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In Reply to: World's best hangover cure posted by nathan vandergrift on October 26, 2000 at 18:16:38:
Last time I drank the 1988 Vaumoreau, I thought it lacked vibrancy. I'm surprised it shows so well. The great vintage here is the 1990, which Druet can be convinced to pull out of his cellar every so often. Strange but true: my heart surgeon, Aubrey Claudius Galloway (no kidding, that’s his name) had an uncanny resemblance to Pierre-Jacques Druet. Frankly, this made me uncomfortable. Galloway, parenthetically, complained bitterly to me about how he could no longer afford Burgundies.Thanks for helping out on the CWD. I'm working on an article on the new Viré-Clessé appellation myself, in an effort to strengthen the CWD content. It will be full of obvious generalizations and a lot of fake provocations and postures of interest to next to nobody.
Oddly, the only wine I truly enjoy these days is Vin Jaune from Pierre Overnoy. This comes to mind because I once served this wine to the seemingly late Kay Bixler. My firm actually received a call from a reputable French restaurant in New Haven today inquiring about the availability of this wine. I'm not certain if this has anything to do with Kay's demise, but I suspect so.
Is it true that Georges Duboeuf is running TV ads for the Beaujolais Nouveau? I haven’t seen these commercials but I’m told that they exist. I do know that every obscure wine journalist in America is being offered a freebie to celebrate the first day of the nouveau at Duboeuf's factory in Romaneche-Thorins. I think there is some panic here, although I am not entirely certain that Nouveau sales are down. There are rumors that Duboeuf wants to organize a ten year vertical of all 10 Beaujolais Cru. But this was nixed at the last minute as there were fears that the event would detract attention from the Nouveau.
You know its a nice idea to celebrate and taste the new harvest. But since American's don't necessarily believe that wine comes from grapes on a vine but tend toward the notion that wines comes from the star winemaker/consultant, it does seem silly to celebrate a harvest here. So Nouveau has become just another wine/beverage category, rather than a cheap, fruity, lively wine that's easy to drink and get drunk with. Despite the cheap price of the wine, there seems to be enough generated Nouveau revenues to finance a Berlin Airlift of journalists ot Duboeufland.. I suppose I would accept a free trip to Romaneche-Thorins to celebrate the Nouveau with Georges, Franck and the whole gang, but only on the condition that I did not have to tour their Beaujolais musuem.
Am I the only wine geek who finds Bobby Valentine to be a grating personality? I don't like him and sympathize totally with Joe Torre's decision to release him during Torre's tenure as Met manager. Unlike Torre, Valentine is from Connecticut. And speaking of commercials and Joe Torre: what are those commercials with Joe Torre for something called AIG all about? They are very classy ads but I don't understand what the company is selling exactly. Nor do I understand the commercial about the guy looking at the retirement home for his father. Why is he so sad that his father doesn't live with him? The camera fades out and there is a voiceover that clearly is not the teary-eyes actor, talking about how this might be his father's last home. I don't understand any of it.
Does anyone understand why everyone at Mark Squire's board calls each other brother? I just looked in there tonight and can't explain the affectation. Are they all Racoons? I suppose one of the draws is that Pierre-Antoine Rovani is posting there and everyone can call him Brother Rovani. People here used to call Brad Kane, Brother Brad Kane. But Brad stopped posting in protest. Jason Brandt Lewis also stopped posting but I don’t think anyone used the Brother salutation with JBL.
Someone used to do a Wine Board Soup column here and I'm sorry they are no longer leaving posts. There is just so much going on these days on the other boards, kind of makes one embarassed to be here at the Asylum. There is a lot of overlap between all these boards, although I've always strongly objected to the popular theory that Kay Bixler was a fictional character invented and maintaned by Peter Finkelstein. But I do miss the Tom/Thor feuds, although I've never understood what any of them was about.
I suppose the Bize-Leroy 10 years of Bize-Leroy Grand Crus Jeebus was the Jeebus event of the 21st century. What an event! I actually know a couple of stiffs who were invited and it sounds like it was much more seriously organized that the type of Jeebus' that I attend. Plus, Madame Leroy had better stemware than we get at the Minetta. Brother Brad Kane always brings his Riedel glasses to the Minetta but he would be better served by bringing his own veal chop. Do you think Derek Jeter drinks wine? He just hit a home run.
Anyhow, it makes me worry that I am incapable of making judgements about Burgundy as I have never been to a 10-year Grand Cru Leroy Jeebus. How can I evaluate Burgundy without comprehensively knowing the point of reference for low-yield, biodynamique wines from the Côte-d’Or? Approximately 20 people attended the event and according to Mr. Rovani’s note on Mark Squire’s board, one of the esteemed tasters (who is unnamed) was so heavy as to break through one of Madame Leroy’s chairs. That has to be embarassing!
So are these 20 people the only people capable of making sound judgements about Burgundies? OK, deduct the guy who fell through the chair on general principle. That leaves just 19 people!
Scary, no?
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