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- Sat May 25, 2024 3:41 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4907
- Views: 1589644
Re: So what have you bought lately?
12 x 2021 Felsina Chianti Classico I've bought at least a case of most vintages since 2007, and I see no reason to stop (except for my increasing age). Although they are a large producer, the quality is very consistent year over year. I've also bought the Riserva and the Riserva Rancia in recent vin...
- Sat May 25, 2024 3:29 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2015 Labegorce has been uncorked and other ramblings....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 130
Re: The 2015 Labegorce has been uncorked and other ramblings....
Jim, let us know if you taste a bottle of your 2016 Labegorce - I have a case in waiting.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:52 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: President Trump
- Replies: 5512
- Views: 728719
Re: President Trump
First she has to deliver Michigan in November!
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:11 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: President Trump
- Replies: 5512
- Views: 728719
Re: President Trump
Interesting piece in today's Detroit Free Press about "Gretch"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/run-presiden ... 27023.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/run-presiden ... 27023.html
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:55 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1693
Re: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
More enablement . . . . How does one stop buying?
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:25 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Sixteen more bottles of 2016 Chateau Lafite have been secured….
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2280
Re: Sixteen more bottles of 2016 Chateau Lafite has been secured….
Nice work Agent How! But you may have to delay your retirement.
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 1:32 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: President Trump
- Replies: 5512
- Views: 728719
Re: President Trump
I am feeling quietly optimistic that we can deliver the great state of Michigan to Biden in November. If enough local crazies keep making the news it will be easier. Just a couple of days ago, a local state legislator in the Republican camp posted on X that he had seen charter flights arriving at th...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:49 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4907
- Views: 1589644
Re: So what have you bought lately?
That's quite a haul vs. expecting to win a couple of lots!
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Pontac Lynch
- Replies: 2
- Views: 808
Re: Pontac Lynch
Interesting story, Alex. I just went on Winesearcher, and it looks like this wine does not make to the US. Perhaps that will change in the coming years.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:24 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2019 Chateau Cantemerle.... Best Cantemerle ever.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2960
Re: 2019 Chateau Cantemerle.... Best Cantemerle ever.
Too many people shopping Saratoga. Now I'll have to act more quickly to snag things I want.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2019 Chateau Cantemerle.... Best Cantemerle ever.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2960
Re: 2019 Chateau Cantemerle.... Best Cantemerle ever.
Glad it worked out for you. Great choice of wine - my case gets delivered this week. And glad you've discovered Saratoga. I probably buy 80-90% of my wines from them these days. The rest comes from Empire Wines, also in NY, and also good service.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:42 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2019 Chateau Cantemerle.... Best Cantemerle ever.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2960
Re: 2019 Chateau Cantemerle.... Best Cantemerle ever.
It's been a fun ride, Jim. And I hope to keep it going a few more years. Stefan is my idol.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:40 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2019 Chateau Cantemerle.... Best Cantemerle ever.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2960
Re: 2019 Chateau Cantemerle.... Best Cantemerle ever.
esl, you might want to "experiment" with a shipment of inexpensive wines from Saratoga. I live in Michigan, and though many shops around the country will not ship to Michigan, Saratoga does, as well as Empire Wines in NY. Fedex always has to check that I'm 21 even though I look most of my ...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:42 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: President Trump
- Replies: 5512
- Views: 728719
Re: President Trump
I saw that article, and it was discouraging. I'd like to think that, when push comes to shove, people will let go of individual differences of opinion to vote for what is the better overall choice for what's good for them. Regarding our governor, she is term limited, so who knows what she plans to d...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:08 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2003 Pontet Canet
- Replies: 6
- Views: 388
TN: 2003 Pontet Canet
We had company for dinner last night, so I decided to open this wine to go with steak au poivre. This has been a controversial wine on this site with opinions kind of all over the place. I've drunk several bottles over the years, and I think the wine last night was the best I have experienced with i...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:14 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Introduction from a new member
- Replies: 10
- Views: 757
Re: Introduction from a new member
Welcome. Glad you found the site since you seem to be a true "bordeaux wine enthusiast."
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what should I buy
- Replies: 15
- Views: 770
Re: So what should I buy
From what I have read recently, 2022 should be the one to buy - when it is available. Have not purchased any reds from 20 or 21, but whites have been pretty good. IIRC, 2021 was a small harvest due to frost.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:03 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4907
- Views: 1589644
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Stefan, are the Winery Direct wines worth investigating? I've always been a bit suspicious that their markup on those wines is the way they make money.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:00 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Official Dryuary (Dry January) 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 848
Re: Official Dryuary (Dry January) 2024
We started out to do a dry January, but it morphed into a damp January. A lot more enjoyable!
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:44 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Old Burgundy Dinner
- Replies: 6
- Views: 913
Re: Old Burgundy Dinner
Jim, based on the 2002's I've opened recently, I think it would be very good now, perhaps with a decant. Of course, it could possibly be good for some years to come. I have only a few 2002's left, and plan to drink them the next couple of years (unless one of them surprises me with its youth).
