Alec Saunders SquawkBox » WineA daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there.LEcole No. 41 1999 Seven Hills Merlot- September 30, 2005 It&8217;s Thursday night.&160; Tonight is the night Janice paints, and when she comes home I&8217;ve got a bottle of wine out.&160;&160; It didn&8217;t take much encouragement from a friend to dig out a nice bottle.&160; This is what we&8217;re drinking&160;&8211; Ecole 41 Seven Hills Merlot, Walla Walla Appelation.&160; This Washington winery is one of my ...http://saunderslog.com/2005/09/29/lecole-no-41-1999-seven-hills-merlot/ Vintages Direct- September 25, 2005 Mark Evans wrote about Vintage Direct, a new online wine merchant in Ontario. You&8217;ve long been able to buy wines online in Ontario, from the local Ontario&160;wineries, or&160;the wine agents who supply the LCBO and restaurants.&160;&160;Usually, it&8217;s a minimum one case order, which makes the cost and risk&160;prohibitive for most people.&160; For instance, a few ...http://saunderslog.com/2005/09/25/vintages-direct/ DArenberg The Galvo Garage 2002: redux- September 24, 2005 It&8217;s almost three hours since we opened the d&8217;Arenberg Galvo Garage. Dinner was one of my favorite fall dinners &8212; beef, stewed with a medley of root vegetables, mushrooms and a few of those serrano peppers I&8217;ve been harvesting all summer.The wine was aterrific accompaniment. Thetannins cut the richness of the beef, and the fruit ...http://saunderslog.com/2005/09/24/d%E2%80%99arenberg-%E2%80%9Cthe-galvo-garage%E2%80%9D-20... DArenberg The Galvo Garage 2002- September 24, 2005 I&8217;ve just decanted a bottle of d&8217;Arenberg&8217;s &34;The Galvo Garage&34; 2002, which I found in my local LCBO for C$29.95.&160;I picked it up on a whim, not knowing anything about it other than the fact that I&8217;ve&160;enjoyed just about every d&8217;Arenberg wine I&8217;ve purchased. &160;It&8217;s a classic Bordeaux blend &8212; cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petit verdot, ...http://saunderslog.com/2005/09/24/darenberg-the-galvo-garage-2002/ |