2015 Grand Mayne $42.00. An impulse buy at Costco. Yes it's a Rolland influenced wine but I have friends who like full bodied wines.
Bill
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- Thu Apr 29, 2021 6:16 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
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- Sat Apr 24, 2021 1:11 am
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- Topic: DC in the fall? Zoom next week?
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Re: DC in the fall? Zoom next week?
I'm monitoring the thread and I would like to join but have a few prior engagements. Oregon Pinot country May 4-12. Hawaii June 1-15 and in September I'm at Yosemite area 8th-15th. if the date you choose is open I'll participate.
- Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:54 pm
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- Topic: William P... Grateful Dead, Lewiston, Maine, Sept 6, 1980
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Re: William P... Grateful Dead, Lewiston, Maine, Sept 6, 1980
Chris, I never considered myself a Deadhead. I've have friends that have gone to 50 concerts over the years. I did not. I was a child of 60s living in San Francisco and the Bay Area. I went to many concerts, saw many groups, some multiple times. (Airplane, Dead, Santana, Who, Quicksilver, Tower of P...
- Fri Apr 23, 2021 3:05 am
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- Topic: William P... Grateful Dead, Lewiston, Maine, Sept 6, 1980
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Re: William P... Grateful Dead, Lewiston, Maine, Sept 6, 1980
Jim, I'm glad you had one of those "incredible" Dead experiences. I first saw the Dead in May of 1969. I just graduated from High School. It was in a terrible hall and the sound was not very good. A bad concert that was not their fault. BTW, they never played there again. From there I foll...
- Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:29 am
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- Topic: Where can I get a bottle or two of 2016 Lynch Bages....
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Re: Where can I get a bottle or two of 2016 Lynch Bages....
InternetWines.com has it for $159.00. I've dealt with them before and they were responsive and reliable. Wines arrived in good shape.
- Fri Apr 16, 2021 3:47 pm
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- Topic: A night of Calon Segur.
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Re: A night of Calon Segur.
Happy Birthday Jan.
Bill
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- Wed Apr 14, 2021 6:51 pm
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- Topic: Birthday Wines
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Re: Birthday Wines
Thank you for all the well wishes. Also happy birthday to Lisa. It was a fun night. 2000 Pontet Canet. A beautiful mature Bordeaux that has just enter its plateau. I think it will have many more years ahead. The scent of this wine is special. It's very floral, earthy, leather, and tobacco make up a ...
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:19 pm
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- Topic: Birthday Wines
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Birthday Wines
Well I hit the venerable age of 70 today and for the first time in more than a year Lin and I are going to dinner with a small group of vaccinated friends. Even though my friends are not enthusiast (they like wine just not on the same scale) I thought I would celebrate our friendship with a few bott...
- Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:08 pm
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- Topic: Favorite New World wine(s)?
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Re: Favorite New World wine(s)?
To add to Jacques' list, I am fond of Walter Scott's Pinots and Chardonnays. I also like Rose and Arrow pinots but there wines are very pricey. Lingua Franca makes great chardonnays but the majority of them again are pricey. Finally Cristom make great pinots. Next month I intend to visit Evesham Woo...
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:25 pm
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- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
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- Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:28 am
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- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
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- Tue Mar 23, 2021 5:24 pm
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Re: So what have you bought lately?
1. Terra Rouge Sentinel Oak Syrah 2013. 2. Terra Rouge Sentinel Oak Syrah 2005. Terra Rouge is an Amador Wine just up the hill from Sacramento. The owner and vintner is Bill Easton who is one of California's original Rhone Rangers. His winery (IMO) is one of the two best in the Gold Country the othe...
- Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:08 pm
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- Topic: Your top underachiever wine
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Re: Your top underachiever wine
Mus, I don't drink many Pavie. However, great terroir does not always equate to a great wine.Musigny 151 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:01 pmAlmost all of them. But I suppose if I chose one, it would be Pavie. Fabulous terroir...
- Tue Mar 23, 2021 3:38 pm
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- Topic: Your top underachiever wine
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Re: Your top underachiever wine
Anything from St. Emilion.
- Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:39 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Cheaper BDX and Euro Red in the Future?
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- Mon Mar 08, 2021 12:55 am
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- Topic: Kurniawan story focus of "The Con" documentary, airs on ABC March 24, 10 PM
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Re: Kurniawan story focus of "The Con" documentary, airs on ABC March 24, 10 PM
Thanks David for the heads up.
James, I definitely understand where you are coming from. I'm not you and I have no sympathy for Rudy. This is not a case of police or system abuse.
Bill
James, I definitely understand where you are coming from. I'm not you and I have no sympathy for Rudy. This is not a case of police or system abuse.
Bill
- Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:28 pm
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- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
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Re: So what have you bought lately?
To JimHow: I assume that the non-excellent choice is the 2015 Malartic Lagraviere, but I find I have been liking it more and more. Believe it or not, it now qualifies under my "system" as the lowest possible "first growth quality" in a fine year (Wine Advocate Vintage Rating 96 ...
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:52 am
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- Topic: What is the best 3 year run, and what is the best 5 year run?
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Re: What is the best 3 year run, and what is the best 5 year run?
I agree with Gerry 14, 15, 16. Five years is a tougher question.
- Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:11 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: sensible pricing of left bank red Bordeaux
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Re: sensible pricing of left bank red Bordeaux
Welcome Richard. We are a little slower in responding. We are also a small board. What is your context of "sensible pricing"? Do you mean what is the worth of left bankers as compared to the rest of the red world? Maybe you mean, what are the left bankers that are great qpr's? Maybe you wa...
