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Crasse de Fer: November 2007

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A wine merchant's story of treading the waters in the contemporary wine industry and the long road towards achieving the Master of Wine diploma. Includes tasting notes. Thursday, November 22, 2007. Keswick Part II: The Tasting Notes. Oasis Vineyards 1988 "O" Reserve Rosé:. The photo above captures me pouring the first (dead) bottle into a planter on the patio of Keswick Hall). 1961 Savigny Les Beaune from Pédauque:. Unreal color for a Pinot this old (Syrah added? Baumard 1997 Clos St Catherine:. We spent...

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Crasse de Fer: August 2007

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A wine merchant's story of treading the waters in the contemporary wine industry and the long road towards achieving the Master of Wine diploma. Includes tasting notes. Sunday, August 5, 2007. 2004 Pascal Cotat "La Grande Cote". This wine posed quite an interesting challenge to my assumptions concerning wine "flaws.". I opened the bottle and the wine shot out as if I had just popped the cork on a bottle of unchilled Champagne. The notion that this was simply residual CO2 leftover from fermentation br...

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Crasse de Fer: Something New in 2008

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A wine merchant's story of treading the waters in the contemporary wine industry and the long road towards achieving the Master of Wine diploma. Includes tasting notes. Saturday, January 19, 2008. Something New in 2008. And "is it worth the money? I will also give more subjective impressions of the wines beyond the usual "good," "very good," or "excellent" qualifiers. Instead I will try for something a little more poetic like: pure pleasure in a bottle, a delight to drink, etc. February 2, 2008 at 7:36 AM.

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Crasse de Fer: Headlines

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A wine merchant's story of treading the waters in the contemporary wine industry and the long road towards achieving the Master of Wine diploma. Includes tasting notes. Saturday, January 19, 2008. Some headlines found in various important US and British news journals concerning the Wine Press:. Banana Republic announces a line of 90 point sweaters to be released this Spring. Fashionably dressed wine critic Stephen Tanzer to consult. March 30, 2008 at 10:25 PM. April 8, 2008 at 5:29 PM. Sarah Cramer's Pho...

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Crasse de Fer: January 2008

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A wine merchant's story of treading the waters in the contemporary wine industry and the long road towards achieving the Master of Wine diploma. Includes tasting notes. Saturday, January 19, 2008. Some headlines found in various important US and British news journals concerning the Wine Press:. Banana Republic announces a line of 90 point sweaters to be released this Spring. Fashionably dressed wine critic Stephen Tanzer to consult. Something New in 2008. And "is it worth the money? I will also give more...

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Crasse de Fer: December 2007

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A wine merchant's story of treading the waters in the contemporary wine industry and the long road towards achieving the Master of Wine diploma. Includes tasting notes. Saturday, December 22, 2007. Update Wines of the Year. I passed the Unit 2 exam for the WSET Diploma Program (with Distinction, I might add). I took the test in Philly on December 10. Next up is Unit 3, all the major wine growing regions of the world. Out with a bang - so maybe I'll amend or append to this post after the holidays are over).

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Crasse de Fer: September 2007

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A wine merchant's story of treading the waters in the contemporary wine industry and the long road towards achieving the Master of Wine diploma. Includes tasting notes. Wednesday, September 26, 2007. Thursdays in the Cellar: A Rhone BYO Part III. The Tasting Notes Part II:. 9 1996 Jaboulet Cornas. Though there was some debate around the table whether or not TCA was the culprit. 10 2000 La Bastide Saint Dominique Chateauneuf-du-Pape “Secrets de Pignan”. 8221; It sounds great. The next day: Toasty oak and ...

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Crasse de Fer: June 2007

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A wine merchant's story of treading the waters in the contemporary wine industry and the long road towards achieving the Master of Wine diploma. Includes tasting notes. Monday, June 25, 2007. The food part was easy, but what about wine? Well, of course, rosé to start. My new go-to, Domaine du Dragon for that. But what wine to really showcase? What wine with which to celebrate an important birthday? Since when is wine like karate with degrees of competence? Sunday, June 24, 2007. 1998: A bit musty on the ...

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Crasse de Fer: July 2007

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A wine merchant's story of treading the waters in the contemporary wine industry and the long road towards achieving the Master of Wine diploma. Includes tasting notes. Friday, July 27, 2007. Domaine Coste-Caumartin Part II. From 14.5 Hectares of land (10.5 devoted to red and 4 devoted to white) come the following six wines:. Retasted the following day: Not falling apart at all, nice acid presence, a bit hollow mid-palate, strong, sweet finish. 2005 Bourgogne Pinot Noir: Rich black cherry fruit and sweet...