Who says Rudy can't fail?

[Jeff Grossman]

...from Michael Steinberger in Vanity Fair: click

 

[Jonathan Loesberg]

originally posted by Cole Kendall:
From A Rogue's Life by W. Collins
From the selling of quack medicines he had proceeded to the adulterating of foreign wines, varied by lucrative evening occupation in the Paris gambling houses. On returning to his native land, he still continued to turn his chemical knowledge to account, by giving his services to that peculiar branch of our commercial industry which is commonly described as the adulteration of commodities, and from this he had gradually risen to the more refined pursuit of adulterating gold and silver--or, to use the common phrase again, making bad money.

That's Wilkie to you, buster. Nice to see the lesser novels still getting read.

 

[Chris Coad]

originally posted by Brad Kane:

originally posted by Chris Coad:

originally posted by SFJoe:
Yixin,

I'm sure I have no idea. Care to hint at the depths of depravity still to be uncovered? (Now that Crossroads has closed, of course.)

Crossroads has closed??

Goddamnit. Where will I get my hot wine?

You need to get out more, Chris. It closed a year ago.

I can't help but notice that your thoroughly unhelpful comment included no solutions to my dilemma whatsoever.

Good day, sir.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by Chris Coad:
I can't help but notice that your thoroughly unhelpful comment included no solutions to my dilemma whatsoever.

There's probably a place in Chinatown that will warm up some Lafite for you.

If you ask in Mandarin.

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by Chris Coad:

originally posted by Brad Kane:

originally posted by Chris Coad:

originally posted by SFJoe:
Yixin,

I'm sure I have no idea. Care to hint at the depths of depravity still to be uncovered? (Now that Crossroads has closed, of course.)

Crossroads has closed??

Goddamnit. Where will I get my hot wine?

You need to get out more, Chris. It closed a year ago.

I can't help but notice that your thoroughly unhelpful comment included no solutions to my dilemma whatsoever.

Good day, sir.

As always, Jersey City has the answers. My pharmacy has a large selection of Mondavi Coastal, Turning Leaf, Yellowtail, etc. and generally runs a comfortable 80 degrees in the summer months.

 

[SFJoe]

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[Chris Coad]

If only I hadn't just blown my last eighteen grand on that solid-gold backscratcher.

Sigh. Missed opportunities.

 

[Unknown]

i'm 96 points on yixin's blend for the '59. especially in the original melchior format. you should pawn the backscratcher and take notes.

fb,

 

[Chris Coad]

originally posted by fatboy:
i'm 96 points on yixin's blend for the '59. especially in the original melchior format. you should pawn the backscratcher and take notes.

fb,

I tried, but the pawn shop only offered me $200 and a double-magnum of fake '21 Petrus. Seems a poor return on investment.

 

[Chris Coad]

originally posted by Jay Miller:

originally posted by Chris Coad:

originally posted by Brad Kane:

originally posted by Chris Coad:

originally posted by SFJoe:
Yixin,

I'm sure I have no idea. Care to hint at the depths of depravity still to be uncovered? (Now that Crossroads has closed, of course.)

Crossroads has closed??

Goddamnit. Where will I get my hot wine?

You need to get out more, Chris. It closed a year ago.

I can't help but notice that your thoroughly unhelpful comment included no solutions to my dilemma whatsoever.

Good day, sir.

As always, Jersey City has the answers. My pharmacy has a large selection of Mondavi Coastal, Turning Leaf, Yellowtail, etc. and generally runs a comfortable 80 degrees in the summer months.

You are a godsend.

Thank you.

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

Dow Tumbles 77 Points As Europe Teeters

 

[Kay Bixler]

Sitting down and trying to make sense of 25+ vintages of the same wine in one day sounds kind of like work.

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Dow Tumbles 77 Points As Europe Teeters

No doubt, Rudy's fault.

 

[SFJoe]

originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Sitting down and trying to make sense of 25+ vintages of the same wine in one day sounds kind of like work.

Oh, they have James Suckling there to explain it to them. Almost as good as Callahan.

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Dow Tumbles 77 Points As Europe Teeters

I guess port is really out of fashion these days.

 

[MLipton]

Labouré-Roi screws the pooch

(thanks to Tim York for posting the link)

Mark Lipton

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Who drinks Labouré-Roi, anyway?

I'm curious about the claim for compensation that BIVB will demand... who is that money going to benefit?

ETA: Here's the Figaro article, with some more information.

 

[Unknown]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Who drinks Labouré-Roi, anyway?

eric greenberg. bill koch. ralph nader.

the usual suspects.

fb.

 

[Yixin]

originally posted by MLipton:
Rudy has more companyLabouré-Roi screws the pooch

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Here's the Figaro article, with some more information.

originally posted by SFJoe:

originally posted by Yixin:
If Rudy could fake old wines (convincingly, from what I know), what do you think producers, with access to original wines, bottles, corks and labels, could do?

You need to hold the flashlight under your chin when you say that.

Can I switch off the flashlight now?

 

[SFJoe]

originally posted by Yixin:


Can I switch off the flashlight now?

Only if you're done with your story.