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Coolies. One of the "smart" things about this new portion of the Veritas "web presentation" is that it allows those of us who have never been there to see exactly how nice their tasting room and location are. It's very...

Sounds good, Eric, but I suggest you also keep looking around for other soleras/houses and vintages in your price range, if nothing else than for your own enjoyment and education.... You can also try to throw a couple of...

Am in Tokyo for several years now, so tend to view this holiday with particular sentimentality. 10 people for dinner, with staggered arrivals. Tuna and avocado tartare, raw ama-ebi sashimi and a couple of other snacky bits...

dmcker, you'll be happy to know that I got a madeira for the next event. I called Rare Wine Company and they suggested the RWC Historic Series Imperial Malmsey Madeira at $125. According to Barry at RWC, this will be a...

Yeah, we had sourced almost everything before that last post. But Madeira is on the agenda for next month. Now I just need to find the right bottle. I think my comfort zone with this group will be around $125 which is...

Beat me to it. Exactly - just buy a good Marsala, not the "cooking" verrsion in the store, same as any other wine. It's a fortified wine that's actually made in a manner similar to sherry, so if you want, you can use...

Just buy a regular Marsala, and cook with what you don't drink! Nice, often interesting, sweeter wines for dessert or on their own, and also in sauces for chicken, veal, desserts, etc. The fortified version is what we...

So I take it you gave up on the Madeira hunt, this time around, at least....

How about a wine introductory road map. I've been getting more and more into wine lately and discovered snooth a short wile ago. I thought there were a lot of wines in my local wine store, I now realize that what I see...

If anything, I think all these suggestions have just made matters more difficult! Hahaa, so many good options. Thanks all for the input. nputens, I was over in Barossa a few years ago and was able to grab a Rockford '98...