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New wine health article! (4 Comments)
4/5/2009 Nathan Nelson
Alot of research has been compiled in the last century with most of the advances being confirmed scientificly in the last decade. This article summarizes those effects and addresses one area of astut...


Grapeseed oil (2 Comments)
5/17/2009 Nathan Nelson
Just wanted to put some info out about the benefits to using Grapeseed oil in your cooking! Not only does this help the wine suppliers get extra income, but its one of the most versatile and stable c...


Wine update! (0 Comments)
5/17/2009 Nathan Nelson
Just wanted to post on the updates of my wine making and tasting of late. I tasted Matt's Barolot today, I found it pleasantly aromatic and very smooth. The alcohol is present but a bit lower than o...


Some Good Wine Drinking Music (6 Comments)
7/29/2008 Matthew Nelson
Every good wine lush has a mix they use when drinking wine. Post yours here! A few of my favorites: Eagles - Desperado A Fine Frenzy - Ashes and Wine Michael Buble - (Pretty much anything by him is g...


Concord Wine Update!! (1 Comments)
3/22/2009 Nathan Nelson
Hello All, It's been a while! Thought I would jump on and post an update about the Concord I've had clearing since this fall. (With the grapes from Lee and Marge's farm). I will be bottling about 4...


Excellent 2003 Banfi Riserva Chianti (3 Comments)
Wine: 2003 Banfi Riserva Chianti
Wine Rating
5/26/2008 Matthew Nelson
This wine was great from start to finish! The aroma was very fulfilling and gave a reminiscence close to the aroma of home made wine. This wine leaves you with a sweet vanilla taste with a lasting ch...


Such High Expectations (2 Comments)
Wine: 2007 Sixth Street Vinyards Wild Plum - A...
Wine Rating
5/27/2008 Steven Tremblay
This weekend I opened a bottle made of equal parts plum, pluot, and apricot. I had a lot of high hopes for this wine, but unfortunately it fell short. The color was fine with a little bit of sediment....


Christmas Dinner (1 Comments)
11/14/2008 Matthew Nelson
Just ordered some Champagne for a special Christmas dinner and thought I would post a link for anyone else that would like to try this wine. It is the best sparkling wine I've tried thus far. I do not...


Great Article! (2 Comments)
12/24/2008 Nathan Nelson
This is a great article on alcohol and health for those of you trying to balance health and celebration.  Let me know what you think!  :)


http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/alcoholandhealth.html


Planning a Meal Around Chardonnay (2 Comments)
Wine: 2005 White Truck Chardonnay
Wine Rating
12/22/2008 Matthew Christian
Introduction The other evening while looking through a cookbook I stumbled upon a recipe for green peas in a parmesan cream sauce. I thought this would be a good side dish for the seafood we wer...


New Updates! (1 Comments)
12/12/2008 Nathan Nelson
The new updates on the site look great! I am excited to get back on here and start posting. I have three wines going right now - 2 concord grape batches and we're about to bottle the Sangiovese win...


Ramblings About Broken Wine Glasses! (4 Comments)
7/1/2008 Matthew Nelson
Well... I figured since everyone seems to be breaking their wine glasses as of late, why not piss and moan about it on here. I broke yet another glass. I'm up to 2 wine glasses now broken. Both Riede...


The grape harvest! (4 Comments)
9/30/2008 Nathan Nelson
Well the harvest is officially over! We picked up our crushed Sangiovese grapes on saturday and they are currently sitting with the skins. Total we got two lugs (close to 80lbs) of these. Also, Mat...


Wine Vineyards in Wisconsin (2 Comments)
10/5/2008 Nathan Nelson
Here's an interesting link to all the vineyards in WI.  I had no idea there were so many!

www.wiswine.com/images/Map_2008_Big_Map.jpg


Banfi Wine Tasting (2 Comments)
10/10/2008 Matthew Nelson
I chose not to write this article on a particular Banfi in my cellar because I wanted to focus more on the representative in which hosted the tasting I attended tonight AND on the direction Banfi is h...


Keeping track of stats.... (4 Comments)
8/25/2008 Matthew Nelson
I am going to be implementing a stats page to show some data of who has the most stuff. So far this is what I've got: 1. Who has the most wine/beer/cheese/chocolate 2. Who has the most items in t...


Wine and health - Collagen and grapes! (1 Comments)
8/2/2008 Nathan Nelson
Keeping up with my weekly writing as best I can, I thought it a good time to pass on some general information concerning wine and grapes in general. Not many people know this, but grapes are a very u...


Beer! (0 Comments)
9/24/2008 Matthew Nelson
Doh... I just went to write about beer.... and realized i only have the 'write a new article' page setup to allow writing about wine and cheese haha.

guess we'll have to change that right away:)


Concord Grapes (0 Comments)
8/25/2008 Matthew Nelson
Anyone know any good concord grape wine recipe's?


Santa Cristina 2006 Toscana (0 Comments)
8/1/2008 Nathan Nelson
I recently picked up a Santa Cristina Toscana 2006 and it has impressed me across the boards! It has a smooth, slippery appearance and texture that only a magnificent Italian wine can display. The a...


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