Neal Martin is very positive on 2007 Sauternes. I pay more attention to his reviews (particularly Bordeaux) than anyone else at the Wine Advocate. Though I do like David Schildknecht on German wines.

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Love to try your 1978 Haut Brion, stefan.

My second bottle will be 1979 Pichon Lalande.

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Great notes - thanks. But I have always been partial to 1978 Domaine de Chevalier.

No wonder I couldn't find Blanquito in Fort Collins last week. Anyway I enjoyed the great beers.

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The Louviere was also very nice in 1982 and 1998 - haven't had the 2000 but that sounds good as well. I have generally had good luck with Lanessan, I try to buy it in good years whenever I can find it. Very good in 1996, 2000 and 2005. I was not all that happy with the 2000 La Croix du Casse last ti...

Well, I really liked the 1985, 1986 and 1989 Beycheville. Also really liked the 1970, 1971 and 1978 Beycheville back in the day. Not much experience with more recent vintages.

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What an evening - another fantastic Tom & Gail production. Many thanks I just loved having so many Champagnes. The first one, an extra Brut was a bit too dry for my taste but the Cedric Bouchard La Parcelle Blanc de Noirs was fruity and quite lovely, the 1996 Krug was great - I certainly had my ...

I have no experience with 1972 DRC but I remember enjoying many very nice 1972 Burgundies (both red and white). Don't know that it was a great year in Burgundy but there were some very good wines. Mine are long gone.

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I've got a bottle of 1975 Latour that I could bring.

I will certainly vote for that 1971 Climens - a great one for sure.

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How about my favorite theme "something good from Bordeaux" plus some Champagne and a few whites and of course some dessert wine?

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DavidG wrote:I know Chris' favorite wine is 1994 Troplong Mondot.

Thanks for the reminder though it was ok as broth for stewing beef.

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I would be fine with doing 1983 and 1985 - two good Bordeaux vintages that are ready to drink. Would certainly want to include DavidG's 1983 Gruaud Larose - one of the stars of the vintage. I do have 5 or 6 1994s but I'm not interesting in doing a big tasting of the vintage this year - many of the w...

I agree with Stefen - wines from the 70s.

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I will be bringing Champagne as well.

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No particular opinion on the 2008 Bordeaux but my general approach to all the newer vintages is to wait and see. I think prices are headed down.

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Nic, Jacques, Patrick, Gail, Jay, etc Sorry you can't make it to Chicago - you will all be missed. But in your absence, the rest of us will do our best to uphold the BWE traditions. I would love to participate in a BWE event in the Denver area - nice place to visit and our daughter just moved to Bou...

German and Bordeaux would be my preference. Of course we will need some Champagne and really good dessert wines. Then again we will probablly need a few ...... How about anything good?

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Bin 36 is fine with me. Looking forward to it. I'll try to find something from 1999.

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Marjorie and me would be interested in a Burgundy dinner.

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My recent wines, all relatively young: 2007 Chateauneuf - Bastide St. Dominique Secrets Pignan VV - big, rich, fruity wine that's open for business (93) 2001 Fleur de Bouard - Le Plus - black, young, fruity, deep, rich and concentrated. It's a big wine and a bit like a Chateauneuf made out of merlot...

Marjorie (lovely spousal unit) is now interested in attending. Please include her in the count for Saturday.

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Snow starting to slow down here in Silver Spring, Maryland but still pretty windy (and cold). All the shoveling I did this morning was for nought. The wind just blew it back and another six inches today filled in and more. Looks like the total from this latest storm is around ten inches - at the low...

This is absurd. Winter Storm Warning in effect from noon Tuesday to 7 PM EST Wednesday... The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the DC area... which is in effect from noon Tuesday to 7 PM EST Wednesday. * Precipitation type... snow. * Accumulations.....

Not all 2007 Chateauneufs are closed down - last weekend we enjoyed a bottle of 2007 Bastide St. Dominique Secrets Pignan VV. A big, rich, fruity wine that open for business. It 's $45 at Bassin's/MacArthur in DC.

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Last night we had a very nice 2001 Fleur de Bouard - Le Plus to go with beef short ribs stew. We do a lot of short ribs at our house - use them to make chili, beef stew, stroganoff, etc. The Le Plus is a special selection from Hubert de Bouard's (of Angelus) property (Fleur de Bouard) in Lalande de ...

We are at 22 inches of snow, here in Silver Spring, Maryland and it's still coming down fast and furious.

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Yup, it's really snowing like crazy right now and it's supposed to snow all night and a good bit of tomorrow. Looks like we will be getting around 2 feet. Thing is it's been a cold winter and we've already had 30 inches of snow in previous storms here in Silver Spring, Maryland - where I live. I won...

I will be arriving in the early afternoon so I'll probably looking for something to do for dinner. That Les Nomades sure sounds good to me.

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Sounds Great!! Really looking forward to this.

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Like any loyal subject of a benevolent dictator, I agree with his wise decisions. For the reasons stated "the '89 Lynch defeated the '89 Baron in Chicago in a couple of epic Thrilla in Manilla type battles in 2001 and 2004 in true blind tastings" and "has been the wine enjoyed by and ...

Worked for me - in for March 25-28.

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Too bad about the Jacquart 1996. I was able to enjoy a fine bottle of this at a DC wine dinner at Dino on Tuesday night. It was just wonderful, very nutty with slight oxidation (in a good way).

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Jono

The 2010 BWE Convention is March 25 to March 28.

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I am in for Thursday to Sunday.

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1982, 1989 and 1986 are also my favorite recent vintages of Meyney (haven't bought any since the 1989). Older favorites include the 1961, 1962, 1966, 1970 and 1971 - I guess that means I must be really old.

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"Affinia Chicago for $99/night" - Sounds good to me.

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Here in Maryland, I'm enjoying a very fine New Begium 1554 Black Ale while I watch the snow. We are at 15 inches and still snowing in Silver Spring.

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I wasn't there for 2001 either but made it to Chicago 2004. I will be there for Chicago 2010 - already have the dates blocked off on my calendar.

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There were many compelling wines at that 1989 tasting. I thought the Haut Brion was the best of them all. That's my vote. No objection to Lafite - tasted about 5 points higher than my expectation.

I haven't bought or tried any 2006 Bordeaux.

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Ramon_NYC wrote:Lot's of '89 being mentioned so far.

The NYC '89 tasting has shown how great a vintage is when all the wines we had, imho, were good-to-terrific.

My vote for 2009 BWE Wine of the Year = "The 1989 Vintage"

I agree with Ramon - 1989 Vintage Bordeaux

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Talbot for sure. I also like Rausan Segla.

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