----- Original Message -----
From: DaleW
Newsgroups: alt.food.wine
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 9:57 PM
Subject: TN: Rioja, Trentino, WA, Loire, Chile, Burgundy

>Friday with a Mario Batali recipe for a pasta with parsnips and
>pancetta (really quite good!), the 2004 Drouhin Cote de Beaune
>Villages. Rather sturdy Burg with fresh raspberry and black cherry
>fruit surrounded by earth and a little coffee. Good acidity, some fine
>tannins. Very nice wine for $15ish. B+

howdy DaleW and Betsy,

thanks alot for your many notes,
read them with pleasure especially with your preference
for mostly old world wines.
Since (one of) the Drouhin family has a winery in Oregon,
bringing in their bucks, style, craft and expertise,
did you taste any of them wines,
and can you give an opinion,
also compared to others from W-valley,
even with your
> Grade disclaimer:
> I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent

maybe more people are knowledgable on this subject,
like to hear more opinions on the subject of
proliferation of french style, also in California and even
in Australia, NZealand, Chile and RSA.

ad fundum,

marius

as for ct de Beaune - ct dOr,
I do like matured Volnay from any year...