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A Spanish rioja with a chicken, peppers and rice dish for Saturday lunch right now....

I will be in Italy on the 18th but am ready to plan for a dinner in NYC the first week of December. Anybody interested? Any particular day of the week. I like Sundays, you can start early, spend a leisurely 4 hours over...

Love sparkling shiraz ... I work part-time for an Aussie wine maker and at our winery dinner last year he brought out a 1992 Sparkling Shiraz. Thing was bloody awesome!

Don't know how adventurous you wish to get (if that's really the right word), ... remembered some excellent meals with pinot noir I've had based around rabbit, both in Switzerland and along the Russian River in Sonoma....

Interesting comments. I think people forget that Australia produced fortified wines for many years. Even more interesting is that they were using Touriga Nacional in 1979. From the guys I've spoken to, I got the...

.......... the other good thing about having an annual VP tasting is that it provides an opportunity to see material in the cellar that has tended to accumulate over the years. We don't seem to drink port at dinner parties...

Mario - interesting. I have not seen any Rumble vintage Sparkling Shirazes, only his non-vintage, which are good but not classic. Simon, you are a privileged man to see the wines you mentiion. I assume they were the Show...

I need a recommendation that will make a Pinot Noir based dinner party memorable. The Wines for the main course to be shared amongst 6 people will be: 2000 Felton Road Block 3 (NZ) 2005 Maysara Delara (Oregon) A roast...

Well, now that you mention Lindemans and Fortifieds... I have a similar story. I worked for Poole's Rock Wines for many years and the winemaker (Patrick Auld) worked for Lindemans from some years (of his 30+ career as...

Just wanted to start a dialogue on NYC wine tastings coming up for November & December. My company (Oriel wines) has a few, Snooth is always up to something, and I'm sure there are loads more: Wed Nov 11 - Oriel Wine...