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TN: New Year's Eve Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year

Monday we went to Betsy’s sister for a light dinner (salads and cheeses ) and to exchange presents. Couple of wines wer...

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TN: Christmas week wines

Sunday night we had risotto with peas and porcini and the 2007 La Lecciaia Brunello di Montalcino. Medium bodied, red f...

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Thank you and Merry/Happy Christmas to all

Over the years this gruop has been so many things but most of all it has been a place to meet new people and to expand...

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WTN: SOBER at my place (61 Bdx, 89 ZH, 95 ESJ are winners) plus 88 CCR and a Joly

Thursday was my turn to host SOBER. The holiday rush (both business and per sonal) conspired against my being prepared,...

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TN: Burgundy and Canary Islands

Saturday was a snowstorm but we picked up some friends and attended a dinne r put together by friends. Greeting was cro...

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2000 Guigal Chateau de Ampuis Cote Rotie

Looking for something too drink with venison pot roast last night and I stu mbled across two bottles of 2000 Guigal Cha...

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TN: Hirtzberger, JJ Prum, O Raffault, Lafarge, Sicilians, etc

David and his girlfriend joined us for dinner (black bean casserole, herbed roast sweet potato, cabbage, spinach salad)...

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TN: CdR, Jura, Muscadet, Beaujolais (no notes on the mulled wine)

Saturday went to a German friend’s annual St Nikolaus party. It’s outdo ors, and it was chilly, so for once I enjoyed a...

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TN: Best wine night in a while- Magdelaine, Malconsorts, Keller, Comtes de Champagne, BA

Salil and Ross organized a small dinner last night at the North End Grill. Rainy night, and about as far from Grand Cen...

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TN: Spouse's birthday, with overachieving Barbaresco and Burg, and a white Burg beginning to show the Pox

Wednesday I took to Saint-George in Hastings on Hudson for her actual birth day. We (mostly Betsy) started with oysters...

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TN: Saar, Prosecco, Touraine, Barolo

Dinner at a friends honoring other old friends back in the area for a visit . I was in charge of appetizers and made sm...

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RIP Judy Rodgers

I just read of the passing of Judy Rodgers of The Zuni Cafe. I enjoyed her restaurant on a number of occasions and her c...

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TN: Post Thanksgiving wines- Sicily, Liguria, Wachau, South Africa

Enough leftovers! Saturday Betsy made a quick bouillabaisse , and I went no n-traditional with Gruner Veltliner. The 20...

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TN: Thanksgiving with Bea, Coudert, Donnhoff, Mondavi, and others

We had a diverse group for Thanksgiving, with no real geeks, but a few with some interest in wine. We had canapes of sm...

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2011 A to Z Pinot Noir

Ended up with this one for Thanksgiving. I was looking for something a bit light and yet full enough to add to the turk...

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