vintages

I agree with you that Port does not get the recognition it deserves... in ... laid down in consecutive vintages over 100 years). Seppelt produces a wide range of fortifieds such as Tawny Port, Muscat, Fino, Oloroso,...

The relativity angle can still be played - if you want to have an indication of ... are best across a number of vintages - especially between different regions and properties. This would require yet another rank ordering...

It's not so much that the off vintage makes the wine match the meal as the fact ... that some of the "great" vintages require more time. The 2005 Bordeaux for example, are pretty tannic and you can find other vintages...

This whole rating vs. price discussion seems to miss the point, at least to me. ... many sommeliers prefer off vintages to match the meals served.

Andrzej Lipinski: One of Canada's Pioneering Winemakers One question that ... love of winemaking in poor vintages because of the challenges that they present, and cool climates for their need to adapt to each vintage....

Richard, There are two 'stages' for Hunter Semillon, First is two weeks from ... if you told me the names and vintages of the wines you have... the 17yr wine should be drunk... if not now, 10 years ago... but as I said;...

Guessing that you're based in Hawaii, you should still be able to find some ... some Google searches for '79 vintages of any number of California and Bordeaux and Champagne wines and see what pops up from whatever...

Next week I will spend a week on La Palma, one of the Spanish Canary Islands. ... wine varieties, vinyards or vintages that I should be careful not to miss

Greg, thanks for the invite! If Atlanta was a bit closer to NY, I'd jump on ... I get my tasting of current vintages conducted

Expectations and experience tend to soften excitement in wine, muffling the ... in ’02, w/ his first two vintages being to erratic to bottle), but I had yet to taste ‘the vintage.’ ‘The vintage,’ deified w/ a 3...