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WINE POETIX REVIEW: October 2005
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The Chatelaine and Her Friends Wax Poetic Over Selected Goblets of Wine. Posts are typically written amidst open bottles. Let the w(h)ining begin! Monday, October 03, 2005. WINES THAT DON'T LAST.AND WINES THAT DO. We had a 1998 Peter Michael Point Rouge. Chardonnay that started out promisingly but soon faded in the bottle (fortunately, the second white, the 2002 H. Bolloit Batard Montrachet. Also had a 1975 Eiswein. That had died in bottle - too bad. Same fate for the 1970 Ch. Lynch Bages.
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WINE POETIX REVIEW: August 2005
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The Chatelaine and Her Friends Wax Poetic Over Selected Goblets of Wine. Posts are typically written amidst open bottles. Let the w(h)ining begin! Friday, August 26, 2005. Another Atlantic Beach Club Wine Tasting. Writes in to report:. Well, you know we love our beach club. Opening Wine: Rotari Sparkling Blanc de Noir. First Course: Castillo de Querceto Chianti Classico 2003, served with Fried Calamari Puttenesca. The distributor's rep, who visited each table promoting the wines, was slow to admit that t...
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The Chatelaine's Garbage: January 2006
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Because I am my poetics, I'm going to track my daily garbage. It might also help me dump less on others. Also, in the words of William Rathje, founder of the University of Arizona's Garbage Project, *REFUSE REFLECTS TRUTH*. Garbage sorting reveals that "what we do and what we say we do are two different things.". Wednesday, January 25, 2006. Jan 25, 2006. CONTEXT: A POET’S MEMOIR. Await More Information on this project here! An oak leaf that skittered through an open door. Edges to 2 slices of bread.
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WINE POETIX REVIEW: FLORA SPRINGS WINERY
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The Chatelaine and Her Friends Wax Poetic Over Selected Goblets of Wine. Posts are typically written amidst open bottles. Let the w(h)ining begin! Saturday, February 04, 2006. 4TH ANNUAL TRILOGY RELEASE PARTY. St Helena, Ca. Feb 4, 2006. Too earthy, grassy. Lacked richness of flavor. But crisp. Nice balance. Well-made but nothing special. 2004 Barrel Fermented chardonnay. 2003 Select Cuvee Chardonnay. 2002 Poggio Del Papa. Lovely. Fragrant. Delicate. What a sangiovese absolutely should be.
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WINE POETIX REVIEW: April 2006
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The Chatelaine and Her Friends Wax Poetic Over Selected Goblets of Wine. Posts are typically written amidst open bottles. Let the w(h)ining begin! Saturday, April 29, 2006. EASTER FOOD and WINE PAIRING. With our parents away, the kids decided to play by throwing an intimate Easter lunch with our friends. We brought two bottles and our guests brought two more. The day was spent cooking, eating, karaoking/napping, eating again, wine tasting w/food pairing. On the food menu:. On the wine list:. An excellent...
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WINE POETIX REVIEW: November 2005
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The Chatelaine and Her Friends Wax Poetic Over Selected Goblets of Wine. Posts are typically written amidst open bottles. Let the w(h)ining begin! Saturday, November 12, 2005. BIRDS OF A FEATHER WINE-TASTING. Italicized wines indicate ones we bought. Wine from the heart ($10 reserve/$5 regular). List is from the reserve tasting we did on Sunday; on Tuesday we tasted the first two, plus had two additional ones. 2004 Orin Swift Sauvignon Blanc (Napa Valley). 2003 Ancien Carneros Chardonay. Birds of a Feath...
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WINE POETIX REVIEW: September 2005
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The Chatelaine and Her Friends Wax Poetic Over Selected Goblets of Wine. Posts are typically written amidst open bottles. Let the w(h)ining begin! Sunday, September 25, 2005. THE MARSH HAWK PRESS TASTING. Encouraged by the Chatelaine. The wines served at a poetry reading on Sept 23, 2005. In NYC, were several cuts above the usual throat-burning jug slime and half-buck chuck served at readings and gallery openings. I tasted the two reds and one of the two whites. 2003 Benzinger Carneros Chardonnay. This w...
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WINE POETIX REVIEW: December 2005
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The Chatelaine and Her Friends Wax Poetic Over Selected Goblets of Wine. Posts are typically written amidst open bottles. Let the w(h)ining begin! Saturday, December 17, 2005. IT'S 152 YEARS OLD! Last night, we. 1853 Whitwhams King Pedro V port. A wine with an amazing story. Some family in Portugal bought a house and ended up discovering in the basement these casks of port that go back 152 years. So they sold it to the company who then bottled it. Its age means that it's pre-phylloxera wine! A CALIFORNIA...
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WINE POETIX REVIEW: January 2006
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The Chatelaine and Her Friends Wax Poetic Over Selected Goblets of Wine. Posts are typically written amidst open bottles. Let the w(h)ining begin! Saturday, January 28, 2006. 15TH ANNUAL ZINFANDEL ADVOCATES and PRODUCERS WINE FESTIVAL! Just returned from the ZAP festival. 2004 Tofanelli barrel sampling. 03 is lovely but Tom thinks 04 will be better). 2004 Hayne Vineyard Turley. 2004 Ridge Paso Robles Lytton Springs. Could have used more character). 2004 Rosenblum Henry Reserve. 2004 Ravenswood Old Hill.