Bastille Day in Beaune
I have been traveling across Europe for the better part of two weeks. The first week was all work, packing up the cellar of Wolfgang Grunewald in scenic Switzerland. While we probably should have spent seven or eight days on the job inspecting and packing the some-odd 800 cases for shipment, we managed to jam [...]
Beijing
Here’s wishing everyone a happy 4th of July with an article about…Beijing, or rather my recent trip to Beijing before our inaugural Hong Kong auction, interrupting my not-so-recent ‘Four in a Row’ series of articles. Better late than never, I know. But, in a way, I can’t help but notice the irony, and I can [...]
Four in a row, night 2
The second night of my recent four in a row found me at Veritas, home to one of the world’s greatest wine lists. It was a casual night and late start, so we only had three bottles between the four of us, most notably Jay, who had insisted we get together to research an article [...]
Four in a Row
Man, I don’t know where to begin-so many events that deserve recognition and commendation, especially from me since I was at all of them J. I guess we might as well get the bad news out of the way first. I can’t seem to find my La Paulee, Part IV notes, the grand finale. It [...]
Big Boy does Vegas, Night Two
The second night in Vegas was a smaller gathering at Guy Savoy. Rudy had to leave after dinner the night before, and Gil and Krissy were tied up at a big charity event, although they joined us later. Guy Savoy was in town but also at that same charity event; we would see him later [...]
Big Boy does Los Angeles
I go to a lot of wine dinners, most of which no one ever reads about. Most of the legendary dinners that I have attended, you have read about, and what happened this past Thursday night in Los Angeles quickly became one of the all-time legendary nights for everyone in attendance, and there were some [...]
Big Boy does Vegas
For those of you who are curious, the catalog for Rob’s sale will be online on Friday and in the mail on Monday. The salesroom will be packed; make your reservations sooner rather than later if you plan on coming to this historic auction.
I interrupt my report on La Paulee and its final chapter (and [...]
La Paulee 2008, Part III
Ok, where was I again? Sorry for the delay, but making four auctions simultaneously over these past couple of weeks has been a bit challenging. Let’s see, there are two single cellar sales, one in April and one in May, then there is the “regular’ May auction, and finally our first auction in Hong Kong, [...]
La Paulee 2008, Part II
Thursday night saw the official beginning to La Paulee weekend, and we celebrated the great whites of Dominique Lafon and more reds from Eric Rousseau. Michael Mina was again the place, closed down for this historic event.
We began with a trio of Genevrieres, and the 2001 Lafon Meursault Genevrieres was clean and fresh with great [...]
2006 Right Bank and More
A majority of the wines tasted during my December trip in Bordeaux were wines from the 2006 vintage, a vintage that the Bordelais have gone out of their way to defend and promote, and also out of their way to price. 2006 is a bit of a watershed vintage as far as the economics of [...]
Happy 90th Birthday Thierry!
One of the other highlights of my week in Bordeaux and Paris with Bipin this past December was a glorious celebration of Chateau Figeac’s Thierry Manoncourt’s 90th birthday. Thierry is one of the most inspirational people that I have ever met in this crazy world of wine, still quick as a whip and very much [...]
Saturday Night in the City
This past Saturday night saw me back from the frying pan we had cookin’ in Hotlanta yet right into the fire of New York City, where I had a small gathering with a significant client and how to manage his cellar better in 2008.
The most important details to work out were what to drink, and [...]
Eddie’s Holiday Truffle Party
I had just arrived from Paris only three hours before Eddie’s Christmas party at Del Posto’s. After freshening up a bit, I jumped right back into the frying pan after a week in Bordeaux and Paris where I spent at least six hours a day eating. I do not understand why all French people [...]
2000 Bordeaux
I had been trying to do a 2000 horizontal for the first six months of 2007, and since I was unable to coordinate with my usual drinking buddies, I decided to make this a public event and conduct it through the Wine Workshop. Picholine was the setting, and eighteen of the vintage’s finest wines were [...]
1964 Champagne Horizontal
Actually, at the time, we didn’t know that it was a 1964 Horizontal, as King Angry was our host, and all bubblies were accordingly served blind. Big Boy and I trekked down to what I like to call “West Virginia, New Jersey,’ aka chez Ray. Rob actually picked me up from my warehouse in what [...]
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