Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

JimHow

I'm really pleased with how the BWE DC convention is shaping up!
With the additional DC crew that Joel is rounding up, it sounds like quite a barn burner!
Looks like a critical mass of folks are arriving on Thursday, we'll have to organize something for that night!
Let's get it on!

JimHow

Jesus Christ, now Joe has Covid. The other side has a tanned blonde god, fist pumping in the air, the blood of battle streaming down his face, hot secret service agent hugging him tightly, American flag in the background against a bright blue sky, beseeching his followers to "fight!" Our s...

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But hey, you know I’ve agreed with you more often than not Marcus on these Trump issues. In the end the Democratic leadership really has only itself to blame here. With all these strong candidates on the bench, the best we produce is Joe. That’s pretty sad. You know one thing that I have found inter...

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I predict Trump/Vance won’t accept the results of the 2024 election if they lose, or 2028 for that matter. He incited a riot on Capitol Hill in an election where he pretty much lost in an electoral landslide. He hired lawyers to litigate lies that got a bunch of them disbarred. He spread Big Lies ab...

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Well, he did appoint three US Supreme Court justices, which will change American jurisprudence for the rest of our lives. Not to mention the damage done at the federal circuit and district court levels. And he tried like hell to overturn an election, we’ll see if we’re so lucky the next time around.

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For me, I've just been in a funk about this for the past few days. It's just too much. I've seen so many people dead from gunshot wounds in my law practice, too many who die on video, be it a security camera, a police body cam, etc. These homicides don't happen like in the movies. They are just horr...

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Excellent!!!

Attendees

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Nicola
Winona + Marjorie
Stefan + Lucie
Joel
Lee + Reagan
Marcs
MichaelP + Nalan
DavidG + Peggy
Brian + Dave
Ed + Lisa
HM$ + Lisa
JeanFred
AlexH

Total: 22

JimHow

There’s some insane video on TMZ. This is unbelievable.

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This is just mind boggling what happened yesterday. How could there have been a line of site from that rooftop? That just cannot happen. Heads need to roll in the secret service. A millimeter to the right… good grief.

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What a country.

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Sigh I've been predicting assassination attempts.

JimHow

Nice Winona!
We're off to Paris again in September, then possibly Asia.
Working hard and playing hard.
Life is good!
Looking forward to the DC convention, it looks like we are going to have a good crowd.

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Indeed David, I agree with everything you say. I enjoy Nicola and Alex’s notes on wines that I’ve never heard of, even though I don’t really have much to say about them. It’s hard to believe, but a lot of my actions these days are now being driven with my age taken into account. This is a difficult ...

JimHow

So if I drink two bottles per week (on average) over the next 14 years (when, morbidly, I hope to die in my sleep at age 80), that means I will drink about 1,456 more bottles of fine Bordeaux. I currently have about 1,150 bottles in my cellar. This does not leave much room for Chateau Turcaud.

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Yes ajdont is an obvious bot, I recognized that from its first post.

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I’ve never heard of Chateau Turcaud in 30 years of drinking Bordeaux. I have only so many evenings left in my Bordeaux wine drinking career, why would I drink this unknown estate on a Thursday night over the plethora of other Bordeaux wines I can drink, and is this wine beyond supermarket level qual...

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Looking forward to seeing you and Lucie, Stefan, now in our 24th year. Incredible, really, friends together on this crazy little site for a quarter century, through all the travails. Sipping on a 2020 Cantemerle tonight, mmm doggie. Bordeaux -- and BWE -- is as good as it ever was.

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There's a big difference between 89 points and 90 points.

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BWE convention hotel:

Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill, 525 New Jersey Ave., NW (not Capital Hilton).

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Nice!

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I like your mindset for planning, Jim, but I doubt that Stefan is using the same "formula." My last vintage purchased (one case only) was 2020, which will be 9 years old when I reach 80. That sounds just about right, Jon, I think the 2019/2020 vintages are going to be drinking nicely at a...

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I’m in a hunker down mode right now, Mark, with the imminent return of Orange. I see world instability on the horizon, which will filter down to such urgent matters as the wine world. I have my property and assets and wine cellar in order for the onslaught. At my current slowed rate of consumption I...

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I'm actually coming in on Wednesday, JF, I have some non-BWE plans on Wednesday and Thursday during the day. I'm staying at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill, 525 New Jersey Ave., NW (not Capital Hilton). Anything I do on Thursday night will be pretty low key, I can't usually drink much three ni...

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So if my math is correct, my last vintage purchase will be in six years, purchasing the 2028 vintage when it hits the shelves. The 2028 vintage will be my last vintage, because that is the last vintage that will have at least ten years of aging when I am 80 years old. Okay! This is a liberating calc...

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Calon Segur has unfortunately gotten pricey. Interesting comparison to Magdelaine. I imagine I'll stop buying at some vintage, 2020 seems like a good place to stop but I doubt it! I'll have to do the Jim How Age 80 Equation, i.e., what vintage at age 80 will be at the ten year mark, that will be my ...

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I've said this before and I'll say it again. I wish he would wear his glasses. His face looks pasty, old, tired, his eyes look glassy. He looks cool when he wears his sunglasses.

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I didn't think it was George's best interview, I thought he kind of just kept repeating the same questions in different ways. Joe did not do as badly as I expected but I don't come away with any more confidence. I just came away sad. He's just too old. I wanted to hug him. He really needed to just n...

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I'm booked at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill, 525 New Jersey Ave, NW, because I'm a Hilton Diamond member. It seems like an expensive weekend for hotels in DC, this is the least pricey Hilton that weekend. I can cancel up til the day before, nobody should feel obligated to follow suit. I don'...

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Boy that was a rough day for Joe yesterday. A big day for Joe today.
It is time for him to go but if we are going to be stuck with Harris, no thanks.

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Interesting that the UK has gone left while France and the rest of Europe has gone right. Is it an anti-establishment sentiment or more complicated than that?

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Soft shell season in Maine is pretty much the beginning of July to mid-October. This is when they molt out of their hard shells into thin shells that we can break easily with our hands, Both hard and soft shell are delicious but I think most would say the soft shell meat is a little sweeter and more...

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Mmmm doggie glad to hear you and the clan are having a good summer, Stefan, the man from Quebec and his clan are coming to the Great State of Maine in August, you and Lucie are certainly welcome back. The 2017 Niellon I thought was a bit of a disappointment, a bit tart and unripe I thought, perhaps ...

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Mmmm you guys don't know what you're missing....

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I hope the governors are rough on him today.
The George Stefanopoulos interview could be rough as well, ask that dink Chris Sununu:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hepuf_DgtaA

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The Democrats have some highly intelligent, dynamic, very strong alternatives available, including, but not limited to: Gretchen Whitmer Gavin Newsom Andy Beshear Pete Buttigieg Josh Shapiro Amy Klobuchar Numerous others… It is astounding that the system produced two very weak candidates like Biden ...

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You may be right, BP, I have a feeling that this is going to cascade. And then things will happen fast. I predict Joe won't survive the weekend.

Man. When we started this thread, did we ever in our wildest imaginations think we would see the things we've seen eight years later.

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I think he's going to step down. There seems to be a groundswell developing. Incredible times we are living in.

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I spoke with Joel the other day, he's anticipating over 30 with the local DC contingent.
Looking forward to it!

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There was one moment in the debate, I just can't shake it out of my mind. When Orange said, "I don't understand what he just said.... And I don't think he does either." It was one of the most savage moments in the history of American politics, one of the most savage moments I've seen in li...

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New York Times editorial board calling for Biden to leave the race. Incredible times we are living through.

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