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| | BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE NOVEMBER 10, 2010 Thanksgiving Wines How do I pick wines to bring for Thanksgiving, Brooklynguy? What should I do, Brooklynguy, because I have to pick the wines this year? It's my responsibility to get wine for our dinner this year, and I don't know what to get. What should I buy? I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on Thanksgiving wines, Brooklynguy. No one wants to discuss the wine. | | A WINE STORY NOVEMBER 11, 2010  Libation in Lisbon … so when you think of Portugal, you probably think of Port, yes? About Lisbon. Meeting Producers. Below are snippets from each producer visited. | | | | | | | |
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DR. VINO | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2010  Forget web 2.0 — some wineries need web 0.9 (plus some wine picks)
More Americans are drinking wine today than ever before. However, increasingly confident and interested wine consumers are thirsty not just for wine, but for reliable information about the wines they consume. Sadly, winery (and importer and trade association) websites don’t always provide the information we now crave. But it’s not. MORE >> -
VIGNA UVA VINO | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2010  Jose L. Mounier Torrontes 2009 Argentina
From Argentina's Alto Valle de Cafayate Salta, this 100% Torrontes shows fall colors of pale yellow/greenish straw, herbal aromatics with pineapple and grapefruit rind, so it's dry but floral. Upon opening the bottle the vibrant aromas assault on fresh, herbal waves swimming with notes of honeydew melon. alcohol. MORE >> -
BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010  Noodles in NYC - it's Not Just Ramen
As much as we all love ramen, there are other delicious noodle soups to be had in NYC. Consider Ph? the Vietnamese dish. These are rice noodles in beef broth seasoned with charred onions, star anise, and other spices. My bowl in that photograph is topped with thin slices of very rare beef, but ph? Vietnamese fermented fish sauce. My favorite ph? MORE >> -
A WINE STORY | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2010  Riccardo Ricci Curbasto brings his Franciacort to Manhattan
You've heard of Franciacorta, yes? It is the high end Italian sparkler people compare to the best French champagne. In fact, give a friend a blind tasting test and that individual would be hard pressed to identify the French champagne. The combination of the soil, elevation, and climate work together to produce very good grapes for sparkling wine. MORE >> -
DR. VINO | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010  Wine Politics, now in paperback! [giveaway]
My book, Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink , is now available in a new version: paperback ! Not as lightweight as the existing Kindle edition and about the same weight as the Korean translation , the paperback is at least lighter–and cheaper!–than MORE >>
- Coppola Shiraz Napa Valley 2007 VIGNA UVA VINO | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010
- SPAM, Pop Tarts, crab meat – emergency impossible pairings! DR. VINO | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010
- Visiting Disznoko A WINE STORY | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010
- Visiting Mas Belles Eaux A WINE STORY | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010
- Chateau Pichon Longueville A WINE STORY | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010
- Visiting Chateau Suduiraut A WINE STORY | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010
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