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JimHow

I think this is going to be getting extremely ugly.
I don't know if you guys have been following Hannity at all but this is some of the lowest shit I've ever seen.
This Trump/Christie/Giulliani crowd is very dangerous.

JimHow

Nice!

JimHow

I predict a dead heat by Labor Day:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ ... li=BBnb7Kz

JimHow

I love Leoville Barton.

JimHow

1. LLC… And then everyone else: 2. Ducru 3. Leoville Barton 4. Gruaud Larose 5. Leoville Poyferre (seems like there is a bizarre downward view about this astounding estate, the only two-time BWE Wine of the Year Winner.) 6. Langoa Barton 7. Talbot 8. Beychevelle 9. Gloria 10. Lagrange 11. Saint Pierre

JimHow

Wo, JimHow, Jal, and Trump in the same sentence: It's a barb, isn't it.

JimHow

Lastly, i see some similarities between Jimhow/Jal and Trump: they seem to all have more aptitudes than regular people to identify what is mediocre.

Nic

Trying to decide whether this is a compliment or a barb!

Je suis fier d'être un franco-américain !

JimHow

I'm up for Denver, never been there.
Whether in 2017 or 2019.
(I really think it is important to stick to DC in alternating years.)

JimHow

Just getting around to this thread. Interesting question, Ian. My list: 1. Lafite 2. Pichon Baron 3. Mouton 4. Pichon Lalande 5. Duhart Milon 6. Latour 7. Pontet-Canet 8. Clerc Milon 9. d'Armailhac I can't really add any others to the list, unless you want to add "Lynch Bages from the 1980s.&qu...

JimHow

You might be getting the sales tax imposed because they are being picked up at K&L, rather than shipped out of state.

Ah that is likely the case. They don't ship to the great state of Maine.

JimHow

How about a Lynch vs. GPL blind tasting, a battle to see which of the two properties is more overrated.

JimHow

Yep. They charge sales tax, and now they charge 5% buyers premium, I don't have shipping costs because Michael-P is kind enough to pick them up for me.

JimHow

Not sure where we are going to schedule BWE '17, Danny.
Ed and Lisa can't do April
We have historically scheduled around that April 1st/Final Four weekend.
I think people are going to find doing it any weekend other than that weekend is going to create problems.
We've been through this before.

JimHow

The fact that this is coming from the right side of the aisle suggests the idea has some legs.

Yeah, I thought the same thing.
Boy, these pols are gonna screw up the internet yet, aren't they?

JimHow

we have high sales taxes here in maine.
not paying sales tax on internet sales is what often closes the deal for me, when you factor in shipping.
the sales tax from k&L auctions is what often causes me to fold my cards.

JimHow

Having big iPhone problems, Chris, it doesn't look like I'm gonna get down there today, I gotta get it fixed.

JimHow

I take no thrill in describing how overrated GPL is Danny!
I think we need to do a blind tasting at BWE '17 to get to the truth of the matter.

Sincerely,
Jimmy "The Truth" How

JimHow

Very nice indeed, the 2010 last night was a notch above.

JimHow

This is a real top notch effort. It has everything that I have loved from recent vintages of Barde-Haut, plus a little bit more. At first I thought it might be a bit too much alcohol, but it settled down quickly. It has violets and other spring flowers, a vibrant purple color bordering on black, and...

JimHow

Guys. I get no joy out of this. I wish it were good. Trust me on this one. GPL sucks. It is MASSIVELY overrated. It is Lynch-like. It sucks, big time. I wish I were wrong on this. Like Lynch, it is living on the reputation of one or two vintages. It sucks. It is not a serious wine. It sucks the wad.

JimHow

ditto. In other words, Bill, you are saying that GPL belongs in the mediocre-to-pathetic ranking of Pauillacs. I agree.

JimHow

say hey to Jonathan-P, one of the great old-timer BWEers, met him once in Boston, wish I could be there!

JimHow

Real impressive at the outset, Dave.

JimHow

Starting a little six day vacation period. It's been a busy summer, haven't had much time off. I've been looking forward to trying this wine, found it for $33 at that Allendale store. He Who Shall Remain Nameless scored it 94 points, which I believe is the highest score he has given this wine. (Not ...

JimHow

Thanks again to BWE for the assistance in procuring the Brunello. I ordered from the Allendale Wine Shoppe on Sunday evening. Within an hour after my order -- on Sunday evening -- my order was "ready for shipping," with a UPS code, it went out on Monday, and I got it on schedule today, wed...

JimHow

yeah, he's pretty disgusting.
I like to watch Fox on election night when I know the Dems are gonna win, just to see his suffering.

JimHow

but can't brook actual support of Trump. I don't get the print edition but I subscribe to the NYT digital edition. Literally almost every day, in the left hand column, is an article trashing Trump. Of course, literally every night, from 10-11pm, Sean Hannity is trashing Hillary. The problem is, I e...

JimHow

Thanks for the lead Chris, I'm likely gonna be coming down I-84 tomorrow at some point, I'll check it out!

JimHow

Just because it doesn't turn your crank doesn't mean that others aren't fond of it.

I never said anyone else can't be fond of it Danny!
I had the 2003 once probably when it first came out.
I was shocked at how light and shallow it was.

JimHow

Obviously I was influenced by the great company Jean-Nicolas. You have to admit, that '85 faded pretty fast.

JimHow

Very nice indeed.

JimHow

wow, which store racer chris? anything near i-84? i'll be coming down that way.

JimHow

Yeah that 2003 GPL is a disaster. You may be right about that 1990s stretch, Ian, I seem to remember liking the '94. I've always felt the 95 GPL was the best ever produced. I liked the 96 at one time but it seems to have not held up to the test of time. The 99, like the 03, was a complete disaster f...

JimHow

Yeah, counterfeiting a GPL would be like counterfeiting a one dollar bill.

JimHow

You should be more suspicious of the Robert Parker herd mentality over at cellar tracker Marcus.

JimHow

I had the 2009 and 2010 GPL side by side at the last BWE convention in DC, two bottles brought by Marcus. The 2010 was undrinkably bad. The 2009 was tolerable in the way a $20 Mondavi from the supermarket would be. The 2012, the first time I had it I tried to convince myself that I liked it. I tried...

JimHow

I'd put my money on the 78 GPL being brown and stewed and mushroomy. I mean, even that fraud Lynch, which was good for like ten years, like the American space program, produced something interesting (not good, mind you, but at least not dead), from vintages like 70 and 61. I mean, who has ever heard...

JimHow

I've tried the 2010 jckba. It was putrid. And I have witnesses.

JimHow

Jacques! Where are you! Help me! Help me educate these young men on how wrong they are about GPL... The single most overrated of the Pauillacs. It is Lynch 30 years before Lynch became "Lynch," the fraud it had become since 96, with the exception of 2000.

JimHow

I think Grand Puy Lacoste may be the single most overrated Pauillac. The 1995 was very good, bordering on excellent. There were 1982s that were good, but it was very erratic. For example, in our epic Chicago 2001 blind tasting, it came in 6th place out of 6 wines. Nic's 1985 is eh, decent. Far outcl...

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