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- Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:04 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
- Replies: 1635
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Re: When President Romney takes office....
Anyone ever see that movie, Capricorn One? Does anybody really know what happens when they pull the voting machine lever?
- Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:19 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
- Replies: 1635
- Views: 348708
Re: When President Romney takes office....
[Ed. note: perhaps I should have put some smilely emphasis in this post.] Bloomberg. Surely this puts Obama over the top in Ohio and Virginia. [ :roll: ] But his reasoning - Obama's stance on climate change - is timely [ :o ]. Isn't the Kyoto thingy that we never ratified still a rallying point for ...
- Thu Nov 01, 2012 4:19 am
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- Topic: World wide wine shortage?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 674
Re: World wide wine shortage?
All these "peak production" scenarios are a bunch of Malthusian horseshit. You know Goldman Sachs is on the other side of this trade.
- Thu Nov 01, 2012 4:16 am
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- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
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Re: When President Romney takes office....
I did respond to a robo poll the other night. It asked whether I voted early and for whom I voted. What becomes of that I know not. I hope it wasn't the other side, they kept track of my phone number, and have put me on the enemies list.
- Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:55 pm
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- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
- Replies: 1635
- Views: 348708
Re: When President Romney takes office....
I'm glad I realized it in time.
- Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:51 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
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- Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:37 pm
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- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
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- Views: 348708
Re: When President Romney takes office....
666 is Romney's number for sure.
- Wed Oct 31, 2012 5:31 pm
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- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
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Re: When President Romney takes office....
It's going to be a terrible letdown when this is all over. Good thing I'll be in an island paradise four houses from the beach where I can go and think about things.
- Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:50 pm
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- Topic: 2012 harvest in Bordeaux..
- Replies: 4
- Views: 386
Re: 2012 harvest in Bordeaux..
I like Bourgneuf, based on the 2003, which is drinking well now. Don't fear the year! I always seem to find wines I like in the bargain bins marked "rustic" or "old school." Unfortunately, now that Bourgneuf will probably meet with approbation instead of disdain in certain quarte...
- Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:43 am
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- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
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- Views: 348708
Re: When President Romney takes office....
Well I just googled "Benghazi cover up" and in 15 minutes have learned the truth, from reading the comments to a couple of articles, including one written by Andrew Breitbart. I thought he'd died but it must have been another blogger. Anyway, the Obama administration is actually supplying ...
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:45 pm
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- Topic: Pricing on Old vs. Recent Vintages
- Replies: 12
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Re: Pricing on Old vs. Recent Vintages
I don't play in that league but I understand the question. I think there was some (much) commentary when these last few vintages of all time debuted about how the en primeur pricing was at or above the price of comparable back - even way back and in prime time - vintages. It would be relevant to you...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:30 pm
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- Topic: Baseball and Bordeaux
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7789
Re: Baseball and Bordeaux
Scutaro is almost 37 and maybe was 36 already when the Sox traded him end of last season. Yes he played well - very well actually - while the guys melted all around him in 2011 but he can't play SS anymore and Pedroia isn't going anywhere. I'll tell you though I knew he was going to drill it to righ...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:19 pm
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- Topic: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is uncorked
- Replies: 13
- Views: 849
Re: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is uncorked
Aw shucks. Well, it's business, only business. I can tell you what, nobody thinks twice about raising your rent on Oahu. I'll keep to the high road. I'll be out there in about three weeks. I'll spare all the gory details but Hale Ka is still a work in progress. The good news is we have long-term hou...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:00 pm
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- Topic: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is uncorked
- Replies: 13
- Views: 849
Re: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is uncorked
The 02s have been described as having "crunchy" fruit so it's probably true. Now you'll have to stop in at Hale Ka in January and we'll see. Tom, some social economist should study this behavior. All this stuff in the freezer and the pantry that I refused to eat, sometimes for years, why a...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:30 am
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- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
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- Views: 348708
Re: When President Romney takes office....
