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| | | BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE APRIL 30, 2008 My First 2006 Red Burgundies. They're calling 2006 a "classic" vintage in Burgundy, which means that it was a normal year. In a normal year good wine makers make good wine. If their better plots are not hit with hail, rot, late rains, extended dry spells, or other challenges that growers typically face, they might make great wine. But that's part of the fun. | SLAKED APRIL 27, 2008 European Wine Laws: Prohibitive or Protective? In The Pour, Eric Asimov made some interesting comments about the purpose and success of European beverage law - [link]. longer article is warranted on the subject, and I may take it up elsewhere, but I just want to take issue with what I perceive as Eric's confusion between market forces and the law. How should consumers respond? | | | | | | | |
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DR. VINO | MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2008 Dr Vino's wine blog » Nuvo Vino wine thermometer – superfluous but wonky fun
nuvo vino “I bet this wine is sixty-two degrees,” I confidently proclaimed. Seconds later, I used the Nuvo Vino infrared wine thermometer to check by pointing it at the surface of the wine and pushing a button MORE >> -
WINE TASTING GUY | FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2008 vine
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 Friday Night Bubbles
NV Françoise Bedel Champagne Brut Entre Ciel et Terre , $54, JD Headrick Selections. By the way, like my new camera? Been a long time coming, but I finally got a new one. Say goodbye to all of those blurry old closeups. Anyway, this is another one from Alice's list. Sorry to wax euphoric for the second time in a row , but there is no other option. MORE >> -
SLAKED | TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2008  Exams!
(Brooklyn Law School Library pictured above) Yes. it's that time of the year again. Exam time. And while the rest of you are out drinking Selosse, contemplating the oak chip v. no oak conundrum, we of the legal faith have confined ourselves to the law library day and night, day and night, without rest, to contemplate the finer aspects of Granholm v. MORE >> -
DR. VINO | TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2008 Dr Vino's wine blog » Burritos – impossible food-wine pairing!?
Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner. Can we wine lovers come up with a wine pairing that will have people put down their margaritas and Coronas for a glass of wine? Probably not. But which wine would you pair with: burritos MORE >>
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