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Another Friday to Remember.

AJ McClellan The day dawned on another unassuming Friday, another end-of-the-week day sandwiched between Thursday and Saturday, a wintry day when the best you can hope for is a pot of hot soup and a shot or two of bad … Continue reading

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Two Spanish Beauties

AJ McClellan La Rioja Alta has been one of my favorite Spanish producers for some time now. We had the opportunity to taste the La Rioja Alta wines last night and they were stupendous! I really enjoyed the depth and … Continue reading

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Recently tasted: 1970 Les Forts by Château Latour

RT @dobianchi Does anyone remember Baudelaire’s macadam? That’s what this wine smelled like: tar, pitch, goudron, asphalt… I’m not one for blind tasting but this is one of those wines, we all agreed, that you would pick out as Bordeaux … Continue reading

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3 New Favorites

I get to try hundreds of new wines every week but it is not very often that one of those will catch my eye like these beauties did. The 2005 Mas Igneus Fa 104 Blanc blew my mind with racy … Continue reading

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A Friday to remember

AJ McClellan Last Friday night we had an impromptu tasting of epic proportions!  It started with a few members dropping in and turned into a battle royale with everyone pulling a fantastic jewel from their locker in an attempt to … Continue reading

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New World Wines

AJ McClellan We had a great tasting last night!  Ivan Thornton came in to taste us on a great collection of new world wines. We started with the 2004 Bisou Cabernet Sauvignon by winemaker Thomas Brown – $89.99 A fun … Continue reading

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