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- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:27 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
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Re: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
With Stefan at Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington, our favorite oyster place.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:33 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
- Replies: 52
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Re: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
DavidG, Mr. Vino, SF Ed.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:32 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
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Re: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
J.C. Northway and Harry.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:14 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
- Replies: 52
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Re: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
Michael and Nalan.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:13 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
- Replies: 52
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- Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:04 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
- Replies: 52
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- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:56 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
- Replies: 52
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Re: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
Ian, Nic, Tim in London.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:54 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
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Re: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
A historic dinner in Los Angeles with Mr. Jeff Leve.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:50 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
- Replies: 52
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Re: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
With Danielle and Danny in Quebec City for some pre-wedding festivities....
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:46 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
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Re: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
At Nic and Marie-Claude's wedding in Sagenay....
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:33 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
- Replies: 52
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Re: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
Lucie, Stefan, Jill on the back deck in Maine.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:29 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
- Replies: 52
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Re: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
Marie-Claude and Josee.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:27 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
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Re: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
Joel, Ian, JC, Jacques, Patrick, Winona.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:20 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
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- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:18 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
- Replies: 52
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- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:16 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4025
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:13 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4025
Re: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
Howard, Ed, Michael.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:46 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
- Replies: 52
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Re: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
I like it Mr Flaneur, my trial schedule is a little tricky into March 2025, usually we have done the annual BWE conventions around April 1st, very preliminarily and without looking up religious holidays etc I’m wondering how Thursday April 3 to Sunday April 6, 2025, looks for the Trump USA conventio...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:06 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
- Replies: 52
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Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
Just thinking out loud, not that I see BWE ending any time soon but I think as we've all reached our long plateaus of maturity and have maybe slowed down our drinking and partying habits just a bit, I've been wondering if there might be any interest in a "last hurrah" type celebration of B...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:59 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
- Replies: 18
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Re: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
A brilliant report from Mr. Flaneur as usual. 1988 Lafite en magnum. OMG. Stefan, that 88 Lafite sneaks up on you, more than once it has been under the radar but then as the night evolves, as appears to have been the case with the London tasting, it demonstrates its otherworldliness. It is one of my...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:19 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 1989 Chateau Lynch Bages, the greatest wine ever produced....
- Replies: 13
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Re: 1989 Chateau Lynch Bages, the greatest wine ever produced....
I still say this will be a 200 year wine Nicola, I think you were standing there in Montreal when JM Cazes's daughter told us the '89 was her father's favorite vintage. To me it is the ultimate Pauillac. I now have six bottles. They don't give them away anymore, these will likely be my last six.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 1989 Chateau Lynch Bages, the greatest wine ever produced....
- Replies: 13
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Re: 1989 Chateau Lynch Bages, the greatest wine ever produced....
Ha Gerry, I was discussing this with Joel the other night, it is weird how the '89 Lynch seems to have closed down even more in recent years. I'll probably hold off on them for at least five years.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:36 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Philadelphia Area Bordeaux Verticals
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3053
Re: Philadelphia Area Bordeaux Verticals
Nicely done, David, it's pretty hard to beat Ducru in my book. Hope to meet you in the Philly area at some point.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:18 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 1989 Chateau Lynch Bages, the greatest wine ever produced....
- Replies: 13
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1989 Chateau Lynch Bages, the greatest wine ever produced....
Five bottles just delivered from Flickinger, now safely stored in the cellar.
They appear pristine, with spinning capsules....
I'll be drinking well when I am 125 years old....
They appear pristine, with spinning capsules....
I'll be drinking well when I am 125 years old....
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:59 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4933
- Views: 1627971
Re: So what have you bought lately?
12 x 2020 La Lagune
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:33 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2000 Sociando Mallet
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1974
Re: 2000 Sociando Mallet
I enjoyed 7 of the 12 bottles I drank from my case of 2000 Sociando. I wasn't as off-put by the greenness as some, this is a trait of the 2000 Pichon Lalande that many seem to find a positive rather than a negative.
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:50 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2216
Re: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
The best showing I've ever had of 1996 Lafite was with you, Mr. Vino, when you, Mrs. Vino and others came to Maine. I poured two half bottles into a decanter and decanted about three hours before you guys arrived. It was singing.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:13 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2216
Re: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
Agreed, Nicola. 1996 is a Cabernet lover's dream. 2016 is a more balanced.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:49 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2216
Re: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
Cellartracker values mine at $958, that is indeed off the high.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:47 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2216
Re: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
Oh yeah. Sadly I only have 3 bottles of 1996 Lafite left. I remember when my buddy Steve and I drove from Maine to Springfield, Mass., I think it used to be called the Big Y, they must have had 20 cases of the stuff out back there, I bought ten bottles for myself and I think I bought 3 bottles for J...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:53 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Dinner at Bistro Lepic in Georgetown with BWE friends…
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1993
Re: Dinner at Bistro Lepic in Georgetown with BWE friends…
I can't impress enough, and I'm going to press this issue, I'd really like to see us do a BWE dinner at this venue at least every quarter. I thought the food was excellent but more importantly the restaurant ownership was so sweet, they were as nice as I've dealt with in my quarter century fine dini...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:37 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Dinner at Bistro Lepic in Georgetown with BWE friends…
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1993
Re: Dinner at Bistro Lepic in Georgetown with BWE friends…
1986 Gruaud Larose is one of the ultimate BWE wines, Stefan brought two bottles to the very first convention in Chicago in 2001. It was memorable then, and memorable now. The 1982 and 1986 Gruauds are both in my top ten favorite Bordeaux wines ever.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:09 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: President Trump
- Replies: 5531
- Views: 768860
Re: President Trump
Go Detroit, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. I still can only chuckle when I remember the red faced Orange Man after midnight during the last election, calling for a stop of the count in Michigan, knowing what was coming. Yes, Orange Man, you won Michigan if we don’t count the votes in Detroit ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:28 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1895
Re: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
Indeed you have, GBF, you have always been a big advocate for La Lagune. I've always liked it but to me it seems to be reaching even greater heights.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:08 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: President Trump
- Replies: 5531
- Views: 768860
Re: President Trump
She’s going to have her work cut out for her. The American political landscape is strewn with the failures of governors who were super stars in their respective states, wrote their political biographies, thought their message was going to appeal nationally, etc. See most recently the douche from Flo...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:25 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Dinner at Bistro Lepic in Georgetown with BWE friends…
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1993
Re: Dinner at Bistro Lepic in Georgetown with BWE friends…
The occasional field mouse seems to make its way into my cellar, those little pricks can nibble at shit impressively as well but my Pichon Lalandes seem to be safe and sound. Those 22 bottles of 2016 Lafite on the other hand, I'm going to take a closer look....
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:09 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1895
Re: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
Ha, I literally got an email from Hedonism today for the first time since I bought a couple of our London wines there. They were actually very nice, I would have no qualms about buying some La Lagune from them.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:00 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
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- Views: 1895
Re: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
So I got one of those silver box frommages.com deliveries from the mother country yesterday, the ones that must stink up the FedEx delivery truck, that's why they get rid of it before 11am, brilliant! I'm sipping this wine with a cheese called Saint Nectaire Auvergne. Life is good.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:27 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
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- Views: 1895
Re: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
Lol... This is a Comte Flaneur de Boulevardier kind of wine!!
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:21 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1895
2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
So before deciding to buy a full case I decided to try another bottle just to confirm whether I liked this wine as much as I thought I did the first time. Wow! This wine for my taste is just brilliant. The fruit is just so pure and ripe but the class and terroir of the estate just keeps everything r...