Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

RDD

Go get em Rob. Must be pretty stoked about this. I couldn't even think about doing something like that at my age but would absolutely love to. I can live vicariously through others though. Good luck on the road. Hope health is good this time and spirits must be high. Hope Susan is well and enjoy a ...

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I did not finish within the time allotment. BUT I did finish! The officials yanked my friend off the course prior to the last control at Droix. My friend’s wife was going to pick him up and then collect me. But when I arrived at Droix there were some teenage/adults cycling teams there and an officia...

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Bonjour! You can track here: http://www.paris-brest-paris.org/pbp2011/index2.php?lang=en&cat=randonnee&page=suivi_participants Here’s USA rider list: https://sites.google.com/site/pbp2011usa/us-riders/rider-list I’m frame number 4555 which I can remember maybe. Off to Versailles for a nice d...

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Luckily my Mom was a proud Newfoundlander and an excellent cook. We rarely ate processed food. Although as kids we just had to have those new fangled TV dinners. Most sugar today has been replaced by high frutose corn syrup. So I don't know where that ends up in the mix. I really appreaciate the way...

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The banking system is quite different in Canada. A few very large banks. They have not faired well in the US. RBC just sold out and left the market. Barclays (although UK) did they same many years ago. Banks in the US also have to bear some of the blame. IF they had stuck to banking things would hav...

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That Paris-Brest "cake" could give whoopie pies a run for their money. It is probably the best cake in France! ;) My uncle thinks it is named after the long straight road between Paris and Brest, and I believe the road that RDDs race takes place on!? Good luck with that. The French love c...

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Houndsong: We're all good. I am a firm believer in work and building things. It not only advances society but provides a inner satisfication and pride in individuals. I really don't like "slackers" or those that live on the hard work of the others. If I were in Aesops fables the grasshoppe...

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I didn't interject any false controversy. I don't make those distinctions. Congress does. Anyway my original point is who decicdes what the safety net covers and doesn't cover? Are the federal retirement plans and medical coverage entitlements also? Or does it justapplyto private citizens forced to ...

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The problem I have is who decides where entitlement versus need begins and ends?
What are the standards? What is a "huge estate"?
Anyway I'll stop there as this is a very tricky subject.

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JimHow wrote:Are you trying to tell me that anything other Palmer was a wine of quality in 1999? I'm skeptical.

1999 Pavie MacQuin

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That's a shame Jim.
I remember first encoutnering Bordeaux and buying the 1982 Talbot for 15.00 a bottle.
I wonder what happened.........

RDD

Had the 1982 a few weeks ago at our anniversary dinner.
It was joined by 1996 Pol Roger and 1986 Climens.
All the wines were EXCELLENT!

RDD

So if I have to hear Obama and the Democrats invoke the name of Ronald Reagan one more time I think I'm going to barf. Puhhleeze. Ronnie Ray Gun was the start of all of this mess. I remember what it was like when my fellow socialist law students and I were heckling him when he spoke in Government C...

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From my POV a "spoofy" has been manipulated during vinification to garner high praise and points from Parker. But French winemaking has always allowed some manipulation (chapelization). So where's the line? If manufactured within permitted guidelines and regulations can any wine be said to...

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If you think Sauternes get's no respect, ask your Dad about BA and TBA's.
Which is fine by me as it leaves the price low.
I'll have to try the Climens as I have a good stash of 1988 and 1986.
Maybe with some 1988 Lafaurie-Peyraguey which was a great bargain.

RDD

Happy B-day.
Great note.
I get it.

RDD

Well the last two months have been tough. I withdrew from the last 600K at 230K with a fever. Then contracted bronchitis which morphed into pneumonia. And worked required extended 80+ hour weeks. And I had no time to train even if I was healthy. But I thru caution to the wind and tried to uncork the...

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Well come drink a 1983 Palmer. But I hear you. There has been a huge seperaion of wealth and items that were once obtainable now seem like absurd luxuries. But I've found treasures in other areas. The garden is brimming with fresh asparagus. The strawberries are coming on. The blackberries and blueb...

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Please, Jim, if the big boys are beyond the reach of many of us, the answer is to look elsewhere. That can be in other countries and other regions... but why not in Bordeaux itself? Sure, Alex, if the top wines are unavailable without spending a fortune, then I can look elsewhere, including Bordeau...

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JimHow wrote:Rob...
"Right bank...."
Is that part of Bordeaux???

Maybe it's "better half"? Misunderstood and under appreciated.
L'Angelus 1989/1990 would be very nice to taste.
Or La Conseillante Or Cheval Blanc.Or Le Terte Roteboeuf.

