B A Wine & Spirit

• May 2013

  Recently touring the Franciscan Winery in Napa Valley our host was an excellent spokesman for wine, the restaurant business and the pairing of food with wine. At one point in his conversation he spoke of smelling three quadrants of the wine glass to pick up different aromas. Now after a few glasses of their finest, I cannot remember exactly what... Read More

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• December 2012

  What would be your ultimate Christmas dinner and what wine would you pair with it?Would you have apperitivos and digestivos?I would go for cornish game hens and roasted rosemary potatos, a large baguette some Echire French butter paired with Alsace Riesling and Gewurztraminer.And finish with Pear Brandy.  Read More

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• October 2012

  While this week’s glimpse at the top 20 wines searched for on Snooth over the past 30 days might be coming a bit late to use for Halloween, it's worth noting that our number one product is Fulton's Harvest Pumpkin Cream Liqueur!In fact, for the first time ever, a full 20 percent of the most searched for items are spirits. This shows both an inte... Read More

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• September 2012

  Thought it would be a great idea for us to take part in trading some of our favorite wines to each other this holiday season. Something in the $30 - 40+ range retail sounds about right (best if found at cheaper/cheapest retailer), and the wines should be ready to drink now so we can all post about our impressions of the wines we were given, but ... Read More

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• June 2012

  There hasn't been one of these threads here in quite some time so I thought I'd start it up again. Weather is warm here so I popped a Rosé.What are you drinking? Read More

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• May 2012

  I'm heading to LA for a dinner with Numanthia on Thursday June 14th, hopefully I'll see some of you there, but if anyone is up for dinner on the day either before or after that day let me know. I'm making plans soon so I just want to line something up before b uying the tickets! Read More

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• March 2012

  Wanting to refresh my memory on certain French vintages in the Rhône Valley I came across (as I often do) the Robert Parker Vintage Chart.  Parker includes vintages from 1970 through 2010 on his website and scores them on the usual 100 point scale.  He claims that scores of 70-79 are "average" while those of 80-89 are "above average to excellent... Read More

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• June 2011

  The cork vs. screwcap as a wine bottle closure argument/discussion has been done more than once on these pages.  My point here is to encourage some discussion around the merits (or lack-there-of) of arguments in favor of cork as an ethical choice, similar to choosing organic wines, etc.The journalof the Ecological Society Of America published th... Read More

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• May 2011

  Hi, I want to buy some wine online. Please tell me What I Should Know About Buying Wine Online? Read More

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• October 2010

  Once again from our friends at Ohio's own:"Hello, Friends -The weather is getting cooler and that makes it just perfect for the upcoming Cleveland Beer Week, October 15-23, a nine-day celebration of craft brews. This unique event features hundreds of tastings, dinners, educational programs and activities at more than 125 restaurants, bars and sp... Read More

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