Thoreau Wine Society Vox 2009-11-04T22:36:39Z miss mary taylor http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398abe5000002/ Dedicated to finding the Best of French Wine.. Here, good wine is appreciated like a good chicken (poulet de Bresse) – and you don’t need to be wearing soft-leather driving shoes to understand it. Another Gem from Sylvain Pataille tag:vox.com,2009-11-04:asset-6a00e398abe50000020123ddb8ff0a860b 2009-11-04T22:36:39Z 2009-11-04T22:36:39Z miss mary taylor http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Dear Wine Lovers, Several months ago my eloquent and humorous (thus proving that these 2 attributes are not mutually exclusive) partner in the Thoreau Wine Society, Mary Taylor, wrote about Sylvain Pataille and one of his superb Marsannays. Durin...

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]]> Mephisto: Devilishly Good Wine from Austria tag:vox.com,2009-10-26:asset-6a00e398abe500000201240b6fe79a860e 2009-10-26T14:53:20Z 2009-10-26T14:53:20Z miss mary taylor http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Dear Friends, A small importing company recently put on a tasting of over 75 wines made in and around Vienna. For the most part, they represent terrific quality/value rapport. Of all the wines presented those of Rainer Christ from Weingut Christ ...

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]]> World Class Grower Champagne (And Lower Cost Shipping tag:vox.com,2009-10-22:asset-6a00e398abe500000201240b6e04d6860e 2009-10-22T20:24:45Z 2009-10-22T20:33:51Z miss mary taylor http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Dear Friends, Here we enter the seasonal juncture which presents itself as an unpredictable, mutable, ever-changing force – leaves under foot, crisp air – a heightened sense of the elements, minerality, aromas so elegantly fermenting, weekends o...

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]]> A Great Fall Merlot from Bob tag:vox.com,2009-10-07:asset-6a00e398abe50000020123ddaa7236860b 2009-10-07T17:02:54Z 2009-10-07T17:02:54Z miss mary taylor http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Hit it Bob: A CALIFORNIA MERLOT (!) YOU CAN DRINK WITH PRIDE AND PLEASURE It wasn’t that long ago that Merlot was the most popular red wine in America. Besides, anyone who knows anything about wine knows that Merlot is the key grape in Pomerol ...

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]]> Purity and Gentility in the Barossa tag:vox.com,2009-09-15:asset-6a00e398abe50000020123dda2747a860b 2009-09-15T19:53:04Z 2009-09-15T19:58:02Z miss mary taylor http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Hi Friends, Welcome to the third season of the Thoreau Wine Society. Thanks to our readers, we have grown into a small collection of impoverished writers who have spent the majority of our lives reveling in the mysteries of great wines, stuck wit...

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]]> The Emporer of Aligote tag:vox.com,2009-08-11:asset-6a00e398abe5000002011016414194860b 2009-08-11T18:19:19Z 2009-08-11T18:28:07Z miss mary taylor http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Dear Friends, Recently having attended the annual tasting of the Maison Leroy wines: Madame Lalou Bize Leroy is one of the most powerful and important negociants and vineyard owners in Burgundy. Her estate wines regularly sell for 2-3 times thos...

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]]> Exceptional Rhodanian Viognier tag:vox.com,2009-07-30:asset-6a00e398abe5000002011017fae230860e 2009-07-30T21:32:40Z 2009-07-30T21:32:40Z miss mary taylor http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom FROM RACE CAR DRIVING TO MAKING WINE—CAN THIS BE REAL? LePlan Viognier 2007 $24.95 $270/case of 12 Dirk Vermeersch who hails from the lovely city Antwerp, raced cars professionally and successfully for 16 years, sold organic produce before the...

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]]> Fear and Trembling tag:vox.com,2009-07-21:asset-6a00e398abe5000002011017f44dfc860e 2009-07-21T21:16:14Z 2009-07-21T21:19:40Z miss mary taylor http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Dear Friends, Every time I encounter a Burgundy I haven’t tasted before I experience both anxiety and excitement.Why? Because there is nothing more disappointing than a thin, undernourished red Burgundy. The ratio of hits to misses with Burgundi...

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]]> A Langued'ocian Gem tag:vox.com,2009-07-16:asset-6a00e398abe500000201101675407e860c 2009-07-16T14:09:13Z 2009-11-06T16:24:23Z miss mary taylor http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Dear Readers, If you love wine (which you should) I would highly recommend grabbing a copy of Kermit Lynch’s fabulous book, ‘Adventures on the Wine Route’ – the decades-old story of the importer’s comb through France in search of revelatory wine...

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]]> Becker Estate Pinot Noir tag:vox.com,2009-07-15:asset-6a00e398abe5000002011016af5d9c860d 2009-07-15T17:19:22Z 2009-07-15T17:19:22Z miss mary taylor http://thoreauwinesociety.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Becker Estate

$19 GERMAN PINOT NOIR EMBARRASES IT'S FRENCH AND AMERICAN COUNTERPARTS I was at a tasting recently featuring mostly German Rieslings with a few relevant interlopers. One of the most interesting and enjoyable of these non-Rieslings was a lovely e...

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