Wines Anywhere

• January 2017

  You might also contact CellarRaiders out east.Some more info - some auction places will charge you up to 30 percent of your sale price. Ask about their fees when you talk to them. In addition, you are unlikely to get anywhere near the top end of the prices you're seeing because you are an unknown quantity with no history.The big auction places l... Read More

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• January 2017

  Carménère is an old grape variety from the Gironde. DNA analysis suggests that it’s a cross between Cabernet Franc and Gros Cabernet (which is itself a distant relative of Cabernet Franc). Fortunately for our collective palates, when it comes to wine grape parentage, breeding with a relative can be a very good thing. Carménère is a highly refine... Read More

  From the article Carmenere Wine Master Class: Lessons Learned

  
  

• January 2017

  I would like to say I have read a lot of posts and find more of these fascinating than not. I have been trying to educate myself about wines, not because I indulge but because I have inherited some wine from my fathers estate and want to part with them, The research I have gathered is minimal and somewhat frustrating at times.I have some very ni... Read More

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• December 2016

  So what wine or other special beverage are you having tonight to celebrate the coming year?  We have a nice 2010 Barnett wine open right now, serving this with a grilled steak shortly.  Later tonight I'll open up a sparkling wine to ring in the New Year. Read More

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• December 2016

  I'm of the mind that decanting is a good thing. Especially with aged wines. ... ... I've decanted young wines anywhere from an hour to up to seven hours just to see how the structure would differ. And I've done the side-by-side comparisons to justify my insanity. However, I do realize, as in with stemware, that this may be an extremely subject... Read More

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• November 2016

  D, just didn't want the post to go overly long, and with the rhinovirus, I couldn't be completely fair.  But here's a thumbnail:Wife and I split an app and a main.  App was an octopus dish, which is one of those things I can't really do at home well, so I look for it when out.  If octopus is done well, it's amazing, but badly done it's rubbery a... Read More

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• November 2016

  Hello all,I'm not actually a beginner in wine preparation. I started preparing wine 3 months ago. I've tasted different varieties of wine and my favorite is Merlot wine. I had a doubt earlier on how to store the prepared wine. I searched many sources and asked many friends and  I happened to read an article yesterday which had tips to properly s... Read More

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• November 2016

  Yeah! It is oyster season in my town. Pick a peck in about 30 min. Best oysters in the world. No bias, no kidding. Wine = anything that is white, dry, French, and Loire or Champagne with an exceptional Chardonnay or Chablis admitted, meeting of course the French criteria. Notice the "spikes".  You will never see those on a restaurant oyster. The... Read More

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• November 2016

  Being aware of price points for most of the other varietals I have always wondered why the Pinot Noirs are always priced way ahead of the other varietals.It is almost impossible to purchase a Pinot Noir at the same price point/quality as a Cabernet Sauvignon for under $20Now I live in a region where both Cabernet Sauvignon (Washington State) and... Read More

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• November 2016

  JULS31, really surprised at the pricing for some of the bottles you list--not the DRCs, but particularly the Leflaive and the Egon-Muller. What vintages?Have had older vintages of most everything on your list (missing #9 and #10). But prices back in the '80s and '90s were considerably lower. Things went berserkly haywire from the latter half of ... Read More

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