Happy 21st Birthday to BWE!

[JimHow]

Twenty-one years ago today -- February 26, 2000, at 11:02 a.m. -- Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts was born.
I stumbled upon a site on MSN that allowed us to create our own communities.
I figured the site might last a week, then die off due to lack of interest.
I figured wrong. 21 years and many friendships later, we are still here!
Happy 21st birthday to all BWEers, past and present, for your participation here on Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts... the greatest wine web site on the internet, 21 years running....

As an annual tradition, I am posting here the original exchange that morning between myself and Ben "Whuzzup__" Nelson...

BD

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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

[DavidG]

Happy 21st birthday BWE! We're finally of drinking age! What shall we open?

[Claudius2]

Twenty one years is quite an achievement.
Cheers
Mark

[Jay Winton]

Legal to be served in all 50 states! Congrats to us!

[jal]

Happy Birthday BWE
So many great memories...

[stefan]

Happy Birthday, BWE. May you have many, many more.

[JCNorthway]

It has been quite a ride! Happy Birthday BWE!

[Tom In DC]

Happy birthday, folks!

And many thanks, Jim, for 21 years of keeping the place going.

[JimHow]

...and congratulations to our two new Assistant Managers, Jacques Levy and Tom Wheltle, joining David Glasser and Alex Rychlewski!
Long live BWE!

[William P]

Time flies when you're having fun. Happy Birthday to BWE!

[dstgolf]

Thanks for all the fun times and many friends met along the way. Happy Birthday BWE!

[RPCV]

Nice. Time for a beer and a shot

[Nicklasss]

Great community, great forum, great members and great BD.

Happy b day BWE. Wish you many more.

[hautbrionlover]

21 years is quite an achievement Jim
You created something very special!

[tim]

Happy Bday BWE!

[Comte Flaneur]

Congratulations Jim and everyone on here for what you have achieved in the last 21 years. So many good times and good memories.

[s*d*r]

Good reason to open 21 bottles of wine tonight, even if you don’t finish them all.

Bravo, BWE!

[Tom In DC]

sdr gets it.

[JoelD]

Bwe can now legally drink some Bordeaux in the US! I was a tad late to the party, but better late than never