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California Wine Tours Need advice org says... SNIP Lawrence, I understand your feelings, regarding Napa v Sonoma, as they seem to prevail in many travelers. I have to say, however, that my experiences have been just the opposite... WinesWineriesRestaurants in Slovenia I've asked questions like this before for trips my wife and I have taken to Europe and received some wonderful advice... California Wine Tours Need advice Let me repeat something from David Yee, posted on a Bay Area newsgroup 21 concerning fun things to do in the Bay Area. I strongly recommend Sonoma... TN: Lots of Burgs by a pool Sunday Betsy and I headed up to Chappaqua where Jacques Levy had invited a nice group to a pool party. Jill Levy met us at... TN: Runaways and wines note: I realize my diary style can be disconcerting, telling you more than you want... Cheap merlots I've never had the Pepperwood Grove Merlot, but they have done some pretty fair "value priced" Zins. As to trying each - probably the best idea. While Hogue is a good... California Wine Tours Need advice I agree completely on the wine train. If one is also "train buff," or they want to just kick back and let the scenery roll past... California Wine Tours Need advice Sorry if any of this is too basic, but I'd like to offer the following thoughts. The Wine Train is not a tour. You get on a vintage train in... The Road Less Traveled Wines of Napa. Sonoma. Russian River Just returned from 10 days in wine country. This year instead of revisiting many of the same ole corporate wineries like Silver Oak, Caymus we... VacuVin vs. Private Preserve My experience with Cruvinet has been mixed. Theoretically, it's an ideal concept - but there are a couple of problems. For one thing, when a... Small Gems in Tuscany's Wine Region Interesting article, which I am pasting here because the NYTimes website requires registration. I quite love the second paragraph ("...ideal images...featured...to less effect, in a more recent literary genre"), naturally, with due... Need advicehelp First, your English worked just fine for me. However, I am from Mississippi, USA, where English is a "second language!" Next, rather than list thousands of possible pairings, as Emery... Some wine quotations I've cited these before at times on this newsgroup and predecessors (since beginning to collect them some 20 years ago) but here are some quotations related to wine, in, or in the last case translated... Need advicehelp I use the wine guide at Telluride Restaurant (Stamford CT) as an excellent starting point. (It's... Claret Sender: Ian Salut-Hi interested, Just a thought, before you ask here, a very quick google will give you a lot of information. I typed Chateau Haut... VacuVin vs. Private Preserve Thanks for all that, Tom. As I said in my post, I do know that the most preferred method extolled here is re-filling smaller bottles. What... VacuVin vs. Private Preserve Yes, a few. First off, "Private Reserve" is not a "heavy" gas. It's nitrogen, which is slightly lighter than air. When you first... MAKE LOADS OF MONEY FOR FREE MAKE THOUSANDS!!! I found this on a bulletin board and decided to try it: I don't care about the useless pre-fabricated crap this message usually says. All I say is, it works... TN: '02 Rochette Regnie Filling out a case at Chambers Street Wines last month, I spotted a Beaujolais I... Claret Yes. Yes, definitely. With rare exceptions (mostly cheap wines marketed to those who know little about wine) almost all red table wines are made bone... BookMovie Review Yes the movie is more the Parker-Rolland but why does he ask only big companies about Mussolini-Hitler. Why does... Claret I thought I would try a more expensive wine this month, so I wonder if you could pbutt judgement on it for me, and answer... Best Creme de Cbuttis Also, other good mixed drinks with wine 20 Have you tried any of the other fruit bases such as Creme de M=FBre=20 (blackberry)? There are also ones made from raspberries (Framboise)=20 and strawberries (Fraises... Best Creme de Cbuttis Also, other good mixed drinks with wine Yes, there is a whole world of punches and other wine drinks, various countries have traditions like this. Some of them were more popular... THIS WORKS FOR SOMEBODY WHY NOT YOU FMJBz Totally and completely legitimate $$$$ Read this and you will make tons of money guaranteed! NETWORK TOGETHER AND... TN: '90 Umbrian and a Yecla Saturday I spent the day working around the house, and rewarded myself with a big porterhouse, grilled squash, grilled polenta, and a salad. The wine... Some Recent PN's from CA and OR SNIP Thanks, we have a full calender for the year, with dinners, tastings, and some cooking clbuttes around wine. Seems like we have a good core group, and one plus is this is... Merlot chill no chill Hello, We brought some wine to a party some white that was chilled and some room temp Merlot. The red sat out at what was a very... Merlot chill no chill I don't know what will happen to the wine, but what I do with my opened wine is stick it in the fridge (after corking with VacuVin). When... Some Recent PN's from CA and OR The IWFS-PV (International Wine & Food Society of Paradise Valley, a Phoenix, AZ, US, suburb) held their first event... Removing wine labels: A trick For reference or mementos I've removed wine-bottle labels easily for about 30 years, from many... BookMovie Review I acknowledge the work done by Finegan, Jerry Mead,Connessiur*(sp) and the San Diego Grapevine before Parker started. He did not... BookMovie Review Thanks for those comments on the book and movie. (I've started reading the book and found it interesting.) Of course, its account of online wine... BookMovie Review Pinot Envy........ The Emperor of Wine The Rise of Robert M. Parker, JR And the reign of American Taste Elin McCoy Ecco, 2005 Mondovino... TN: basic Bourgogne and 2nd of LMHB With some duck breast and polenta, the 2002 Catherine and Claude Mar=E9chal "Cuv=E9e Gravel" Bourgogne. Seemingly a little thin at first, then rounds out to a nicely balanced mid-size Bourgogne. Ripe... Sangria Sangria shouldn't require any special "mix"--it's a matter of art, not science. Mixes are just someone's way to make a $. Start with some inexpensive dry red wine--your Carlos Rossi is as... The Bluetooth Protocol Hello - I¥ve been away. I¥m back 1. ANybody who has tasted young Bandol reds will know why a tasting protocol from such a tasting... Parker Spectator rating discrepancies Even with the story well told in words it needs to be remembered that it is told from a subjective viewpoint, numbers obscure that basic fact by... TN: Ridge Monte Bello 19902002 in magnum Ridge Monte Bello Cabernets 1990-2002 in magnum (1.5 L) bottles. Tasted at Los Gatos, California (Manresa restaurant) July 2005. With the winemaker, some industry colleagues, other longtime Ridge fans. (A combined dinner-tasting... TN: wines by the river Yesterday was a scorcher, and I was a little hesitant to venture to the riverfront concert. But I...

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