Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Anyone ever see that movie, Capricorn One? Does anybody really know what happens when they pull the voting machine lever?

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[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 ...

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All these "peak production" scenarios are a bunch of Malthusian horseshit. You know Goldman Sachs is on the other side of this trade.

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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.

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I'm glad I realized it in time.

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666 is Romney's number for sure.

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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.

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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It's a familiar lament on Boston.com: "Marco Scutaro. How come we can't get players like that?"

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It's hard times, man. I'll be eating cockroaches in Hawaii. But they're big, you don't eat em all at once.

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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...

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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...

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Going for a second glass now with a little light dinner.

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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.

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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)]...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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?

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Take profits!

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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...

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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...

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Anybody had this? Jim?

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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...

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DavidG wrote:So what's he going to do next?

I heard he's following his dreams of becoming an investment banker. Lucky guy.

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Supposedly it's painfully tannic and backward. One can hope.

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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.

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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."

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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...

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Romney with the lead is a juggernaut!

Romney when behind is even more dangerous!

blah, blah, blah, blah, [fat lady singing].

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Too bad. Has anyone done an 86-88-89 shootout?

Anyone bringing the 86 and/or 89, e komo mai.

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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 ...

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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...

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