Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Veblen would be proud. Have we crossed from 'conspicuous' to 'invidious' yet?
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Just wow
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Their loyal scribe has the strongest motives for denial of all of them, of course.originally posted by Claude Kolm:
originally posted by Tristan Welles:
originally posted by SFJoe:
Traditions are still being upheld, albeit in new venues.
Good grief. What is thought process here? "If we just go on pretending maybe it will all go away?"
Look! they found more '45!
The level of denial among at least certain in the collector class is amazing -- one can only say that it demonstrates that for them, it's not about the wine.
Steve Guattery
Steve Guattery
The best part of the report was the wines smelling of paint thinner and mildly corked bottles getting scores well above 90 points.
Jay Miller
Jay Miller
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originally posted by Jay Miller:
But ... he's a published wine critic!
Warning: NSFW
Or at least it shouldn't be.
The Compendium
lil johnny gets away with a certain bent for fraud, and suddenly he wants to be miguel fraudbent.
chances are, as long as he can keep the right side of the lore, he can be.
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originally posted by Claude Kolm:
originally posted by Tristan Welles:
Look! they found more '45!
The level of denial among at least certain in the collector class is amazing -- one can only say that it demonstrates that for them, it's not about the wine.
I found this Steinberger piece to be an interesting insight into the mindset of one great collector. I've never heard any accusation made against WJ in any of this, but he's also ready to bring out mags of '21 or '47 Petrus for dinner.
Christian Miller (CMM)
Christian Miller
"No one had ever described Chateau Margaux to me in that way." - Corrine Mentzelopoulos
Nicely finessed; isn't this just what to say to an unbearable but useful part of your distribution system?
Nicely finessed; isn't this just what to say to an unbearable but useful part of your distribution system?
Similarly, ""An amazing man." - Veronique Drouhin"originally posted by Christian Miller (CMM):
"No one had ever described Chateau Margaux to me in that way." - Corrine Mentzelopoulos
Or--"You are a chap worth knowing, an amazing character." - Kasper Gutman to Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon
Claude Kolm
Claude Kolm
Reminds me of the Mad Magazine of my youth that did a satiric comparison of movie blurbs and the critical reviews that were blurbed.
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
originally posted by Christian Miller (CMM):
"No one had ever described Chateau Margaux to me in that way." - Corrine Mentzelopoulos
"That haircut is like none I have yet to see on a man's head."
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originally posted by SFJoe:
Similarly, ""An amazing man." - Veronique Drouhin"originally posted by Christian Miller (CMM):
"No one had ever described Chateau Margaux to me in that way." - Corrine Mentzelopoulos
Or--"You are a chap worth knowing, an amazing character." - Kasper Gutman to Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon
I've not read the piece (dentist's orders), but is there a "medium plus" -- fb ?
Claude Kolm
Claude Kolm
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Claude Kolm:
originally posted by Tristan Welles:
Look! they found more '45!
The level of denial among at least certain in the collector class is amazing -- one can only say that it demonstrates that for them, it's not about the wine.
I found this Steinberger piece to be an interesting insight into the mindset of one great collector. I've never heard any accusation made against WJ in any of this, but he's also ready to bring out mags of '21 or '47 Petrus for dinner.
Cornwell mentions him as a pal and customer of Rudy, and Wasserman and others in their eroticparker posts referred to him, in one post I recall, egging Rudy on to pull out a(nother) bottle of 1945 R-C from his (magic) cellar at the end of a triumphant evening.
Christian Miller (CMM)
Christian Miller
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by Christian Miller (CMM):
"No one had ever described Chateau Margaux to me in that way." - Corrine Mentzelopoulos
"That haircut is like none I have yet to see on a man's head."
Haha - in some clubs, in some years, that was definitely a compliment.
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originally posted by SFJoe:
As it happens, I was able to pre-decant my first contribution, it was quite tasty. My second bottle (for a friend) was totally at risk, and I wouldn't have wanted to see it in my glass or anyone else's if it had been corked.
i thought the policy was to slip teh waitstaff a prophylactic dbl mag of peppiere, in case of substitutions?
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