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Solo Vino

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About Me

We drink for you.

My Interests

Blind Tasting, Pingus, Nicholas Joly, J.L. Chave, Priorat, Riedel, Vintage Champagne, Protocolo and Casa Solar, Hermitage, wines that cost $5 and do not suck, Cava, Campari, Bourgogne, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Sauternes, Jesus Sastre, cheese, flowers, Diebolt Valois, the country wines of France, fancy hotels, first class travel, silk pajamas, smoking jackets, ascots, paron-ing, magnums, Laguiole, Sablet, Barolo, fruit-acid-tannin, Pineau de Charantes, monocles, famous chefs, Lillet, French wines in a box, sequins, white gloves, hot French (wo)men, quaffing, spitting, geeking out, Club Vino.

I'd like to meet:

Blind Tasters, Dom Perignon, Daft Chefs, Bill Cosby, Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Robert Parker, Michele Roland, your palate.

Music:

George MIchael, Solid Gold, Suicide Comandos, Revolver Modele, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Movies:

Mondovino

Television:

Julia Child's Kitchen, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

Books:

Adventures On The Wine Route, Wine and War, The New France, The New Spain, Vino Italiano, The Story of Wine, Larousse's Gastronomique, A Taste of Wine (Peynaud), The Hardy Boys, The Chemistry of Wine, Decanter.

Heroes:

Chris Osgood, Neal Rosenthal, Kermit Lynch, Vincent Garnier, Jancis Robinson, Carl Sutton, David Bowie.

My Blog

Solo Vino Staff Picks The Top 6 of 06 (under $20)

SOLO VINO   January Club Vino '07: Solo Vino Staff Picks The Top 6 of '06 (under $20)   Happy New Year!  The staff favored wines of 2006 have been selected! After some debate (and a...
Posted by Solo Vino on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:06:00 PST