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Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Côte du Py 2011 27 Aug 2013 | 02:41 am
Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Côte du Py 2011 Cliff notes: Wow on day two! Long & boring: It's been some time since I've had this, since it's a Morgon that really needs age. But I'm glad I opened one yest...
Vallana Barbera del Piemonte (something ancient!) 25 Aug 2013 | 12:42 am
Antonio Vallana Barbera del Piemonte The labels look pristine as does the cork, but the bottle size is 720ml. Probably a recentish release from the winery, perhaps topped up with something newer sinc...
Fat and Griesy Lagrein 24 Aug 2013 | 01:52 am
Cantina Terlan Lagrein Riserva "Gries" 2010 21,20€; 13,5% abv. 70% aged in large vats; 30% in barrique of which a third were new. That might not sound like a huge amount of surface area came into cont...
Lambrusco 21 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
Ca' de' Medici Lambrusco Scuro I like Lambrusco - the proper stuff, that is, the one that is dry and tangy. This is almost the style I like, but not quite. It smells a bit lactic and tastes a bit swe...
Immich-Batterieberg Riesling C.A.I. 2011 19 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm
Immich-Batterieberg Riesling C.A.I. 2011 All wine drinkers will have certain wines or styles they just don't understand even though everyone else is singing their praises. The Trocken-craze from Germa...
Masaki Yamadanishiki Junmai Genshu Sake 19 Aug 2013 | 11:01 pm
Masaki Yamadanishiki Junmai Genshu Sake From Hokkan Sake Brewing; 18% abv (Junmai indicates that no alcohol has been added and Genshu that no water has been added). The rice was polished to 70% its or...
Tarlant Zero 18 Aug 2013 | 12:20 am
Tarlant Brut Nature Zero Yup. This is good stuff. "A third each of Chardonnay and Pinots Noir and Meunier; from Chalk, Sparnacien and Limestone soils; 2007 vintage and reserves; aged on lees for four ...
Occasional link roundup: Roundup and Biodynamics 16 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
And of course with a title like that, the first link you should read is about Roundup, the herbicide made by Monsanto, and Roundup ready maize. Roundup, Monsanto and GMOs in general are often vilified...
Neuburger 1927-2012 16 Aug 2013 | 12:39 am
Neuburger, a little known and now little grown autochthonous Austrian grape variety, is a crossing of Roter Veltliner and Sylvaner. The conventional view is that it ought to be drunk young and certain...
Travaglini Gattinara 1967 14 Aug 2013 | 01:35 am
Travaglini Gattinara Selezione 1967 This bottle had only been in my possession for a couple days when I had an accident. I was moving around a few bottles in my fridge when the cork fell in - not bec...
