Old stuff from cellar

[Kay Bixler]

originally posted by Chris Coad:
I was just becoming a winegeek when the 94s were hitting the shelves "BEST VINTAGE IN YEARS!!" so I have a lot of them. Am uncertain when, if ever, to open them up.

Yup. Our first official wine type event was a tasting of '94 Bordeaux put on by, I think, Sherry Lehmann. Anthony Barton was there and spoke a little bit, he was funny and articulate. We were sold.

I clearly remember waking up the next morning for work with a coffee/charred oak flavor still in my mouth. Also remember '94 de Fieuzal Blanc . . . sigh . . . but it was beyond our budget even back then.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Brad Kane:

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
OK, I'll chomp, who is Oleg Finkelstein?

Oleg Olovyannikov, affectionately known as Oleg O, was one of the original members of the NY group that got together from the WLDG. Peter Finkelstein was Dressner's alter ego.

I recall querying Chris Coad years ago about the identity of the man seen swigging from a Champagne bottle (Moet Nectar?) in the back right of the photo on The Compleat Winegeek. I was told that that was Oleg O. I was curious because he bore an uncanny resemblance to yours truly in an earlier era, so much so that I'd wondered whether I'd been surreptitiously photographed at some forgotten jeebus -- not beyond all reason if indeed I'd been swigging Moet Nectar from the bottle...

Mark Olivyanliptonov

 

[Peter Creasey]

Anthony Barton used to attend most of the Fete du Bordeaux events in the U.S. but with his advanced age now, his daughter, Lillian, usually attends.

Lillian and Anthony are delightful people...and quite entertaining.

. . . . Pete

 

[Chris Coad]

originally posted by MLipton:

originally posted by Brad Kane:

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
OK, I'll chomp, who is Oleg Finkelstein?

Oleg Olovyannikov, affectionately known as Oleg O, was one of the original members of the NY group that got together from the WLDG. Peter Finkelstein was Dressner's alter ego.

I recall querying Chris Coad years ago about the identity of the man seen swigging from a Champagne bottle (Moet Nectar?) in the back right of the photo on The Compleat Winegeek. I was told that that was Oleg O. I was curious because he bore an uncanny resemblance to yours truly in an earlier era, so much so that I'd wondered whether I'd been surreptitiously photographed at some forgotten jeebus -- not beyond all reason if indeed I'd been swigging Moet Nectar from the bottle...

Mark Olivyanliptonov

That's the guy. That night ended with him yelling "I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS" repeatedly. The power of Moet Nectar Imperial compelled him.

 

[Jonathan Loesberg]

Our 95 Meyneys are nice but definitely showing their age.