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:49 pm
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- Topic: BWE France 2022?
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- Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:45 pm
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- Topic: St. Innocent thread
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Re: St. Innocent thread
JC - Yes. Though they say their chardonnay is spectacular. Time will tell.
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:12 pm
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- Topic: St. Innocent thread
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Re: St. Innocent thread
Walter Scott sent me an email yesterday. They will sell NO pinot noir from the 2020 vintage.
Bill
Bill
- Mon Mar 01, 2021 5:57 pm
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- Topic: St. Innocent thread
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- Fri Feb 26, 2021 7:56 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Happy 21st Birthday to BWE!
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Re: Happy 21st Birthday to BWE!
Time flies when you're having fun. Happy Birthday to BWE!
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:13 pm
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- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
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Re: So what have you bought lately?
From Walter Scott.
2 2019 Sequitur Pinot Noir
1 2019 Rock Salt Chard.
2 2019 Ruth Cuvee Pinot N.
1 2019 Ann Cuvee Chard.
2 2019 Sequitur Pinot Noir
1 2019 Rock Salt Chard.
2 2019 Ruth Cuvee Pinot N.
1 2019 Ann Cuvee Chard.
- Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:34 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: A hard, thin, lifeless 2002 Palmer.
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- Thu Feb 18, 2021 12:31 am
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- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
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Re: So what have you bought lately?
I've decided 2016 will be my last vintage of Bordeaux that I collect and cellar. I'll buy future bottles but for immediate consumption. I'm also buying wine that may be ready sooner than 20 years.
6. 2016 Ch. Siran
2. 2016 Ch. Sociando Mallet
2. 2016 Ch. Cantemerle
Bill
6. 2016 Ch. Siran
2. 2016 Ch. Sociando Mallet
2. 2016 Ch. Cantemerle
Bill
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 3:28 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: My fellow BWEers...
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Re: My fellow BWEers...
Thanks to Jacques and Tom for their work in getting this back up. And thanks to Jim also for his dedication to the Board.
Bill
Bill
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:30 am
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- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
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Re: So what have you bought lately?
AKR wrote:William P wrote:375ml chateau suduiraut sauternes 2007. Impulse buy at Costco. $23.00 a bottle.
I already have so much dessert wine that is getting consumed too slowly....
I don't have much and Linda seems to be acquiring a taste.
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:47 pm
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- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
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Re: So what have you bought lately?
375ml chateau suduiraut sauternes 2007. Impulse buy at Costco. $23.00 a bottle.
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:34 am
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- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
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Re: So what have you bought lately?
Chris, it was likely $139.99 and someone left out the 1.
Re: JimHow
Sorry about your brother Jim.
bill
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- Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:29 pm
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- Topic: 2018 and 2019...where do they fall?
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Re: 2018 and 2019...where do they fall?
St. I've not had many 2018 and those were below the normal radar Bordeaux. Still I think there is less fruit than 2015 and more structure, but not as much structure as 2016. I would add that the beauty of the 14,15, and 16 is they will develop on different time scales. So the younger here can buy th...
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 2:05 am
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- Topic: Off to Alaska...
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Re: Off to Alaska...
Stay warm. I'll be interested in the rulings on your pretrial motions.
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:03 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: How would we judge 1982 Bordeaux in the market today
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Re: How would we judge 1982 Bordeaux in the market today
Not sure of the scope of the question. Are you asking us to evaluate and rate all Bordeaux vintages from 1982? If so I would so, I would rate 1982 in the top two. If I had to pick, I'd say 82, 10 and I'm very impressed with 16. Though I do admit a certain favoritism with the vintage.
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:31 pm
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- Topic: Great wine <$50
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Re: Great wine <$50
Since great is always so subjective it's a difficult task. As the Dead said. "One man gathers what another man spills."
2016 LaFon Rochet $45.00. Bordeaux
2018 Lingua Franca Avni Chardonnay $30.00. Willamette Valley.
Bill
2016 LaFon Rochet $45.00. Bordeaux
2018 Lingua Franca Avni Chardonnay $30.00. Willamette Valley.
Bill
- Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:46 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2008 de Sales [Pomerol]
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Re: TN: 2008 de Sales [Pomerol]
Thanks for the note Arv. Have a great Christmas with Jenn and the girls, oh and I can't forget Blucher.
Bill
Bill
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 12:34 am
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- Topic: You can only name one: What's the greatest wine you tasted?
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Re: You can only name one: What's the greatest wine you tasted?
That was a spectacular wine. Hard to pick one: the Unico, 89 Petrus, 89 Haut-Brion. Oh then the 82s I give up.tim wrote:Bill, it was a 1968 Vega Sicilia Unico.
Which was my top wine until the 1907 Latour.
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 10:45 pm
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- Topic: You can only name one: What's the greatest wine you tasted?
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Re: You can only name one: What's the greatest wine you tasted?
Tim, what was the wine you shared with the SF group at Maureen's Sonoma house? It was your birthday wine.
Bill
Bill
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 9:18 pm
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- Topic: My favorite wine glasses: Motel plastic cups. What's yours?
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Re: My favorite wine glasses: Motel plastic cups. What's yours?
I like Schott Zwiesel. Presently I'm using the Pure, Cabernet stem. I also have their Pinot and Bordeaux stems but they're from other lines. I like them because I have two doodles who have been prone to sweeping their tails across the coffee table thus terminating fragile glasses.