Abusive Winegeek Syndrome AWS
Pretty funny stuff. How about vice versa & talk about serving staff who are airheads about wines but pretend they know something. They usually inhabit places...
TN: 2002 Bordeaux
Matt Richman organized a pretty comprehensive look at (mostly) Left Bank Bordeaux last night. We had a private room at Frank's Steakhouse. Flights ranged from 2 to 4. Good night. Overall...
wine storage options
Matt, Only second-hand. I have two close friends, each with 2+ Vinoteques. Sizes are large...
Abusive Winegeek Syndrome AWS
Slightly modernized: THE thousand injuries of Lipton I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will...
Abusive Winegeek Syndrome AWS
Sorry, from the question I may have expressed it poorly. I hope that this will do better! I was talking to a particular sommelier about an established phenomenon, in the United States, of...
WinesWineriesRestaurants in Slovenia
Bob, Here are some suggestions. I myself am from neighbouring Croatia, me and my girlfriend travel to...
TN: No ABC tonight, almost all Chardonnay
I usually don't let notes build this much! sorry for 4 threads in a row.) Sunday we had more friends over, for a Chardonnay-fest. Last month over dinner with my friend...
TN: good Oz and notsogreat CA, plus buttorted Drouhins
Saturday started with a trip to the ER- Betsy sent a needle though her finger on the sewing machine Fri night. A...
TN: more Friday wines, most blind this time
Friday night my little local tasting group was having first meeting since May. Several of these guys are red-centric, but we were supposed to have a white night and a ros=E9...
TN: Bourgogne and GruVe
Thursday was black sea bbutt with a sesame crust and a ginger-soy sauce. I thought this might do well with a light red, and went looking for a Beaujolais...
Request For Discussion RFD: aus.food Restrict: noexternalarchive
message to target groups on the distribution list. I have been authorised REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION Creation of Unmoderated...
A Trip to France
I spent an inordate amount of time in Paris my first first visit trying to track down wine shops, I discovered that for...
OT Shellfish soupsauce
Hello; This does not have any direct bearuing on wines; however, the foreign gentleman (=me) has discovered that many contributors to the...
A Trip to France
RyanTaylor" In Saumur: AUX SAVEURS DE LA TONNELLE ( Loire-Atlantique ) 4 Rue de la Tonnelle 49400 SAUMUR TEL 02.41.52.86.62 I found excellent prices...
Wine with spicy foods
I re-tried that experiment yet again this evening. The fresh corn on the cob and steamed broccoli were not the problem; the terriyaki marinated steak with...
A Trip to France
Thanks to everyone for their responses, I'm now even more excited about the trip. Hopefully between all the sightseeing we'll get a chance to stop off at a few places to...
A Trip to France
If you happen to go into Angers and its surroundings, I can recommend: - Domaine de la Sansonniere (Mark Angeli): only available on saturdays and you need to call in advance...
Last Colorado Hoorah
As I ease into my last week in Colorado Springs, I've been studiously at work...
A Trip to France
The reason for my post is that I, my wife, and her parents are heading...
TN: Heaven is low humidity
After Sunday's thunderstorm we had a couple of cool grey days, then Wednesday the sun returned. Temps pushed into 80s, but humidity was low, and we were in good spirits as...
A Trip to France
In the Loire you will be encountering mainly chenin blanc where you are (Sauvignon blanc based Sancerre is a bit up river from the major chateau...
A Trip to France
I've been lurking on the newsgroup for about a month and have found a great many good suggestions from what seems to be a good group...
TN: a Pineau d'Aunis from a warm vintage
We have a friend of David's staying with us this week, and he's vegetarian. Betsy went for one of her fallback no-meat recipes last night, a pasta with spinach...
Good Cabs
Alan, I have only had the Raymond Reserve, but the ones from the '90s, and have not tasted the '00 - '01. I have not had any of...
TN: '89 Meyney at Kittle House
Last night was the 5th anniversary of our first kiss, and I took Betsy to Crabtree's Kittle House...
Wines from the South ofEurope
That will be great. We¥ll try to get a car, we¥re coming down...
TN: Red burgs on a hot weekend
Saturday Betsy prepared duck legs over salad, along with a corn guacamole (or was it a corn-tomato-avocado salsa?). Wine was the 1997 Mugnier Chambolle...
Wine in the deep freeze or not
Hi Folks, My wife and I were at a wedding reception the other night. It was a hot evening and there were two wines being served. The Chardonnay was chilled to the correct serving...
Wines from the South ofEurope
Mark Lipton Hi Nils So next week I will take you around to a couple of places in Bandol taht make affordable...
Greetings Ian
Greetings Ian; alone Well, obvioiusly a large part of our difference of viewpoint is the fact that Old World wines no longer hold any interest for me; I have only...
NEW newbie and Virginia Wines
Dennis sell computer equiptment to the federal government. There was both old puters & wine boxes in the warehouse They bought out Montdomaine and the time kept Lane Whetherall the winemaker. Pardon...
NEW newbie and Virginia Wines
Welcome! Visiting wineries can always be instructive. Alas I don't have any information to offer about Virginia. (Is its wine industry young? One fairly recent reference book, covering...
Martinelli pinot noir and chardonnay available at cost
I'm on Martinelli's mailing list and will be ordering soon. But there are a couple of the wines that I...
T2 The second Annual All Terrine Event
The Second Annual International Terrine Tasting of the Western All Terrine and Pat=E9 Eaters Society took place in the garden yesterday. This is...
Wines found in
A friend of mine found these wines: Does anybody know anything about Ch Fourreau, Trimolet...
Wines from the South ofEurope
or France. It¥s just one that has a different provenance, being Spanish. I hadn¥t reached home yet when the Garage Wine Importers came over and asked Xina in...
Would varietal labelling of French wine serve any purpose Sender: Ian
Salut-Hi Chuck, le-on Sat, 13 Aug 2005 15:21:18 -0400, tu disais-you said:- Grin! I have been reading this NG for - goodness me - 6 or 7 years, and believe...
TN: A Macon at the Four Seasons
Last night we headed to the city to join a friend for dinner. Charles has been in the City Opera...
Would varietal labelling of French wine serve any purpose
Ian Hoare I understood that, and yes it is true. In the Languedoc the rules on the use of the...
TN: Chevillon PTG, UrbansHof, 2nd of HBB, LI merlot
Thanks for the notes as always! Does this look like the Danny Kaye chicken recipe...
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