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TN: 2 Trocken Rieslings, + Burg, Collio, El Dorado

Some friends and their pup joined us for dinner. They brought an appetizer of lobster tail with a soy dipping sauce; Be...

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OT whisky comment

Because the state liquor store was having a slight sale, I bought some Dewar's White Label. You know, for a blended whi...

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TN: Biryani night, with Rieslings, Burgs,and more

Saturday Betsy and I drove to Jersey City, where Salil had made biryani in Jay and Arnold's kitchen. We were greeted by...

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Off to several days of tastings north of Santa Barbara

Spending 4 days in Santa Ynez Valley plus tastings a far south as Santa Barbara. Already hit Jaffurs on the way up. Grea...

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TN: Rhone, Burgundy (proper) and Beaujolais

Wednesday was pork chops with spinach, ropot vegetables, and the 2005 Billa rds St. Amour. I was NOT a fan on opening -...

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Wine suggestions

Looking for a wine that is not too expensive but really good. Do not care for dry wines but like a sweeter wine. Anyone...

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TN: Bubbly Burg, Jura Chard, Corsican Rose, ESJ Syrah

Dave, his girlfriend, and her parents joined us for dinner last night, Betsy made a chicken "bouillabaisse " , broccoli...

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TN: St Paddys and weekend wines

Friday I was solo with some flounder with braised leeks and the 2010 de Villaine Bouzeron Aligote. Tart and tangy (whic...

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TN: Special Club, Chevillon PTG, Lapierre VdT, Cowan PN,

Sunday was subdued, after the DST spring forward and early airport shuttle, we piddled around and recovered from benefi...

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NZ Riesling.

I'm grateful for St Helier's alerting me to NZ Rieslings. I came across Seifried Nelson Riesling 2012 at a wine tasting...

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the mysterious Dureza!

Hello all, I have been a fan of Shiraz red wine since it first got introduced in the Ontario area. I found that one of...

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TN: Concert week wines (Bdx, Burg, Tuscan, Mosel, Champagne, Bandol)

Betsy's pianist friend Lily arrived Wednesday to prepare for a benefit conc ert. While Betsy got her at airport I put t...

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[LONG] Cellar Clearance Party 2014

Once again, we invited a number of our friends over to our house to drink a number of our wines under the pretext of a...

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TN: SOBER does Piedmont (lots of F Rinaldi) plus Riversaltes and Taittinger CdC

Cathleen hosted SOBER last night. Mark gave me a ride, so not as much spitt ing as the norm, yippee. As we arrived we w...

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TN: 2 Beaujolais, 1 Chablis GC, 1 Montepulciano

I was going out, but opened a bottle of the 2011 Zaccagnini Montepulciano d 'Abruzzo for Betsy's dinner Friday. Straigh...

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