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Default Wine tasting, no alcohol

On 2015-04-14 11:59 AM, graham wrote:
> On 14/04/2015 9:45 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2015-04-14 10:54 AM, graham wrote:
>>
>>>> Personally, I prefer some of the late harvest wines. It is sweet but
>>>> not cloying. Don't get me wrong about ice wine. It's great stuff. They
>>>> tend to have a lot character and a series of tastes and sensations.
>>>> It's
>>>> just that a little goes a long way. It's not like a liquor where you
>>>> can put the top back on and it will be good for years. It's a very
>>>> expensive product that won't keep more than a few days after opening.
>>>
>>> Chill it well and drink it with freshly cooked foie gras.

>>
>> Way too sweet for a first course wine
>>
>>

> Not with FG!
> Last year in Bordeaux I ordered FG as a starter and the waiter insisted
> that I have a glass of Sauternes with it. He was right, of course.


Oh.... "It" is Sauterne? We were talking about icewine.