Archive for the ‘wine’ Category
Monday, November 20th, 2006
In the Fall 2006 issue of The Quarterly Review of Wines, the red wine of the quarter is a Spanish wine, the Legaris Crianza 2003. It looks like BevMo doesn't carry this wine, and Heritage doesn't seem to carry it either. To their credit, the people at Heritage said they ...
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Friday, November 17th, 2006
I have been horribly delinquent in writing up my short review of the Red Bicyclette Chardonnay 2004. I bought two bottles of this wine at Bevmo's most recent 5 cent sale. I thus bought one bottle at full price (nominally $10 or so) and got the second bottle for 5 ...
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006
My girlfriend is out of town and has been for several days now. I decided to be adventurous and make myself an "exotic" dinner. By "exotic", I mean something other than leftovers or macaroni and cheese. I chose the chicken with sun-dried tomato cream sauce recipe from Epicurious.
I followed the ...
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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
Early this week I saw the Honey Moon Viognier at Trader Joe's for the notable price of $4.99. Intrigued, both by the price and by the then unknown to me varietal, I bought a bottle out of curiosity. Five bucks? I'm in.
Trader Joe's described it as both ...
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Monday, May 1st, 2006
For the first edition of the Carnival of Drinking, I have decided to write about the 2004 vintage of the Barton Guestier Chardonnay. What's the Carnival of Drinking? It's a weekly event where submitters write a brief article about a given beer, wine, cocktail, or any other drink of their ...
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Saturday, April 29th, 2006
I just finished up a bottle of the Osborne Solar Tempranillo Cabernet 2003 the other night, and if you are a fan of a medium-bodied red with a noticeable kick, this is the wine for you. I must not have a very keen sense of smell, because I got the ...
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