Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: James Walker Post Time: 01-11-2008 at 08:40 PM

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Ed Murray Post Time: 02-24-2008 at 12:51 AM

There’s a big night coming up that causes fluttering of the stomach, nervous anticipation, the colour red (possibly), and wine. No, not Valentine’s Day, but February 24th, the date of... Read More...

Is anyone else celebrating "Open That Bottle Night" tonight? You can read more about it here: Open That Bottle Night We've decided to open a bottle we've had kicking around for a few years now - a 1980 Bolla Trebbiano di Aprilia, which is apparently an Italian dry white wine. The wine ... time to open it than tonight! We've got some other great wines lined up that we know will be good...

February 23 is Open That Bottle Night! A holiday spearheaded by By Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher of Wall Street Journal 'Tastings' column fame, February 23 is 'Open That Bottle Night.' 'Open That Bottle Night' is a special night devoted to uncorking and enjoying all those 'save it for later ... explain how to throw your own 'Open That Bottle Night' in this recent column. The essential elements...

This Saturday is Open That Bottle Night (as designated by the wine writers of the WSJ and adopted ... wino’s have at least one bottle they’ve been hanging onto for some unspecified special occasion and Feb 24 is as good an occasion as any. I think their assumption was that the bottle would likely ... drunk this Saturday night...

I took quite a while in narrowing down the bottle I was going to open for Open That Bottle Night ... , but what a better occasion than to open a special bottle of wine and make a night of it? Thanks ... the bottle still had not been opened. So tonight was the night! The 2000 Cyrus is a Bordeaux style blend ... to open in her post on OTBN, but hadn't quite decided exactly which one would fall victim to my palate...

” question about what to serve with our Sparkling Rosé on “Open That Bottle Night” (OTBN) and some delightful people who came for a tour said they were thinking of bringing a bottle of 1997 Howell Mountain ... . But, what the heck is “Open That Bottle Night”??? They couldn’t believe I’d never heard ... together with some friends, cook up a fabulous meal and open that bottle...

We actually did open this bottle of wine on the OTBN date 2 weekends ago, I just had not gotten ... ’t, but then I figured what the heck. I had originally thought that I could convince Megan to open one of our Caymus Cabernet’s which is what I stated I would probably open on Farleys blog, Behind The Vines ... evident with this bottle, which is why we bought it. The aromatics were extremely powerful, leaping...

Anytime I time I get to taste four wines in one night I am happy. This past Friday, my girlfriend and I did up some panini for our friends during our weekly international theme dinner. On the menu ... with vanilla ice cream dessert. The first bottle we opened was Tres Picos Garnacha 2004 , from Campo ... opened a bottle Banfi Rosa Regale Brachetto D’Acqui 2004 . As far as dessert wines go, this one...