Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Tom In DC

Piling on here, the Pulltap's is the real deal for a two-step waiter's corkscrew. The Durand is great and an essential tool but the ah so part is like pushing a brick into the neck of the bottle. I swapped out the impressive looking but crappy, cork shredding original tongs with the Westpark Monopol...

Tom In DC

I can assure you that Patrick is fine.

Tom In DC

Tonight I opened the second of three bottles of 2015 Chapelle de Potensac that Rye Brook Wine & Spirits sold me as 2015 Chateau Potensac. At a better than expected price for Potensac and a crappy price for La Chapelle. I guess I won't be looking at their deals ever again. At least the wine is o...

Tom In DC

Glad to see you home at last, Jim. As no doubt you are as well. I watched a few episodes of the trial and Gail and I both watched final arguments. It seems unfair (and I hate to and rarely use the word unfair - no one should expect life to be fair) that the prosecutor gets a second final argument af...

Tom In DC

Comparing high end Bordeaux to Super Tuscans???!!!

Are my ST's getting better or is Bordeaux going to the dogs?

Tom In DC

Next time, talk the team into trying the Dalforno Romano Valpolicella. Not as intense as the Amarone but interesting and fun.

Tom In DC

Thanks, Danny. And gives me hope for maybe one more good bottle of wine from DavidG and my vintage!

Tom In DC

Alex, maybe you got too steamed up over one of your hot buttons to read all of my post? ;) Maybe the double negative of "That's not to say the 2nds aren't good wines" was confusing. My first comment was indeed wrong - I said "The first wines of lesser estates (by ranking) have ALWAYS ...

Tom In DC

I have to admit that the drawer in the pic looks like I'm more an IWE than BWE.

Tom In DC

To start, I have always been a "never second". The first wines of lesser estates (by ranking) have ALWAYS been better at whatever price point you might have in mind. I did a quick wine-searcher review of 2nd wines in the 2014 and 2015 vintages. OMG, the prices for the 2nds of the 1sts are ...

Tom In DC

We had double deep individual bottle racks in our our old cellar. Getting to the back bottles of the bottom two or three rows required laying on the floor. I'm too old for that $#!+. We put drawers at the bottom of our racks! They hold 60-66 bottles or so , based on diameter of the bottle. So maybe ...

Tom In DC

Joel asked that we restart this freeze in 2022, and clearly that is our only hope. Upon consideration (of our pathetic start), the freeze is officially OFF until January 1st, 2020. Like all New Year's resolutions past, we shall embrace the new day -- putting aside our credit cards, check books, Pay...

Tom In DC

'82 Ormes de Pez is not a bellweather of whether the vintage is in decline. Echoes of AlexR in 2002????

Tom In DC

I just ignored the request for ID, figuring that it was just assumed that you were buying wine at the "Sotheby's Wine" site. No problem - the order was quickly confirmed.

Tom In DC

Without the price increase, I was out on the bottle shape.

Alex, you might have the only cellar where these might fit, as you could just stand them on the floor!

Tom In DC

Intrigued...

Tom In DC

I saw some of the testimony. After he shot the first victim -- oh, wait, we're not allowed to call them that! -- people turned on him and then he got to clainm that each subsequent shot was self defense. After 9/11, people who feel they are under attack should not be expected to take it like sheep.

Tom In DC

Regarding: Every accountant I’ve spoken to has told me I have to pay taxes on net gains from selling wine. I’ve never received a 1099 from an auction house but I’ve always reported the gains. I've always been told that as well. Do you know if you paid the long term cap gains rate for those wine sale...

Tom In DC

Wish we were there! Doubtless a great and grand evening, better as usual than all the preceding conventions.

Best wishes to all,

Tom and Gail

Tom In DC

We just returned from visiting our new granddaughter (and her parents) in British Columbia.

I'm digging through the cellar to find the bottles I have in mind. I'll use the info above to help make selections.

Tom

Tom In DC

Thanks again, Joel. We Venmo'd $300.

For entrees, Gail will have the chicken and I'd like the lamb. Do you need selections for the other courses?

Ciao,

Tom

Tom In DC

Congrats, Dan and family! Many happy days ahead.

Our kids were born in 1985 (easy choices for birth year wines) and1987 (pretty much California, but plenty of good choices.) Of course, the 1987'er is the one who's into wine, with a real focus on Italian wines. The nuts don't fall far from the tree!

Tom In DC

Gail and I will be there.

Tom In DC

Thanks, David! Well done, indeed.

Tom In DC

Gail and I are in for Thursday. Wines TBD.

Tom

Tom In DC

Gail and I are in.

Tom

Tom In DC

Blanquito wrote: ↑Sun Aug 15, 2021 1:23 am
dstgolf wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 7:24 pm … [it’s] like saying right bank not part of Bordeaux??
I’m sure the great chateau of the Medoc would agree!

And our own BD on some days!

Tom In DC

Hallelujah! Our daughter and son-in-law who live in BC are having a baby at the end of August! I was afraid we wouldn't be able to visit and see the baby because we live in a $#!+ hole country.

Tom In DC

JCNorthway wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 1:32 pm I do not know for certain, but I chose 4 since I often drink Champagne multiple days around the Christmas/New Year holiday break.

Right...day before Christmas Eve...Christmas Eve...Christmas...day after Christmas (which was my mother's birthday)...maybe the next day as well...

So easily 5 days.

Tom In DC

stefan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 4:28 pm Great article. I like people to spend their money on CA wines and avoid Bordeaux and Burgundy.

Indeed.

Tom In DC

I had a rant about the discrepancy between scores at several wines in vintage 2020 on Facebook the other day. Visiting the website of Farr Vintners, I saw a difference of 10 points between scores for one property. We are many wine critics right now, many indeed. Must be a vast difference in tasting...

Tom In DC

EDIT -- Southwest's fare sale ended on June 17th.

Southwest airfares are currently 50% off for travel around convention time. Our tickets from Denver to DCA were $223 each. No idea how long the sale lasts.

Tom In DC

We're booked Wednesday through Monday.

Tom In DC

Another vote for 1959 Lafite.

Tom In DC

Antoine,

While 2019 yields were higher than average, the major estates ($$$) just declassify to get the number of bottles more consistent each year.

Can anyone guess what I think was the reason for decent pricing? COVID-19, of course!

Cheers,
Tom

Tom In DC

Anyone who is "Cordier Funk" or brett averse should avert their eyes now. :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: 2021.03.23 Montrose 1986 (1).jpg Leather and barnyard dominate the nose at first, with cherry and plum taking over after a few minutes in the glass. More earthy than fruit-driven, this is stil...

Tom In DC

From what I've read, nearly all recover their senses of smell and/or taste after a short period of time. See for instance: https://hms.harvard.edu/news/how-covid-19-causes-loss-smell I wonder if "unable to continue their profession" was more of a short term situation rather than the perman...

Tom In DC

Easy for you to say!

Keep up the good work, Nic!

Tom In DC

It's difficult for any amateur to know with any certainty who the five biggest underachievers are, as tasting very broadly would be required. There are a bunch of classified growths that I avoid due to reputation aa well as my experience when I was very adventurous a long time ago - "How can a ...

Tom In DC

It could have been Entre-Deux-Mers! The RB question should count.

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