Thanks for taking one for the team by opening up a youngster like this. Would've thought maybe a modern-style, less-than-exalted estate might be showing more at this stage, but it sounds like a real Bordeaux. I can see an "outstanding" rating based on potential, Jim. Reading into your appa...

I'll be returning from 2 weeks abroad that week and will be playing catch-up in the office. My travel schedule is a bear this year - and next - mostly with academic stuff that is difficult or impossible to duck. I will follow the developments and try to free up time once a final date and place is pi...

Congratulations, Rob! That's an amazing acheivement. For anyone. Not to mention for an old coot like you! ;) Sounds like a bit of good luck running into another wine fan on the trip. Pasteur said chance favors the prepared mind. Guess it favors the prepared body too. I look forward to reading your n...

They didn't give stefan a math medal for nothin', ya know?

Nice notes, Stuart!

Michael: just pulling your leg!

Jim: but genuine or not, Parker says Hardy's wines are fantabulous! (Just pulling your leg too!)

Some nice oldies there! Glad to see so many BWEs drinking well. When I see a note on a 67 year old Sauternes that is still clear with primarily yellow/gold colors, it makes me worry about the 6L of '89 Guiraud that I bought a few years ago, which is a deep gold/brass/bronze (but still clear). It is ...

Does an unbroken case command that much of a premium for this wine? I agree with your plan to try one and see what you think.

Sounds like a party waiting to happen, Michael.

Now if it really was you that picked up that '47 Petrus in the Dubai airport, I will have to schedule a trip to SF for your welcome home!

...have you also been busy shopping?

What does Burghound say about the '08 Dauvissats?

Michael - the first wine I ever bought a whole case of was 1983 Prieure Lichine. My father and I split 3 cases and would open a bottle "together" - him in NJ and me in MD - every now and then. It was never a "great" wine but always very good and reliably enjoyable, and provided a...

Nice report, Jacques! I drank all my '95 Angelus, wish I had more. The other '95 that has been drinking very well young is the Pichon Lalande. Still letting a number of others rest, as I think they are still on the upswing. The '95 L'Evangile was showing pretty well earlier this year after an hour o...

They may be taking a bath, but with

Duhart Milon at $60
Pavie at $175
Haut Brion at $350
etc...

I'll wait until they are circling the drain.

White burgs were my first loves waaay back in the '70s. Started with Macon-Lugny, then Meursault and Pulignys, then they got too expensive and I moved on to real, umm, I mean red, wines. Sounds like it's time for a trip down memory lane via Chablis...

I agree with Chris and Hound. The Lafaurie and Smith Haut Lafitte are the ones I would try from that list. Buy a bottle as a tester and go back for more if you like it.

Hmm, all this enablement from multiple sources, and I might just dip my toes back in the white Burg pool...

Done and done, Danny. There is no problem here.

The '06 DH is going for around $60. I was hoping I'd see it for 1/2 or 2/3 that. Might have to try one anyway.

JimHow wrote:LOL
I'd go with Nixon myself....

Yeah but Cheney wasn't VP then. Hmm, Cheney to your W or Agnew to your Nixon...

Glad you liked the Duhart-Milon, Jim. I may have to pick up a bottle to try. But oh geez, how did I miss this? 3. It appears that my good friend David Glasser has no longer been posting on BWE since I called him an "asshole" earlier this week. I have met David, I'm guessing, upwards of 20 ...

I'm happy with my '00s as well, though many/most are still improving. The '05s are not in a good spot now. Yes they are tannic (remember SteveH was adamant about how they were too tannic?) but I think they will be outstanding in another 10 years. Like Danny, I haven't bought anything from '06-'09, e...

JIm, you have a valid point. When it comes to individual purchasing power for consumer goods like wine, personal income is more important than GDP. China may have passed Japan in GDP, but the average annual income there is still in the dumper. The problem with a statistic like average personal incom...

Nice treat! I am a little obsessive about cellar organization, which means this almost never happens to me. When it does, it's usually a gift bottle that I forgot about. So what was it? When I think of NZ reds, I think of Pinot Noir. This sounds like a Bordeaux blend of Cab, Merlot and Cab Franc fro...

Congratulations Stefan and Lucie. Sounds like a superb way to celebrate. Hope you have many many more.

Better luck next time Rob. Hope you feel better. You were smart to stop rather than taking a chance at getting hurt.

Comte, according to the the white burg premox wiki, some of Matrot's '06s have been hit, including some Meursault but apparently/possibly not the Perrieres, at least according to Michael Malinoski.

Jim, my memory is not good for dates and places, but I think it was the '00 vintage tasting in NYC in '04. I know it was something after NYC in '03.

I enjoyed sharing wines and tales with Dennis at a couple of BWE conventions. Even though he hadn't been around BWE lately, this news produces acute pangs of sorrow. So sorry to hear this.

That is a great story. Good for him for being willing to take the risk to follow his dream. Reading further down the page about the source of his grapes, I got a little curious. Sounds like selling of grapes is done with a minimum of publicity. Possibly because of reputation and branding. But I also...

Still waiting on a case of regular 750s. I wouldn't be surprised to find they are in if I called them... or not. Not gonna ship this time of year anyway, so I'll call them in the fall.

Hound, agree that the EP barrel tastings sell wine and subscriptions. Which is why I think they will have to continue them, though I don't have a clue how they will do that stateside. As to the wines being half-formed: true, but it's the hype that counts.

Interesting story. Clearly he is not done with the wine world - guess I should revise my subject header. He suggests WS will send a team to taste in barrel, but also says he didn't talk to them about their plans. I think they will have to put out barrel TNs in the spring for the EP season. He hints ...

Wow, Jacques, that is quite a story! He probably got "the treatment" for bruising the border guard's ego.

My favorite Sucker-ism was when he claimed the entire '89 vintage was better than the '90 vintage in Bdx based on a tasting of about a half-dozen or so top wines, then fudged the numbers so it worked out his way.

Jim asked about the Rodenstock dinner, I posted what was publicly available that I had access to. I don't defend everything Parker does, though I don't see his motives through quite so dark a lens. I happen to agree with a lot of his TNs (as well as those posted by many others here, including Jim). ...

You seem to read quite selectively, but I guess that's part of the game, isn't it. At least I say what I mean, without resorting to whining or elementary school ditties.

Jacques, will be interesting to see what he does. Perhaps his own newsletter? Or maybe he'll go to work for Tanzer?!?

James Suckling, who in one famous photo looked more than a little like a motorcycle-riding JimHow :roll: What an aaasshole.... I agree this sounds like an abrupt resignation. Keep us posted Jacques! Jim, I thought you kind of liked Suckling after all... or are you referring to me? As I recall, at t...

Jon, in general, it sounds like they will be doing more of their tastings in NY, instead of in Europe where JS was doing them. Don't know about barrel tastings. I would guess that would offer more logistic problems.

James Suckling, who once called our BD "vicious" in print, is retiring from he Wine Spectator. No word yet on what he will be doing next. James Molesworth will take over Bordeaux reviews.

Alex, has anyone mentioned that you paid too much for your purchases? Let me add this is especially true because 2009 is not selling well and the wines will cost no more on release. Are you new to this thread? Thank you, Hound. Couldn't have said it better myself! LOL! :lol: Alex, You are right I h...