Last night was a lovely NY evening, and we had friends over for dinner on the patio. Nancy is the one who brought our spare keys to the airport after our...

Monthly blind tasting lunch notes Carles Andreu Cava Brut (nv) - excellent persistent mousse, lots of green apple in the nose, finishes just very slightly off...

Wine spectator has chosen it’s #1 wine....the Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino 2001. The Casanova di Neri winery, in Tuscany is responsible for a...

The Chateau Grillet 1982 was stored properly since release, and it had a sound cork and high fill. Chateau Grillet often was not in top form, in the era when...

For those that haven't come across notes of these terrine events before, a few words of introduction. A few years ago I decided that I wanted to create a wine...

I'm doing the admission blind tasting and theory exam - what should I expect?

It's been a while since we've had one of these threads, and we've been opening quite a number of tasty under-$20 wines. Here's the pick of the litter in our...

NB:This has already been posted. Unfortunately (I'll blame jet lag), I posted everything under "Wines in France." Even I know Liguria isn't in France. I'm...

For novices and others' enjoyment A Life Uncorked by Hugh Johnson http://tinyurl.com/3y9bmc I have just started reading this book. I'm glad I bought it,...

The Small Cellar by L B Escritt ,slight wear to dustwrapper,otherwise VGC ,192 pages. Really useful old manual on the care of wine and the keeping of a small...

Bonjour fu2 fr.misc.transport.rail En ce moment sur Arte, un reportage sur les vins de Moselle, en Allemangne, avec un vignoble tellement en pente que le...

Yesterday I had a loooooonnngg pickup of Dave at JFK (flight was on time, but sat on taxiway for 45 minutes, then half-hour for luggage, then fighting the...

Not sure why I have this, must have heard something good somewhere. It's made by Dom. de Chevalier, but I think is not a second wine. Maybe I considered 11...

Hello, Summer has hit Sweden with its accustomed ferocity, and the dynamic Duo has repaired to what my old friend Hugo calls our dacha, and Mike T at one time...

Hi All, my first post to let you know that I find your Group extremely helpful and I created a blog in which every friday I talk about wine and regional...

the recent sushi thread on alt.food.wine is a phony advertisement for eating sushi posted by a moonie who owns the creationist museum(another moonie front) cuz...

The wine was Romanee-Conti 1970, bottle 006221 of 9026 bottles, US agent: Frederich Wildman & Sons,NYC, 13.5% alcohol by volume. This wine was properly stored...

As I am newly retired, I thought I'd try to make my wine drinking a bit more detailed. I have always liked and drank wine, but describing it has escaped me....

Friday Betsy had me grill a porterhouse to put atop a salad of a parsley-watercress salad (with a horseradish-caper dressing). This recipe was originally...

I have heard this vintage of Pichon Lalande was negatively affected by brettomyeces (brett). But a friend of mine had some recently and said it was very good....

Starting to show signs of maturity. A clear rim and a slight brickish color in the body. Initial bottle funk blew off quickly after decanting and the nose...

if you really want to follow the rainfall for Europe, then http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=holiday&jaar=-3&soort=loop1uur Am I getting a bit of a...

with rare ribeye Deep and bright, no age. cedar, farmyard, spice. soft entry with all in balance. Drinking well now and for a couple of more years. for a...

Before embarking on tomorrow's journey to the wilds of Michigan for a weeklong vacation, we decided to dine out at our favorite local child-friendly...

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