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Slovenia is a small wine country with a interesting mixture of influences and ... The 40.000 wineries are a nice quota for a 2 million population of the country don't you think. :D Historically Slovenian land has seen...

damn, I thought I had my list pegged, but as I read down all of the posts I ... heavy with it, it has such a nice earthiness to it that makes it very versatile for foods. Following the Cab Franc would probably be Zin,...

That was a great event, and I bet its hard to stay away from HopStop's pool table. Nice to meet everyone.

A nice ribeye seared on the grill, steamed peas, brown rice and Macchia Outrageous old vine zin.

In chianti classico I like ... Southern tuscany is very nice so you may also want to go to Montalcino (personally I find it quite crowded there now) but there are other nice town and places to see. A little more wild is...

Dmckr - the shellfish is so hard to pair with reds, it just seems to go so ... period. They do make some nice dolcettos from Alba as well, but I've found that the Dogliani region to be the friendliest with seafood....

Yoshi - D9 beat me to it. I think the "zinfandel" you are referring to is the ... one at that. If you like nice heavy (affordable) reds - Zinfandel is one of my favorites. You should definitely give it a try. Its got...

Here is a twist on this discussion.... As long as we are talking about ... take away from some pretty nice looking labels that are out there)

Is anyone out there attending Wine 2.0 on the 18th? Gregory? It would be nice to meet. I'd be happy to meet folks, and compare notes. Most commercial tastings have too much for one palate....30- 40 wines and I am shot....

So it's bare knuckles eh? As far as rationality, sometimes they do almost seem ... the one instance, you dig a nice big hole, larger than the root ball, you put the tree in, and backfill with nice rich soil and compost...