Happy 16th Birthday to Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts!

[JimHow]

A heartfelt thank you from your benevolent dictator for all of the participation from the many members, past and present, worldwide, who have made Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts the greatest wine discussion website on the internet.

The years and the friendships keep rolling on. What a ride!

Continuing our annual tradition, I post here the first primordial interaction between myself and Ben Whuzzup__ Nelson back on that historic Saturday morning in February 2000:

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From: JimHow (Original Message) Sent: 2/26/2000 11:02 AM
I have created this community on 2/26/00 in the hope that I can get at least 10-20 Bordeaux enthusiasts to keep a lively discussion going on a weekly basis. I was very frustrated when Wine Spectator changed the format of their bulletin boards. We had a good community of Bordeaux "experts" under the old Wine Spectator system who came on board regularly and offered a lot of information on tasting notes, where to find deals, etc. For some reason, the editors at WS changed to a much less user-friendly system and they have arrogantly ignored our requests to go back to the old format. If we can get some of the old participants to visit here, and work out any kinks along the way to improve this site, I am convinced we can generate some of the old enthusiasm. Time will tell....




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From: Whuzzup_ Sent: 2/26/2000 11:51 AM
Hey JimHow. I am in full support. I have tried some interesting wines lately. When I have a little time this weekend I will post some notes. Thanks for taking the initiative. Ben


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From: JimHow Sent: 2/26/2000 11:57 AM
Great to see you here, Ben. I'm really game to give this a try. I'll be posting some tasting notes as well this weekend. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated greatly. Thanks, Jim.


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From: Whuzzup_ Sent: 2/26/2000 7:28 PM
Got a question for ya: I like to share TNs with you guys on non- Bordeaux wines from time to time. I figure we all have similar palates so that if I run into something I like I should share... is it ok to break out of the Bordeaux topic from time to time?


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From: JimHow Sent: 2/26/2000 11:40 PM
Of course you can write about anything, Ben, I always look forward to your comments. At this point, as we're just getting started, I'm looking for as much discussion as possible....I've got some essays in my word processor that I'm trying to figure out how to get to this site. I've got a lot of ideas on how we can improve this site, I just want to get to know it better. But by all means, give us your notes on California or anything else.... Thanks, Jim.JimHow

[AlohaArtakaHoundsong]

Happy birthday. Have you started thinking about college?

[JimHow]

Hmm maybe we should feature sweet wines at the convention!

[RDD]

Hmm maybe we should feature sweet wines at the convention!

OKAY

I'll bring 1989 Lynch Bages.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

[Jay Winton]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLV4NGpoy_E

[JCNorthway]

Happy Birthday BWE! Hard to believe it has been that long. I must be really old!

This also means it was almost exactly 15 years ago (Feb. 24) that the first BWE convention was held in a bitter cold Chicago.