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May 2007
Tuscan Evening Walk and 1989 Mouton
Posted: 02:03 PM ET, May 31, 2007
Just got back from quick walk after work in the countryside with my 9-year-old daughter Isabel and my two dogs, Archie and Annie. The weather is a bit variable at the moment with sunshine as well as showers. It’s a big change from last week when it was like July. Read more
Italian Wine Futures?
Posted: 11:53 AM ET, May 30, 2007
A couple of weeks ago, a Milan-based company called WineTip put together a tasting of 2006 barrel samples from a handful of producers in Italy in hopes of promoting the idea of selling wines en primeur, or wine futures.
The wines in the tasting included those from the following wineries: Altesino, Bruno Rocca, Conti Costanti, Grattamacco, Le Macchiole, Luce della Vite, Marchesi Mazzei, Michele Satta, Paradiso di Frassina, Planeta, Querciabella, Sottimano, Tasca d'Almerita, Tenimenti d’Alessandro, Tenuta di Serramarrocco, Tenuta Podernovo and Tenuta Sette Ponti. Read more
Ducru Legends and 2005
Posted: 11:45 AM ET, May 25, 2007
I was thinking about 2005 Bordeaux today for some reason. Maybe it’s because most of the top-name 2006s have not been released on the market as futures, and very few people are interested in the wines, except for wine merchants who have to safeguard their allocations? Who knows?
Anyway, the 2005s are so impressive. Read more
Joining Some Cults in Vegas
Posted: 11:44 AM ET, May 24, 2007
I found some pieces of paper on my dresser this morning with tasting notes from the night of the Grand Tour in Vegas a few weeks ago, where I tasted some amazing wines. Of course, the hundreds of wonderful wines on pour were excellent enough, but I hooked up with some buddies from Zurich at Delmonico Steakhouse following the tasting. Read more
More Great Nebbiolos...
Posted: 11:19 AM ET, May 23, 2007
I had dinner last night with some top red producers from Piedmont, including Luca Currado Vietti of Vietti, Alessandro Ceretto of Ceretto, Pio Boffa of Pio Cesare, and his nephew Cesare Benvenut.
Much of the conversation was about the U. Read more
2004 and Angelo Gaja’s Barbarescos
Posted: 02:01 PM ET, May 22, 2007
On the way back from Cannes, I stopped in Piedmont to blind taste about 60 2004 Barbarescos. The results will be published on-line soon, and later in the magazine. It’s an outstanding vintage, producing wines with the richness and ripeness of 2000 and the freshness, structure and acidity of the 2001. Read more
Champagne and Cannes
Posted: 04:00 AM ET, May 21, 2007
I spent the weekend in Cannes for the film festival with some friends from Hong Kong, including Peter Lam, director of Media Asia, which is one of the largest film companies in the Far East. He’s a big time wine collector as well. He was in Cannes selling a new film he has coming out later this year called ‘Warlords,” which could redefine Chinese movies. Read more
Does Old Need to Become New?
Posted: 10:32 AM ET, May 18, 2007
Sometimes, old ideas should be left for the history books. At least that’s my idea with the few producers in France who are blending Bordeaux with the Rhône. Why bother?
Historically, Bordeaux reds were “Hermitagé,” in the late 1800s and early 1900s, to help buttress the body and richness of wines. Read more
DRC Perfection
Posted: 11:43 AM ET, May 14, 2007
Okay. I am late. Forgive me. Tomorrow is today. And I can tell you about drinking the 1990 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche. In fact, I also was lucky enough to have drunk it with three other DRC’s at the dinner at Les Sources de Caudalie in Bordeaux last Wednesday with supercollectors/friends from Hong Kong, including 1996 DRC Richebourg versus 1995 DRC Richebourg and 1991 DRC La Tâche versus 1990 DRC La Tâche. Read more
Evading the Burgundy Mines in Bordeaux
Posted: 12:37 PM ET, May 10, 2007
I had a couple of dinners with some friends from Hong Kong in Bordeaux. And not only was some of the food great but the wines were superb as well. They had brought dozens of fantastic bottles of Burgundy from their cellars in England to share with the Bordelais. Read more
First Class, First Growth Dinner
Posted: 11:47 AM ET, May 07, 2007
Grand Tours are great events. There are so many excellent wines to taste and many of the owners and winemakers are there to taste with and talk to. But a lot of the action also takes place before and after the main event. And one such event that was super-cool was a first growth dinner at Valentino restaurant at the Venetian in Las Vegas the Friday before the Grand Tour. Read more
Embarrassing Moments: Which One?
Posted: 08:19 AM ET, May 03, 2007
I was drinking some strong coffee this morning and checking out our Forums when this posting in Wine Conversations interested me: Most Embarrassing Wine Moment.
Where do I begin? You probably think that I never have them, being a wine expert of varying degrees. Read more
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