I have a couple 2001 Proprietors Selection...has anyone tried this? Would it be a good time to open one up, or leave it (and for how long)? Erik

Greeted the New Year with a large dose of football, as do all red-blooded Americans, along with continual infusions of food. Started the morning with...

A few months ago I read in this group about the taste of "cooked" or heat-damaged wines. Curious about how it felt, I bought two bottles of $4 Spanish table...

Here's a bizarre story: at our annual end-of-semester Bacchanalia for our research groups, Jean opened a bottle of the 2000 Rosenblum Rockpile Road Zinfandel...

When I flew back from Atlanta Monday, Betsy and her son David flew to Southern California to visit with friends and relatives. So I finished out the year alone...

On my last few visits to our local "Chef and Brewers" pub, I've enjoyed a South African wine, Impala Pinotage. I've had a quick look round our local...

Notes from Dec. 31, 2003 1982 Gloria - always a very pleasant wine, and one I've retasted many times. This bottle from my cellar where it has been since...

This query appeared on the rec.crafts.winemaking group. I'm taking the liberty of reposting it here because I think it's more likely that one of the a.f.w....

Today I opened up a bottle of Via Nova Merlot, 1999. I was a little suprised to see that the cork was, well, not "cork". It was more like a hard waxy plastic...

A friend has jsut picked up one of those Treo cell phones with built-in Palm. He asked me whether I knew of any Palm SW for keeping tasting notes. How about...

Hi all, AS they say in all the best news groups. "The title says it all." "Health wealth and happiness, leave us a message for Christ's sake." To quote from...

To complete my holiday wine and food posting..... our New Years eve dinner consisted of Lobster and Shrimp with linguine in a reduction of whipping cream,...

Somehow I have managed to keep a 1990 Lauretan Bordeaux (red). It has been stored in uncontrolled conditions (cool basement mainly). Obviously, this was...

Well, the moment is upon us, as we've popped at least a few corks for the holidays... What have you had? Ours were somewhat scaled back (along with the rest...

I've probably posted notes on most of these, so I'll just settle for a year-end list. It's been a good year. January 2003 1990 and 1982 Ch. Pichon-Longueville...

Why is retsina becoming so hard to find? I happen to like the stuff, especially with shellfish. In my area only Beverages & More sells it. They have one...

Time to get these up here before the onslaught of New Year's revelries. Firriato, Sicilia, "Santagostino" Baglio Soria, 2000 (a 50-50 blend of Nero d'Avola &...

The other night we had a belated holiday feast with family and friends and took the opportunity to crack into some interesting older vino - here are my...

Anyhow, I'm thinking of a German wine for New Year's Day. Whichever is the correct spelling, or I'm open to suggestions. Happy Holidays and stay safe. Nick...

Thanks to the generosity of a good friend, I had the honour of drinking the following recently...all were drunk blind and then revealed after a couple of...

For dinner last night my wife have roasted a big chicken. Decided to open up some Rodet Burgs. We had the standard fare first-just 1999 Red Burg and then...

Happy and Healthy New Year to all!! -- Regards, Mark G. Not4wood

In no particular order and food left out due to hastily scribbled or no notes over the holidays: Clos L'Oratoire Des Papes 1998 Chateaunneuf-du-Pape - 80%...

Notes from a Spanish dinner: Alvear "C.B." Fino - 100% Pedro Jimenez, 15% alcohol, and clean and quite full flavoured. 1998 Marques de Riscal Limousin...

Had a bottle of Reisling (medium dry) and served it with turkey. Not a big hit. Too sweet! Even my brother in law who would suck back anything short of...