Jim, stick with the wine; stay away from the damn Gummi's. Take up granola. Doctor's orders.... Gotta love a nice Burg now and again, don't ya?

Amen, Bill. I may be doing this for quite some while, but there's worse penance.

I bought alot of '01's but not much newer. Went back for a bunch of older stuff after visiting with Pappa and being blown away by some of the stuff he opened. I have some '67's, '76's and '83's I need to find a reason to open. Need to get back up to NYC one of these days but they won't let me carry ...

In defense of Bush Lite... He was a failure as a governor (although not as bad as his good hair successor), yet the country elected him to a post for which he was obviously not qualified. Instead of blaming him for everything, blame the American voter. After all, do you blame an untrained puppy who...

Somebody else has been making a Bordeaux blend doctored with syrah and marketing it as an eighteenth-century style Bordeaux. It's Palmer or one of the other big boys (not bad boys). Palmer released a bottling like this, because it frankly would be the truest representation of 18th Century Bordeaux....

....I do find it quite a stretch to project this exercise -- focused on enforcing specific traffic laws -- into some sort of universal agreement to cameras everywhere in order to monitor street corners for jaywalkers; however, that just might be my lack of imagination. Here's another to help expand...

The link is dead. I have deleted it from my desktop and toolbar......for the first time in the better part of a decade. It is a little weird, but I do like the new digs....

I agree with David....if these are acceptable, then why not cameras on every corner everywhere, to catch potential thieves, muggers or jay walkers? And if we agree to cameras everywhere for this purpose, are they not part of the public record, subject to subpoena by ex-spouses, employers or anyone e...

Jim, that program is alive and well in a number of places, including Canada, if I'm remembering correctly. I have a problem with it, too, in the sense that they're randomly assuming everyone is guilty - and taking a small piece of their privacy and freedom - to catch the few that are. As David said,...

I've had a number of '94's and still own a few. I've had the LLC a number of times over the past few years and it's very nice. Barton is also strong in '94, as was Haut Brion as Jacques mentioned. I recall having the Montrose quite a few years back, way too early, but I think it should be nice, too.

alchemeus wrote:Bill,

Not to start a political mish mash, but I honestly can't remember a thing Bush did right. ......

He left!

Did anyone here object when about six years or so, the government allowed the NSA to install the capacity to listen in on every domestic phone call made. Or object when they did began to listen to conversations without parameter of relevancy. Let's look in the mirror before we look down our noses a...

Orwellian and almost unbelievable. The world is rapidly becoming a very weird place. I have the tea, who wants to meet me at the harbor??

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1151505/Buying-wine-Spy-cameras-watching.html

Leflaive has possibly become my all around favorite white Burgundy. There are some other producers I adore (Ramonet comes to mind) but the price of admission is such that you really can't drink them very often. Leflaive at the upper end ain't cheap, either, but you can get some decent bottlings with...

By the way, I should say that I really did enjoy some Bindi Pinots, which surprised me.

Fabulous photos, Brad. I've gotten away from most things Oz myself, after taking the enamel off my teeth a few years back from an Integrity with an alcohol of about 17%. Guide me to the more classically styled bottlings, which I think might appeal to me more.

Hi Bill. I had one of these maybe a year ago and it was pretty mean. Kind of structured and tannic. I think I have one more but intended to let it sit and get into a better mood. Maybe soft music, a pillow.

Partying like a rock star. Sounds like a great evening, food and wine. Some of the more recent DRC Gr Ech have almost as much power as the Rich, but '82 is probably not the best measure of it any way. The Rich sounds like it was worth the effort, as well as the rest of the lineup! Just an average we...

Excellent! I'm going to try this with my next note. In fact, I'll have to open something specifically for the purpose. Any excuse....

Bro Jo is in the house! Outstanding! I thought I got a whiff of something Cuban...........

You know, Jon, I was thinking about that this evening. I'm sure JScott and the others who were on the old Wine Spectator site would agree. The parallels with what happened nine years ago, when we left a dysfunctional WS site, are very striking. Funny how it goes. The oddest part is that we really h...

DavidG wrote:

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.

I'll third that emotion.

Yeah, I feel the same way about PM wines. They are certainly good wines, and I sometimes find the Pavots to be right on, but just as often it isn't special enough to keep going. The Chards are good, but as my wife doesn't really dig whites, I just don't need them. I had still been buying the Aubert ...

David, never had one of these. I was on the mailing list for a while, but joined the party late enough that I was never allocated this one. After a time, a number of years, actually, I tired of the idea of buying all of the other stuff from them that I was less interested with trying to get it. Even...

I'm game. Let me know what and when.

This, for me, is another in a line of wines I will always associate with BWE, along with '96 Sociando, '89 Lynch and a host of others.....

I don't need no stinking avatar..... (Is there an emoticon that does a cheesy Latin accent?)

Jay Winton wrote:To quote the Monkees: We're the young generation and we got something to say

A Monkees quote. And I thought I was square.

Boy, you have my mouth watering with that '95 Pegau note. Sounds fab-oo. Second your note on the '97 Chave Blanc. I'm clinging to one lone half bottle of the lot I had, but thinking I probably need to pull the trigger sooner rather than later. I did go back to the well for the '05. I'm finding that ...

Wow. Honestly, how lucky are we to have Phil in our midst? I'm completely genuine about this. Knowing what a great programmer Eric is (as a user of CellarTracker), I'm floored by the fact that Phil stepped in to solve the problem. Three cheers to both Phil and Eric and can't wait to see it rolling. ...

I'm just way too old and square, I guess............

Fine, fine work, Phil. You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Welcome one and all. Let's get the party started!

Agree. The Cali version of Pinot may as well be a different category to itself, with a very few exceptions. It either appeals to you or it doesn't. As a generalization, in my view, Burgundy develops much more nuance, complexity and subtlety whereas Cali Pinot is ebullient, fruity and round. They are...

Got it!

I would echo David's comment above. I think it's probably best to ignore the "MD" designation for David and I. I think it's irrelevant in the context and maybe I'm self-conscious about it but I don't want it to come off the wrong way.

I suggest we leave it as it is for now as it is certainly serviceable at the least and does recall the old BWE site. It's one of those things we can work on over the coming months, if necessary, but we may find it grows on us, if even in a familiar, kitschy kind of way.

The other thing that strikes me here is there isn't an easy, obvious way to know what's new since the last visit, unless I'm missing it. I know that threads move toward the top, much as they did on BWE, but everything remains bold typeface throughout the forum. I have no idea if it's even possible, ...

I like the idea of the "sticky" suggestions thread, and the welcome thread. Also agree we should delete the threads/posts Jim mentioned and maybe also make a quick sweep of the other threads to check for any posts that might be misconstrued through our process. Not that we need to censor t...

Agreed, a front door is necessary for some of the functions we want, and moreover I think it will serve an important function early on in the feel of the site, where a new visitor isn't immediately confronted with a busy page of threads to assimilate and sort. As people get more comfortable it will ...

I do think that'd be a great idea, for a variety of reasons.