Hey wokalb, great to see you!
And I notice Stuart has come in as member #101.
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- Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:32 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: WELCOME TO THE NEW BWE!
- Replies: 108
- Views: 40984
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:30 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: Justin's 31st Birthday
- Replies: 6
- Views: 888
Re: TN: Justin's 31st Birthday
Audouze-like, dare I say.
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:22 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: Justin's 31st Birthday
- Replies: 6
- Views: 888
Re: TN: Justin's 31st Birthday
Wow! That '90 Margaux is one of my all-time favorites.
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:20 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2007 Domaine La Garrigue Ctes du Rhne Cuve Romaine
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2049
Re: TN: 2007 Domaine La Garrigue Ctes du Rhne Cuve Romaine
Internet explorer.
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:04 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Auto-link to CellarTracker
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9794
Re: Auto-link to CellarTracker
It's pretty easy, Bill, even I was able to figure it out on my own in a couple minutes.
It's a great new feature!
It's a great new feature!
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:56 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Auto-link to CellarTracker
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9794
Re: Auto-link to CellarTracker
The cellartracker feature is now working!
Outstanding work Phil and Eric!
Outstanding work Phil and Eric!
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:55 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2007 Domaine La Garrigue Ctes du Rhne Cuve Romaine
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2049
Re: TN: 2007 Domaine La Garrigue Ctes du Rhne Cuve Romaine
Posted from Cellartracker!
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:54 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2007 Domaine La Garrigue Ctes du Rhne Cuve Romaine
- Replies: 9
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TN: 2007 Domaine La Garrigue Ctes du Rhne Cuve Romaine
2007 Domaine La Garrigue Ctes du Rhne Cuve Romaine - France, Rhne, Southern Rhne, Ctes du Rhne (1/27/2009) I bought a few bottles of this from PJs. Sipping on it before dinner, it seems to have nice body and ripeness, a nice spicy character, lovely deep purple color. Not a bad little wine for twelv...
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:53 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2004 Château de Reignac (France, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1389
Re: TN: 2004 Château de Reignac (France, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur)
Woo hoo! I gotta try it.
How did that Reignac end up last night, Phil. I had the '03 once but didn't really like it.
How did that Reignac end up last night, Phil. I had the '03 once but didn't really like it.
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:51 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2007 Domaine "La Garrigue" Cotes du Rhone Cuvee Romaine
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1127
Re: TN: 2007 Domaine "La Garrigue" Cotes du Rhone Cuvee Romaine
I agree, this has to be one of the best values I've ever seen in that $12.00 price range.
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:08 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Charlie Palmer Check Update
- Replies: 5
- Views: 646
Re: I Received the First Charlie Palmer Check Today!!!
It'll be good to see Mr. Palmieri again after a two year hiatus!
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:06 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The former BWE
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1192
Re: The former BWE
I did the same tour about five years ago, Glenn, that room with the original launch control monitors was awe inspiring, as well as looking out at the original launch pads of the Apollo missions.
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:02 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 04 Kay Bros Amery Vinyards Hillside Shiraz has been uncorked
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3944
Re: 04 Kay Bros Amery Vinyards Hillside Shiraz has been uncorked
The conversations with his brother are compelling, but even there I don't see that nail-in-the-coffin, gotcha moment. Should be interesting to see how it unfolds. Meantime, this wine isn't too exciting. It is like the anti-Bordeaux with all its heat, muddyness, and lack of balance. It has a nice spi...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:54 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 04 Kay Bros Amery Vinyards Hillside Shiraz has been uncorked
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3944
Re: 04 Kay Bros Amery Vinyards Hillside Shiraz has been uncorked
Fitting I should just see Al Gore on TV while sipping on this wine, this wine seems scorched! It makes the '03 Bordeaux vintage seem downright chilly. It is quite raisiny, the question for my uneducated palate is whether it will settle down with dinner. the other problem I have with this wine is tha...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:46 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: WELCOME TO THE NEW BWE!
