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Elitist Review is four today
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Elitist Review is four today

1 August 2009 No Comments
I started this website four years ago with rant and a 1632″]Burgundy (what else) tasting note. Alas I have not kept count of the number of wines I have …
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Fast food

Mangal 1 Ocakbasi – no ‘bab-tat here

31 July 2009 No Comments
Sometimes you really need a kebab. We wanted the best Turkish kebab London has to offer, so we trekked to the other side of Town to get one. We …
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I hope this works
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I hope this works

30 July 2009 1 Comment
I’m cooking up some pork with lentils for a dinner party on Saturday. The recipe calls for boiling them in water, but we can do better than that. I’m …
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An Alsace 2007 that blows my socks off
Alsace

An Alsace 2007 that blows my socks off

30 July 2009 No Comments
I suppose some people would think that the world’s best Gewurztraminer would be even more pointless than the best Muscat. I disagree. A wonderful, fruity, floral Gewurz can be …
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Lovely limey life
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Lovely limey life

29 July 2009 No Comments
That acidity may hurt, but it shows that you are alive. Alive and enlightened if you are drinking this. When I was a beginner in the field of German …
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Chicken in cider (again, but better)
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Chicken in cider (again, but better)

28 July 2009 No Comments
Yesterday I made a much-improved version of my chicken in cider recipe. Regular followers of whatinterests.davidstrange.net will have seen some blurry pictures of it cooking and on my plate. …
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This is just Morey enough
Burgundy

This is just Morey enough

27 July 2009 2 Comments
My first taste of this Morey-Saint-Denis producer. I like Morey a lot, and this will do just fine as a basic offering. Morey-Saint-Denis ‘En La Rue De Vergy’ 2007, …
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Another good Alsace 2007
Alsace

Another good Alsace 2007

26 July 2009 No Comments
OK, it is a bit more minor than the Muscat, but we enjoyed this with a lot of pleasure. You cannot really go too far off the path if …
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I try this in the cold, hard light of afternoon
Alsace

I try this in the cold, hard light of afternoon

25 July 2009 No Comments
I loved this in France, but with the drugs working and being more in control of my nut-case tendencies, everything conspired to make me feel wonderfully positive. I think …
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I need more 2007 German wine
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I need more 2007 German wine

24 July 2009 3 Comments
The question is, which ones? As my long-term readers know I have almost no cash; I cannot afford much. I am torn between getting 6 bottles of good quality …
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