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And I'm actually impressed that our prices are for the most part in line with what your prices for the same imports. I wouldn't have expected that.

Agreed - many 'parker'-ized palettes don't have an appreciation for some of the subtleties of old world wines. I always find it interesting to try and find other sources of tasting notes than just Parker... here in QC we have a few noteworthy sommeliers, each having their own franchises (eg books, magazines etc.) so it's nice to have an opportunity to get different opinions on wines. I did a tasting a few weeks ago of Rhone region wines, and the organizer added a 'new world ringer' from California to see if we'd be able to pick it up. Many did, and it was quite interesting to compare wines with a similar varietal blend, elaborated in a similar style but on two different continents.

I guess in light of the above, "good value" remains to be correctly defined

Interesting, I don't know too much about Spanish wines, but in several respects they seem to offer a very good value. From what I know, Montsant is a new Appellation (DO in Spain) where lots of 'new world' style wines are being made. I think it neighbours Priorat, which has been a Parker fave, and I read somewhere that he has ranked wines of that region very highly in the recent past. Probably because the style of wine being elaborated there is destined for NA markets. Both regions are near Penedes, which has been producing and exporting wines to Canada for some time, although that specific wine is likely not available here. I did a quick search of Priorat at our favourite booze monopoly and here are the seven products I came up with, nothing below 33$/bottle and most are douuble or triple that amount: Cims de Porrera Classic priorat Espagne 2000 Vin rouge, Vin tranquille, 750 ML, 08437004 687005 Fiche descriptive 94,00 $ Finca Dofi Alvaro Palacios priorat Espagne 2001 Vin rouge, Vin tranquille, 750 ML, 08429073 010112 Fiche descriptive 113,00 $ L'Ermita Alvaro Palacios priorat Espagne 2001 Vin rouge, Vin tranquille, 750 ML, 08429073 010228 620,00 $ Les Terrasses Alvaro Palacios priorat Espagne 2002 Vin rouge, Vin tranquille, 750 ML, 08429073 050170 36,50 $ Mas Igneus FA 206 priorat Espagne 2001 Vin rouge, Vin tranquille, 750 ML, 08437005 078031 33,00 $ Miserere priorat Espagne 2002 Vin rouge, Vin tranquille, 750 ML, 08437001 171286 64,00 $ Terra d'Hom priorat Espagne 2001 Vin rouge, Vin tranquille, 750 ML, 08753590 000142 67,00 $

Is it a tempranillo? or some other varietal?

24 inches??? That's called a TV, Mosjan. You sure it's a Mac? Try PinPoint - it displays a graphic around your mouse pointer so you can 'find' it quicker. Hope that helps mosjan, and if not, I'm sure Sipan can program a script that'll make your mouse pointer come and find you when your lost...

OR, you could make the rest of your screen resolution smaller... Mosjan is something wrong with your eyesight? Maybe you should take it easy on the "gini" aper jan.

You mean the pointer? I assume you're running OS X, but I don't know which version. If the built in adjustments aren't enough, you might want to try an APE - Application Enhancer. For Panther and above you could try MightyMouse - it installs a supplementary control panel that allow you to change just about ANY setting having to do with your mouse pointer appearance.

Not sure if it'll be that easy. Something tells me that running windows on the Mac is not something that it's "designed" for.... but of course, we'll have to see won't we.

See this link about the site And this one about the film.

phooey! I bet it didn't. Unless you touched the magic "make me crash" button

Geez - let's just pour more oil on the fire It seems some people enjoy seeing our nation divided.

ROTFL Sorry I just pictured Sasun leading his own football club.

Good choice, my friend.

Then again there's alwaysTHIS.

And let's not forget pollution. With the industrial "development" of China, we are seeing exponential growth in industrial waste and pollution. Governmental standards, where they exist, are not substancial, nor are they being enforced. And we are forced to witness disasters like Harbin more and more frequently. And BTW, apart from shipping in some water to a community in panic the Chinese governments response for the latter incident was simply to allow the pollutants to flow down river in to Russia.

Man, I had totally missed that! LOL

Agreed Religion can help some people find comfort. It can help provide answers to questions that would otherwise remain largely unclear.

Ditto

I see this all as a tit-for-tat. You're ALL SAYING THE SAME THING. But you're on two different sides of a brick wall.

In Peter Balakian's book, The Burning Tigris, he spends quite afew chapters discussing the missionary movements in the United States and their championing the cause of the Starving Armenians. I believe the term first appeared on the American landscape during the Hamidian massacres in the 1890's, and not the Genocide of 1915.

Wow! Thanks SO much - I sent you a PM a few minutes ago.

Seb - stop the personal insults. There's a reason why the other thread was closed. We don't need more flame wars, that other thread was bad enough. Alright?

And you're here to save us?

Ok. This thread is going nowhere fast. Apologies to anyone who may feel slighted, but for now, this thread is closed.