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Foie Fools 3 The Foie Fools met, with the addition of a couple of willing acolytes, for the 3rd annual Foie Fest, in late... Cellar Management On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 05:08:40 GMT, "Andrew Goldfinch" Many folks have already mentioned Cellar... How Wine Corks Age So they'll grow cork for flooring instead of stoppering wine. Cork is an infinitely Teflon isn't used in screw caps. You're very generous with MY money... How Wine Corks Age I don't, quite on the contrary. OK then - how about the wax and cloth industry 200 years ago, when the... How Wine Corks Age On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 22:37:02 -0600, Cwdjrx I find the trend towards screw tops on wine quite depressing. It's going to decimate one of the main... Cellar Management Hi All I've been using Excel to catalogue and track my wines for about 9 years now. I use different sheets... TN: 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon I decided to purchase some moderately priced 2001 Cabernet's from four of my favorite producers and have a mini tasting. I also threw in another 2001 from Ravenswood that... LONG TN: ZAP Food and Wine tasting I went to Zap "Flights" instead of food and wine tasting. Peter Granoff of Ferry Plaza Wine Merchants in San Francisco was the moderator for this... French wine glut heading to distillery For the record I am maintaining my French boycott on 89, 90, 95, and 2000... TN: Chidaine and Bachelet winners, Jonqueyres trailing With Betsy gone, the last couple nights I've lazily just munched on leftovers - lamb stew, goose wings, braised cabbage... French wine glut heading to distillery On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:25:49 -0600, jcoulter And, having been provided the incredible opportunity to live in Europe for nearly eight years of my evil misspent life, I... French wine glut heading to distillery 2E The implication being that America=ADns who supported the overthrow of Sadaam are much too crude to enjo=ADy the sophisticated pleasures of French... French wine glut heading to distilleryOT Continuing OT: Ed, I repectfully disagree that the UK is with us. That Austrailia is with us. I think the polling in their countries indicate the people are not with us...the powers that... French wine glut heading to distilleryOT On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 17:13:27 GMT, "Richard Neidich" And, I'll respond in a continuation OT:" No one in the administration has ever suggested that the war... French wine glut heading to distilleryOT OT---Not meant to offend anyone: I too live in a Red State---North Carolina and I am a Conservative-Moderate. That... French wine glut heading to distillery There is always a lot between the lines, particularly when political issues arise. For example, after I noted that there was a backlash against French products, including wine, after the run-up to the... LONG TN: ZAP Food and Wine tasting One of the great treats about being back in the Bay Area this winter is getting to attend some of the events put on by ZAP (Zinfandel Advocates and Producers), a great... TN: Cbuttoulet night at Solano Cellars A recently inaugurated tradition in our household is to repair to a local wine shop-bistro (Solano Cellars) for a Friday evening tasting-meal. This... French wine glut heading to distillery I didn't say "quality," I theorized that the lack of varietal information frightens the consumer. The A.D.D. nature of the harried consumer doesn't lend itself to motivated information gathering -- and all I'm saying is... French wine glut heading to distillery I would have to disagree with this notion. It's difficult to have any idea of what the quality of the wine... French wine glut heading to distillery First of all, let's be clear what they're talking about distilling- it's not Ch. Lafite, nor any other first-growth. Nor for that matter... French wine glut heading to distillery On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:35:03 GMT, Bill Loftin Interesting. While the easiest interpretation of this might be... Lengthy TNs: Ontario Wine Society Niagara Chapter January tasting The tasting was held at the Chateau des Charmes winery in St. Davids and the wines were chosen expressly for the occasion by past Niagara Grape Kings or Queens. 2002 Inniskillin Riesling - Seeger Vineyard... French wine glut heading to distillery Sender: Ian Salut-Hi Bill Loftin, le-on Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:35:03 GMT, tu disais-you said:- Well Bill, the thing is that there... Southern France Notes from a bistro dinner with a Southern French theme. 2002 Guigal Condrieu - pretty good melon-apricot nose here, a medium bodied wine that... TN: 1988 Chateua LamotheGuignard 1988 Chateua Lamothe-Guignard, Sauternes, 375ml. Nose has sweet citrus and orange aromas. Flavors are citrus, orange... Good Everyone Good News! Do you know how simple it is to go to Heaven after this life has ended? Some people believe that belonging to a local church, temple, mosque... TN: savory Savary, fine Faiveley Yesterday Betsy said she was making seared scallops, so I got out a Chablis, the 2002 Francine & Olivier Savary "Fourchaume" Chablis... Expected fill level on 1975 GruaudLarose For those that have bottles, a question about fill levels. The bottle I ordered arrived at my home on a day where the daytime high... TN: Interesting wines from the last few weeks Some recent tasting notes: Caymus Vineyards, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, 1990. This is a good, aged California Cabernet. It is brick colored with slight signs of its... site for beginners if you are fairly new to the world of wine, you may want to check out the link below. It's got a lot of good information and explains everything in simple... Cabernet Sauvignon vs MerlotMovie Sideways Issue Sender: Ian Salut-Hi Midlife, le-on Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:39:49 -0800, tu disais-you said:- I have to say that for the better estates in the... TN: Day after snow wines Thunder Mountain, Gonon, Anselmi, and poor StEm By late Saturday night, it looked like the "blizzard" had petered out, but awoke Sunday to discover snow... Chateauneuf Notes 2001 Font de Michelle - 65% Grenache, 15% Cinsault, 10% Mourvedre and Syrah. This was the regular cuvee. It was quite young and smooth with pepper in the finish. The colour was... Kapellener Kloster Liebfrauenberh Auslese 1997 Hi, Got the following bottle as a gift recently which I opened last weekend. PFALZ KAPELLENER KLOSTER LIEBFRAUENBERG AUSLESE Qualit=E4tswein mit Pr=E4dikat 1997 L-A.P... Interesting experience with an old wine Hi folks, I had a very interesting experience with an old wine last weekend which I would like to share and put forth some questions that I had in the regard hoping for your... Rabbit and Sender: Ian Salut-Hi jcoulter, le-on Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:03:42 -0600, tu disais-you said:- A warning, that I... Additional white wine suggestions I know very little technically about wines, but I have tried a good many over the years just for fun. Based upon the following list of wines that I DO like, I am... Oddest item in your cellar The oldest wines in my cellar: 1975 Chateau d'Yquem - I have 4 bottles of this that I bought for... DRY Is Good, SWEET Is Yucky They don't necessarily. Wrong. I like both. Which I drink at any given time depends on what food I'm drinking it with. For my taste, dry wines go better with most...

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