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Timothy Skaggs says:
Lets talk wine and rating at cork'd.http://corkd.com/people/tskaggs
posted Jun 2
pierre xi says:
i know i'm only 15 but i love wine. how can i help it, I'm french. anyways, my favourite? a nice, premieres cotes de bordeaux red, preferably 5-10 years old. Wonderful. with a piece of bread and some pyrenees cheese. delightful.
posted Apr 16
cthad says:
Hi, I'm so glad to have found this group! Any recommendations on white burgundies? I can't remember what I drank when I had it but I thought I'd died and gone to heaven....
posted Sep 10
nick says:
Can anyone recommend a nice, dry, inexpensive Rose? I've found some nice ones of late and I'd like to stay on the winning streak.
posted Jun 20
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Frank says:
One of my favorite Rose's is from Europe and is called Oeil de Perdrix. It's a fantastic summer wine, and comes from Switzerland of all places (one of the few Swiss Wines I enjoy). It's an inexpensive Rose made from Pinot Noir grapes and usually costs less than $15 per bottle.
If buying directly from a wine producer, you can expect prices as low as $6. But at Michelin-Star Restaurants, I've paid as much as $35 a bottle.
Anyway, great stuff. It's good with Fish, Chicken, and Cheese.
posted Jun 29
Frank says:
Ok, I seriously need to get off the Spanish Wine thing I've got going on. But I hate to say it, I can't get enough.
Anyway, I'm normally dead against stocking my Wine Cellar with grocery store wine, but the local supermarket keeps a fresh supply of this stuff, and every time I walk by it, I pick up a bottle.
Rioja
Campo Viejo
Gran Reserva
2000
Logrono, Spain
Grapes: Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo
Aged 24 months in oak casks, then 36 in the bottle.
Taste: Smooth silky oak taste. Very subtle fruit taste.
13% Alcohol
posted Jun 19
Frank says:
My wife and I just returned from Barcelona over the weekend and while there, we tried two very excellent wines.
The first is Roda Reserva 2002. It's a Rioja wine. It's a dark red wine with a strong oak taste with a fruity after-taste and hints of chocolate. One of the best Rioja's I've had to date. The alcohol content is 13.5%.
The next is an Alion Cosecha 2003. The alcohol conetent is 14.5%. It's a strong wine with a bold oak flavor. It has a dry finish, but is very smooth tasting. It is less fruity than the Roda Reserva, but was excellent nonetheless.
posted Apr 30
Frank says:
ACK!!! Anyone hear about this???
Ladybugs may be cute, but watch out when they get near wine from PhysOrg.com
Ladybugs may look pretty but they also have a dark side. In some places, the polka-dotted insects have become a nuisance by invading homes and crops, including some vineyards. To make matters worse, the bugs produce a foul-smelling liquid that, besides irritating homeowners, can be inadvertently processed along with grapes and taint the aroma and flavor of wine.
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posted Apr 27
Frank says:
They finally arrived...of all places to get wine (normally we go directly to the wine producer)...but an AIRLINES?!?!? Swiss Airlines, which is owned by Luhftansa, sells wines to it's Miles & More members. I thought it was a joke that an airlines would sell wine...but I ordered a box of 12 bottles late last year and the wine was great!
I ordered 2 more boxes of 12 (two different wine series) of various wines and they just arrived this morning.
Here is the link if anyone is interested: http://www.die-weingalerie.ch/
posted Apr 17
marco colognola says:
my latest work about wine!
ciao
Marco
posted 3 days ago