Comments on: Sharing a birth year wine, 1983 edition

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:40:44 +0000

Joe – Sounds like a good way to play your bday. Much better to for wine that has a chance of being good/great rather than sticking to the particular year.

Robin – Those are for 750ml bottles?! Yikes.

Ivan – Good for you, Ivan. Where are you going to do your shopping?

Bill – Please note that 1983 is not my birth year but my brother’s. However, I’m always happy to share a wine from someone else’s birth year with them! Always good times…

By: bill st john

bill st john — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:08:58 +0000

tyler; you & our son colin were both born ’83; we’ve been thru our case of ’83 margaux, was great experience; lotsa ports still around, a graham ’83 lying in wait for b-day #30 in january 2013; joe jensen above: depending (hahaha) try looking for the year in which u were conceived; mayb 1964 counts for you & it wasn’t bad shakes, just difficult to find nowadays

By: Ivan Kenneally

Ivan Kenneally — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:21:44 +0000

I was born the year prior to the Judgement of Paris, apparently not a good one for Lynch Bages but I’ve read a very good one for Pomerol in general (and Brunello as well). I’m a big believer in giving myself a birthday gift every year and this strikes me as an excellent idea.

By: RobinC

RobinC — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:02:13 +0000

My husband likes Penfolds Grange and there were a couple in the $45,000.00-$65,000.00 range; other than that there weren’t a lot of wines for him in this country.

By: Joe Jensen

Joe Jensen — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:44:21 +0000

I was born in 1965 and with the big 50 coming up I am at a loss as what to go for since it was a washed out vintage everywhere!
I will just pick a solid producer from the 60′s and buy something from one of my customers that has a deep cellar!
Maybe the results will be counter to prevailing wisdom.