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Comment by Steve on November 13, 2009 at 8:43am

Just received my allocation of 07 Sea Smoke.....!!! Let the bidding wars begin!

Comment by Kevin G. Clayton on September 18, 2009 at 1:44pm

I have a coffee shop combined with a retail wine shop with over 800 wines from small and family run wineries. We use exclusively Mr. Espresso for our espresso and drinks and a small local roaster called Capitol grounds for all of our drip coffee. We have in-store wine tastings and live music every other Saturday. too much wine, not enough time.

Comment by Banks Thomas on November 24, 2008 at 2:25pm

I seem to like the New World wines also. I wish I knew half as much about wine as I do coffee.

Comment by Alun Evans on October 4, 2008 at 8:25pm

Maybe I should have added Colorado to that list. Interesting article in NY Times this morning about Colorado's wine industry. I lived there in the late 80's/early 1990's. There was no wine industry back then> http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/travel/05biking.html?em

Comment by Alun Evans on October 4, 2008 at 6:45pm

So... how about some comments about peoples personal favorite producers, vineyards, countries of origin? As mentioned I like the new world wines- including the Californian producers, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.

Here would be another point of comparrison to coffee I think. the way wine is being produced in the "New World" takes away a lot of the snobbery and opens up quality wines to the masses.

Comment by Andy Newbom on September 28, 2008 at 8:06am

Coffee and Wine are related but they are not at all the same. Wine is a solvent and coffee is a solution. But the language used to describe them is similar.

I like coffee better because there are so many more flavors and nuances and it is so much harder to make right.

ahhh but wine how you make me mellow...

Comment by Alun Evans on September 27, 2008 at 6:35pm

Indonesia is ideally located to able to get quality wine from the New World producers- Sav Blancs, Pinot Noirs and Pinot Gris from NZ, Cab Savs and Siraz out of Aussie and a mix out of South Africa. Prices are a killer (huge import tax). There are some locally vinted wines from Bali. Sadly while the climate and soil types here are ideal for growing coffee, it is not perfect for grapes to be made into wine.

Comment by Banks Thomas on September 15, 2008 at 5:08pm

This is a great idea for a group, its about time people see how related coffee and wine are.