Alch it is good to see you, veritable BWE legend that you are, back in the land of the living...stay tuned, I will report back to be sure. Dirty little secret here I was trading on some inside information...the story goes something like this...Les Forts is not a proper second wine, it is actually a ...

Well not quite... ...it is the third wine of Ch Latour bottled generically by the Wine Society in the UK on sale for 19 pounds. Zachys sell the 2004 Pauillac De Latour for $80, now on sale for $64, so this struck me as too good to pass up. "This impeccable Pauillac comes via the back door of on...

Eight of us gathered for a Rhone tasting organized by Patrick (Blanquito) ten days before Christmas 2008 in central Manhattan. Fifteen out of the 16 wines I had not tried before, and I approached the task with mixed emotions of skepticism – I count my self as a Rhone skeptic - and optimism – I half ...

Hi Otto - and welcome to the new BWE site - glad you had a good experience with the Beychevelle '83. Singapore Airlines used to serve this in the 1990s and I had it a few times on my travels to the Orient. The last bottle I had in London a couple of years ago was sadly in significant decline. You we...

Let's work on that then Jacques - you never know we might even persuade Our Dear Leader to make the trip down from the Arctic Circle...

Hi Jacques - sounds like a good plan - David Wainwright the itinerant Aussie fine and rare wine specialist and consultant, and part time BWE lurker, asked if we could organise something in the first week of March when he is in town. Kittle House sounds like a great idea, and I know it is i your back...

Hi guys its great to be back...you can't imagine how frustrating it has been not being able to access BWE...and make provocative remarks... Looks like you guys have done and fantastic job and it has been well worth the wait Funny someone mentioned a mini off line in early March as long as it doesn't...