- Replies: 108
- Views: 40984
Re: WELCOME TO THE NEW BWE!
Chasse-Spleen, we look forward to your notes for many years to come on the new BWE!
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:45 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The former BWE
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1192
Re: The former BWE
Yes, I must admit I was the biggest advocate for staying on MSN because I was convinced that, despite its faults, the format was somehow a contributing factor to the dynamic that led to the success of the site. I must admit that I was completely wrong. It's hard enough to maintain a successful websi...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:41 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 04 Kay Bros Amery Vinyards Hillside Shiraz has been uncorked
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3944
Re: 04 Kay Bros Amery Vinyards Hillside Shiraz has been uncorked
Random thought while I try to gather up courage to take a second sip... So, do you think that Blagojevich fellow is guilty? He's going to be impeached because he didn't defend himself, but, you know, I'm still waiting to hear that one piece of tape, that one big piece of evidence, that hits me over ...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:32 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 04 Kay Bros Amery Vinyards Hillside Shiraz has been uncorked
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3944
04 Kay Bros Amery Vinyards Hillside Shiraz has been uncorked
What the heck is this stuff? Kind of a muddy color. I'll let this sit a bit while we start with some cheese.
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:39 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: My first TN, on the new BWE
- Replies: 5
- Views: 643
Re: My first TN, on the new BWE
Boy 12.5% alcohol from 2003 is quite an accomplishment. Cantemerle seems to get consistently high grades here on BWE, I've got to try these wines more often. I've got three or four bottles of the '05 in my cellar but I haven't tried it yet.
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:49 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Visit Chateauneuf and TN's 2007-2008 Clos Saint Jean
- Replies: 3
- Views: 381
Re: Visit Chateauneuf and TN's 2007-2008 Clos Saint Jean
Great to see you aboard, Harry, I'll be relying on you heavily as the 2007s hit the shelves in the months ahead.
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:48 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: Chateau Villars 2005
- Replies: 1
- Views: 247
Re: TN: Chateau Villars 2005
I have had this wine four or five times and there's just not much there that is very compelling in my book. The Cap de Faugeres is much better.
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:31 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: WELCOME TO THE NEW BWE!
- Replies: 108
- Views: 40984
Re: WELCOME TO THE NEW BWE!
As I typed nearly nine years ago.... Welcome Johan!
We look forward to your spirit of goodwill for decades to come!
We look forward to your spirit of goodwill for decades to come!
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:23 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE Website Wish List
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4380
Re: BWE Website Wish List
That chat room you set up for us for our last VLT worked very well, Phil, is that something we can make a permanent link here on BWE?
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:51 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: My Top Twenty Favorite Moments from the "Old" BWE
- Replies: 60
- Views: 25940
Re: My Top Ten Favorite Moments from the "Old" BWE
Vaguely, Bob, can you refresh our memories on that one.
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:39 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: VLT to Commemorate the NEW BWE
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17670
Re: VLT to Commemorate the NEW BWE
I have both '95 and '96 GPL.
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:38 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: My Top Twenty Favorite Moments from the "Old" BWE
- Replies: 60
- Views: 25940
Re: My Top Ten Favorite Moments from the "Old" BWE
Oh that was so freaking funny Joe, i forgot about that....
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:11 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: My Top Twenty Favorite Moments from the "Old" BWE
- Replies: 60
- Views: 25940
Re: My Top Ten Favorite Moments from the "Old" BWE
#19: The Anonymous Benefactor The annual convention in New York City in the spring of 2003 was our largest. 101 BWEers attended the Saturday night dinner. Allan Meadows was there. The war had just broken out, there were some tensions with France. I was doing interviews with magazines. Harry, Franco...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:30 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Auto-link to CellarTracker
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9794
Re: Auto-link to CellarTracker
Sounds good, I think I barely got that Rhone title in.
