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| | DR. VINO JULY 13, 2011 Congressional Wine Caucus sips under the radar The New York Times ran a front-page story on Congressman Mike Thompson recently. Thompson’s district includes Napa and he is also a grape grower; the article made this seem like a conflict of interest. I’d dissect the story and its shortcomings but Mike Steinberger has already done that on his blog , thus saving me the trouble. | | WHY WINE BLOG JULY 10, 2011 Kavaklidere Angora White Wine 2008 Very hot day today in Central New York, so Sunday dinner turned out to be a couple of organic or free range hot dogs and a tomato/cucumber salad. Decided to try a white wine from Turkey, that Shirley bought last March at 67Wine in Manhattan. An Angora Sultana de Denizli from Turkey( $12 ). Needless to say, this was my first Turkish wine. | | | | | | | |
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A WINE STORY | TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011  What Millennials Want
Very interesting meeting today with the publishers of Vineyard & Winery Management , Dennis Black and Bill Traverso who also run wine competitions. The fabulous cover of their publication (above) speaks volumes about the hard-hitting issues of the wine making and grape growing business. Please use the comment feature to post yourt houghts. MORE >> -
DR. VINO | MONDAY, JULY 11, 2011 What are friends for? Pimping pinot, apparently
Lettie Teague posted on her blog at WSJ.com that her Fourth included an “explosively good pinot noir.&#. One thing she neglected to mention is that her friend and travel partner Scott Manlin is a co-owner of the winery. Point of irony in this non-disclosure: the pinot in question is called “Nevertell.&#. wine writing MORE >> -
IMBIBE NEW YORK | MONDAY, JULY 11, 2011 Cuvée René Gueuze Lambic Beer
I love Lambic beers! Not the fruity kind with the essence of framboise or pêche or kriek, but the straight up funkified, mouth watering yet dry lambic beers from the Pajottenland region of Belgium. The insanely high, sour acidity of these beers, fermented with wild yeasts, means that they drink like the wines that I [.]. MORE >> -
WHY WINE BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011 Kir-Yianni Paranga 2009
Still hot, making it just right to empty my fridge of white wines just in time for the Finger Lakes Wine Fest next weekend. But, Pam put a kink into that plan by bringing home pizza and wings for tonight's dinner. am not breaking one of my personal wine rules: "Red or White wine with anything I eat, except pizza. Then it's always red." Greek wine MORE >> -
DR. VINO | THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2011  Beet salad: impossible food-wine pairing?!?
Beets are contentious. Not because one variety can be made into sugar cubes or ethanol. But because some people don’t like them! was at lunch with a friend who has fine taste when a beet salad appeared. And a zinfandel. He didn’t touch the beets. asked him if it was the unflattering pairing with the wine. He said no, he just not a fan. MORE >>
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