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Thanks. If I could drink those three grand vins in the proportion of say, 2-18-80 respectively, I'd be OK with that.

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Funny, I don't feel funny reading them.

I've only had two vintages of Potensac. The 1996 is a riddle. The 2000 is a true vin de garde which I thought too much for its own good but it seems to be coming around a bit now.

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Actually I like the timbre of the acoustic guitars - the rhythm anyway. Has a sort of thready sound.

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My bad. It's Meddle>Fearless. Just listening to it now it has that "twilight" sedation thing going on that makes a lot of their music kind of tiring - if you're not sedated already. I'm surprised they never composed a tune and called it "Colonoscopy." Something apropos of a light...

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Michael, Alex posted a piece a while back in which Depp said Calon was his favorite daily drinker.

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I wonder what Johnny Depp thinks about this.

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I think there was a song I liked on Ummagumma or whatever the LP was called. Did it have a fade-out with football fans singing? Other than that not a PF fan. Maybe it was the production, or maybe it was the playing, or maybe it was the songs, like that, you know.

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Talked to him on the phone once. Affable. Get well soon.

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Couple of double rainbows appeared between storms last night right over the burn area. An omen? Of course Pele, the goddess of fire, is also a big deal in Hawaii. Maybe she doesn't want us to come? http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/Houndsong/doublerainbowrose002.jpg http://i223.photobucket.com...

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Unfortunately, this does throw a wrench into things. The house was going to take a while to sell anyway. It's fairly pricey relative to the area, it's in a seemingly remote location (though literally 5 minutes from US 24, 7 minutes to a Walmart, 10 minutes to Woodland Park and all the usual convenie...

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Finally. Been raining for 2 hours but not so hard as to wash out the driveway. This should put and end to the fire. The first couple of years here it seemed to be pretty wet in the spring (lots of snow right up to Memorial Day) and then in June a couple days a week at least instability showers with ...

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Back home last night. Some smoke, but all our homes are intact as is our viewshed. This morning though it's a riff on Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring." Sounds like 90% of the birds have gone. I heard an elk trumpeting last night. Supposedly lots of bears about, looking for food.

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What I don't get is the obsession with campfires. Some people are really reluctant to impose fire bans because of the fear it will hurt tourism. It's definitely true that it's a big deal for people to come up to the mountains and camp for a week and they want their campfires. Colorado is so dry thou...

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The fire has abated on our, western side - for now. There is some westerdward creep along slope of the pass but this seems manageable. Tuesday was really the day when things went nuts with the fire running along the range and almost past our place, but the really bad breakout was at the other end wh...

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One mile above the house completely involved. The fire is completely over the other northeast side and completely out of control.

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Well, the fire is heading right up the pass for us and the latest overnight thermal image shows it about 2 miles away. Unfortunately there's nothing in the way of a natural firebreak in that direction. Although the crews are working to establish lines to contain the fire not sure what's being done o...

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The 2000 is a rock. The 2002 less so, but that be a vintage thing and not a style thing.

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That's the one. The latest has the mandatory evacuation area growing. The fire is moving at northeast and south ends and so they're evacuation large areas now on the south side of US 24 although the fire is still on the north side. We are at the western extreme of the evacuation zone but there's no ...

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We had to evacuate. Hopefully it's just precautionary but the sheriff came about four and kicked us out. I had been hiking up the opposite ridge behind the house with my brother in law and we were remarking how the plume had really dissipated but when we got down to the house again the wind had shif...

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Guy or guys have set about 12 fires in the area in the last week. This one is 3-4 miles from the house.

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That would compound my storage problem with the Hawaii move, Stefan. And it's not as though I don't have another six cases of 09s on order.

At least you got to cheer some, Jim.

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To wit, the 2005 Ch. Paloumey, Haut Medoc. I think this was/is an 80-84-pointer on "The Only Ratings Scale that Matters." I bought these for pop/pour anytime delectmentation but find myself reluctant to do so because a) they're so good they require a better venue and b) they'll probably ag...

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1983 Boyd Cantenac was delicious seven or eight years ago.

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I was impressed by this chateau's 2000 at age 11, but it was not made in an easygoing style at all.

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It makes me feel rather dirty/violated to see that some of these dudes insinuate themselves even into BWE events. BWE is so anti-commercial but I guess it's a trolling ground. This is why I never cottoned to some other sites where it was obvious that "playas" held their pissing matches. Al...

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Seems like most 08s will turn out well/classic, even if they lacked the youthful opulence of some other vintages.

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This wine definitely makes one reconsider the Max Extract principle of the modern era.

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I like this wine more with each bottle. This has good concentration of flavor while at the same time sporting a lithe, ethereal mouthfeel. This has a little bit of funk and a some heavily weathered oak to go along with a nice pungent cabernet bouquet. While I have always appreciated the kinder, gent...

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But wait, I'm confused, don't we collectively frown on non-northern Medoc 2003s? From the same appellation/commune, the 2003 Ch. La Tour de Mons is also delicious, and while it is marked by the vintage it tastes like Bordeaux all the way to me. I've been impressed with most 03s I've had and have pic...

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I have the 04. It's definitely made in a rich, ripe style.

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Sox lost to the Cubs I see. Or should say lost to Ryan Dempster. Well, so has everybody this year, but still, the boy genius must feel good for a day at least. About to have another glass of this with smoked or barbequed beef ribs from Laughing Ladies (not sure exactly). Flying solo and busy and had...

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I really liked this wine. It's up there in the scheme of things, having a little bit of everything and a lot of Bordeaux. I think I have one more.

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Traumatic day in the Get-Me-To-Hawaii novella and the 2003 SM is the crutch I need to see me to tomorrow. This is killer stuff right out of the bottle. There's a trace of mintyness, a trace of green, and a lot of organic cabernet-ness in the bouquet.The first 2/3rds of the palate are dense and limpi...

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I haven't had a bad 88 yet. Four for four. All left bankers. I decanted this about an hour ahead and drank it over about three hours. This is another mature wine that really seemed to gain intensity in the decanter. This added some heft and vigor - or seemed to anyway. (I always wonder if that's the...

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Excellent Andrew Wyeth/Edward Hopper material. Jim, have you gotten down to Bowdoin to see the Edward Hopper exhibit?

Funny when I first moved here I was constantly taking pictures of Pikes Peak. Clouds, light, snow - it was always different. Now that I'm moving I get the same urge.

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This is in good shape and nicely balanced. I think tender is a very good word for it.

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Hey Jim, show us that picture of the red barn again, would you?

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Can't be as interesting as an 88 Goonie coupled with the most Western of Western skies.

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Taking the night off from the emotional trauma and devastating hardship that is moving to Hawaii. Nobody knows what I'm going through. And I have to drink up as many "ready" wines as I can in a very short time frame. This is a fine, tender wine. Very much in keeping with most other 88's I'...

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Just a shot. Anybody here bought or sold property on Oahu?

I need a bulldog go-getter. I can handle and in fact might prefer cunning even.

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