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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 Wine Dinner with Loudoun Valley at Vinifera CellarBlog:- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 Posted Without Comment CellarBlog:- New Optical Sorting Machine at Chateau Brane-Cantenac CellarBlog:- Lobster roll: impossible food-wine pairing? Dr. Vino's wine blog:- Last week, I was in the Cape, existing more or less solely on seafood. One dish, if you will, that has transcended New England appeal and now is making a showing in the trendiest spots in NYC (including out of basements in Brooklyn) is the lobster roll. Simple in preparation, it consists of about four [...] Wed, 01 Sep 2010 The Next Generation of Loudoun County Winemakers CellarBlog:- Tue, 31 Aug 2010 Kangaroo testicles? An impossible food-wine pairing Dr. Vino's wine blog:- Who is man enough for an impossible food-wine pairing? Well, for those with a set of steel, head on over to the seventh (!) annual World Testicle Cooking Championship in Serbia. There, the AP reports that chefs prepare bull, boar, camel, ostrich and kangaroo testicles in such dishes as testicle pizza and testicles in bechamel [...] Designing a lighter Champagne bottle Dr. Vino's wine blog:- Have you ever lifted a bottle of champagne and thought, “Wow, that’s heavy!” Well, the bottles are heavy partly with good reason: to contain all the sparkly goodness, which can be six times the atmospheric pressure. (And, of course, there’s a little bling factor to the bulk.) Apparently, before sufficiently strong bottles were developed, cellar [...] #Cabernet Day is September 2nd! CellarBlog:- NV Segura Viudas, Cava Brut Reserva Sparkling Wine 750 mL:- Mon, 30 Aug 2010 Wherefore art thou, ros� in a box? Dr. Vino's wine blog:- A couple of years ago, I had an op-ed in the NYT arguing for wine in a box. Since then, box wine sales have skyrocketed and many more selections, both foreign and domestic, have come on the market. But one category that seems woefully underrepresented stateside is ros�. Given that it is perhaps the quintessential [...] Harvest Report from Chateau Brane-Cantenac CellarBlog:- Sat, 28 Aug 2010 Crepes at DelFosse Winery CellarBlog:- Thu, 26 Aug 2010 My brother sails across equator, toasts King Neptune with cheap cava Dr. Vino's wine blog:- Last fall, my younger brother, Conrad, sailed from France to Brazil. By himself. In a race. On a 20 foot boat. He set off from Brittany, where, aged 25, he was living in a used electrician’s van. He sailed about ten days to Madeira where the fleet stopped for fresh supplies before setting off again [...] Bila Haut (M. Chapoutier) 2008 review by (PB) The Wine Cask Blog:- Tue, 24 Aug 2010 Wine, alcohol, and tax ? in Wine & Spirits magazine Dr. Vino's wine blog:- How often is the alcohol level stated on the label consistent with what is actually in the bottle? Wines are allowed a certain fudge factor between what appears on the label and what is actually in the bottle. For wines under 14%, the wine can fluctuate by 1.5 percentage points, which explains why so many [...] Fabbioli Cellars Releases 2008 Tannat CellarBlog:- Mon, 23 Aug 2010 Redtree California Pinot Noir 2009 review by (PB) The Wine Cask Blog:- Red wines that chill Dr. Vino's wine blog:- Chilled red. It sounds like an oxymoron. Or something that would get your membership revoked at the club. But, in fact, it works. The key is to choose a red wine that is low in tannin, which explains why Beaujolais from the thin-skinned Gamay grape, often is the prime red candidate for chilling. Bringing the [...] Sun, 22 Aug 2010 Clos Pegase Carneros Mitsuko's Vineyard Merlot 2004 Wine Review (NW) The Wine Cask Blog:- Tenuta di Biserno Insoglio Toscana 2007 Wine Review (NW) The Wine Cask Blog:- Sat, 21 Aug 2010 Rosenblum Zinfandel Alexander Valley "Harris Kratka Vineyard" 2005 wine review by (PB) The Wine Cask Blog:- Fri, 20 Aug 2010 Maryhill Winery 2008 Columbia Valley Viognier Sponsored Wine Review by Billy The Wine Cask Blog:- Thu, 19 Aug 2010 Pairing whites with the thermometer ? summer edition Dr. Vino's wine blog:- The other day, I was waiting for a train or a plane, flipping through magazines at a newsstand. I picked up the August copy of Food & Wine and saw Ray Isle’s fun, simple graphic suggesting changing white wines as the weather heats up. Since I wrote a whole book centered on pairing wine with [...] Wed, 18 Aug 2010 Oodles of noodles ? and corks Dr. Vino's wine blog:- Today’s summer wine factoid: Nomacorc, a purveyor of plastic wine closures that require a corkscrew to remove, was the brainchild of a Belgian businessman who made a fortune manufacturing extruded plastics, including pool noodles. So if you’ve been floating around in the pool this summer and sensed a connection, you’re right. In related news, plastic [...] Tue, 17 Aug 2010 Iron Horse Classic Vintage Brut 2005 wine review by Billy The Wine Cask Blog:- Mon, 16 Aug 2010 Oberon Sauvignon Blanc 2009 Napa Valley sponosred review by (PB) The Wine Cask Blog:- Worms & ?the truffle kid? Dr. Vino's wine blog:- Recently, my seven-year-old son dug up some worms, made a sign, set up a table on the street and sold them for ten cents each. “Great for your garden! Great for fishing!” ran his pitch. He made $9, including tips. That’s almost better than wine writing! On a somewhat related note, check out the profile [...] Wine list X-Ray, Monty Python, natural wine ? all LOL sipped & spit! Dr. Vino's wine blog:- SIPPED: X-Ray vision for wine lists? The above image comes from wondertonic.tumblr.com SIPPED: satire HoseMaster continues his discussion of Carbon Footprint wines, including “Creeping Deforestation” & “Screw the Ozone” [HoseMaster of Wine] SIPPED: dug up from the cellar “Perth Pink….This is not a wine for drinking, this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.” [...] Sun, 15 Aug 2010 Sauternes in a Test Tube? CellarBlog:- Do you Believe in Gay Meritage? CellarBlog:- Sat, 14 Aug 2010 Cockburn's Ruby Port review by (PB) The Wine Cask Blog:- More on 2009 Bordeaux Pricing and the South American Market CellarBlog:- Strong Arms Shiraz 2008 review by (PB) The Wine Cask Blog:- Fri, 13 Aug 2010 Follow up on Virginia Harvest CellarBlog:- Lineup Announced for 10 Wines for $10 CellarBlog:- Thu, 12 Aug 2010 What would it take for a sommelier to pull a JetBlue jumper exit? Dr. Vino's wine blog:- This week’s big story is the dramatic, emergency-slide resignation of JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater. Following verbal abuse from a passenger, he took to the PA system to let everyone on board know that he’d had enough, popped the inflatable emergency slide, threw down his carry-ons, grabbed a couple of beers from the drinks cart, [...] Chateau Coutet Cookbook CellarBlog:- Wed, 11 Aug 2010 Boxwood Gets Reviewed in Decanter CellarBlog:- Imbibing idiots, seeds, cartel, AOCs ? sipped & spit Dr. Vino's wine blog:- SPIT: “imbibing idiot bias” Job applicants who partake in alcoholic drinks are perceived as less intelligent and hireable according to a new academic study, dubbing the phenomenon an “imbibing idiot bias.” In the actual experiments, the subject ordered a glass of “house merlot,” so perhaps the conclusion is valid. But what if the subject ordered [...] Tue, 10 Aug 2010 Chateau Margaux vs Chateau Palmer CellarBlog:-