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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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A side note about the hospitality at the wineries I went to in Napa

* Sequoia Grove Always a pleasure, they make sure you are well attended, talk to you, take you to soil samples, give yo...

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Napa Cabernet Notes

So I went to Napa to check out my favourite cabernet makers: * Sequoia Grove - 2012 Chardonnay *** - 2006 Chardonnay **...

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TN: White Burgs, Champagne with Shanghai-style food in Tribeca

Last night we had a Champagne and White Burgundy tasting at China Blue in T ribeca. I took the train, the subway, and t...

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TN: Inside wines, outside wines - Loire, Beaujolais, Chablis, Argentina

Stormy day, stormy night, by time I finished work and stopped by store was having trouble envisioning a main, got a rot...

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TN: Summer wines from Loire, Beaujolais, Finger Lakes, and more

With sockeye, squash, and salad, the 2011 Terres Dorees (JP Brun) Fleurie. Lovely, juicy, ripe, and ready; red fruits w...

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Weekend Reds

two red wines this weekend. A Burgundy with grilled whle chicken and a Cal Cab with grilled filets of beef. 2006 Henri...

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TN: Wachau, Loire, Burg, and south of France

Dinner Monday on patio with grilled pork chops, stuffed squash blossoms, sa uteed amaranth, and salad, the 2012 FX Pich...

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2009 Clos Rougeard

Some friends in town who had picked out a restaurant near their hotel, around Madeleine so a business neighbourhood (wi...

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