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DaleW wrote:

> Thursday she made mussels and zucchini with linguine, and a salad
> with walnut and gorgonzola. I actually wasn’t planning on wine as I
> was taking an NYU Oxfam group on a run that night, but she needed a
> cup of white wine, so I had a quarter glass of the 2010 Chinaine
> Sauvignon Blanc (Touraine). Clean grapefruit and gooseberry, on the
> lighter side, this ain’t CRB but it’s a good value for easy-going SB.
> Passed as folks gathered for wine tasting last night, help up well. B


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> Friday before wine group came over I threw together a quick lemon
> sole dinner. Wine was the 2008 Les Heretiers du Comte Lafon
> Macon-Milly-Lamartine. Nice full-bodied Chardonnay, pear and pit
> fruits framed by just a light oak note. Good acids, nice length (I
> should note that it was far less popular than the Chidaine as a
> welcoming wine for the local group- 1 person declared it “weird”- but
> I think they’re wrong!). B+
>


That is odd, Dale. I take it that the first wine should be Chidaine
rather than Chinaine? I didn't realize that he made a Sauvignon, but if
his Chenins are anything to go by, I'd expect good things.

Mark Lipton