Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

JimHow

I agree, this has to be one of the best values I've ever seen in that $12.00 price range.

JimHow

It'll be good to see Mr. Palmieri again after a two year hiatus!

JimHow

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.

JimHow

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...

JimHow

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...

JimHow

Chasse-Spleen, we look forward to your notes for many years to come on the new BWE!

JimHow

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...

JimHow

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 ...

JimHow

What the heck is this stuff? Kind of a muddy color. I'll let this sit a bit while we start with some cheese.

JimHow

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.

JimHow

Great to see you aboard, Harry, I'll be relying on you heavily as the 2007s hit the shelves in the months ahead.

JimHow

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.

JimHow

As I typed nearly nine years ago.... Welcome Johan!

We look forward to your spirit of goodwill for decades to come!

JimHow

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?

JimHow

Vaguely, Bob, can you refresh our memories on that one.

JimHow

I have both '95 and '96 GPL.

JimHow

Oh that was so freaking funny Joe, i forgot about that....

JimHow

#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...

JimHow

Sounds good, I think I barely got that Rhone title in.

JimHow

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...

JimHow

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...

JimHow

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.

JimHow

I'll bring a few bottles down to DC David.

JimHow

The full wine glass to the left indicates whether you have unread messages, Jon, is that what you are inquiring about?

JimHow

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.

JimHow

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.

JimHow

...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...

JimHow

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 ...

JimHow

Phil Reeve, as Manny Ramirez would say, has "brought us to another level."

This guy is really something!

JimHow

The emoticon with the cheesy Latin accent....

Oh that drew a laugh out loud...

JimHow

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.

JimHow

I have the '95 GPL, Bob, I'm in!

JimHow

I'm sure I'm going to miss some, and I welcome BWEers to chime in with their own lists, but here are my Top Ten BWE moments that are coming to mind, among hundreds, from the past nine years. #20. The BWE Harvard Professors Back in 2004 we had a young undergraduate from Harvard who joined our site br...

JimHow

I've had some lovely Rhones over the years.
This '07 Domaine "La Garrigue", for example, is quite nice.
What I sometimes have trouble getting my arms around, including with this 14% effort, are the alcohol levels.

JimHow

Sounds good, I'm very excited about this feature.

JimHow

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 twelve bucks. Let's see how it performs during dinner....

JimHow

I'm totally with you on that one Alch, I don't like avatars. But... I'm willing to listen to the arguments.

Sincerely,
JimHow
The Kinder and Gentler

JimHow

Alch... It is part of our effort to offer a "kinder and gentler" BWE. We felt it was important to keep the discussions among the managers concerning the decision-making process, in case anyone might be interested. My screen is purplish, I wouldn't call it pink. We can examine the issue tho...

JimHow

It has been too long, we'll do it in the not too distant future.

JimHow

I'm sipping on a Rhone as I write this, Ian, gonna come back and read your notes in a bit.

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