Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

I love the part where he says that, in the early nineties, he was "drinking at least three bottles of Chateau Latour before performances…."

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/ ... kzMjU0MQS2

I guess this is better and more inspiring than any other drug.

Nic

Thank you for posting this. I love Leonard Cohen all the time.

Latour was not so relatively expensive back then, but even so....

Yeah, he said $300 back in 1993 in the article, I think it was generally less than that. But still….

Well, Jim, not sure about you, but by the third bottle I may as well be drinking Great Wall for all the difference it would make to me.

Ha, here's what Leonard says in the article (for anyone who hasn't gotten that far into it), it's an excellent piece:

A world of such allurements had costs as well as rewards. In the seventies, Cohen had two children, Lorca and Adam, with his common-law wife, Suzanne Elrod. That relationship fizzled when the decade did. Touring had its charms, but it, too, wore down his spirits. After a tour in 1993, Cohen felt utterly depleted. “I was drinking at least three bottles of Château Latour before performances,” he said, allowing that he always poured a glass for others. “The wine bill was enormous. Even then, I think, Château Latour was over three hundred bucks a bottle. But it went so beautifully with the music! I don’t know why. When I tried to drink it when there wasn’t a performance coming, it meant nothing! I might as well have been drinking Wild Duck or whatever they call it. I mean, it had no significance.”

Great article, thanks for posting.

He should have written "Time in a Bottle" instead of Jim Croce.

Leonard Cohen dead at 82….

A good run for a great poet and musician.

Hey, he drank many bottles of Latour.
Life is good.

He seems like a real "producer over vintage" guy.

I ended a lot of shows with Suzanne back in the day. I should wear my "I might look like I'm listening to you, but in my head I'm listening to Leonard Cohen" t-shirt tomorrow.

Hard to say hallelujah today...............

A special mind and talent. So sorry to hear he's gone.

Best SNL opener ever!
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201 ... n_snl.html

Wow she did a great job thanks for posting Chris.
Man what a depressing week.