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by DavidG
Sat Feb 04, 2017 3:01 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The 2012 Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses has been uncorked
Replies: 4
Views: 193

Re: The 2012 Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses has been uncorked

I agree with your impressions Nic. I think of Loire Cab Franc as on an intensity spectrum somewhere between Beaujolais and Bordeaux, if that makes any sense given that Beaujolais is a totally different grape. I am ok with some green notes but Cab Franc has so much of it that it needs to be a really ...
by DavidG
Sat Feb 04, 2017 2:54 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

Bowling Green Massacre? 9/3/2016. Here you go, Jim:
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Being a Wolverine fan, I could get behind a Buckeyes ban.
by DavidG
Sat Feb 04, 2017 2:46 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The 2012 Barde Haut has been uncorked....
Replies: 6
Views: 287

Re: The 2012 Barde Haut has been uncorked....

If I were buying wine, I would buy 2012 Barde Haut. You are tempting me Jim but like a smoker who has gone cold turkey it is easier to resist now that I am a couple of months out. Next big challenge will be the coming SQN offer. My last list... Opened my first 2005 Barde Haut about a year ago. Drink...
by DavidG
Fri Feb 03, 2017 7:38 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Rimmerman on BDX15
Replies: 38
Views: 5648

Re: Rimmerman on BDX15

He's the ultimate salesman.
by DavidG
Fri Feb 03, 2017 7:36 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: SF Convention: Response from the Omni. SF.
Replies: 67
Views: 7499

Re: SF Convention: Response from the Omni. SF.

They're emulating airline ticket pricing. No doubt they have their rate/occupancy profit optimization programs that tell them to do this. It's not supposed to make sense.
by DavidG
Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:34 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

JimHow wrote:Regardless of Hillary, or the New York Times, or whatever...

That's one crazy mother fucker we got in there right now.
I agree with everything you say here.
by DavidG
Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:25 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

Trump following through on his campaign pledge to kill the terrorists and their families. Navy Seal and 8-year-old daughter of Anwar Al Awlaki killed in Trump-ordered raid in Yemen: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/seal-american-girl-die-first-trump-era-u-s-military-n714346 We have a shameless mobs...
by DavidG
Mon Jan 30, 2017 5:18 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

An interesting Venezuelan perspective on how to defeat a populist: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/01/27/in-venezuela-we-couldnt-stop-chavez-dont-make-the-same-mistakes-we-did/?postshare=7721485708428211&tid=ss_fb&utm_term=.e2443d0d233f The importance of connecting with...
by DavidG
Mon Jan 30, 2017 2:17 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Hamon
Replies: 3
Views: 348

Re: President Hamon

That was Marine Le Pen? That's as crazy (but in a funny way) as the current state of global politics, which is crazy in a deeply disturbing way.

And David Lee Roth is a rocker, not a rapper.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lee_Roth
by DavidG
Sun Jan 29, 2017 7:05 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

David itvwas as recently as yesterday that you were complaining about the New York Times. And it was just the other day that Jacques was responding to Timmy's defenses of Hillary. So let's not make it sound like I'm bringing up arguments from months ago. You guys continue to make these arguments as...
by DavidG
Sun Jan 29, 2017 5:12 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

And now a White House leaker has tweeted that Trump is preparing papers to order the IRS to end its audit. Fake? True? If true, what are the legal implications?
by DavidG
Sun Jan 29, 2017 5:03 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

Jim, I think Jacques' point is that it's too late and of no consequence to keep debating why and how Clinton lost to Trump (or, I would add, how Sanders lost to Clinton). I agree with him in that the immediate concern is Trump's recklessness. You make the more important longer-term point that the Ds...
by DavidG
Sun Jan 29, 2017 1:20 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2017 UGC tasting of 2014 Bordeaux
Replies: 15
Views: 3173

Re: 2017 UGC tasting of 2014 Bordeaux

That too sounds good. And not like something from Napa.
by DavidG
Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:20 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

