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WORLD WINE WATCH (LCBO VINTAGES TIP SHEET) FOR NOVEMBER 7, 2009
By DEAN TUDOR, Gothic Epicures Writing <deantudor@deantudor.com>
Always at www.deantudor.com since 1995. Also visit my "Wines, Beers and
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Wineries in Lodi, Acampo, Woodbridge and Lockeford, as well as tasting rooms Downtown, are participating in the third annual First & ...
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About this time of year, I've often launched into a year's best roundup in Canadian historical work, even soliciting suggestions and contributions directly from historians and writers around the country. (Follow the tag "Year's Best" for examples.]
I'm not doing it this year, not so far at least. Partly because dragging suggestions out of my friends and colleagues ...
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... percent of both the current and original pool balances for each of these vintages when compared with September levels, and the rates of growth ... foreclosures, and real estate owned {REO}) were up for each of these vintages, and the rates of growth between September and October were greater ... 2006 continue to perform more poorly than prior vintages. After 36 months of seasoning, total delinquencies ...
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... not familiar with a vertical tasting, it is a tasting in which you taste different vintages of the same wine from the same winery. We were first “wowâ€-ed by Fielding Hills ... particularly impressed with their Cabernet Sauvignon. So we were thrilled when we were able to get our hands on all eight vintages of Cab that they have produced, from their very first 2000 vintage to their recently released ...
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... the food truly complement the wines and not just have the wines stand out which everyone was expecting based on the vintages. I never knew Margaux was in business since the 16th century and they owe their top ... sellers chose the series of wines that follow to show all the facets of Margaux vintages where every one should be a treat (or trick if you paid too much for a fake or if like the Philippine ...
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... JOE ASCH agrees with Robert Parker about the older vintages of Opus One. On his web site, Parker ... Opus One appears to have produced its greatest trilogy of vintages to date. This wine has always been more about sizzle than substance. While some top ... lacking in concentration. That accusation can not be made against any of these three vintages.
At a tasting of a dozen vintages of Opus One in Paris ...
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... drink. To take only two examples, the warren of cellars contains 35 vintages of Château Cheval Blanc ... Ridgway considers they are ready. The list does contain younger vintages, tantalisingly held en vieillissement in the cellars ... bottles by way of compensation. I’d also like to see more information about producers and vintages, even if you’d need a small crane to prise the resulting ...
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... are usually sweet wines. Of course, the well-known Sémillon, Sauvignon and Muscadelle are the best grapes.
About 22 million bottles are produced every year with the Appelllation Graves Contrôlée for the sweet wines only. The most prestigious white vintages are 2006, 2003,2001, 1999, 1996 and 1995.
You may drink white Graves with lobster and Cantal, Crottin de Chavignol, Roquefort French cheeses.
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... for 21 special days of tasting as we dust off an exclusive selection of wines available only at our cellar doors. From wines available in extremely limited supply to back vintages that will be available to purchase during this event only, we’ve assembled 21 exceptional VQA wines for you to sample and purchase for gifting, collecting or to help celebrate the season. (Continues to December 21st.) ...
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