RDD

There are great wines in both vintages.
1990 was certainy a tremendous bargain compared to 1989.
Where is the Right Bank in the "taste off"?

Since I'm not able to attend I can throw rocks from afar. HAHAHA

RDD

Well I only wish we could all get together. I actually love the people I've met in this forum over the years. It is so hard to decipher personalities over the internet. BUT EVERYTIME I've joined with a BWE group it has been fantastic. Many varied walks of life. But we all have a love of wine. The co...

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Yes PBP is a long. 1200K with an 80 hour time limit. My brother Mike is an Ancien (repeat offender hahaahaa). so I'd like to try to doing something epic with him. It is held evey four years and we both aren't getting younger so now is the time. It takes training , determination and you have to be a ...

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My swag at #4 is Latour a Pomerol.

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Tiring month: . I road myself into the ground. Had to pull out of a 600K (my final qualifier for PBP) at 220K about six sick weeks ago. Luckily I had a bud around the corner in Wilmington,NC who scooped me up. He and his lovely wife, Tina, fed me and put me in bed with a fever. I'd had trouble all d...

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I'll be sticking around. And I can give some blow by blow of this particular quest. I'm secretly a Francophile. Food,wine and cycling. My two brothers and I have been serious cyclist since 1970.Just for the pure love of it at first. But then for adventure,mental,physical aand spiritual health. Curre...

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I haven't been around much but that doesn't mean I haven't thought of the BWE family. I can't afford two trips this year ( no convention for me) and have opted for France to complete Paris-Brest-Paris with my brother Mike. And to that end I've been out completing the required quailifiers. So in the ...

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Back at ya.
Have good time and enjoy your family!

RDD

THANKS ALL! I know the surgeon fairly well and was able to negotiate an early discharge. Last week was without a doubt the most uncomfortable week of my life. Some of the time is enveloped in a narcotic haze. But much of it is still deeply eched into my memory. But I am now home safe and sound with ...

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Jm:
When I voted the clerk said:
"Thanks for voting. That's how this country was started."
"What?????", I replied. "This country was founded on revolution. Maybe we should use the same tactic and start over."

RDD

Will somebody please tell me what the hell Obama is doing out in Afghanistan? Didn't he just come back from a two-week trip on the other side of the world? Earth to Barack: Why don't you just stick around and deal with some of the problems HERE for a while in this distaster area also known as Ameri...

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Well I "cheated".
Or rarther used my "mad" techonlogy skills.

One point of reference is :

Jeff Leve

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Going in to have some surgey to repair some hernia's along a previous abdominal incision. Will be out of it for a week or so. But I love y'all and will be back to annoy you. A little nervous as last time they unzipped me it hurt like HELL. I only hope on the pain juice I can have some visions fo Kub...

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I think Reisling is also very versatile in this respect.

From patry favor to meal companion, you can usualy find some Reisling with a compatible sweetness/dryness level.
And there's Sekt.

RDD

Carolina Panthers = warm cheap beer.

At least I've got good tickets to watch the VT Hokies play FSU for ACC Championship.
Should be a fun Saturday evening.
GO HOKIES!

And to Jay:
Thanks to the Terps for destroying NC State chances or I would have spent Saturday evening with my neighbor. HAHAHA

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Jim: For initiation could we at least get a surrogate dictatoresse? Jacques the peacemaker: Happy Chanukah! And to DavidG. And anyone else I may have missed. Marcs: I wish I could write and convey like you do. I'm only good at numbers and cold hard Spock like logic. And to Alice all the best even th...

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Jim:
I think it will re-emerge. Probably sooner than the 86's.
Blanquito:
I've had it a number of times. May still have some or 87.
You don't hear much about Patrick Campbell these days. I assume he's still at it.

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Well the holiday is about over. My girls are back with their Mom. Everyone had great food and freindships. No fights or drama. Have a nice plate of Venison swiss steak warming. Nose is floral wih brooding dark fruit. Black rasperries, cassis. Nice deep but still wrapped in tannin. Has softened a lit...

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Danny: My point exactly. It is both. A proper blend of each. Nature is voodoo and science is man's feeble attempt to reign it in. But none of us would be drinking good ageable wines if the Dutch match had not been invented. And plonk is plonk. I've had "unmanipulated" biodynamic plonk and ...

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Well I'm sick with a slight fever so maybe I'm over reacting. I just get tired of the line of reasoning that a nice well endowed wine has to have been made to please Parker. Surely a lot of 1982's fall in that category. Before there was any Parker reputation. Also I think science can be applied in a...

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