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by jal
Fri Sep 22, 2023 11:13 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
Replies: 67
Views: 179658

Re: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine

I apologize if I said something during our meetings last week that triggered this, I thought we were all having a wonderful time but I apparently misread the situation. Thank you for a lovely time in Maine. Thank you for the lobsters, the wines, the hosting, and especially thank you for taking time ...
by jal
Thu Sep 21, 2023 11:07 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
Replies: 67
Views: 179658

Re: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine

I think it's important to keep some facts straight if we're going to the mattresses on this. The previous issue was a 1982 event not a 1989. The distinction is important as there are more 1982 fakes than any other vintage I'm aware of. It took place in 2012. Over a decade ago. I really was under the...
by jal
Thu Sep 21, 2023 11:49 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
Replies: 67
Views: 179658

Re: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine

The 170 Krug was the Krug of the weekend among three lovely Krugs. The 171 is out in NH at the same price, if there are any left if/when they go on sale I’ll pick up more. Jacques and Stefan bought like more than a dozen between them. Au revoir to the Teyxxans and Floridians…. Until next time! Flyi...
by jal
Thu Sep 21, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
Replies: 67
Views: 179658

Re: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine

I really don't think you have a reason to be upset. Ian and Patrick came to NYC asked if we are available and we did a BWE dinner. The next day they were invited to a non BWE event and went to that one as well. I don't think it was their place to invite anyone to the non BWE event, since they didn't...
by jal
Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:49 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
Replies: 67
Views: 179658

Re: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine

Lunch day 2 With a mushroom omelette (scrambled eggs for the mushroom averse) lox and cream cheese we opened a few bottles 170 Krug excellent, vibrant more giving than the 168 and really all around ajoy 2002 Chezeaux Chambertin badly corked 2012 St Innocent Shea Special Select I thought was corked, ...
by jal
Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:06 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
Replies: 67
Views: 179658

Re: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine

Ian, We didn't vote but if I am doing it now Top champagne: Krug 170 Top white burg: 2017 Carillon Perrières (though it really isn't fair as the last two were drank from plastic cups) Top Bordeaux: 1996 Margaux Top Pinot noir: 2018 DDLC (by default as all others were flawed imo) I will post more det...
by jal
Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:59 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
Replies: 67
Views: 179658

Re: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine

1st night 168 Krug with cheeses, Jim brought great cheeses sourced from fromages.com; some Brillat-Savarin, Brie de Meaux, and Comté all delicious and great quality that is hard to find in the US, even at reputable cheese stores like Murray's. The Krug was excellent as always. Fresh and vibrant with...
by jal
Sat Sep 16, 2023 9:58 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
Replies: 67
Views: 179658

Re: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine

It was indeed the Jacques Carillon, Joel.
A spectacular evening of wine and lobsters. I'll be posting more details once I recover
by jal
Tue Sep 12, 2023 3:46 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2019 Moulin Saint-Georges TN
Replies: 15
Views: 9058

Re: 2019 Moulin Saint-Georges TN

And that's why I can't take most wine critics seriously...
by jal
Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:36 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Over the Top Lunch 2023
Replies: 9
Views: 6719

Re: Over the Top Lunch 2023

Ok. Wow!
Incredible lineup of bucket lists or last wish wines. Very nice. The only comment I have is that the food at MP Taverna was excellent the two times we went there years and years ago (I think it had just opened)
by jal
Sat Sep 02, 2023 6:32 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: What's the best way to get from Bordeaux to San Sebastián?
Replies: 11
Views: 3988

Re: What's the best way to get from Bordeaux to San Sebastián?

There is a train, it is more or less direct and takes 4 hours. The reason I say more or less is that you need to change at Hendaye (Irun) because the tracks in Spain are different from France. Here's a blog about a trip from Paris to San Sebastian (the Paris train stops in Bordeaux Saint Jean), good...
by jal
Sat Sep 02, 2023 5:27 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: RIP Jimmy Buffett
Replies: 3
Views: 2000

RIP Jimmy Buffett

I am not a parrot head but I enjoyed the one concert of his I went to a decade or so ago and his music always put me in a good mood.

