Terminal or the SF Ferry Building . . . possible, but — One of my all-time great finds was the 1978 E. Guigal Cotes-du-Rhone for $3.99 (less 10% by the case). It was amazingly good at 10-12 years of age! Another was the 2000...

For me it is hard to beat clean local fruit (i.e. local wine that has not been heavily oaked [or oaked at all]). It retains those high notes that most of us don’t get from wines from our wine shops. You really can’t...

and booze selection don’t correlate 100% but there is significant overlap. i.e. Gordon’s in Waltham is one of the best wine stores (possibly the best) in Greater Boston but their booze selection is not that exciting....

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are itemizing or going with “standard deduction” for a particular dinner. BTW, i also think The Menschs have a role before the the bill comes ... to be the CADMIUM ROD. i.e. to slow things down if the bill is going north...

of those times that I realized that wine wasn’t supposed to be enjoyed like other beverages (i.e. cola, or punch) but that it could be appreciated almost like food is it being dry.

jump from the glass. This wine is a perfect match for grilled seafood or chicken. $9 Guigal 2005 Cotes du Rhône 89 points. A blend of 50% syrah, 40% grenache, and 10% mourvèdre, this wine is an amazing value with terrific texture,...

as an “Imperial” Burgundy (i.e. massive but juicy or “singsong” as it were).

. If I were planning on opening my own store — and wanted it to be anything more than the “neighborhood liquor store” — I, too, would do something like Wine Expo, avoiding the “obvious,” the...

fresh corn polenta. We want a special bottle of wine to serve with this (I’m willing to pay in the $100-150 range). I’ve told him that I will take care of selecting the wine, since he can be predictable with his wine...

, I have a lot of trouble getting it in the SAQ. Try to buy the latest Solaia? Good luck. And that is even with doing the line up thing. Tried to buy some of the latest E. Guigal Cote Rotie single vineyards. No chance. I have no...

. If they have a reasonably decent list, I usually will try to bring a wine that is somewhat special – i.e. something with limited production and availability, something with some bottle age on it, etc. *Some restaurants...

://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2007/10/13/features/wine/doc470f0189d1e78822627524.txt Are there any other wineries that have been using screwcap long enough for there to be some empirical evidence?