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Archive for the ‘Riesling’ Category

June 17th, 2008

Divine German Wines With Dee Vines

Playing catch-up from a few weeks ago….
Nari came through for our tasting group (different one than yesterday’s post), big time. We were all a little disheartened (especially me) after two bad Alsatian tastings and really needed some wines to knock our socks off. Natacha from Dee Vines Wines did just that with an array of […]

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May 13th, 2008

Let Me Save You the Trouble…

I might just have to throw in the towel when it comes to Alsace. The first tasting, I went into thinking it would be great. It was far from it. The second, I was a little more jaded but still hopeful. However, we tasted a whopping nine wines, and barely over a third of them were […]

By Farley -- 4 comments

May 7th, 2008

Wine Blogging Wednesday 45: Riesling, Old World Style

Luckily, this month’s Wine Blogging Wenesday theme fit in nicely with my tasting group assignment. Old World Riesling, meet Alsace. Two for the price of one. However, when Tim from Winecast, our busy host (he just recapped Wine Book Club 2), does his round-up…he’ll find that my purchase is not one to recommend revisiting. In […]

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November 23rd, 2007

Spicy Food? Sweet-ish Wine

I was getting ready to link to my latest Jackson Free Press column, when I realized I had forgotten about one. And it includes one of my favorite meals for a fast fix, plus it goes with one of my most loved wines: Gewurztraminer (or Riesling). I hope you enjoy it as much as […]

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September 25th, 2007

Riesling From New York to Go With My Pork

This was the wine I had specifically planned to bring to a past tasting group for our Riesling night but got it in the mail one day too late due to a shipping mistake. It took me a few months to get around to opening it. I picked the 2005 Salmon Run Riesling, in part […]

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