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Booze Brothers
Early in 2007, the fruits of Dan Akyroyd’s wine labor will be hitting the sold-out markets.
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Lest We Forget the Booze
That nice feeling we get from drinking wine? It’s the alcohol.
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Wine Deals
Sunday night- La Tasca has entire wine list 1/2 price, as well as Sangrias. Right now, Galileos has their entire list 1/2 price to celebrate Wine Spectator award (not open for lunch anymore – moving). Also, if you love wine,...
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Wine Suggestions
is good regardless of who is selling it. For example Wine Spectator always seems to be advertising the wines they recommend, gee do you think there’s a connection there? When I go to my favourite wine store he of course is...
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Wine Hounds
than the others. Squire’s board is much more about high end wines and is much more international in scope. Wine Spectator is somewhat more middle of the road, and vinocellar is more collegial. I am a member of all three...
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Plaintive Wine
“beautiful balance and great structure” with "good tannins and lots going on." I hadn’t heard of the name before, so in doing some additional research, I came a cross a Wine Spectator rating of the very same wine...
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Wine bars
advertised as searching high and low for artisanal wines in all corners of the west coast. When, in actuality, it is comprised of high scorers from the Wine Spectator and other pointpimps—many of which I’ve seen in...
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Wine Glut
At the Costco in Fairfax, Virginia there were two full cases of Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepages for $59.95 (Wine Spectator #2) and Castello Banfi Brunello (WS #3) had at least three cases each bottle at $49.95. At the Costco in...
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Rare Wines
are an afficionado, you must be aware of Wine Spectator Magazine. Its site has a great search engine for shops.
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Wine suggestions
moved from CA. This fall, though, I have been quite happy with Wolf Blass 2000 Gold Label Riesling from Australia. (It is delicate, though, and might be overwhelmed by the chipotle sweet potatoes.) Wine Spectator rates the Wolf...
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German wine?
information and not just a regurgitation of Parker/Spectator numbers. So much better than the typical wine store salespeople that don’t know their Alsace from their Alba. The 2001 M-C’s are rumored to be on par with...
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Wine Shop????
so broad that it really makes any difference. can we not simply buy the prettiest label? obviously, there are many sources out there for wine data. wine spectator comes out each month with so many ratings, who can keep track of...
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Everest Wine?
and wine is an integral part of the dining experience. The list offers more than 1700 selections, and has won international acclaim from The New York Times, Saveur, USA Today, Wine Spectator and Decanter, among others, for its...
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Wine Bar
If you’re interested in considering restaurants with great wine lists, rather than places that are strictly wine bars, a good place to start is Wine Spectator Magazine. They have given their Award of Excellence to 94...
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Wine newbie
The Windows on the World Wine Course is excellent. You could also go to some of the wine BBs. Wine Spectator has one, as does Mark Squires in erobertparker.com. But the best for a newbie in my view is vinocellar.com. They are...
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