I'll eat a cheeseburger and drink some frozen concoction in his honor tonight
by jal
Sat Sep 02, 2023 2:26 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 9681 days past
Replies: 13
Views: 7410

Re: 9681 days past

You had Jim at Amarone 😊. Happy anniversary
by jal
Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:09 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: China
Replies: 17
Views: 6093

Re: China

I don't understand your comment, you have been a member since the beginning, since 2009. You must have seen thousands of non wine related posts, you even mentioned not enjoying them and been told countless times this is the way we are. Why even say something now? What possibly do you expect to achie...
by jal
Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:55 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: China
Replies: 17
Views: 6093

Re: China

The fact that the Chinese economy will decline is a given to me. It is a demographic disaster. Bret Stephens notes it but the one child policy is creating huge imbalance many years after it was repealed. The economy is running out of workers It depends on import of raw materials It depends on the sa...
by jal
Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:30 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2019 Ch. Le Grand Verdus, Cabernet Franc
Replies: 6
Views: 1886

Re: 2019 Ch. Le Grand Verdus, Cabernet Franc

Interesting, I love Loire reds and find they are enjoyable young as well as with a few years.
But it seems that the sales guy was wrong, it is not a quaffer but a serious wine with (as you say) a lot of tannins and serious grip, can it age? Should it age?
by jal
Fri Aug 25, 2023 8:05 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5478
Views: 683629

Re: President Trump

Blanquito wrote: Fri Aug 25, 2023 4:11 am The face of a madman:
Or a snake oil salesman:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canad ... gn=KARANGA
by jal
Fri Aug 25, 2023 6:40 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 1996 Sociando Mallet
Replies: 15
Views: 7567

Re: 1996 Sociando Mallet

So much bottle variation in the 1996 Sociando. I have had bad, mediocre, ok and good bottles all from the same case.
by jal
Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:47 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4837
Views: 1546641

Re: So what have you bought lately?

DavidG wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:29 pm I've been buying Tbills and rolling them over for a chunk of our fixed income assets. Literally and arguably financially less liquid than the wine in the cellar.
Yup. Here are Tbills rates as of right now :
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by jal
Wed Aug 23, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: COVID and wine - not a great combination
Replies: 29
Views: 15463

Re: COVID and wine - not a great combination

Danny, it sounds like this is the time for me to challenge you to a golf game. I ask for only minor handicapping: I play a self scramble driving a cart from the senior tees with liberal winter rules for ball placement while of course you walk from the pro tees. And instead of you using only one clu...
by jal
Tue Aug 22, 2023 2:08 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Introducing the new Comte Flaneur Scoring System (CFSS)
Replies: 12
Views: 5032

Re: Introducing the new Comte Flaneur Scoring System (CFSS)

I like it, it's simple enough. I would just add an explanation to your signature of every post, just so as not to confuse newbies to your system.
by jal
Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:45 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: I think i need help
Replies: 8
Views: 2166

Re: I think i need help

If I want to open a Bordeaux once in a while, I do it with grilled lamb or beef, then open something old school such as Cantemerle, La Lagune, Calon Segur, Lafon Rochet or what Chris said: Labegorce or Prieure Lichine, I make sure to decant in advance, use big stems. Oh, and I would stay away from r...
by jal
Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:34 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: I think i need help
Replies: 8
Views: 2166

Re: I think i need help

The only Bordeaux wines I've had in the last 3-4 months were at the NYC BWE.
Embrace the change and drink:
Rhone
Loire
Burgundy
Tuscan
Piedmont
Campania (Aglianico)
Etna
Rioja
Ribeira
Ok, if you insist, then Beaujolais also.
by jal
Sat Aug 19, 2023 3:03 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: R'n'R
Replies: 10
Views: 3593

Re: R'n'R

I would take Las Cases over Barton any day of the week Young or old Love d'Issan and du Tertre My choices Overrated Lagrange and GPL Underrated Swill that will not be named (popular in College Station, TX) Cantemerle Out of Bordeaux Overrated Chevillon and Lafarge Underrated Domaine de la Vougeraie
by jal
Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:46 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: I have a wine that I am going to declare the best vintage of, I'm holding off buying it until I get back from vacation..
Replies: 64
Views: 16467

Re: I have a wine that I am going to declare the best vintage of, I'm holding off buying it until I get back from vacati

Nice score, Ian. Not the normale, but I did pickup 3 magnums of the 2014 Sociando-Mallet Cuvée Jean Gautreau for $90 each in March (ex-chateau). OrlandoBobby was singing the 2014 normale's praises high and low (when it still was available in stock for only $28), so I figured the Cuvée Jean Gautreau...
by jal
Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:24 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4837
Views: 1546641

Re: So what have you bought lately?

Broke the freeze! :| Only Rhones and Chablis (and one Pavelot Beaune) JL Chave Selection Cotes du Rhone 'Mon Coeur' 2020 $20.70 Eric Texier Cotes du Rhone Brézème 2018 $26.10 Pavelot Beaune 1er Cru Les Bressandes 2020 $36.00 Faury St. Joseph VV 2019 $40.50 Durban Beaumes de Venise Rouge 2021 $19.80 ...
by jal
Sun Aug 13, 2023 3:16 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: BWE in Manhattan….
Replies: 55
Views: 23459

Re: BWE in Manhattan….

