Comments on: Against vintages: who said it? http://www.drvino.com/2007/08/07/against-vintages-who-said-it/ wine talk that goes down easy Mon, 20 May 2013 06:29:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Artiga http://www.drvino.com/2007/08/07/against-vintages-who-said-it/#comment-15703 Artiga Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:20:57 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/08/07/against-vintages-who-said-it/#comment-15703 I think it’s D. That woman is very exigent.

]]> By: JB http://www.drvino.com/2007/08/07/against-vintages-who-said-it/#comment-15535 JB Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:43:40 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/08/07/against-vintages-who-said-it/#comment-15535 I will gladly take a Lafite. Need my address???

]]> By: Dr. Vino http://www.drvino.com/2007/08/07/against-vintages-who-said-it/#comment-15522 Dr. Vino Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:16:12 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/08/07/against-vintages-who-said-it/#comment-15522 JB – Incredible speed! The proverbial ink was hardly even dry on that posting, and there you were with the right answer. Give that man/woman a Lafite!

Yes, it was Baron Elie, from today’s NYT obit. Eric Asimov writes:

One thing that particularly disturbed Baron Elie was the desire of wine specialists to label every vintage.

“This is good, this year is bad,” he said in 1966. “If we bottle it, we consider the product good.”

]]> By: JB http://www.drvino.com/2007/08/07/against-vintages-who-said-it/#comment-15507 JB Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:51:24 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/08/07/against-vintages-who-said-it/#comment-15507 C.

nothing witty to add to my answer (sorry!)

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