is Italian from the Fuili venezie guilie region. I'm not a fan of t he type of wine they make there (but the ne...

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My trip to Sonoma last month.

Posting here my trnascription of my notes from my sonoma trip after my napa trip. this time I put more notes. dont know...

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2011 Pisoni Estate Pinot Noir

I always approach this subject with trepedation with this group as it's har d to fully describe the trend in New World...

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TN: Bubbly Chenin, Dry Riesling

After giving a friend instructions on garden watering while we were away, w e invited her for a glass on the front porc...

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TN: Couple Haut Medocs, Muscadet, BdM, etc

Got some Boston mackerel at farmer's market, had with salad, leftover veggi es, and the 2013 Pepiere "Briords" Muscadet...

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recent Loire wines

As chance would have it, 3 recent bottles from the Loire worth a report. First, the disappointment: 09 Baudry Chinon (d...

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Montesodi 2009, Chianti Rufina

Black cherry, resin, cedar. A bit to the sweet side. good sipping wine, unl ike normal chianti. Licorice. Decent finish...

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TN: Champagne, Franconia, El Dorado, Etna, Chablis

Thursday David and some friends joined us for dinner on a lovely night on t he patio. I grilled salmon, we also had tom...

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TN: Patio/lawn wines- Sicily, Etna, and some not from islands (Bojo, Soave, etc)

No wines Sunday - life's too short for whatever they pour on Delta. I had l eft some wines for Dave and his girlfriend...

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TN: white PN from Rheingau, Cali Syrah and Chard, Steen

Local tomatoes and corn are coming in, and lobsters were $5/lb. so we did o ur favorite lobster salad (the one with cor...

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TN: Gruaud-Larose, Furst, ESJ

Sunday Betsy headed back to Maine, my dinner was margherita flabread pizza , first local corn, and slaw and the 2013 ES...

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1997 Teofilo Reyes Ribera del Duero

I found a bottle of Teofilo Reyes Tempranillo Ribera Del Duero in my orphan bin last night and opened it with grilled h...

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Drinking window for B.V. Clone 4 and Beringer Private Reserve Cab.

At B.V. Winery they said that now is the optimal drinking window for my Res erve Cab Clone 4. vintage 2001. That gives...

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TN: Wines in city and suburbs- MSR, CA, Burgundy. Rhone

Friday I took the train to Grand Central, then the short walk to the main N Y Public Library, where Betsy's quartet was...

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