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Tasting Notes For Friday, 3/30/12
- April 4, 2012
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A Wonderful Tour of Italy This Time! NCWC ITALIAN TASTING 3/30/12 ARGIOLAS COSTAMOLINO VERMENTINO 2009 The birthplace of pizza is Naples, where this delightful food began as a flatbread used to verify oven temperature. What this lovely Vermentino verifies …
Friday 4/27/12
- April 2, 2012
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What is it about Pinot? Why do so many of us winos love it so much? Is it that unmistakeably gorgeous perfume? Those primary flavors of cherry, strawberry, and raspberry that somehow manage to be both delicate and intense? The …
Friday 4/20/12
- March 31, 2012
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We enjoy every one of our Wine Tasting Events. We always look forward to serving you, to giving you the opportunity to taste a never- ending variety of wines. Sometimes, though, we get extra excited, extra enthused, extra humbled by …
Wednesday 4/18/12
- March 31, 2012
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It is time, my friend, for a journey. A glorious journey to the land of the Eiffel Tower, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Monet, Truffaut, “Les Miserables,” and, of course, many of the most famous – and expensive – wines …
Friday 4/13/12
- March 31, 2012
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Hello. My name is Enrico. I used to be the intern here at North County Wine Company. It was a year ago when Jim and Bill, those despicable miscreants, did the only smart thing they’ve ever done by hiring me. …
Friday 4/6/12
- March 31, 2012
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So Wednesday was all about the Easter whites and Bubblies. Friday, April 6th, has gotta be about the reds, right? Right. Your two personal Easter Wine Bunnies (can you imagine Bill in a bunny suit?) have selected 7 very tasty …
Wednesday 4/4/12
- March 31, 2012
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The date may change every year, but one thing about Easter that never changes is that it’s a special day to get together with family and friends. And when family and friends are part of the equation, the only things …
Tasting Notes For Friday, 2/23/12
- March 23, 2012
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NCWC MERLOT TASTING 3/23/12 STARMONT CHARDONNAY 2009 We begin tonight’s adventure with a delicious Chardonnay from Napa Valley. In the words of Wine Spectator, this is “clean, pure and spicy, with a beam of ripe pear, melon, nutmeg …
Tasting Notes 3/9/12
- March 21, 2012
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On Friday March 9th, we tasted 8 wines from New Zealand and Australia, plus had the Two Hands “Bella’s Garden” Shiraz available at just $5 a half glass! The event was huge fun, and here are the tasting notes: SAINT …
Tasting Notes Friday 3/2/12
- March 9, 2012
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NCWC CHICAGO NIGHT TASTING 3/2/12 TANGENT PINOT GRIS 2008 Chicago is also known as the Windy City, Second City, City of the Big Shoulders, the City that Works, and Hog Butcher to the World. This Pinot Gris doesn’t have …