Have a great time
Post some photos
by jal
Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:16 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Just call me the white Burgundy man....
Replies: 29
Views: 6792

Re: Just call me the white Burgundy man....

Every 2017 white burgundy I’ve tried has been so good. 2014 (rightly) gets tons of love, but I think 2017 is just as good. And in my humble opinion every vintage of White Burgundy since 2014 has been great except for 2015. And Niellon 1ers going for >$150 a bottle is extremely painful. But when Mug...
by jal
Thu Aug 10, 2023 1:12 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: BWE in Manhattan….
Replies: 55
Views: 23459

Re: BWE in Manhattan….

JimHow wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 1:05 pm My wine of the night was the 1985 Leoville Las Cases. To me it was in just a perfect place, a-point.
Mine too
And I thought it had a pretty nice bouquet. I am surprised Patrick didn't think so. The Lafite was great but I thought the nose was very shy.
by jal
Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:35 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: BWE in Manhattan….
Replies: 55
Views: 23459

Re: BWE in Manhattan….

JeanFred wrote: Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:56 am Again Jim, what the way to add picture, I will add to the post I just made!
Jean Fred, when writing or editing your post you should see an attachments tab. Attach the photos you want
by jal
Sat Aug 05, 2023 4:07 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: BWE in Manhattan….
Replies: 55
Views: 23459

Re: BWE in Manhattan….

Great evening, and these last minute things rarely work, so big shout out to JC for doing all the legwork; getting us set up with the restaurant and picking a menu that worked for everyone. I finally met Joel and it was great to see Chris, Jim, Patrick, Ian and JC again, wines all showed very well a...
by jal
Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:45 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Recommendation : white wines for the summer
Replies: 25
Views: 5024

Re: Recommendation : white wines for the summer

The last two weeks in Provence, we just drank rosé We were not particular, We bought rosé from Thierry who hosted us in his airbnb - he produces 3 award winning rosé under the label Terres Valdeze, we tried them all. We loved them all. We bought rosé from the small shop in Cucuron. Some were €4.50, ...
by jal
Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:24 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: I have bought a bottle of wine, I will give you guys 20 questions to guess what it is....
Replies: 39
Views: 13076

Re: I have bought a bottle of wine, I will give you guys 20 questions to guess what it is....

I see the rule is no question until the last one is answered so I retract mine
by jal
Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:17 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Loire Valley visit, long, very few wine notes
Replies: 17
Views: 3797

Re: Loire Valley visit, long, very few wine notes

I have had Beaudry a few times and always liked the wines. I do think they need to age. Maybe le Domaine and Les Mollieres are to be drunk on the young side, I can't tell. What I noticed in the area wines was that unless you are familiar with the producer, there are a lot of mediocre harsh wines. i ...
by jal
Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:49 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Loire Valley visit, long, very few wine notes
Replies: 17
Views: 3797

Re: Loire Valley visit, long, very few wine notes

Thanks for the comments guys. Hopefully these notes will in the future be of some help to BWEers
by jal
Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:19 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: A Rioja Grenache
Replies: 3
Views: 1097

Re: A Rioja Grenache

Interesting concept serving wines blind in a restaurant, Alex. Do you choose the food and they decide on what matches best? Not very clear from the Tripadvisor description. And I love Rioja but the selection we get is very limited. Usually Lopez de Heredia, Marques de Riscal and La Rioja Alta. Lucki...
by jal
Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:13 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Lafite buys Fevre
Replies: 6
Views: 1459

Re: Lafite buys Fevre

I don't think Ive had a premoxed Fevre since 2002 David. I don't always drink them young, either. A 2013 Bougros a few months ago was delicious. Fevre is excellent imo, not on the level of Dauvissat or Raveneau but still up there as a close second on par with Louis Michel, Billaud Simon and Lavantur...
by jal
Thu Jul 13, 2023 7:46 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: TN: 2019 Chateau de Parnay Saumur-Champigny 'Clos du Chateau'
Replies: 0
Views: 3354

TN: 2019 Chateau de Parnay Saumur-Champigny 'Clos du Chateau'

At a bistro with a mediocre wine list in the city of Rennes we had the 2019 Chateau de Parnay Saumur-Champigny 'Clos du Chateau' with steak tartare,roast chicken and good fries. Organically grown, this was a delicious Cab Franc, dark almost inky, chewy and crunchy dark red fruit, nice aromas of cass...