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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | DR. VINO OCTOBER 6, 2009 Natural wines, premox, chenin blanc, 07 Port and Rhone – John Gilman John Gilman, author of the newsletter The View from the Cellar , joins us again for a Q&A. But being younger than the gentleman I just mentioned, I do not have the same reserves of old vintages of white Burgundy or white Bordeaux in my cellar, and so premox has really hit my collection hard. Are these wines forcibly better? | DR. VINO OCTOBER 7, 2010 In praise of mature wine It has come up a few times in (offline) discussion that I have been in recently: do people still cellar wine? Is mature wine relevant? | | | | | | | | | | BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE MAY 5, 2008 Recession Wines - Wines Under $15 Ben Hagan, one of the wine buyers at Slope Cellars in Park Slope, Brooklyn recommends (Slope Cellars prices listed) : Whites: 2006 Caves de Saumur Saumur Les Pouches, $13, LVDH Imports (100% Chenin Blanc). 2005 Luneau-Papin Muscadet de Sevre et Maine sur lie Clos des Allees Vieille Vignes, $14, Louis/Dressner Selections. | BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE APRIL 14, 2007 Okay, Now for My Case White: 2005 Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Sevre et Maine , $10 (so far, my case is the same as Lyle's). Muscadet is inexpensive, but complex in the hands of a solid producer. Sancerre, the darling of wine bars everywhere a few years ago, is made from Sauvignon Blanc. That's pretty intense. Marc Ollivier is a wonderful producer. | | | | | | | | | -
BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2008 A Night of Loire Valley 1990's have a lot of the young stuff in the cellar - shouldn't I know more about what happens to this wine in 20 years? found a bottle of 1990 Luneau Papin Muscadet L' D'or for $40, but we didn't drink it on this night. But the Chinon cork was quite short, unusual for a wine meant for extended cellaring. Another time and another post. MORE >>
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