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14 it is. I'll have plenty on hand then as isn't 12 years some kind of inflection point?

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Either solo or as part of a Pan-Pacific BWE?

I'm trying to figure out how many 2002 lefties I should carry.

Thanks.

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Yeah, maybe I will be there. If there's going to be a barney I can hold someone's glass.

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Hmm. Or perhaps payment in kind from Blanquito's vault? A deep track perhaps? Eh, I have too many bottles left to squirrel away as it is.

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Was the Calon panned en primeur? Did it get the dreaded 89 points? That by the way is my favorite score, even if it's not perfect.

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Just a couple, to take as excess checked baggage on the actual move. I'm taking a couple I have on the upcoming trip and leaving them with friends.

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Got any spare shippers?

Seriously I'd be there but we're just flying back from Hawaii that morning. Maybe if I leave two cars at the airport...

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Things are really getting mean around here ever since that subversive clique formed up.

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I have no personal experience with this but in reading about it I get the impression this tends toward the Parkerized/modern school. I think maybe Claudius recommended the 08 or 09, but I'm wondering if Ian wouldn't put this in the "generic as an '82 Canon" camp. Anyone care to make a gros...

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I just want to make it clear for the record that although David G. has expressed a tentative intention of coming to Hawaii in January, EVERYONE is invited to this nonexclusive, exclusive event at Hale Ka. We will have the usual Polynesian entertainment, with persons (David) selected at random from t...

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I would have come just to meet Sandy Weill. Billionaires willing to admit failure is the nki.

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Thanks, guys. It's somewhat counterintuitive (at least as far as my intuition carries me) that less alcohol may in general mean greater longevity/ageability. But for sure I understand that the producer and vineyard and vintage probably too are probably paramount anyway.

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I had a 94 Lagrange (St. Julien) the other night. It was excellent. I checked later on CT for the buzz and most who've tasted it lately concur if I recall correctly. Funny how that is I got four or six bottles for I think the mid $20s on off winebid last spring.

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Generally speaking, does the alcoholic degree of a Kabinett influence its aging potential? For example, all other things being equal, is it be true that a Kabinett of 10 percent abv would age better than one of 8 percent abv? More specifically, given these two bottles, which would you consume now, a...

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Seems like short money. I paid that for the 96 a few years ago and it can't possibly be as disappointing.

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It's on my list, Jon, and that's the one that matters.

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Hale Ka = Hale KA = K(athy) & A(rthur)'s House. It actually works on a couple of levels since ka = the, as in The House. I think ka also = canoe or container so those are all good too. The Ka part was easy, Now all we need to do is find the Hale. There is no need to contribute anything. Dependin...

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First BWE'r to Hale Ka we open a 1998 Latour. I understand it's not in the pantheon of the great Grand Vins but the CTers seem to be liking it recently.

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I see you use the double-guyot stacking method. I might be able to increase the yield of my understairs storage with it.

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That's been my experience excepting Pontet Canet. Nice structued wines that probably will exceed expectations even if they're not generally as "good" as their right bank bretheren and sisteren.

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I had another 2003 Ch. Bourgneuf last night. I have already reported on this favorably and last night's bottle was all the more. Plush and plump yet mellow and tender and no bitter or detracting aftertaste whatsoever. Drinking perfectly right now, it made a strong pitch for inclusion in the Island 24.

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I'm humbled. I'm just a tumbleweed, man. Where the winds blow, that's where I am.

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In Russia, success celebrate you. Romney signs outnumbering Obama signs probably 10-1 in Colorado's 5th Congressional district which includes both my homes. But the Springs area is home to three major military installations plus the Air Force Academy and Focus on the Family and a number of other con...

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He's going to stand up to Putin? Putin is reportedly one of the world's richest men. Certainly one of the richest leaders. Maybe richer than Mitler even.

I thought "In America we celebrate success. We don't apologize for success."

In Russia, TV watch you.

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They have the wrong Portman. Natalie would be better.

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Sondra Locke is going to channel Clint Eastwood?

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Interesting. There were two Marilyns. Beverly Owen (1) and Pat Priest (2). I think we are thinking of Pat Priest. She was born in Bountiful, Utah. Guess she's voting for Romney then. Amazing how the circle closes upon itself.

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I haven't been paying attention much here or elsewhere so pardon me if it's been noted that Paul Ryan bears a certain resemblance to Eddie Munster.

I also get Ron Paul, Rand Paul, RuPaul, Paul Ryan, and Ayn Rand confused.

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Just scanning here. Seeing references to Christie mentioning American destiny and also references to Pearl Harbor. So did he utter that most American of all platitudes, "we didn't give up after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, did we?!"

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Crawford was way too much money (not his fault) for a guy that didn't fit anywhere in the lineup or on the field, then he was injured. Gonzo was a good contract (compared to Tex, Pujols, and any number of others) but he didn't seem quite right for the town and he was being roasted as another JD Drew...

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I can heartily agree that 2000 is overrated and heartily disagree that it sucks. It was a vintage born amid if not necessarily of hype. In this sense 2005 and 2009 are also overrated. 2003 is overrated in part, overreviled in part and sort of averge and putrid in other parts. All the other vintages ...

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Hmm. I recall some dudes washed down some ham and eggs with a 96 Petit Cheval at 2012 BWE and didn't have any complaints. And I've had some nice 2000 RB's in the small to medium category. WADR it's tough to rule out bad bottle, dumb phase, or simple operator error.

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Funny you should say this had a smooth almost silky texture. That was the exact mental note I made of an 88 Beychevelle I had last Saturday too. Still an elastic structure but so silky and smooth. I'd be bummed if tit were my last. Forutnately I have eight more or thereabouts, but it was a far more ...

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OK, let's close this thread and start a new one, maybe call it Pretty hard to see how Obama loses this race or When President Obama has his 2nd inaugural Then we'll begin ab initio, tabula rasa, and all that, with something more in line with the BD's thinking. "There are actually not-off-the-wa...

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So the pricing is favorable? In percentage terms, how big a discount to, say, the 2007 "all time best anywhere ever" vintage?

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Boston Globe ran a piece on Romney's IRA/SEP. Valued at "$20 million to $100 million." As the story points out, it's hard (understatement alert) to achieve that given the contribution limitations. So it has been achieved via outsized returns. This is due to investing most or all of it in B...

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Dominus (not that I've had one).

Greed and covetousness are two sides of the same coin.

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When your wife is away with the children, it is you on vacation, my friend.

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Here's my note from last year.

http://www.bordeauxwineenthusiasts.com/ ... ose#p19370

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Not my trip. Just wouldn't mind drinking those wines.

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