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Trip to the Argentinian wine country (long)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1180
Re: Trip to the Argentinian wine country (long)
Alex, thanks for the very detailed description of your travels in Argentina, and especially for your insights about the wines. After a brief affair with some Argentine wines about 15 years ago, I swore off of them. Based on your experiences, it sounds like there may be some hope for wines from there...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 1:11 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4907
- Views: 1589644
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Too bad we all don't live closer to New Hampshire!
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:40 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4907
- Views: 1589644
Re: So what have you bought lately?
And I just keep buying it, Jim. About to order my second case of the 2020 regular bottling. And just ordered a case of the 2020 Riserva. Hard to find a better wine for good old fashioned Italian dishes (or whatever other excuse you have for opening a bottle).
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:46 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Guide Hachette 2024
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1923
Re: Guide Hachette 2024
Alex, thanks for the explanation of how that guide works. And I can see it's value for "locals" who can order from wineries.
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:34 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Just call me Mr. Lafite.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4381
Re: Just call me Mr. Lafite.
Good work, BD. Should be quite a wine in - how many decades?
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:53 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: A fantastic night with Stu and Kathy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2428
Re: A fantastic night with Stu and Kathy
Sounds like a great evening of wine and BWE friends. Not surprised at what Stu pulled out of his bag.
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 2:13 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: White wines, pre-white Christmas
- Replies: 2
- Views: 875
Re: White wines, pre-white Christmas
The Vietti Arneis seems to be pretty consistently good. The last vintage I bought was 2020, and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
- Wed Dec 13, 2023 2:49 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2005 Bellevue Mondotte and Pavie
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2421
Re: 2005 Bellevue Mondotte
Did you mean forever?This is a wine for laying down and avoiding.
- Wed Dec 13, 2023 2:47 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2023 BWE WOTY
- Replies: 59
- Views: 25908
Re: 2023 BWE WOTY
I do think that the BWE WOTY should be a wine that is readily available on a broad basis. And for me, that means a fairly recent vintage - perhaps the past 3 or 4 vintages that have been released. For example, I know I can still purchase many 2018s without a lot of searching.
- Wed Dec 13, 2023 2:43 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4907
- Views: 1589644
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Nice selection of older bottles!
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 2:15 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Happy Thanksgiving BWE!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2383
Re: Happy Thanksgiving BWE!
Happy Thanksgiving to all. We will be starting with NV Gatinois Rose while the turkey does its transformation. I plan to open a magnum of 2000 Bosquet des Papes CdP, hoping it has slept well. Will have some Oregon Pinot Noir and Chianti for backups if needed.
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 2:38 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2022 Cep by cep, Saumur Champigny
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1513
Re: 2022 Cep by cep, Saumur Champigny
I've had very few of these wines other than last year when we were in the Loire area. I enjoyed several on that trip, but do not remember the producers. But your description is similar to my recollections.
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 5:55 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Lots of Sipping/Sniffing and No Spitting on This Night
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1587
Re: Lots of Sipping/Sniffing and No Spitting on This Night
Thanks for the notes on a range of very nice wines. Interesting that the 2001 Pontet Canet is still outshining the 2000.
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 1:22 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Clarinet
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1423
Re: 2020 Clarinet
Not only a good wine, but a great story behind it.
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:14 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4907
- Views: 1589644
Re: So what have you bought lately?
I somehow managed to miss the 2021 vintage of Picq Chablis here in the US, so I will be interested in what you think of it.
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:52 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4907
- Views: 1589644
Re: So what have you bought lately?
My rate of acquisition seems to be slowing as I contemplate what I will do with all my wines if/when we make a move. Currently I have about 2/3 of my wines in an offsite storage and 1/3 at home in a passive storage area. What I've been adding is mostly not Bordeaux since I've got quite a bit at or n...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 4:55 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4907
- Views: 1589644
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Stefan, has he changed bottle size/shape. I don't recall them being unusual, but I've not bought anything past 2018.
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 4:54 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Mass shooting Lewiston, our BD's hometown
- Replies: 37
- Views: 41340
Re: Mass shooting Lewiston, our BD's hometown
What stefan said - I make a daily morning visit.
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 3:15 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Recent BWE get-together in Bordeaux
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3402
Re: Recent BWE get-together in Bordeaux
Thanks for the great BWE report from Bordeaux. Paula and I are currently in France on a 4-week getaway in and around the Lyon region. The past week we have been west of Lyon, just outside of the town Roanne, in a small village along the Loire River. Beautiful landscape and scenery. We've drunk mostl...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:02 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 1996 Pontet Canet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1124
Re: 1996 Pontet Canet
This mirrors my most recent experience. I have 2-3 bottles remaining which I will get to in the next couple of years.