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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 Again, this is not the same mentality that would have any meaningful representation today in places like Bordeaux or Napa Valley, but one sees this same phenomenon at work quite often in Burgundy and elsewhere, so it is not a unique Piemontese mentality. asked him six questions; he replied with over 10,000 words! think not. am not hopeful. | | BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE MARCH 27, 2007 Notes From the Dressner Real Wine Attack Tasting If you like Loire wines, you're not going to do better than this. decided that for this tasting I would score wines from 1-5 with 5 being my favorites, 1 indicating a wine that I just did not like. 005 Chidaine Montlouis sur Loire Clos Habert , $26 - Yum! 2005 Clos Roche Blanche Touraine Cabernet Franc , $13. Just yummy. | | | | | | | | |
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BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2007 Sauvignon Blanc - a Mini Blind Tasting
Each taster noted their top three favorites, in order, and we added up the scores to pick a winner (first place vote=3 pts; second place vote=2 pts; third place vote=1 pt). couple of general thoughts: the Loire wines kind of blew the others away. Not only to my tastes, either - they were the top scoring wines. Another time. MORE >> -
BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2007  A Tasting of Young Loire Reds
BrooklynLady and BrooklynBaby, a few good friends, a little something tasty to eat, 6 bottles of wine, young red wine from the Loire Valley.you cannot really do much better than that on a Thursday night, or any night, I daresay. There are many appellations in the Loire Valley and several grapes are used to make red wine. MORE >> -
BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2007 Recent Sips - July 2007
Some interesting wines from July that did not get individual posts: Loire Valley 2006 Olga Raffault Chinon Rose , $15 ( Chambers Street Wines ). rose of Cabernet Franc, this wine is more pink than salmon colored, but its a muted and classy pink. Cour-Cheverny is a tiny appellation in the north-west part of the Loire Valley. MORE >> -
BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | MONDAY, JULY 2, 2007  The Beaujolais Challenge - Beaujolais
If you are really into wine from the Loire Valley you know that Gamay appears in some Touraine wines. Beaujolais Nouveau, the sweet and pleasant kool-aid with a kick that is so celebrated in France - that is not what I will be tasting and discussing. First time checking out the Beaujolais Challenge? Okay, that's it. MORE >>
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