Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Izack, I certainly appreciate the time and effort that goes in to planning an itinerary through Bordeaux. BWE's cancelled 20th anniversary tour for 5 days of bliss was tough to coordinate with lunches/dinners and tastings being put together for 20 people. I only arranged 4 dinners, 3 lunches and one...

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Thanks for the discussion Alex. For years I was a buyer of Clos du Marquis and enjoyed them thoroughly with last vintage purchased being 2002 when pricing started to rise here disproportionately and stopped buying. Still have a vertical from 95-02 that needs to be shared at some point in the future ...

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Izak, What a great review to read and visualize with your photos. If we can't be there ourselves it certainly was nice to escape through your words and images. Nice to see Alex in some of the photos looking well. Thanks for taking the time putting this report together and sharing it with the BWE fam...

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I was watching a show last night that had a piece on Marques de Riscal winery where they showed how they opened ancient bottles with no risk of getting cork in the wine. Never seen this one before and for your interest enjoy the YouTube video. I think it's an ingenious method and a fun short watch. ...

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Not a lot of fun Jim. So far we've been lucky but lots of people around us have had it with mostly mild to moderate flu like symptoms. My concern are the reports of 5-60% who had covid develop some lingering seemingly unrelated symptoms....Long-Covid that seems more concerning and could be a worse p...

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Jon,

We also enjoyed the 03 Pontet Canet over the holidays and certainly no controversy over this bottle. Drinking beautifully now with resolved tannins and exceeded expectations. What more can you ask for. Glad you enjoyed as well. Happy New Year!

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Nic,

Hopefully covid lets up by then and would be great to get together if you are in the area.

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Nic, Agree that Burgundy has upped their game but also their prices. Love many of the wines but I find because of availability and price a more difficult area to get a handle on. The complexities and subtleties make me wanting more and certainly when the Burg's are on they usually leave a bigger imp...

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Everyone,

I apologize at offending anyone as that was not the intention. The post on my side has been edited however the quotes unfortunately remain. Sorry again for the inappropriate choice of words.

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Chris, What is offensive is the Govt placing a curfew on its citizens with less than 24hs on New Years Eve no less. Restauranteurs had been planning for scaled down limited attendance parties and purchased planned everything for these usual festivities. All celebrations beyond 10pm forfeited. When p...

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Here's what the Quebec Govt is sending out to everyone. Sorry Nic for the restrictions that you have to put up with. This is not right. Sorry but I still don't know how to post a picture/screenshot so created a link.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/4o9JA3rwPCaSxfcs6

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Bill,

Nice to see you're still going strong and we've enjoyed reading the notes over thee holidays.

Happy New Years to you and the family. Hoping for better times up north.

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Nic, Enjoying dinner tonight and Quebec amber alert came in warning everyone about curfew starting tonight and be off the streets by 10pm. Talking about a police state mentality especially on New Years Eve. With the covid numbers rising exponentially why couldn't they wait til tomorrow. Bad news to ...

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An interesting hike today with a recently joined local hiking/cycling group had a guy who was talking about his 20 yr involvement with the JWST project as an astroengineer who has worked for the Canadian Space Agency for most of his career. I was unaware of the collaboration between NASA/ Canadian S...

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Jim, Certainly looks like yuck. Freezing cold, blizzards and only 4hrs of daylight at this time of the year makes it much worse that if you have reasonable sunshine for a significant part of the day. Good luck in your travels Jim give it your best but sounds like there's not as much optimism heading...

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Note the honoured pair of 2014 bottles in the second last picture!! Should post on the webpage if you can like in the past.

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Congrats Jim on a wonderful choice for the WOTY the only vintage that we tasted while visiting La Conseillante in 2015. This has always been a stellar Chateau that I've under bought over the years unfortunately but stunning memories from vintages bought at auction and long gone were the 82,83,89 &am...

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Merry after Christmas to all and Happy New Years to everyone. Nice to hear some have gathered over the holidays hopefully we don't see a fallout over the days to come. Covid with this Omicron here up north has taken off like wildfire making everyone scared once again. We stayed within our immediate ...