Things seem to be coming to a head rather quickly, with the intl terminals at airports around the US in turmoil as Customs and Border Patrol are detaining people, lawyers have volunteered to help on-scene, a Federal judge or two has issued an order to allow detainees access to lawyers despite Trump'...
by DavidG
Sun Jan 29, 2017 12:18 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The Super Bowl Champion Atlanta Falcons
Replies: 16
Views: 1377

Re: The Super Bowl Champion Atlanta Falcons

No, why do you think I posted that?
by DavidG
Sat Jan 28, 2017 10:39 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The Super Bowl Champion Atlanta Falcons
Replies: 16
Views: 1377

Re: The Super Bowl Champion Atlanta Falcons

AlohaArtakaHoundsong wrote:
DavidG wrote:Who does Putin like?
You must be aware that, supposedly, Putin has Bob Kraft's ring from SB 45 (or whichever) and the story goes Kraft didn't give it to him.
:twisted:
by DavidG
Sat Jan 28, 2017 9:54 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

Jacque's right. This is terrifying. Steve Bannon's no longer just a hackneyed alt-right blogger, he's got a direct feed into policy creation. A disenfranchised electorate has put a lunatic in the White House. Sounding more and more like 1930s Germany. I'm getting more, not less, nervous about the ab...
by DavidG
Sat Jan 28, 2017 9:24 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The Super Bowl Champion Atlanta Falcons
Replies: 16
Views: 1377

Re: The Super Bowl Champion Atlanta Falcons

Who does Putin like?
by DavidG
Sat Jan 28, 2017 9:23 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2017 UGC tasting of 2014 Bordeaux
Replies: 15
Views: 3173

Re: 2017 UGC tasting of 2014 Bordeaux

Cordier funk sounds good to me.
by DavidG
Sat Jan 28, 2017 7:48 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

Ah well, just when I get down, I read this story about my nephew Jack in the local newspaper and his school project on the Holocaust: http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2017/01/27/ams-students-research-terrors-holocaust/2067084 Stories like this and the marches are reassuring that there...
by DavidG
Sat Jan 28, 2017 11:28 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The First 'America First' President (who liked BDX)
Replies: 1
Views: 124

Re: The First 'America First' President (who liked BDX)

A familiar recounting but with a cleverly timely finish that was new to me.
by DavidG
Sat Jan 28, 2017 11:15 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Elin McCoy on soil
Replies: 1
Views: 114

Re: Elin McCoy on soil

An interesting read. People have been talking about soil for decades if not centuries. I guess it's poised to be the next thing. I like that she gave some examples and would be tempted to try a few. I wonder how often a grape/soil combo will be true to form and how often grower/vintner intervention ...
by DavidG
Sat Jan 28, 2017 11:10 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2017 UGC tasting of 2014 Bordeaux
Replies: 15
Views: 3173

Re: 2017 UGC tasting of 2014 Bordeaux

Posted elsewhere: Just came home from the afternoon version. Some nice wines, some mediocre. Overall I liked Pauillac. Biggest surprise though was Gruaud Larose. I talked to them for a while about the new style - it used to be a bretty, old-school wine but now it was more like something from Napa. R...
by DavidG
Sat Jan 28, 2017 3:29 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

Jim and Jacques, the print media did report negatively on Trump. Not (IMO) to a degree commensurate with his inadequacies. I said as much (or tried to) in my post above. I reserve my greatest umbrage for the broadcast media, which has much greater influence, and was much much worse. They would cut a...
by DavidG
Fri Jan 27, 2017 10:20 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

The NYT begins to speak truth to power: A Lie by Any Other Name Nice piece, but about 6 months too late. I'll give them credit for finally publishing it, but that hardly makes a dent in their shameful performance prior to the election. The Times and the rest of the print media were closer to the tru...
by DavidG
Thu Jan 26, 2017 12:36 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

That was funny Ian.

