Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Michael-P

Great summary by Arv (thanks!) that I mostly agree with. My WOTN was the Barolo (yes, I know this is "B"WE and the "B" is not Barolo). My second was the Perrier. I thought the Cheval was thick and port like, not maderized, but mostly linear. I've had a few 66 HBs and this one was...

Michael-P

Opened my 3 aged red Bordeaux at 1p. Blind labeled: Larry, Moe and Curley. Should be interesting. On our way to SF now. Will be great to see everyone again.

Michael-P

Looking forward to a fun dinner. CabFan's list makes me realize that my two wines (blind of course), plus a back-up, will probably all "need" to be opened.

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Michael-P

Earlier this year we went to a nice restaurant in Napa that allows BYO with a guest visiting from India. I brought a mag that I had opened at home, decanted for an hour, put back in the bottle, jammed the cork in half way, before we brought it to the restaurant. When the service staff saw it was pre...

Michael-P

Recently sold most/all of my 05 La Gaff after a couple try’s in the past 2 years with those kind of 88 scores. I had hopes because of some older vintages and Bob’s scoring. Maybe I needed to wait another decade or two?

Michael-P

SF Ed: OK, I’ll bring a 64. Not sure what else yet but I plan on bringing only Bordeaux.

Michael-P · Re: BWE SF dinner - Sat 13 Nov 2021 Old? Young? Sauternes?

Old? Young? Sauternes?

Michael-P · Re: BWE SF dinner - Sat 13 Nov 2021 Following up Bill’s post. Wine theme?

Following up Bill’s post. Wine theme?

Michael-P

Stefan and Lucie: Very sorry to miss you this time. We had been especially looking forward to seeing you both since you guys missed DC but I guess it will need to be next time. Soon we trust. Meantime, Stefan, recover easily and quickly.

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Werner: Apologies. Not sure why but I must have been thinking about our recent new hire (at a start up with 25 employees) when I wrote "Walter". Nalan was remembering the last time we saw you guys with your baby daughter and I said she's probably in college already! Looking forward to catc...

Michael-P

Lisa is helping to organize the venue so please let us know who is coming so we have a head count.

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Michael-P

Gene: Sorry but the 20th did not work for us. Merrick Dowson's memorial service and an evening concert.

Michael-P

BD's blind WA 100 pointer tasted like a recent Napa cab even though it was the 10 Cos. I like many Napa cabs but this was not for me and many of the other wines on Sat kicked it's 100 point butt. After open in the bottle for an hour, the 59 Latour Pomerol was intact, with fruit, a little unbalanced ...

Michael-P

Full TNs for the evening please....

Michael-P

BD: 20 people drinking alcohol without masks in your hotel room. Closed door, low ceiling and probably no window. No one would fault you for changing that plan. We will drink plenty each night. Joel: I would think the 1 hour of pre-dinner drinks we already have for Fri at Bis is enough, no? Michael-P

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Can someone please bring a Durand to Sat? I think my old bottles need it and I lost mine as soon as I bought it and have been too pissed off about promptly losing it and too stubborn to get another, yet.

Michael-P

Whatever happened to the guy (can't recall his name now) that was a wine humorist and VERY un-PC, talked about other wine critics and his young female asian assistant? Perhaps his humor was too un-PC and he got shut down?

Michael-P

I pulled the wines for this trip over a month ago and promptly put them in the check-in box, and I can't recall what they are! Other than the 3 that belong to BD (I am a mule at BD's command), a couple of aged Bordeaux and I think a JL Chave blanc (late 90s), I really have forgotten. So it will be a...

Michael-P

Michael-P and Nalan: 1 Lamb, 1 Salmon

Michael-P

Joel:
Thanks for all the heavy lifting. Any updates?
Michael-P

Michael-P

Please add to the list for the BD Friday Champagne Reception:
Michael-P + Nalan
Thomas+Joanna (our hosts in DC)

Michael-P

Nalan and I will join the Friday dinner

Michael-P

Arv:

Yes, that sounds the same.

But please try not to remind me about how I don't have the time, or in my case also the money to fix them all, to play with my cool cars. I recently had to move a few around and one of the tires was flat and not inflatable. Ugh! BTW, "Cool" IMHO.

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Michael-P

70 Giscours - On another BWE post about Napa wine tastings I had noted that we had a guest visiting a few weeks ago. On that trip we went to some nice dinners with him and when he mentioned one of his favorites was Giscours, I went to the cellar to see what I might have. I could only find one 375 o...

Michael-P

UPDATING Periodically (last 11/10) Guest list currently: 1+2: Michael-P and Nalan 3+4: SF-Ed and Lisa 5+6: Tim and Guest 7+8: Arv and Marco 9+10: William-P and Linda 11+12: Chris and Werner 13+14: CabFan and Victoria Location: Piperade, 1015 Battery St in SF. We've had multiple BWE events at Piperad...

Michael-P

PS - There are easily 30 or more I like for either their wine, their tour experience and their staff.

Michael-P

It all depends on: A - How much you want to spend on tastings. I recently read the average basic tasting fee in Napa is $58. Reserve tastings cost more and tours with small food plates cost even more. We had a guest from India a few weeks ago and went to Napa where we had multiple $100 and one $150 ...

Michael-P

Are we reconstituting our 2020 trip for 2022?

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Michael-P

Bought our tickets to DC for the event.
Now what wine to bring?
Are we shipping in advance anywhere?
Michael-P

Michael-P

We may have 2 DC friends that may come one night as soon as they know venues and costs (fair questions!)

Michael-P

Please add Nalan and I to the attendee list.
Is there a wine plan and/or venues?
Michael-P

Michael-P

BD: We expect you to point us to where we can read the public reports as and when they occur? MP

Michael-P

Depending on date and time, we would love to join. We need some advance notice to access the cellar.
We had a VCC 90 on a BWE zoom call a few months ago and it was very complex. I think I rated it a bit lower than it deserved because it grew in complexity and long finish after the call.
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Michael-P

A bit late but wanted to thank Ed and Lisa for having us over to a yummy dinner, sharing yummy wines and fun conversation. Ed made this huge hunk of lamb, perfectly cooked for many hours, and gave me such a big piece that I wasn't able to even ask for seconds. Lisa made the most amazingly light choc...

Michael-P

Dropped an 82 GPL in the storage lockers. Hit the concrete flooring from 6 feet and immediately smelled wonderful. Grabbed the neck of a bottle of something 1915 in a cardboard box and the neck came right off the rest of the bottle. In shipment from Europe: imperial of port (newer vintage) and 47 Ch...

Michael-P

1 - Yes, try it now since you like infanticide.
2 - Try one every year until one case is gone. Then decide what to do with the second case.

Or sell or trade them to someone (MP?) directly to avoid auction fees.

MP

Michael-P

"only wanted Sancerre and Dom"
LOL!
MP

Michael-P

I also store in cardboard and never noticed any impacts. I put them on a metal shelving rack units so for most of them they are not stacked on top of one another. MP

Michael-P

Opened a 1990 VCC at 445p est. Will decant around 530p.
Michael-P

Michael-P

Nalan and I will join today, hopefully with a VCC.
Michael-P

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