Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Tom In DC

About 40% Bordeaux, 16% other French, 27% Italy, 13% US. Lately, we consume more Bordeaux and US than we buy, with stocks of red Burgundy, Barolo, Barbaresco, and Veneto (Amarone) on the rise.

Tom In DC

No worries, Gail -- I can't keep track of what we have down there, so you have no chance whatsoever! OK, so we'll bring the Leo-LC to cover Jim by putting a Delon wine in the mix and to get something "representing" from St. Julien, and we'll bring the Cheval Blanc to match up with the Auso...

Tom In DC

Delon wines? I think we're either talking about Dillon or Delmas... It'll be a sad day for the "Fight Fixer, er, uh, Fight Lawyer" if the LB can't top Potensac and Clos du Marquis.

Tom In DC

Well, despite Gail's suggestion to the contrary, we don't have a single bottle of Sauternes from 1989 and I'm not inclined to try a get one at this point. We'll add another red to our set -- we have Margaux (beautiful at the BWE dinner at the Chateau...), LLC, Cheval Blanc, La Fleur de Gay, or the d...

Tom In DC

Bill, I didn't see the data as negative. Quite the contrary, I'd guess that the 40,000 bottles or so across the Premier Cru, PC, and PremierCru entries represents a huge amount of trust on the part of CellarTracker's share of the "internet-savvy wine buying community". As SteveH said, I wo...

Tom In DC

Can't tell what's in PC's warehouse, in transit, etc. -- this is just data entered by CellarTracker users indicating wine that hasn't been delivered. I'd guess that the data quality is probably pretty good, since these entries are created by people trying to keep track of wines they've bought but ha...

Tom In DC

Cellar Tracker has a "Pending Deliveries by Store" report that is interesting. When "show all" pending deliveries (rather than just "my wines") is chosen, "Premier Cru", "PC", and "PremierCru" add up to almost 40,000 bottles! And this has t...

Tom In DC

I've tried to buy the book four times, from three different computers...always fails at the "take my credit card info" step, but not until after they have all my info...

I give up (and hope I don't get frauded three ways from Sunday!)

Tom In DC

Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vergers 1991 This was taken off the list (one of the best in North America) and Dave kindly insisted on paying for it...we debated whether to buy this ($75) or the Ramonet Ruchottes 1991 ($110). While this was not poxed, it was somewhat maderised; the nose s...

Tom In DC

For a white burg from the lean and mean 1991 vintage (I've had some nice reds), I can't see how it could be premature oxidation after 16 years...

Tom In DC

Maybe just my cynical nature, but I'd be shocked if this is legal in felony-friendly Maryland...

Tom In DC

Well played, stefan, but I'm avoiding option 2 as best I can.

Creative tax folks are the ones suggesting that one should write off FMV and cross your fingers; heck, anyone can conjure up a receipt for the wine showing FMV or higher, right?

Tom In DC

Actually, the tax code is pretty clear that you can only deduct the lesser of your original cost or the current value when you donate wine to a charity. Read the "Giving Property That Has Increased In Value" section of IRS Pub 526 . Makes writing off the $40 cost of a donated bottle of '82...

Tom In DC

The long-term gain tax rates are intended to support investments that foster economic development. I can't figure out how to demonstrate to the IRS that holding wine, coins, stamps, art, antiques, etc. for a while and selling for a gain creates jobs, etc. Maybe an opportunity for some unemployed cre...

Tom In DC

A business must at a minimum have the intent of making a profit. Selling some excess or unwanted wine does not qualify in anything but one's wildest dreams. On another topic, wine and other collectibles fall into a special category as far as gains treatment for taxation and are NOT eligible for the ...

Tom In DC

Who says that high-powered tasters haven't been reporting in the wines of Israel? Thanks for bringing these back, stefan. I think Yarden and Yehuda are the only ones I've ever tried and they were both pretty good; however, they fell into a category populated by far too many wines from less-well-know...

Tom In DC

Glad to hear that you're doing OK now.

And mighty impressed that you''ll be back so soon to "golf and wine night" on Tuesday!!!

Tom In DC

Holy Cow! What's the car, a club van???

Looks like a good time will be had by all!

Congrats, stefan and Lucie!

Tom In DC

Not to sound like Alex, but aren't we really talking about picking the top three out of the last five released vintages? And so this is Bordeaux between zero and four years after release??? I was under the impression that these wines needed some age before anyone could judge the quality... :?: For t...

Tom In DC

I agree that credit is due for David taking responsibility that he's spread too thin, but I think the recco for Burghound was after the quotation had ended...

Tom In DC

We have to bail on this one, due to a scheduling conflict. (Admittedly, the conflict is with other vacation plans, so don't feel at all sad for us.) It sounds like a great group will attend a typically stellar BWE event, so we'll just assume that BWE Maine gets worked into the annual rotation and se...

