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| | WINE TASTING GUY JULY 27, 2010 Wine Aerators Until about 2 weeks ago I did not have strong feelings about wine aerators, or even decanting wine for that matter. Sure, young wines seemed to me to benefit a bit from “breathing&# (exposure to oxygen). But were these “gadgets&# or decanters really worth the trouble? I felt it wasn’t, and was content to vigorously [.]. | | IMBIBE NEW YORK JULY 27, 2010 Imbibe New York Wine Club–Vouvray Celebrating summer’s swelter, we drank Vouvray at last week’s Wine Club–hoping to capture a bottled breeze from the Loire, just south of Vouvray. Thriving on tuffeau–sea floor sediment, 90 million years old–topped with gravel and clay, Chenin Blanc has been grown in Vouvray since the early Middle Ages. | | | | | | | |
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DR. VINO | SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2010  Coenobium – a hard to pronounce wine made by nuns
“Pass some more of the nun wine.&#. overheard someone say that at the other end of my table recently. Not Blue Nun , mind you. But a wine actually made by nuns! The wine in question, Coenobium from the Monastero Suore Cistercensi, is a blend of Trebbiano, Malvasia, and Verdicchio. MORE >> -
A WINE STORY | SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010 Wines from Santorini
Crave an exotic island rarely seen by American eyes? My first venture to the Greek island of Santorini revealed neat white houses up the sort of steep hill that later earns pedestrians of either sex complimentary shout-outs about their well-exercised calf muscles. The trip also introduced the magic of the Santorini Vines. MORE >> -
VIGNA UVA VINO | SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010 Monteviejo Blend 2006 Valle de Uco, Mendoza, Argentina
Made with a blend of 80% Malbec, 17% Syrah, 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 1% Merlot, very dark, and lush opaque blackberry colors, and plumy syrupy textures. Tannins, which are strong at first, allow for good aging but do settle down nicely to reveal a fruity and lush Malbec blend MORE >> -
BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010  A Load of Santorini Assyrtiko Wines
The other night a few friends helped me to taste through a load of Santorini wines. I've discovered these wines only recently and am still just beginning to understand them. Here are the basics, as I understand them: --Assyrtiko is the most important grape grown on Santorini. Santorini sees a lot of sun and a lot of heat. And that didn't happen. MORE >> -
DR. VINO | WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2010  A glass a day…keeps sobriety away
Have you ever thought, “Gee, I’d love to drink this whole bottle of wine–but not right out of the bottle since that’s not classy–and I don’t want to get up from the couch to do so.&#. Then the inventors of the supersized wine glass had you in mind! It fits an entire bottle in the glass, right up to the rim. MORE >>
- Aria Wine Bar IMBIBE NEW YORK | THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010
- Boho Vineyards Old Vine Zinfandel 2008 3L WHY WINE BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2010
- Holy spritz! Water delivers flavors DR. VINO | THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010
- Mendall in Terra Alta ALICE FEIRING | WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2010
- My Favorite Rosé of the Summer? BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2010
- Woman tries to recycle her cork lingerie [video] DR. VINO | FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2010
- Bottle deposit reform could add $200 million to NY’s coffers DR. VINO | FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2010
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