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Last week’s tasting notes:
Quilmes Patagonia Amber Lager, Buenos Aires – Gorgeous burnt orange color. Medium bodied beer with good acidity, refreshing. A touch of hops, but not overly noticeable. Slight fruitiness, somewhat like peach and apple skins. Hint of bitterness towards the finish.
Antares Kölsch, Mar del Plata – Dark brown, sort of root beer color. [...]

A few more recent tasting notes:
Santa Julia Extra Brut, Mendoza – Part of the Familia Zuccardi vineyards group – pale straw color, plenty of fine bubbles, this is an interesting sparkling blend of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Viognier. Strong on the citrus notes, particularly orange, though a bit of lime and lemon creeping in, somewhat [...]

A few folk have contacted me recently and noted that I seem to have stopped posting any kind of tasting notes about wines or beers. Trust me, I haven’t given up on drinking, though I probably taste far fewer of either than I used to. Part of it, I suppose, is that Henry borderline doesn’t [...]

I wouldn’t normally post something that’s simply advertising, but the owners of Terroir wine shop here in town are good friends, and I think what they’re offering for the holiday season will be of interest to both expats and visitors from the U.S., especially given how expensive it is to ship anything of size or [...]

 Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shame. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams . If I didn’t drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then [...]

 At the peremptory request and desire of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the last 9 years and 10 months past of S. F., Cal., declare and proclaim myself Emperor of these U. S.; and in virtue [...]

 If there is anywhere a place that encompasses the perfect match of climate, soil, costs, human resources, and, above all, freedom for creativity and minimal bureaucracy to hinder the genuine development of a new and exceptional viticulture, that place is undoubtedly Argentina…Argentina’s potential for wine making is amazing and the diversity of its future prospects [...]

 On the day we mark the Sivas Congress’ 90th anniversary, we feel proud as a nation of both the work so far, and the continuing work to make our country progress in unity. The fact that all segments of our society act in line with a sense of maintaining our unity and state makes us [...]