originally posted by Claude Kolm:
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by MLipton:
Tofurkey,
[...] and how reminiscent of the whole Rodenstock kerfuffle [...]
Mark Lipton
What I've been thinking. Another reason to drink Beaujolais, Muscadet, Chablis and red Burgundy from Savigny and Pernand.
I wouldn't leave out certain other red Burgundy communes. OTOH, I think some elite Chablis producers now command prices, at least on the secondary market, in the fakeosphere.
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Oh, Tristan! You're so marvelously funny!
originally posted by Chris Coad:
originally posted by SFJoe:
I still don't understand why David Lillie wants my empty '89 L d'Or bottles back.
Seriously. That weirded me out, too.
And what does Kane want with my '71 Huet demisec empties??
Actually, the sentence would have the same ambiguity regardless of whether you were following the American or British commas-in-a-series rule. The only way to leave it absolutely unambiguous would be instead to write it using algebraic parenthesis: "Another reason to drink (Beaujolais, Muscadet, Chablis, and (red Burgundy from (Savigny and Pernand)))."originally posted by SFJoe:
Ian, I think you need an extra comma.originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Another reason to drink Beaujolais, Muscadet, Chablis and red Burgundy from Savigny and Pernand.
I didn't realize they made Beaulolais, Muscadet, and Chablis from Savigny and Pernand.
"Anything."originally posted by Brad Kane:
originally posted by Chris Coad:
originally posted by SFJoe:
I still don't understand why David Lillie wants my empty '89 L d'Or bottles back.
Seriously. That weirded me out, too.
And what does Kane want with my '71 Huet demisec empties??
Anything for one last drop of that elixir.
I look forward to seeing how this catches on.originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
Actually, the sentence would have the same ambiguity regardless of whether you were following the American or British commas-in-a-series rule. The only way to leave it absolutely unambiguous would be instead to write it using algebraic parenthesis: "Another reason to drink (Beaujolais, Muscadet, Chablis, and (red Burgundy from (Savigny and Pernand)))."originally posted by SFJoe:
Ian, I think you need an extra comma.originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Another reason to drink Beaujolais, Muscadet, Chablis and red Burgundy from Savigny and Pernand.
I didn't realize they made Beaulolais, Muscadet, and Chablis from Savigny and Pernand.
originally posted by Claude Kolm:
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by MLipton:
Tofurkey,
[...] and how reminiscent of the whole Rodenstock kerfuffle [...]
Mark Lipton
What I've been thinking. Another reason to drink Beaujolais, Muscadet, Chablis and red Burgundy from Savigny and Pernand.
I wouldn't leave out certain other red Burgundy communes. OTOH, I think some elite Chablis producers now command prices, at least on the secondary market, in the fakeosphere.
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
I didn't realize they made Beaulolais, Muscadet, and Chablis from Savigny and Pernand.
originally posted by SFJoe:
Ian, I think you need an extra comma.
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
Actually, the sentence would have the same ambiguity regardless of whether you were following the American or British commas-in-a-series rule. The only way to leave it absolutely unambiguous would be instead to write it using algebraic parenthesis: "Another reason to drink (Beaujolais, Muscadet, Chablis, and (red Burgundy from (Savigny and Pernand)))."
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
Actually, the sentence would have the same ambiguity regardless of whether you were following the American or British commas-in-a-series rule. The only way to leave it absolutely unambiguous would be instead to write it using algebraic parenthesis: "Another reason to drink (Beaujolais, Muscadet, Chablis, and (red Burgundy from (Savigny and Pernand)))."
Speaking with a LISP, Keith?
Mark Lipton
Depends on your cutoff. Grand crus from Billaud-Simon and Wm. Fèvre are pushing triple digits on release, although there is no secondary market increase that I'm aware of.originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by Claude Kolm:
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by MLipton:
Tofurkey,
[...] and how reminiscent of the whole Rodenstock kerfuffle [...]
Mark Lipton
What I've been thinking. Another reason to drink Beaujolais, Muscadet, Chablis and red Burgundy from Savigny and Pernand.
I wouldn't leave out certain other red Burgundy communes. OTOH, I think some elite Chablis producers now command prices, at least on the secondary market, in the fakeosphere.
Oh yes, of course, forgot about Ravenaau, Dauvissat. Anyone else up there, Claude?
originally posted by Jay Miller:
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
Actually, the sentence would have the same ambiguity regardless of whether you were following the American or British commas-in-a-series rule. The only way to leave it absolutely unambiguous would be instead to write it using algebraic parenthesis: "Another reason to drink (Beaujolais, Muscadet, Chablis, and (red Burgundy from (Savigny and Pernand)))."
Speaking with a LISP, Keith?
Mark Lipton
How Irritating. And Silly.
Which is all that I remember from my LISP class around 30 years ago. Jeff can probably still program in it.
OMG!originally posted by Chris Coad:
One important fact seems to have gone unnoticed in this story.
"He also had eccentricities: Wilfred Jaeger, a Bay Area wine collector, says that Kurniawan had a habit of falling asleep at tastings; he would suddenly nod off for 20 or 30 minutes before waking up and resuming drinking."
Rudy is .sasha!
originally posted by SFJoe:
OMG!originally posted by Chris Coad:
One important fact seems to have gone unnoticed in this story.
"He also had eccentricities: Wilfred Jaeger, a Bay Area wine collector, says that Kurniawan had a habit of falling asleep at tastings; he would suddenly nod off for 20 or 30 minutes before waking up and resuming drinking."
Rudy is .sasha!
Or Zubair.originally posted by Chris Coad:
One important fact seems to have gone unnoticed in this story.
"He also had eccentricities: Wilfred Jaeger, a Bay Area wine collector, says that Kurniawan had a habit of falling asleep at tastings; he would suddenly nod off for 20 or 30 minutes before waking up and resuming drinking."
Rudy is .sasha!