Lifestyles of the Rich and Not Famous

[Sharon Bowman]

Tsh, you snort the Petrus while you mainline the coke.

 

[Aaron]

See, this tells me what I already knew: I just don't fucking get Bordeaux.

 

[Keith Levenberg]

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:

originally posted by Rahsaan:But surely having tons of money does not preclude drinking Ptrus and Poulsard.

No, the wealthy that I've met here seem mostly brand driven and unadventurous in their wine choices - nearly 100% red Bordeaux and white Burgundy, with the odd DRC or La Tache -, and maybe that applies to some extent to the rich everywhere. At the other end, maybe there is some correlation between not having much money and having to ferret out unheralded gems to maximise meager dollars.

Liebling covered this in Between Meals.

Our hypothetical rich client might even have ordered a Pommard, because it was listed at a higher price than the Tavel, and because he was more likely to be acquainted with it. He would then never have learned that a good Tavel is better than a fair-to-middling Pommard--better than a fair-to-middling almost anything, in my opinion.... A man who is rich in his adolescence is almost doomed to be a dilettante at table. This is not because all millionaires are stupid but because they are not impelled to experiment.

 

[Joel Stewart]

I think the un-wealthy can be brand driven just as easily...

 

[Jayson Cohen]

Spoiling myself. Nothing boring here. Just hitting its early stride out of a half bottle.

 

[MarkS]

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
The six of us were graced with a fair amount of distinguished blue chips, an interesting contrast to our daily fare.

Would Facebook be considered a Blue Chip these days?

 

[MarkS]

originally posted by Rahsaan:

Tons of money, especially in other people’s hands, are not a prerequisite for wine epiphanies, but it was interesting to note how the other side often leads a more predictable and boring life.

But surely having tons of money does not preclude drinking .... Poulsard.

What is a poulsard blue chip? I doubt wealthy people are goign to suss out Overnoy...oh wait, they already have.

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

originally posted by MarkS:

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
The six of us were graced with a fair amount of distinguished blue chips, an interesting contrast to our daily fare.

Would Facebook be considered a Blue Chip these days?

In the Nasdaq, yes. But I must be missing something about your question.

 

[MarkS]

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:

originally posted by MarkS:

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
The six of us were graced with a fair amount of distinguished blue chips, an interesting contrast to our daily fare.

Would Facebook be considered a Blue Chip these days?

In the Nasdaq, yes. But I must be missing something about your question.

Well, since the thread is from 8 years ago, I'm sure there must have been some reshuffling in the blue chips since then. Nothing is static.

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

I suppose every new generation that comes into its purchasing power years elects a different set of blue chips around the edges, but the unhip label-drinker center probably continues to be DRC, the five first growths, Yquem, Cheval Blanc, and Pétrus.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
I suppose every new generation that comes into its purchasing power years elects a different set of blue chips around the edges, but the unhip label-drinker center probably continues to be DRC, the five first growths, Yquem, Cheval Blanc, and Pétrus.

I think that one might be able to add Giacosa and maybe Aldo Conterno now. Chave Hermitage may also be reaching that status, judging from recent auction results.

Mark Lipton

 

[Jayson Cohen]

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
I suppose every new generation that comes into its purchasing power years elects a different set of blue chips around the edges, but the unhip label-drinker center probably continues to be DRC, the five first growths, Yquem, Cheval Blanc, and Pétrus.

In that case I dream of being an unhip label-drinker, in part.

 

[Jayson Cohen]

originally posted by MLipton:

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
I suppose every new generation that comes into its purchasing power years elects a different set of blue chips around the edges, but the unhip label-drinker center probably continues to be DRC, the five first growths, Yquem, Cheval Blanc, and Pétrus.

I think that one might be able to add Giacosa and maybe Aldo Conterno now. Chave Hermitage may also be reaching that status, judging from recent auction results.

Mark Lipton

Not Aldo. Giacosa, Gaja, and G. Conterno, no?

Chave. Are Allemand and Rougeard too hip for blue chip? And if you include whites, Coche (so gauche).

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Jayson Cohen:

originally posted by MLipton:

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
I suppose every new generation that comes into its purchasing power years elects a different set of blue chips around the edges, but the unhip label-drinker center probably continues to be DRC, the five first growths, Yquem, Cheval Blanc, and Pétrus.

I think that one might be able to add Giacosa and maybe Aldo Conterno now. Chave Hermitage may also be reaching that status, judging from recent auction results.

Mark Lipton

Not Aldo. Giacosa, Gaja, and G. Conterno, no?

Chave. Are Allemand and Rougeard too hip for blue chip? And if you include whites, Coche (so gauche).

Right you are about Conterno. My bad. Yeah, Allemand and Rougeard join Gentaz and Verset as being the trophy wines for the hipster crowd. Not enough name recognition for Blue Chip status, though. Guigal would certainly make it, however, no? I sorta consider him the Gaja of the N Rhone.

Mark Lipton

 

[Pavel Tchichikov]

Calon Segur is more photogenic than any of your blue chips.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Pavel Tchichikov:
Calon Segur is more photogenic than any of your blue chips.

And Calon Segur '66 is in a great place right now.

Mark Lipton

 

[Jayson Cohen]

On queue (by email) - I like this place so I won’t out them:

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Gaja

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