1995 Bordeaux
This event was a follow-up to a tasting dinner last year in which we investigated the 1995 Bordeaux anticipated to be more forward and drinkable. This time we wanted to...

Old Freaks: Semillion 80, SauvBl 20 ... long and slightly meandering
Hello, Well, he done did it again, and I don¥t mean JMF. It¥s Our Best Guy, mad man MÂrten, who has been gracious enough to host a SERIES of...

Import duties
Mark Lipton" wrote ....... As a "foreigner" I flow flown into LAX and landed two cases of NZ wine - and fully declared...

Quick 'hello' to everyone
Hello everyone (especially you, privates N), While browsing online, I stumbled upon some postings on this group from June 2003 in which someone (in...

Visiting Niagara, Canada
a must see as the wines are excellent, the scenery is breathtaking, the giftshop is fun to browse and the restaurant is also quite nice (though very pricey) worth...

TN: Loire red, Albarino, and Nebbiolo pink
Saturday night I prepared some mint-cumin burger patties and a tomato-greenbean salad, then picked up Betsy at airport from a concert in NC. Grilled the burgers, and opened the 2004 Catherine & Pierre...

Those lucky apes in the Budapest Zoo
Mark Lipton Perhaps they should be served a bit of Creme de Banana poured over a bowl of sliced bananas rather than wine. Or perhaps they would like a bit of...

Rhone suggestions
Nils Gustaf Lindgren Hmmm... Yes, it was formerly "sous le pont..." though I sincerely doubt that the Medieval revelers were doing anything close to what Anthony Kiedis was singing about in that song. For...

Washington State Wineries
On Sun, 21 May 2006 02:42:33 GMT, "Richard Neidich" This is a reply to all the earlier postings in this thread...

TN: '98 Ridge Lytton Springs and '90 Jadot BeauneVillages
Catching up on recent wines consumed here: 1998 Ridge Lytton Springs nose: berries and more berries, with creeping hints of tarriness emergining later palate: thick, rich, fruity...

Please help. A Headaick from red wine
Dear experts, Please help me if you can. I like wines, especially reds. Rivers running reds with shores made of aged cheese is my vision of haven. But about...

TN: Many B+ wines Bourgneuf, Pinon, Pepiere, and Marechal
I just use grades as a form of shorthand. As noted in my disclaimer, I make no claims of consistency. So grades from a big tasting show my...

TN: Oh what a night HautBrion, Evangile, Rousseau, Gaja, etc
Last night a new local tasting group got our start. 8 winelovers got together and went through 10 wines (doubleblind). Quite a lineup, thanks...

Champagne Storage
Thank you for this posting! It got me motivated to take a wine I was saving-- Tarlant Brut Zero Champagne-- and...

Champagne Storage
It's not a problem. Please repeat things they've heard without any scientific basis. Storing wine (or sparkling wine) at a lower temperature simply slows down aging...

Sub Rosa TShirt
Sub Rosa is a 'virtual' and somewhat subversive stealth restaurant in Dundee, Oregon. On-line only. Reservations are hard to come by. You might be...

Barolo
More on Pio Cesare. (from my wine memoirs) Planning for the 30 day trip to Italy, Jim Morris and I took in 1985, started almost 6 months before. Of the major "houses...

TN: poor Palmer, sweet CdP, and delicious Napa chard
Saturday night we had some dear friends over for dinner. Betsy made a roast capon with lemon, roasted Brussels sprouts, and a salad. Jim prefers red...

TN: modest Bordeaux, tasted blind
Friday night was my local tasting group's get-together. Before heading to Alex's, I had dinner with...

TN Chateauneuf du Pape old ones
On Sun, 14 May 2006 08:00:04 GMT Nils, thanks so much for notes from this brilliant tasting. Heck, I'd pay the...

TN Chateauneuf du Pape old ones
Hello, If it weren¥t for good guy and entirely mad man MÂrten, the Society...

STALKER, LIAR, KOREY J. KRUSE Olathe, Kansas IS A CRIMINAL WHO WRITES
KOREY JEROME KRUSE DRUG LOVING HABITUAL OFFENDER TWO DIFFERENT COURTS SENTENCED HABITUAL OFFENDER KOREY JEROME KRUSE TO 270 DAYS AND TO 90 DAYS JAIL TIME, HOWEVER...

TN: buttorted moderately priced wines Schiava, Riesling, and Bdx blanc
Tuesday made a mushroom "risotto" (actually with barley ) accompanied by a grilled-chicken salad with apples. I opened the 2003 Cantina Nalles Magr=E8 Schiava . Grapey...

Reserve What Does It Mean
Hi Dale, On 10 May 2006 08:37:01 -0700 I'd be willing to try all those. But with what cap? What permeability? Is there a metric by which we can judge when a...

Barolo
Richard Neidich I had a 1997 Pio Cesare Barolo 2 years ago (I know, infanticide) but did not take notes. IMHO I do not think one...

Reserve What Does It Mean
Richard Neidich" wrote ..... I do not think you are crazy - I know you are !!! :-))))) No??? You are a cork believer!!! You believe that a cruddy piece of bark, grown in goodness...

Wines for people who dislike wine
Firstly, please pardon me if I'm quoting incorrectly. I'm new here and hope that this works! If anyone can offer...

Visiting Santa Barbara Wine Country Recommendations
We just got back from 5 days of visiting wineries from Paso Robles to Solvang. Paso Robles is known for Zinfandels but has a good variety to...

Looking for most popular midpriced restaurant wine
On Wed, 10 May 2006 18:54:36 GMT, Leo Bueno YMMV, but IMHO the white zin is not a reliable marker for low...

Looking for most popular midpriced restaurant wine
To get a quick idea of restaurant markups, I look at two price points: White Zins (particularly Beringer, which seems to be the most widely stocked...

Reserve What Does It Mean
DaleW If your talking about the Australian Wine Insbreastute study on O2 ingress, I think that has been pretty much...

Reserve What Does It Mean
Dale, You and others are buttuming that TCA is cork related 98% of the time therefore get rid of...

Reserve What Does It Mean
My gut reaction is that for 98% of all wines made stelvin is probably a better solution, for the 2...

Reserve What Does It Mean
Andy, The first article is interesting- I just didn't see it as saying there's a particular covered-up problem in France. My experience is that taint is no more prevalent in...

Reserve What Does It Mean
I copied this from the link you supplied. I think the following statement makes the point...

Musar and Hochar
Notes from a small trade tasting with Serge Hochar in Vancouver. I hadn't seen Serge in a couple of decades, but he was looking great and dapper...

TN: 1996 Bordeaux at Gavroche
Nice group tasted a bunch of '96s last night. In payment-voting-taxi flurry I left my notes; but thought I'd at least post impressions before I...

sulfites
Dionysus I disagree. As my examples show it really has nothing to do with color of wine and more to...

Noobie storage question
I believe that all percieved rules about wine storage change as soon as the cork comes...

Australian Wine
As a new member of this group it is nice to see a couple of familiar people mentioned! I live in Australia and know Gavin Trott, the man who runs the...


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