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:54 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The former BWE
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1192
Re: The former BWE
Yeah, it's quite interesting. I'll always have a place in my heart for the MSN site, I guess, it was kind of like when the Apollo 13 astronauts lived in the lunar module for four days to preserve the command module. It was cold and barren and bare bones, but it enabled them to survive to better days...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:48 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2007 Domaine "La Garrigue" Cotes du Rhone Cuvee Romaine
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1127
Re: TN: 2007 Domaine "La Garrigue" Cotes du Rhone Cuvee Romaine
No probs David, its lovely wine, at such a low price I would think restaurants would be looking for a wine like this. Stefan, Werner commented a while back that burgundy village wines from great vintages can last forever and I believe him. I recall a few years ago I had a batch of Burgundies from 19...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:43 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The former BWE
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1192
Re: The former BWE
Yeah I mean we were fighting with one hand tied behind our backs with all the log in issues, and the freezing up, and the spam, etc. The shutting down of MSN Groupswas a definite blessing in disguise. I mean, that was ridiculous over there.
...That Cellartracker feature is VERY exciting.
...That Cellartracker feature is VERY exciting.
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:33 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2007 Domaine "La Garrigue" Cotes du Rhone Cuvee Romaine
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1127
Re: TN: 2007 Domaine "La Garrigue" Cotes du Rhone Cuvee Romaine
I'll bring a few bottles down to DC David.
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:32 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE Website Wish List
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4380
Re: BWE Website Wish List
The full wine glass to the left indicates whether you have unread messages, Jon, is that what you are inquiring about?
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:28 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The former BWE
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1192
Re: The former BWE
You know, Jon, I was thinking about that this evening. I'm sure JScott and the others who were on the old Wine Spectator site would agree. The parallels with what happened nine years ago, when we left a dysfunctional WS site, are very striking.
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:24 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: My Top Twenty Favorite Moments from the "Old" BWE
- Replies: 60
- Views: 25940
Re: My Top Ten Favorite Moments from the "Old" BWE
Ah yes...
Wow, those Harvard kids drank well that day!
They invited me back at the end of the semester but I couldn't make it.
Wow, those Harvard kids drank well that day!
They invited me back at the end of the semester but I couldn't make it.
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:19 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2007 Domaine "La Garrigue" Cotes du Rhone Cuvee Romaine
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1127
Re: TN: 2007 Domaine "La Garrigue" Cotes du Rhone Cuvee Romaine
...This wine finished strong. I'm so inexperienced in Rhones I'm reluctant to describe it, but it had everything I'm looking for in wine... Nice body, balance, ripeness, and the 14% alcohol didn't seem to interfere. Nothing thin or short about it. Definitely worthy of the high RMP rating, I think he...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:52 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2000 Mondotte-Bellisle St. Emilion
- Replies: 2
- Views: 356
Re: TN: 2000 Mondotte-Bellisle St. Emilion
Thanks for the report, finner. It just goes to show that, as great as the 2000 vintage was, in the end the limitations of terroir take over. I've had similar experiences with a couple other 2000 St. Emilions, Ferrand Lartigue and Corbin. You get the impression that these wines were stretched as far ...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:03 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Auto-link to CellarTracker
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9794
Re: Auto-link to CellarTracker
Phil Reeve, as Manny Ramirez would say, has "brought us to another level."
This guy is really something!
This guy is really something!
Re: Avatars
The emoticon with the cheesy Latin accent....
Oh that drew a laugh out loud...
Oh that drew a laugh out loud...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:58 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2003 Pontet Canet
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1341
Re: 2003 Pontet Canet
Yes, Scott, Jackdaw actually posted a tasting note on the '96 Pontet-Canet in the first 48 hours of the existence of BWE in February 2000.
It is fitting that we met with Alfred Tesseron a couple years ago, it is a classic BWE wine from the appellation of Pauillac.
It is fitting that we met with Alfred Tesseron a couple years ago, it is a classic BWE wine from the appellation of Pauillac.