Hello everyone. OT, still haven't moved, hope for next week, bloody lawyers and bloody English law. Is it as bad in Canada, Bill? Last night a very...

Has anyone tried this? I have a case and plan to drink 1-2 bottles a year. When would be a reasonable time to start drinking this. WS suggests 2009. Thanks.

http://www.bordeaux.com/t_slowdating.html One of the stupidest ad campaigns I've seen. Apparently I'm a Right Bank kind of guy.Supposedly I insist that my...

Hello! We have got a lot of old german and european wine (Riesling, redwine, champagner etc.). If there is anybody, who want to buy something, please give us...

Those who usually get this very good buyers guide and expect it to be available the 1st week of November will have to be a little patient. The people at Vines...

That's the question.

An article in the Los Angeles Times reports that Gallo has confirmed that traces of TCA have been found in wines bottled at its processing facility in Sonoma....

Hello -- Eggs from Costco, Safeway, Trader Joes have no flavor! Can anyone suggest sources or brands of eggs which have flavor? Thanks for any...

Notes with recent meals: 1999 Gary Farrell "Russian River Valley" Pinot Noir. color: pale garnet, quite light in color, with no sign of browning at the...

The wife and I have been invited to another couple's house for dinner on Saturday, next. Having had a few bottles with the couple, I know their preferences in...

At a recent dinner party, a couple of friends had brought wine as hostess gift. Neither is into wine, and I didn't have particularly high hopes for either...

-- Assembled from the past month or so. Put 'em up, or forgettaboutit. Here goes: Sandrone, Nebbiolo d'Alba, 'Valmaggiore', 1999 deeply colored for a...

Ok, I'm up to speed that, in wine terminology, brix is a measurement of the sugar in grapes. So far, so good. If we are talking a grape with great potential...

Hello All! Alison and I have decided to use a menu found in the November Food and Wine (it's a free subscription, just like Wine Spectator) for...

I don't know why it is but Zinfandel is always associated as a woman's wine. I love the taste and don't see the logic behind this. How can one...

I am cleaning out my wines and have some that I'm not sure are still good. If they're servable, I'll serve them at Thanksgiving; otherwise, I'll toss...

Swirl and Sniff By RAYMOND SOKOLOV Whatever you think about labor unions, you have to scratch your head over the 11th-hour spat between Local 100 of the...

Called John Cleese on Wine for the Confused! http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2145493 Who next - Rowan Atkinson; Jim Carey; Ozzy Osbourne?

After lasts nights quarter finals - you must be trembling in your boots!! (Sorry our northern hemispericans - this is war - antipodean style!) (To put this...

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:42:23 -0500, "Geordie" wrote: Looking for feedback/reviews of any cellar-tracking/wine review type software...

Hello all. Just a brief note before the notes. I've often read the very helpful and knowledgeable tasting notes on this newsgroup and have therefore decided...

I'm going on the 14th---there wasn't a bad wine when I did this with Tim & .. John Crouch about 5 years ago, In fact as a body of work these wines are the...

Notes from a dinner in West Van: 2000 Cedar Creek Platinum Pinot Noir - this was fun, as the restaurant had mixed up the bags on the bottles, so I thought it...

Am seeking anyone who may know where to purchase a wine called Deidesheimer Hofstuck Fpaplefe. Cannot find it anywhere, but know it is a german wine. I live...

Thursday Betsy made a shrimp/apsaragus/potato casserole-y type thing, and I thought Sauvignon Blanc was in order. As a white Bordeaux hat I guessed was mostly...