Torture, not so much:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/ ... g-torture/
by DavidG
Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:55 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 1996 Leoville-Barton
Replies: 9
Views: 1290

Re: 1996 Leoville-Barton

Thanks Glenn, can't find the rest of my notes from that night but the 1990 has been awesome every time I've had it. Wouldn't be surprised if Jim's electioneering put the 1996 over the top. My bottle of the 1996 this afternoon is just as Ian describes it. Cellared since release, perfect cork and fill...
by DavidG
Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:00 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 1996 Leoville-Barton
Replies: 9
Views: 1290

Re: 1996 Leoville-Barton

Nice, you've tempted me to open one of these to go with watching the football games today. Fifteen years ago, the 1996 took best Leoville Barton in a NYC BWE Leovilles dinner, but I don't recall if the 1989 or 1990 were in the mix that night. Looks like a nice WB as well. I gave up on them as the ri...
by DavidG
Sun Jan 22, 2017 4:20 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

Spicer cones out with bald-faced lies in the very first press "briefing" (no questions allowed). When called on it on MTP, Kelly Ann CONway denies they are lies, saying they are "alternative facts." How about an alternative POTUS? That I could get behind. The press is finally sta...
by DavidG
Sun Jan 22, 2017 2:40 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: TN: 95 Pichon Lalande [Pauillac], 02 Lascombes [Margaux]
Replies: 4
Views: 328

Re: TN: 95 Pichon Lalande [Pauillac], 02 Lascombes [Margaux]

Nice! Love 1995 Pichon Lalande.
by DavidG
Mon Jan 16, 2017 4:24 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

What bothers me most about about the Clintons is their arrogance and perception of being above the law. They start by bending the rules, then they attack, deny, and obfuscate and finally they offer a half hearted apology. This was true with Bill's philandering, with Hillary's emails, and even with ...
by DavidG
Mon Jan 16, 2017 4:15 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

Again, if these were all such beloved GOP core principles, why have they not been implemented anywhere in Red State Land? Because they were proposed by Obama, and the Republicans demonized him. Especially in Red Star Land. It's that simple. We don't even need to go into the reasons they demonized h...
by DavidG
Sun Jan 15, 2017 7:08 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

Arv, it really was simpler than all that. It was put forth by Obama. A democrat. And a black man. Didn't matter that it was based on Republican policy proposals (not just Romney's MA plan). Too much for many of the right wing zealots to accept, either in Congress or in the States. There was zero wil...
by DavidG
Sun Jan 15, 2017 6:47 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 82 Mouton a Birthday Treat
Replies: 13
Views: 1608

Re: 82 Mouton a Birthday Treat

Happy birthday Danny. I hear you re: 60. Don't sweat it, the alternative is worse.
by DavidG
Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:37 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

And even if there are some points in the above that people might disagree with from a factual standpoint, the above does reflect the perception built up over 30 years in public life. Perception becomes the reality. This pretty much says it all. The attacks on Hillary were NOT factual. They were pol...
by DavidG
Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:33 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

... Obamacare - this is a good example of what happens when transformative change is attempted unilaterally. This I find laughable. Throughout the process the dems attempted to include the repubs in the discussion but rather than give the president any credibility the repubs obfuscated at every tur...
by DavidG
Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:28 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Birthday wines
Replies: 6
Views: 351

Re: Birthday wines

Happy Birthday Nic, and many more!
by DavidG
Sat Jan 14, 2017 3:54 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

The press and the Rs would have had a field day with Sanders' socialist leanings and connections to socialist South American dictators. Which is sadly ironic given the Trump/Putin Axis of Evil. I also agree with Tim that most (not all) of what Clinton got tagged with that actually hurt her with vote...
by DavidG
Sat Jan 14, 2017 4:59 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684435

Re: President Trump

Jacques and Arv, there was more than one factor in this election. Your contention that it was all due to Clinton's flaws is just as speculative. It's simply not realistic to say that Comey's behavior was not a factor. Would it have made a difference if Clinton was a better candidate? If she had a be...
by DavidG
Sat Jan 14, 2017 4:37 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Mostly Older Bordeaux
Replies: 12
Views: 1158

Re: Mostly Older Bordeaux

Welcome Mike! Well done and thanks for a great report. That 1990 L'Evangile sounds like it's still a stunner. It was awesome 10 years ago - been that long since I've finished all my 1990s - couldn't keepands off. I've e-known Mike since the Compuserve and Prodigy wine fora days, when a 1200-baud dia...