On Dec 24, 12:51�pm, "Bi!!" > wrote:
> On Dec 24, 11:40 am, DaleW > wrote:
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> > I had picked up some smoked pork chops, Betsy decided to give me an
> > early Christmas present by making choucroute. Kraut, Riesling, chops,
> > weiners, brats combined into a wonderful dish. A couple of Alsace
> > Rieslings:
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> > 1996 Schoffit "Cuvee Prestige"
> > I gave some of this to Betsy for the recipe, somehow I was out of
> > basic Trimbach. The remainder showed petrol, yelloruits, some residual
> > sugar, a bit of smoke. A slightly oily texture. This was certainly
> > alive, but I never truly warmed to it, seemed like it was striving for
> > Zind-Humbrechtism and falling short. B-
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> > 2001 Boxler Sommerberg (L31E)
> > This was however quite lovely. Young, crisp, tense, total infanticide,
> > though I managed to enjoy.
> > Big, acidic backbone, just a hint of sugar, great concentration and
> > length. A-
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> > Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent
> > wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't
> > drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no
> > promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.
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At one point I found a spare "t f" between paragraphs and deleted, now
I know where they came from!