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Re: Mazuran's Hey, any wine that I can put a personalized label on has got to be good.

"You mean pimp juice" What do you mean by this?

Another nice wine in this initila-blend vein is Santa barbara Winery's ZCS - Zinfandel Carignan and Syrah. Coventrycat - If you think Syrah is "kind of on the light side" you have been drinking the wrong Syrahs.

Anybody have any of the Ferrand labels, the Ambre in particular? I was disappointed in this $50-60 bottle (a gift). I found it hot and alcoholic (not like Lindsay L:ohan, hot and alcoholic in a bad way)

Veuve Cliquot Ponsardin La Grande Dame - pick a vintage, any vintage

Among my far too many humidors I have a claimed 300-count 2 drawer unit that I purchase on ebay for $35. Including shipping it cost <$60 to my door. (Humidification/hygrometer inc.) I have to say, I am very satisfied with this unit. It is composition board, but seemingly fully-lined with a...

I couldn't open the site where the humidor proposed was shown, but I wonder just how good of a friend this is that you could contemplate buying a humidor described as 'way too expensive'. I mean, it's one thing to find someone smoking a bit more and give them an old box of yours 'Here, this'll...

"right into the 60%RH coolerdor they go" I am of the school of thought that a few degrees of RH one way or the other is not going to kill a cigar. I('ve got no problem with the above statenment or practice. But: Did you know that (damn now I am unsure of the compnay) either Davidoff or...

"a couple weeks in the humi to stabilize" Stabilize what? Someone else commented on "ammonia problems" in cigars that need as much as a year in one's humidor to be resolved. Several questions on this: What ammonia from where? What happens to the ammonia while you hold the cigar for a year...

Thanx for your responses. Interesting to find out that there is at least one maker of cigars and some tobaccvo growing. The question came up as I noticed you never see Haiti listed as a contributor of tobacco. Could haitian tobacco make up some of the infamous "Carribbean Basin Long Filler...

"whites on the other hand hit the fridge for about 2-2.5hrs before I am going to open them. That gets them about where they are supposed to be served. Longer than that and they will be too cold to enjoy properly." Longer than that they will be the same temperature. A bottle of wine will easily...

"I feel bad about having the two nicer bottles in a cabinet in my kitchen as the house temp is obviously above ideal condition" First, get your nice bottles out of your kitchen cabinets - possibly the worst place you can keep them. Second, when you say "house temp" do you mean you have a...

My "house red" for the last year or so has been "Il Bastardo" a 100% Sangiovese from Tuscany. Available from 7$-10. I agree that Bogle makes some terrific bargains - I suggest you try their Petite Sirah - IMO much better than either their Cab or Merlot. The Paralell 44 someone suggested has...

"if you cook with it, you probably shouldn't drink it" Indeed as noted elsewhere, if you shouldn't drink it, you shouldn't cook with it. It really isn't so that both rules are true or alike. By only cooking with wine you would drink, it obviates the need for such a caution as yours. I have...

"[If it's outdoors or in the garage, I would stay away from Cameroon wrappers until spring" Why?

Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, apparently has no tobacco agri-business. Nor do they manufacture cigars there. Does anyone know why?