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Nic/Jim That 05 DM is delicious now and will be going strong for years to come. I'm in Alex Rs corner on this one that it hits it out of the park today so why wait til tomorrow. Thanks for sharing the 60 minutes link. I'm happy where I am in the wine buying curve being at the end of it so the effect...

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This has been an incredible story and exciting to watch the launch today. How good is that to do it on Christmas morning! Amazing what mankind can accomplish when people work together. Thanks for keeping us informed along the way and look forward to continued updates but we're in a dark zone for 6 m...

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Sounds great Stefan. Just finished a stellar 96 Lagrange that is in a very good place right now with rack of lamb. Quiet Christmas here with kids hopefully coming in on 26th pending covid tests.

Merry Christmas to everyone.

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Good luck Jim. For N95 masks I ordered some from Staples but if you have a Costco or Walmart nearby they are cheaper and plentiful locally. I just picked up another box of 20 at Costco today for half the price for twice as many.

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Holiday time returned semi to normalcy with the advent of the annual Stefan Christmas review. Look forward to sharing the next few days. Merry Christmas to everyone in the family and hopefully everyone stays safe and healthy through these trying times. Who'd have thought we'd still be dealing with a...

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Couldn't see the poll initially as I wasn't logged in. No Spanish tick which is disappointing.

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Not sure how to use the poll?? Top three red Burg/White Burg and Rioja off page. Bordeaux still rules in our household. Italian reserved for pizza nights and usually Chianti Reserva. Haven't had Brunello/Barollo etc in ages( well maybe a year). Champagne a love but certainly pales in volume by compa...

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Jim, We don't envy you heading to Alaska at that time of year the land of eternal darkness and bone chilling cold. We feel fortunate in Ottawa/Lewiston by comparison. Your idea of preparing physically and mentally for the challenges ahead must in order to keep your head in the game. Good luck to you...

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Great to see some familiar faces connecting over a few bottles of grape juice. Lots of smiles all around and feeling envious. Thanks for sharing the photos, notes and memories.

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Suspense! Still waiting for the notes update to discover the 100pt special that made Blanquito history.

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Nice to see that some are having to slum there way through Bordeaux during these tough times!

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Incredible and again envious!

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Envious and happy to see some enjoying the French wine country. Yes Patrick is looking very comfortable.

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Loved the d"Issan review but the Streamsong piece was even more up my alley. This place is truly golf Mecca in the middle of nowhere Central Florida. For a no golfer the guy hits the right notes with some nice photos to give a feel for the place. Now I have a new blog to read and see where this...

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Great read Alex on a subject and area that we are unfamiliar with. Sherry is used here more for cooking than drinking and typically a local cream sherry. We've not had the pleasure of being enlightened and thoroughly enjoyed the read. We've been talking about spending some extended time in the south...

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Outstanding and envious lineup that seems to be almost routine when visiting the Amstad residence in Islington!! Very well done and nice to hear people are beginning to move across the pond to travel again. Not something that we feel comfortable with quite yet but hopefully soon.

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I had a flashback and forgot to mention the foie gras creme brulé app that Howard $$ would die for!! That man can eat foie for breakfast/lunch and supper along with midnight snack....unless things have maybe changed??

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Jim, They had another version of venison on the menu a couple of weeks back that was absolutely 5*. Sweetbread(Ris de Veau) starter was incredible. Only things missing were our Quebecois companions and American terrorist. Another time for sure. The restaurant La Girolles is still firing on all cylin...

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Ditto Tom & Gail. Sounds like another epic BWE weekend as we close out our trip to Charlevoix for leaf colour change and covid escape that was cancelled last fall and rescheduled. In Quebec City this weekend where we enjoyed some BWE memories revisiting La Girolles that was fantastic only missin...

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I'll agree to disagree with the article conclusion that 2001 likely better than 2000. From my more limited experience and not drinking the lofty bottling described I'd say 2000 exceeds 2001 hands down. 2000 I went fairly deep with 10 mixed cases and 2001 was not reviewed initially prior to futures r...

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I'm missing something here. A guy comes up to this kids window punches him in the face then walks away gets shot in the back and the kid walks away Scott free! I don't get it? Yes you've done your job but there's somebody dead here! I don't understand how this works.

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