Tom In DC

$18 a pop? Whoa! I seem to recall this in the $30+ dollar range, with the excellent 2004 running at $40 or more. As far as I know, you can't get Conterno or Giacosa Barbera for $18!

Thanks for the eye-opener -- I'll have to rethink a source of "high-palate-impact" vino.

Tom In DC

JimHow wrote:Remember, I voted for 3B as my number one wine because I thought it was the Lynch.

A politico to the bitter end..."I thought I was voting for my guy!"

Tom In DC

Jimbo, If you think the Comte's LMHB won't relegate your "Po'Boys Mo-town" to the next days' marinade, you just haven't tasted enough great wine! We'll bring the La Conseillante and that "other" Graves Ian was dancing around, and maybe one more just because, as sdr says, we simpl...

Tom In DC

Chasse, Thanks for the note. I always wonder if I'll be defrocked of my traditionalista mantle, but I've enjoyed a lot of the Spinetta's wines. They're not typical of the appellations on their labels, but they are usually pretty damn enjoyable. At the same time, I always think that I could find simi...

Tom In DC

Thanks again, Ian, for taking the time to get this going. I checked our inventory and was a bit surprised to find that we have wines from more Bordeaux producers in 1989 than in '86. Another Pessac-Leognan? What ever could you mean, Mssr. Comte? Despite admonitions to not classify vintages, I've nev...

Tom In DC

What David said...a good wine glass delivers a better tasting experience than that tumbler in the Italian trattoria (unless you want to hide how the wine tastes, in which case the tumbler is fine!) I am convinced that most winery owners never pour their own wine, or they would try harder to choose b...

Tom In DC

Not the best date for us, but we'll be there!

We'll bring a couple of/few things, but I'll know better when I hear what other folks are bringing.

Tom In DC

One interesting note:

Christian Moueix, who released prices from some of his properties including Chateau Hosana and La Fleur Petrus last week to private clients, said he hoped an early campaign would 'help the whole of Bordeaux'.

I wonder what it takes to be one of those private clients???

Tom In DC

Thanks for the reply, Chris - I was somehow thinking that you had tried the Barolo. I've found that the big hitter Barbera's can indeed use a couple of hours in the decanter; for a pop and pour, I'll usually opt out of the Piedmont altogether, going for wines from Tuscany, Sicily, and the regions ar...

Tom In DC

Thank you so much, Izak, for posting your notes from what must have been a great visit! Random comments: We went through a case of '82 La Violette back in the day, very nice, fleshy Merlot... Production must have been much higher than 900 bottles! If it's a lookalike for the '89 Lynch Bages-killer f...

Tom In DC

A two hour drive from Logan? I don't think "Wooster Mahss" was within a two hour drive of Logan back in the day! Maybe the Big Dig has been a success after all. We'll probably come up Friday am and leave on Sunday, but a big herd of BWE'ers should never be hard to find...we'll just follow ...

Tom In DC

Wow, Nic -- you really were paying attention. I was having too much fun to take a single note! I can't say that I think fewer people at the convention would ever be my preference, but more opportunities to get acquainted with folks seems like a great idea. The "Monument Walk" on Saturday m...

Tom In DC

I'm much fonder of Damilano's Barbera than their upscale wines -- I can see the value of the Barolo, but I'd usually prefer a better producer's Barbera for the $$$'s -- but I wasn't the one who snapped up the rest of the bottles, Chris!

Tom

Tom In DC

NEWS FLASH!!!!!

JimHow wrote:Excellent! I'm in, I'm sure I can source some '89 Lynch, that's what I'll bring.

Jimmy "The Fight Lawyer" How will be wheeling out his has been, wanna be First Growth for another smack down at the hands of the real wines out there!

Tom In DC

Hey Rick, The only way I can improve on your advice to buy a unit much larger than the size he expects is to suggest buying one three times as large as that! While one can find a nice looking wine cave, I've never been able to get past the noise to ever consider putting one in our living space. As a...

Tom In DC

Thanks for the great notes, Michael. Your contributions to the forum lately hint that you drink well! :-) A few comments: As sdr suggests, the '70 Giscours can be a fine bottle of wine. And at the risk of tipping my hand for a future sdr convention dinner, the '75 Giscours has always performed well,...

Tom In DC

From the "Off the Wall But Still Pretty Good" file, we attended a dinner that Josh Raynolds' (now an associate of Steve Tanzer) put together at Sushi Ko in DC that featured mature white and red Burgundies! I don't remember many details, other than that the dinner was held around 1990 and f...

Tom In DC

We might substitute a show for the opera, but count us in!

Tom In DC

That weekend after Labor Day weekend (Sept 12-13, plus or minus) would work well for us.

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