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• January 2013

  . . . and, boy, are my arms tired.I don't know when I first heard the term "Super Tuscan."  I'm guessing that it was 10-12 years ago.  I really did not know what it meant--me being very focussed on my California world.I did, of course, learn that a Super Tuscan was a wine that was made from grapes that were outside the Tuscany tradition--specifi... 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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• 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

  The package and individual winemaker dinners are out for offer. This is really tempting.  West of West Wine FestivalSee All Event TicketsOverviewTicketsLocation & MapAll Access PassSaturday and Sunday ~ August 4-5, 2012Occidental Center for the Arts4008 Bohemian Highway, Occidental, CA Ticket TypeYour PriceQty Adult$450.000123456789 Includes:• T... Read More

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• May 2012

  I suppose yet again another post by someone who has stumbled upon a bottle of fine wine that surpasses their abilities to appreciate and wishes to know how best to dispose of it.... Years ago my father was gifted the above named wine when he retired from ABC TV in Chicago. How he stored this bottle I do not know. Years ago he gave it to me and I... 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

  So some years back, I drank almost exclusively California wines, and pretty much Cab, Zin, Pinot, and, for whites, a bit of Sauv Blanc.  In my wine knowledge, I was more a hedgehog than I was my namesake animal the fox:  A fox knows many things, but a hedgehog knows one big thing.  In my case, I knew a few wines very well (at least for my overal... Read More

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  February 2012

  Painted Wolf Cape Blend South Africa 2007

  Snoothrank:

  Tonight's wine is the 2007 Painted Wolf Red Cape Blend from South Africa. This is my first ever experience with South African wine, and I must admit, Painted Wolves are really ugly creatures!Fortunately the wine is nowhere near ugly like it's namesake! The 2007 red blend is an interesting blend of Shiraz and Pinotage along with some Merlot and... Read More

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• September 2011

  Thursday evening I will have the opportunity to taste a wine that was made twenty years before I was born.  I have never tasted a wine that old, and I'm very excited. The wine is a 1960 Chateau Bellevue Grand Cru St. Emilion.  My boss said the wine will likely be gone, but it will still be quite an experience. I'm sure many of you have tasted ol... Read More

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• September 2011

  Starting a new thread to help keep track of all this.So we're going to drink some wine, in NYC.I spent Saturday inventorying part of the cellar and picked up some nice bottles for sharing. I'm looking forward to diving into a nice chunck of wines so the more the merries here, to a point.So far it seems we haveMyselfGregTFoxallLet's so who else i... Read More

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