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January 27, 2012
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Wonderful natural field blend from Alsace.New-2-me. Crisp. Effervescent. Aromatic with some character and interest. Easy for brunch or dinner. Omelets and Thai both went well with this wine. Binner Les Saveurs Assemblage de Cepages d’Alsace ‘09.From Jenny & Francois Selections.  Widely available all over NYC. If you know this producer, I’m interested in your opinion.

Wonderful natural field blend from Alsace.

New-2-me. Crisp. Effervescent. Aromatic with some character and interest.

Easy for brunch or dinner. Omelets and Thai both went well with this wine.


Binner Les Saveurs Assemblage de Cepages d’Alsace ‘09.

From Jenny & Francois Selections.  Widely available all over NYC.

If you know this producer, I’m interested in your opinion.

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January 26, 2012
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New blog post on the language of loving and sharing wine: "Wine by the word."
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January 25, 2012
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This lack of definition [of Natural Wine] seems to profoundly disturb the critics, yet perhaps it is one of the greatest strengths of the natural partisans.

In the same way that the Occupy Wall Street insurgency resists enumerating goals or anointing official representatives, natural-wine partisans refuse to be pinned down in a manner that subjects them to lawyerly argument.

"

— Thank you Eric Asimov!

I don’t agree that the Natural Wine movement is much ado about too little. Especially to a modern web-based wine buyer who needs categories and filters to search and find wine. And to an eco-conscious world and health-conscious food consumer.

But I do so appreciate your intelligent, your knowledge-rich and even-keeled approach to this. And as always, so well written. I’m a fan of yours and have let you be my guide to discovering wine for many years. And still do. Thanks!

From Eric Asimov, The Pour, post “Wines Worth a Taste, but Not the Vitriol.”

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January 24, 2012
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Domestic natural Syrah is tonight’s tasting! Walking by Chambers Street Wines from home to subway and gym to home is a neighborhood treat.Thanks to Chris Barnes for setting up this taste test.

Domestic natural Syrah is tonight’s tasting!

Walking by Chambers Street Wines from home to subway and gym to home is a neighborhood treat.

Thanks to Chris Barnes for setting up this taste test.

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January 24, 2012
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True Romance. Got caught in coach on a flight and had this on my laptop. What a great movie. What a gift for gab and violence Tarantino has. What remarkable performances all…even Brad Pitt as the stoner but especially Gary Oldman as the remarkably disturbed and scary Drexl.

True Romance.

Got caught in coach on a flight and had this on my laptop.

What a great movie. What a gift for gab and violence Tarantino has.

What remarkable performances all…even Brad Pitt as the stoner but especially Gary Oldman as the remarkably disturbed and scary Drexl.

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January 23, 2012
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Bringing your own on vacation: -Great bottle of wine. Quite special actually. -Shawshank Redemption from the laptop.Perfect evening. Off to my last day of skiing before home. Ajax today.

Bringing your own on vacation:

-Great bottle of wine. Quite special actually.

-Shawshank Redemption from the laptop.

Perfect evening.

Off to my last day of skiing before home. Ajax today.

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January 22, 2012
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Aspen after a snow storm. Nice!

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January 21, 2012
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Volki Mantras just rock!Did black mogels all day today in powder. Expecting 1-2 feet more overnight so will test them in the deep stuff.Love the mountains in Colorado when it snows.

Volki Mantras just rock!

Did black mogels all day today in powder. Expecting 1-2 feet more overnight so will test them in the deep stuff.

Love the mountains in Colorado when it snows.

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January 19, 2012
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Foot of Ajax.We can only hope that there is tons of snow in those clouds. Heading to the top of Snowmass tomorrow to get my legs in shape.

Foot of Ajax.

We can only hope that there is tons of snow in those clouds.

Heading to the top of Snowmass tomorrow to get my legs in shape.

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January 18, 2012
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"I’ve talked to nearly 30,000 people on this show, and all 30,000 had one thing in common: They all wanted validation. If I could reach through this television and sit on your sofa or sit on a stool in your kitchen right now, I would tell you that every single person you will ever meet shares that common desire. They want to know: ‘Do you see me? Do you hear me? Does what I say mean anything to you?’"

—

I love this quote from Oprah.

I’m not an Oprah fan at all, never watched her show in its entirety nor quoted her.

Yet this strikes home as very true and a core human behavior. For all the people I work with and for myself.

Thanks to Bryce for surfacing this in his post.