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Bertrand-Berge Fitou Les Megalithes 2004

Bertrand-Berge Fitou Les Megalithes 2004Region: Languedoc-Roussillon, FranceGift; good southern french wine ... Reminiscent of the many nameless house wines I’ve sampled in the Languedoc-Roussil...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:10:00 GMT

SIXTEEN (16) new wines!

It has been a while since I last posted, and don’t you know that in the interim, BOOLE HAS RELEASED A BRAND NEW ALBUM!  It’s the first one in over five years and it rocks.  Buy i...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:35:00 GMT

Four "newish" wines!

First, I'd like to start by thanking our sponsor, Pummeler.Now, on to the wines:Atica Cabernet Sauvignon 2005Region: unknownAverage airplane red ... Not much to say about this red wine I got on a rece...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:07:00 GMT

A note on words

The Merriam-Webster Word of the Year for 2007 is w00t.  I am not kidding:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071211/ap_on_re_us/word _of_the_yearIn addition to being utterly stupid, this entered the main...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:08:00 GMT

TEN new wines!

In case you're wondering how I managed to sample ten wines in one week, I had company this weekend who consumed much of it.  Come on now, I am not THAT depraved that I can down 10 bottles in a we...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:06:00 GMT

Seven (7) new wines reviews!

I'm just going to paste the text from my winelog.net entries:..> Tortoise Creek Merlot 2005..>3/5 Stars.Region: France - Pays D'OCComments: Average overpriced French Merlot ...  Not b...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:47:00 GMT

Dancing Bull 2005 Zinfandel

I was pleasantly surprised by this zinfandel, which coincidentally bears same name as boole's record label.  I am a bit of a softy for any red zin that doesn't suck, so for me, this Dancing Bull ...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:44:00 GMT

Black Swan 2006 Shiraz

I did not expect much out of this purebred Shiraz from the SE Australian company known mostly for its $5.99 color-coded hybrids.  (I like to buy a bottle of good stuff and then 12 or 13 tankards ...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:12:00 GMT

Time to make this useful (table wines)

Ok so I am going to actually start providing some value on my Myspace page.  For the past 7 or 8 months, I've been limiting my alcohol consumption almost exclusively to wine, and I have repe...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:09:00 GMT

huzzah!!!!

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Posted by on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:07:00 GMT