Fine Wine Online

• May 2012

    Good day wine lovers!I am Wai Xin, a wine drinker who has recently embarked on wine education. Unlike most Snooth mentor, I am a Software Engineer who enjoys the art of wine. Outside of work, I contribute blog posts to sgwine.wordpress.com and organize wine dinners with EnjoyWine.sg, a Singapore based wine-dinner community. Recently I started ... Read More

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• April 2012

  I know there have been at least one or two conversations about buying wines at Costco, but I happened to catch the one hour documentary about Costco on CNBC, last night.  They actually spent a significant portion of the program (8-9 minutes) about wine sales.  Here is the thing that blew me away.  Apparently, annual wine sales at Costco exceed a... Read More

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• April 2012

  This is, probably, not the most compelling wine issue of the day, but it has long bothered me that restaurants might offer wines by the glass or wines by the bottle, but very rarely do they offer wines by the half-bottle.  To me half-bottles offer elegant solutions to two different dining scenarios:I’m dining alone.  I definitely want wine with ... Read More

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• March 2012

  A couple of news items I was pondering today.First, Robert Parker came out with his ratings for the 2009 Bordeaux vintage. Ever the masochist, I decided to go look at some prices in the marketplace after the ratings were released. Some samplings:2009 Chatau Latour                        100 points                  $21,500 a case2009 Chateau Marg... Read More

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• February 2012

  Hello Snoothers!Anyone has any opinion or reccomendations on German Wines? I only know the Affentaler monkeys (They have nice bottles!) and Blue nun. So my knowledge is miserable. Please share your experience! :D Read More

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• February 2012

  Hi all, I would like to receive some advice and comments.I'm a newbie wine collector with the grand amount of 32 bottles (yes, I'm just starting) and storing my wines properly is a big concern of mine. I have some bottles that I would like to age until 2016, but I live in one of the hottest cities around the Philippines (Manila). I live in a con... Read More

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• February 2012

  Hi everyone,I've been a member of Snooth for a while now, but I've just been shy to introduce myself and such. My first exposure to wine was almost 14 years ago, when my mother let me have a sip of her then-favorite Shiraz (Wyndham Estates Bin 555) - one reason why Syrah and Shiraz varieties are very dear to me.I started properly acquiring wine ... Read More

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• January 2012

  Hello all, Anyone else having a problem with Lot18? I ordered wine back in mid  Nov/2011, as of today (1/18/12), no wine, no refund, no useful response from Lot18 customer service.It takes weeks for them to respond to an email, when they do, its a brush off, and they do not respond to voicemail at all. Two months, no wine, no refund, but I get m... Read More

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• January 2012

  Hi, a good friend will be at SanFrancisco next days, we have shared thousands of good bottles and we have plan to use this work travel to find (and buy) some good wines from California. We are not into California wines, just know and taste some world famous names like Mondavi. I'm asking u some advices about really good bottles, price is not a b... Read More

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• January 2012

  I've recently discovered my interest in wine since turning 21, and I've been learning some of the lingo through this great site.  I'm about to graduate from college in May, and I hope to leave my days of Franzia and refrigerated Yellow Tail out of a solo cup behind.I have a lot to learn, but I just wanted some input from you on how to become a w... Read More

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