Wine + Index = Winedex
I wouldn’t so much call the Wine Index (hereafter Winedex) a project, as it’s more of an exercise, or if you will, practice. The idea occurred to me while last attempting, rather unsuccessfully, to remove the label from a rather enjoyable bottle of wine, after a lengthy soaking in hot water. All that effort, and in the best of circumstances all that one gained was a small, delicate and easy to loose slip of paper. There must be a more effective way of doing this, I thought. And then it occurred to me, why not simply take digital images of the bottles and place them in a convenient location? And there you have the beginning of my wine (and now spirit) database, with comments accompanying a digital image of the wine label. Just click on the image of the lable to view a higher resolution image.
Winedex Submissions
To submit a unranked or undiscovered wine or spirit to the Winedex, just send me an email with the name of the wine, a picture of the label and whatever information your interested in gleaning from the bottle.
Winedex : Rankings and Labels
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Name: Cotes du Rhone Parallele 45
Year: 2003 vintage
Region: France, Rhone Valley
Distributor: Paul Jaboulet, Importer Frederick Wildman & Sons.
Area: Available in Hyde Park, Binny's
Cost: $11-12
Notes: Wonderful Cotes du Rhone red on par with Guigal's Red Cotes Du Rhone.
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Name: Chateau Grande Cassagne 2003 Costières de Nîmes "G.S."
Year: 2004
Region: Rhone Valley, St.Gilles
Distributor: Imported by Robert Kacher.
Area: Available in Hyde Park, Binny's
Cost: $7-8
Notes: An fantastic unfiltered blend of 44% old-vines Grenache (44%) and 56% Syrah, whose initials explain the mysterious "G.S." on the label. Perhaps one of the best wines I've had for the price, despite not being much of a Syrah/Shiraz fan.
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Name: Guigal Red Cotes Du Rhone
Year: 2003
Region: Rhone Valley, Ampuis.
Producer/Distributor: E. Guigal
Area: Available in Hyde Park, Co-Op Supermarket, Kimbark Liquors
Cost: $10-12
Notes: Another blended wine from the Rhone valley, the fantastic Guigal Red Cotes Du Rhone includes approximately 50% Syrah, 30-40% Grenache, and the rest Mourvedre. A rather dry red which is most excellent when paired with Swiss Griiar.
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Name: Chateau de Campuget Merlot
Year: 2003
Region: French
Distributor: Imported by Robert Kacher.
Area: Available in Hyde Park, Binny's
Cost: $8-9
Notes: Excellent unfiltered red.
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Name: Justin Monmousseau Vouvray
Year: 2001
Region: Loire valley, France
Distributor: Justin Monmousseau
Area: Available ?
Cost: $8.99-?
Consumed: Summer 2005
Notes: A wonderfully white wine, that despite it's excessive dryness still manages to maintain a fairly complex flavor. Ages very well.
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Name: La Muse Verte
Distributor: Artez Sarl
Area: Aquired in French Rivera (Thanks to Anthony Mohen)
Cost: $30-40
Notes: La Muse Verte is an excellent French Absinthe (and thus devoid of Wormwood) that is best served in the traditional method of absinth preparation- pouring iced water onto a sugar cube balanced on an absinthe spoon. On the high end in terms of alchohol content (68% by volume) - even for absinthe.
Absinthe, having been declared illegal in france by name, is sold under the psedonom of 'Spiriteux Aux Plantes D'Absinthe'.
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