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2005 Comte Georges de Vogue Chambolle-Musigny

Written By: Michael Zimberg on Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Bottle #00110. This is an outstanding red burgundy that delivers the goods. It is a lovely ruby red, with a nose of some damp earth, mushroom funk, and musty dark summer fruit. It is fine as silk, with wild blackberries, wild flowers, and incredible finesse and charm. Hard to imagine that it is a villages level wine. It beats most grand crus...read more

 

Video Transcript: A Quick Guide to Wine Enclosures

Written By: ClassicWines.com Team on Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Brian Freedman: Welcome to classicwines.com. Today, we will be talking about bottle closures. Now, this is used to be very, very simple, you had one of these things; you had a cork. These have worked for a very long time indeed. The problem is they have come in for some criticism lately. Depending on whose statistics you listen to, there might...read more

 

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Video Transcript: Exploring Dessert Wines

Written By: ClassicWines.com Team on Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Brian Freedman: Welcome to ClassicWines TV brought to you by classicwines.com, I am Brian Freedman. Now today we will be talking about dessert wines, although lets get this out of the way right off the bat, not all dessert wines are best enjoyed with desserts. Sometimes it becomes too much of a sweet thing, becomes a bad thing.

So let's actually...read more

 

Video Transcript: Exploring Wine Bottles - Burgundy and Bordeaux

Written By: ClassicWines.com Team on Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Brian Freedman: Welcome to ClassicWines.com, well today we will be discussing bottle shapes. Now, there are many different shapes of wine bottle, there is Riesling, tall narrow ones, there are champagne and sparkling one bottles, obviously, thicker glass to help with all those pressure issues inside, wider base, narrower neck. We have port...

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Video Transcript: Breaking Conventions with a Tawny Port Wine Showdown

Written By: ClassicWines.com Team on Thursday, September 4, 2008

Brian Freedman: Welcome to the classicwines.com Tawny Port showdown. I am your host, Brian Freedman. You are probably wondering, why are we drinking Tawny Port in the summer time? Well, easy answer, because there are few things that go better with a cigar. It's honestly cigar season right now, drink up your Port. Most people seem to think of...read more

 

Video Transcript: Tips for Buying Wine Online

Written By: ClassicWines.com Team on Thursday, September 4, 2008

Brian Freedman: Welcome to ClassicWines TV brought to you by classicwines.com, I am Brian Freedman. Now you are probably wondering, why I am standing in front of a map? Well that is because we are we going to discuss the issues involved with shipping wine from one place to another. Now buying wine online has become incredibly popular and...read more

 

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Video Transcript: How to Read a Wine Label

Written By: ClassicWines.com Team on Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Brian Freedman: Welcome to classicwines.com, where today we will be discussing how to navigate a wine label. Now this is not necessarily quite as simple as you might think it is because there's a lot of information on these things that depending upon the country of origin or sometimes even the region of origin, it could get a little bit...read more

 

Video Transcript: Battle of the Big Reds - California Cabernet Showdown

Written By: ClassicWines.com Team on Monday, August 25, 2008

Brian Freedman: Welcome to the classicwines.com Cabernet Showdown, I am your host, Brian Freedman. Today we are going to be talking about California Cab, but maybe in a little bit of a different context than you might be used to. California Cab is really one of the wines that the United States is best known for and most widely respected...read more

 

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Video Transcript: Gary Vaynerchuk and Brian Freedman - Wine and Cheese Pairing

Written By: ClassicWines.com Team on Monday, August 25, 2008

Brian Freedman: Alright guys, so the white wine, my wine, taste the wine, with a little bit of a cheese. I like what's happening between this wine and cheese. I think the cheese on its own is less ripe than it sometimes can be. This kind of cheese, this beberouchenchatal can be, occasionally when you go to DeBruno's or Murray's in New York or...read more

 

Video Transcript: The Value of Cognac with Alessandra Rotondi

Written By: ClassicWines.com Team on Monday, August 25, 2008

Brian Freedman: Welcome to the Classic Wines Minute, brought to you by classicwines.com, I am your host Brian Freedman. Today we are here at Brasserie Cognac in New York with Sommelier Alessandra Rotondi. Alessandra Rotondi: Hi! Brian Freedman: I have been practicing that. Alessandra Rotondi: Yeah, you pronounced perfectly; Rotondi...read more

 

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