Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

DavidG

Kudos go to Eric for CellarTracker and the export function, and to Phil for making it work with the board software.

Lagrange is a BWE favorite. Is the '02 one that needs a little more cellar time?

DavidG

Exact same experience here, Brad. A lot of these wines are great on release as cocktail wines but just fall apart over time. I know one of our Oz posters gets incensed every time I say this, because it really is dependent on which wines you pick. I still love a Grange with age on it, but thre are a ...

DavidG

Thanks, Roberto. I don't necessarily attach as negative a connotation to "New World" as some do. I was just curious/trying to calibrate with you because you mentioned that the fruit was not jammy - jammy fruit being a hallmark of New Worldiness in my mind. The other thing that often gets a...

DavidG

Tom pointed out to me that there is no need to keep reposting the guest list - I can just edit the initial post. D'OH! Another advantage of the new BB software. So I've deleted all the out-of-date lists and updated the original post.

DavidG

Wow, what a collection of wines! Bummer about the Krug and L'Evangile - couple of shoulda-been-great bottles. I agree with you on the La Chapelle. A bottle drunk in its youth was awesome, then it shut down hard and has stayed in a shell ever since. I'm always looking for someone else's notes on this...

DavidG

Actually this note was from almost 6 years ago. I just picked the first one I saw that had extended characters in order to test the CT posting fix. I am due to open another, maybe on our anniversary next month (Peg and I were married in '88).

DavidG

This has been sitting in my temp-controlled cellar since release. The cork was soaked through and cruddy on the surface, but there was no ullage. That was a pop/pour note - it actually got a little longer on the palate after an hour or two. RP says this is getting old - I have to disagree.

DavidG

They came through fine. I'm not real clear on how PMs work. I replied to one but it looks like it's just sitting in my Outbox. Does it stay there until the recipient picks it up, or am I supposed to do something besides hit "Submit?" The reply I made to you and the moderator group seemed t...

DavidG

I've long been a fan of Bin 389, though I can't recall when I last bought any. What's it go for nowadays?

DavidG

Here's a test post of an old note to see if the extended characters are coming through from CT: 1988 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape (2/15/2003) dark red, slight bricking, rich ripe nose of pure fruit, no funk, plenty of great sweet frui...

DavidG

No private messages in my in-box, Phil. I did get some last week, but nothing since.

DavidG

Eric - MSIE 7.0.6000.16764

DavidG

Hmm, the accented characters don't seem to come through from CT...

DavidG

1988 Chteau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande - France, Bordeaux, Mdoc, Pauillac (1/29/2009) Cork soaked through, but fill within 1/2" of cork. Dark red with bricking at rim. Complex mature nose of cassis, cherry, leather, cigar box, tar, forest floor. Medium body, good balance, complexit...

DavidG

I've dropped so many lists I can't remember them all. Some still send me offers. The toughest and last to go was Harlan - I really love that wine but the price just got silly. I still buy the occasional Peter Michael, and still buy from SQN and Shafer. On the less expensive side I'll buy an occasion...

DavidG

'88 Lynch is also excellent - better than expected from a non-vintage of the century. It showed very well at the BWE Lynch tasting in NYC.

DavidG

Excellent work, Phil and Eric!

DavidG

PappaDoc wrote:I still love Carol King, classic stuff from a classy Lady. She was kind of like Janis Joplin without the booze,White Soul.

I'm with you, Pappa.

DavidG

Like this?
Old BWE Search Engine

Thanks, I knew there must be a trick to this!

DavidG

Scott - I've cut WAAAY back on my PM orders, but still seem to get what I want. Mostly a few chards - not springing for the $$$ Point Rouge or Indigene anymore. The QPR on the Pinots isn't quite there for me for that style, but I like one now and then. And the Les Pavots doesn't thrill me more often...

DavidG

Until we come up with a better solution (hopefully before the old BWE goes away entirely), here's a link to the old site search engine:

http://bordeauxwine.org/bwe/swish.cgi

Phil, maybe we can put this link somewhere on the menu bar?

DavidG

Whoa Nelly! On buying wine:

http://groups.msn.com/BordeauxWineEnthu ... =0&CDir=-2

How do I post a link so it shows up with the words instead of the URL?

DavidG

Yeah, a bunch of us tried to go from Memorial Day to Labor day without buying any wine one summer. None of us mad it. I came close, but had to ask for special dispensation from Jim to buy a couple of mailing list wines that would have dumped me otherwise. How much my perspective has changed since th...

DavidG

I can tell I am going to enjoy these reminiscences. Will be looking forward to this post every day.

My recollection was that the Branaire won the '82 vote, beating out the Mouton... no? Or maybe I am just remembering my own preference.

DavidG

And once we get the CellarTracker import, I bet it will get even busier here.

DavidG

I'm seeing more TNs from more posters than we've had in a while, and I don't think it's just the first blush of enthusiasm. The MSN site was just too much of a PITA for many people.

DavidG

Thanks, Jim!

DavidG

In addition to the full wine glass, there is also a little red square just to the left of the title if a thread has new posts since you last read. If there are no new posts, the little square is not there and the wine glass is empty. Another nice thing about this site is that it appears to track wha...

DavidG

Jim, your note is one in a long line of nice things I've heard about this wine. Sounds like something I would like, and great QPR. Wish it were available locally. Doesn't make sense to ship a $12 bottle.

DavidG

I'm a big Rhone fan, bot S and N.

Now how'd you find a Sauternes from the Rhone?

DavidG

Hmm, no '95 GPL here, but if I can make the date I may just open a '96 to keep you all honest...

DavidG

Jim, you posted this on the old site 3/9/04: The final wine list for the Harvard presentation! 1981 Chateau Leoville Las Cases (St. Julien) 1981 Chateau Lafite Rothschild (Pauillac) 1986 Chateau Gruaud Larose (St. Julien) 1986 Chateau Recougne (2 bottles)(Bordeaux Superior) 1989 Chateau Lynch Bages ...

DavidG

If you remember the Monkees, you ain't in the young generation no mo'...

DavidG

Yeah - I'm seeing more purple than pink, too. But I like the idea that the user can select whatever color scheme appeals to them. I think the software has some acccommodation for that. There's a drop-down box in the user control section, but right now it only contains one choice. Maybe that's all yo...

DavidG

That's fine, Jim, but you're not going to drink that 1918 Haut Brion at the ballpark. It would be like drinking Cheval Blanc out of a styrofoam cup at a fast-food joint... At the risk of sounding like a curmudgeonly snob - both baseball games and fine wine are demanding of one's full attention. You ...

DavidG

Zachy's sent an e-mail bragging about this. Fine wine and baseball just doesn't sound right to me...

DavidG

Phil did the real work. If he is willing to share there are a lot of other phpBB boards (WLDG, FTLOP, Wine Berserker and more) who all want to integrate similarly. Does this mean we will be able to post directly from CT? If so, that's great news! When will this feature be turned on? I assume it wil...

DavidG

That's Eszencia - hardly ferments at all. I've had a few bottles - not Oremus but Stanza, from 1996. Came in 100 ml bottles. Extreme is a good descriptor - agree with the massive intensity, sweetness and acidity. Amazing stuff, but is it really "wine" as we know it?

DavidG

No idea how to do a screenshot from the phone...

But even if it doesn't look perfect, it works. And it sounds like the iPhone and Blackberry users are not having any problems at all.

DavidG

I cleared the phone memory and jiggered a few settings on the phone which also helped.

Formatting isn't perfect - some labels overwrite each other - but very usable now.

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