If Sandy doesn't cause a catastrophe, there's gonna be some splaining to do to a cynical media. And if it does, someone will have to explain why this could just happen. I wish I was a media elite. It's like swinging cats at a barrel. You just can't lose. I mean, Irene actually was a disaster, but be...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:18 am
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- Topic: Baseball and Bordeaux
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7789
Re: Baseball and Bordeaux
It's a familiar lament on Boston.com: "Marco Scutaro. How come we can't get players like that?"
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:16 am
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- Topic: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is uncorked
- Replies: 13
- Views: 849
Re: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is uncorked
It's hard times, man. I'll be eating cockroaches in Hawaii. But they're big, you don't eat em all at once.
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:29 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is uncorked
- Replies: 13
- Views: 849
Re: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is uncorked
I'm worn out. Turned over the Salida house today to my tenant. One of those nasty, nasty federal employee types. And what I want to know is where they get off sending a kid to Montessori. Oh I know it's not the 2 instructors for every 10 kids, because Mitler says when the teachers' union complains a...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:21 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is uncorked
- Replies: 13
- Views: 849
Re: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is uncorked
Commercial break. Unsurprisingly, this was more accessible with a light meal of summer sausage (grass fed beef and a touch of jalapeno) scrambled eggs, and some sort of fiberiferous flat-bread thingy my wife got in bulk at Costco like a year ago and I am just now eating (because I'm working my way t...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:37 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is uncorked
- Replies: 13
- Views: 849
Re: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is uncorked
Going for a second glass now with a little light dinner.
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:35 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2004 Malescot St Exupery...
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- Views: 549
Re: 2004 Malescot St Exupery...
I have two or three bottles of this but don't think I ever tried it. Not even sure one made the cut for Hawaii so it will have to wait at least three years in all likelihood.
- Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:14 pm
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- Topic: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is uncorked
- Replies: 13
- Views: 849
The 2009 Sociando Mallet is uncorked
Thought I'd jump in ahead of the BD. I think my only reference point so far for 09 is the Capbern Gasqueton, which is just a few clicks down the road and over the St. Estephe boundary line. This SM is impressive. Query: "The finest young Sociando Mallet [choose one] [1)] I have ever tasted [2)]...
- Sat Oct 27, 2012 1:48 pm
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- Topic: Meanwhile, from another vintage ending in "9"
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- Views: 269
Re: Meanwhile, from another vintage ending in "9"
This was very enjoyable and went down very easily. It did gain a little volume and fatty richness with air although it was definitely claret-scale. I chalk this up to the magic of that unique Bordeaux recipe of structured balance + good storage + a very sound cork = a mature yet vital wine in its th...
- Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:24 pm
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- Topic: Meanwhile, from another vintage ending in "9"
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Meanwhile, from another vintage ending in "9"
1989 Ch. du Moulin Rouge Haut-Medoc. Well worth the $15 price tag (ex premium). At 23, this wine seems to be in a good spot, with mature flavors and plenty of vigour in the structure.Medium-bodied, it shows a kind of cedary, blood-iron bouquet and it has a slightly minty cast to the palate. It's lit...
- Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:42 pm
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- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
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Re: When President Romney takes office....
Actually, depending on your point of view, you should drink Left Bank wines on the Grassy Knoll and Right Bank wines from the Mary Moorman side of the plaza.
Badge Man I only hazily recall if at all but that would make a great name for a band, if it isn't already.
Badge Man I only hazily recall if at all but that would make a great name for a band, if it isn't already.
- Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:36 pm
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- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
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Re: When President Romney takes office....
A BWE field trip to the Texas School Book Depository? Are you going to have a themed picnic on the Grassy Knoll too? Maybe sleepers of the 1963 vintage?
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:37 pm
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- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
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Re: When President Romney takes office....
Take profits!
- Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:49 pm
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- Topic: The 2009 Gazin has been uncorked....
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3635
Re: The 2009 Gazin has been uncorked....
