Jim, Probably ten years ago, We opened two Pol Roger 1934 with low fills. 60% and 40% remaining. It was the lowest which was the best. As Tim said it is better to have nice fills. But when they are there, instead of throwing the bottles, it is better to drink them properly. The 1918 Haut-Brion must ...

A new event in the same restaurant, as the lunch with Tim A decade ago, I had the desire to create meetings between amateurs who collect old wines and have in their cellars wines of low levels. I would have called this new formula " the case of the low levels ". I let this idea sleep in a ...

Danny,
Thank you for this nice message.
I will always be happy to meet BWEers with whom I have had great memories.
The trip in France in 2005 (?) was fantastic.
Friendly regards to all.

I wish you all the best and if you organize a trip in France as we did 11 years ago, I will be happy to join.
Friendly regards to all,

Hello everybody ! I have made a report on my blog and after the excellent report of Tim, I will give you my own report. On the internet, fifteen years is like a century. In the early 2000s I was writing on BWE forum and I faced a rather repetitive misunderstanding that a 70-year-old wine could have ...

Danny, I have a SONY RX100 M2 with a Zeiss Optic. It is easy to find. It has 20 Mega pixels. I use one tenth of the possibilities of this camera. In certain occasions, my smartphone with 8 Mega pixels makes better pictures on certain subjects. But I am not at ease to make precise pictures with the s...

The 200th of my dinners will be held at Pavillon Ledoyen . For this dinner, I chose wines which weigh in my heart, for their rarity or for memories I have with them. Having planned reserve wines, "in case", I decided to include them in the program for that special dinner. We will have fift...

I will create a new post.
Thank you very much.

I have made the report on my 200th dinner in English. I could edit it but I prefer to have the permission of Jim How because even if I have no financial agenda with these dinners, wanting only that my wines are drunk, the dinners are paying dinners. If Jim allows I will be happy to give the report. ...

To be sure that everyone follows this discussion, I am not the one who is in the middle of the picture !

I remember quite well the dinner in Grand Véfour with Nicklass.
It was a great pleasure.

Thank you for the nice words.

some stores :
- the biggest : Lavinia. enormous offer but sometimes high prices
- caves Augé : very traditional. Nice place
- Au Verger de la Madeleine : nice offer with some old wines of good value
- Nicolas Madeleine : they have a great offer of prestigious wines and all the offer of caves Nicolas

Thank you all for your nice words.
I will be happy to meet some members if the opportunity exists.

I was informed that some messages in the discussion : “3 Bdx & a Burg” suggested that I could be dead. It is interesting to see (better when you are alive) that : - I am not alone to have difficulties with the English language : the "late" François was read as the "dead" Fran...

The last one who took pictures of full bottles was found dead in the zoo of Vincennes.
I wish you a pleasant journey in Bordeaux.
That sounds great.
Kind regards

I have put several pictures of our dinner on my blog. Here is the link : http://www.academiedesvinsanciens.com/diner-damateurs-de-bordeaux-au-restaurant-le-saut-du-crapaud/ I had not seen Jim since 2003 and Dany and Larry since our trip to Bordeaux 10 years ago. I see frequently Tim at the dinners o...

Hello BWE, I will join Jim and some friends tonight for a dinner in Paris. So long no see ! I will bring with me the pictures of the trip we made 10 years ago ! Bouchard in Beaune, Chateau Margaux, Léoville Las Cases, Fargues, Lynch-Bages, Malartic-Lagravière, Canon Lagaffelière, Clos Fourtet and so...

Hello to everybody. I was very pleased to see Tim whom I had not met since our fantastic BWE trip to Beaune and then to Bordeaux. The meeting of Académie des Vins Anciens consisted in 31 people among whom I had invited 12 students who were interested by conferences that I held in front of them in th...

I wish the greatest success to the new BWE.
I have seen the names of the members of the team around Jim.
I wish them a great success.
And I wish all the best to Jim. Continue to be the benevolent leader of a friendly community.
Best wishes to all

François