We need a BWE tontine. Last man standing gets all the undrunk wine. What you describe Jim sounds a lot like the 2008 Gazin. Big, tannic, hard oak and a touch hot. And while I don't think it received 96 points, it bested the 2009 in the hyperbole department, being called a "hypothetical blend of...
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:16 am
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- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
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- Views: 348708
Re: When President Romney takes office....
How does one get a gig being a Mormon missionary in France? Yes, it is a hardship in the sense that it is probably much harder to convert a Frenchman to Mormonism than, say, someone form a third world country. Then again there are many persons from the third world in France, yet somehow I think it i...
- Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:44 pm
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- Topic: TNR: Boone's Farm Blue Hawaiian
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TNR: Boone's Farm Blue Hawaiian
Anybody had this? Jim?
- Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:41 am
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- Topic: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is on its way.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 375
Re: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is on its way.
I'm still in Colorado. Be here just a while longer yet. Kathy's heading over for good on Friday though. And what's wrong with this picture? All my wine is in storage. Meanwhile on the island we've cached four cases of fine aged wine, a red 2006 Mercedes Benz CLK 350 convertible (low miles - hers) an...
- Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:20 pm
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- Topic: Jean Guillaume Prats leaves Chateau Cos d'Estournel!!!
- Replies: 19
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Re: Jean Guillaume Prats leaves Chateau Cos d'Estournel!!!
I heard he's following his dreams of becoming an investment banker. Lucky guy.DavidG wrote:So what's he going to do next?
- Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:35 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2009 Sociando Mallet is on its way.
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- Views: 375
The 2009 Sociando Mallet is on its way.
Supposedly it's painfully tannic and backward. One can hope.
- Fri Oct 12, 2012 4:49 pm
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- Topic: Can't Drink CA Cab Anymore
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1635
Re: Can't Drink CA Cab Anymore
OK, so same winemakers but a distinct (and esteemed) vineyard. That sounds respectable to me. It definitely seems to be made in a certain style, i.e. perhaps more reserved.
- Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:48 pm
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- Topic: Can't Drink CA Cab Anymore
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Re: Can't Drink CA Cab Anymore
Why did I have the impression it was connected with Dominus?
Evidently others do too if "the winemakers get very crabby when people say that."
Evidently others do too if "the winemakers get very crabby when people say that."
- Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:40 pm
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- Topic: Can't Drink CA Cab Anymore
- Replies: 12
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Re: Can't Drink CA Cab Anymore
I had a glass of Louis Martini cab recently at a restaurant. I think a more recent vintage but I found it pretty serviceable. Could have been my mood. Typical robust California but better than a lot of swill. I also had a 07 Napanook recently, which I guess is the junior offering from the Dominus pe...
- Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:48 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
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- Views: 348708
Re: When President Romney takes office....
Romney with the lead is a juggernaut!
Romney when behind is even more dangerous!
blah, blah, blah, blah, [fat lady singing].
Romney when behind is even more dangerous!
blah, blah, blah, blah, [fat lady singing].
- Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:16 am
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- Topic: TN: 1986 Ch. Meyney
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Re: TN: 1986 Ch. Meyney
Too bad. Has anyone done an 86-88-89 shootout?
Anyone bringing the 86 and/or 89, e komo mai.
Anyone bringing the 86 and/or 89, e komo mai.
- Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:51 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: When President Obama is re-elected!!
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- Views: 348708
Re: When President Romney takes office....
I'm maintaining my stated views. The "wealth distribution" remarks were prominently aired during Obama's first presidential campaign and they did nothing for McCain. Romney's bringing it up again it makes him look like he's out of ideas or just plain desperate, or both. For the record, my ...
- Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:33 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Open BWE Event in Fort Collins, 9/30/12
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Re: Open BWE Event in Fort Collins, 9/30/12
OK picked up five shippers from my neighbor with whom I was already leaving about 10 cases of wine. Didn't think to ask if he had any. What a relief. His basement is probably 5 degrees cooler than mine I think because he has his floor insulated. I'd been down there once but forgotten what it was lik...