crazy 5-hour lunch today ... everything showed amazingly

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Watch A Conversation about the Okanagan Valley from SOMM TV ® watch.sommtv.com/videos/a-conve… Subscription required. Nice to see some promo of the better Canadian brands out there.

christies.com/en/stories/the… It is all very easy - just write cheques constantly and buy 36 instead of 3 or 6.

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A good read ... christies.com/stories/chatea…

top wines of 2023 (part 1) 3 amazing champagnes, two bargain whites and an assortment of unique and thrilling reds ... 2009 Philipponnat Juste Rosé Clos des Goisses 2012 Cristal 2007 Salon 2018 Ridge Estate Chardonnay 2017 Arnot-Roberts - Watson Ranch Chardonnay

Part 2 (reds) 2009 SQN - Thrill of Stamp Collecting 2004 Insignia 2006 Chave Hermitage 2013 Masseto 2001 Lafite 2016 Rousseau Clos de la Roche 1998 La Mission Haut Brion 2010 Bond Pluribus 1983 Grange Hermitage 2008 Ovid Red Wine 2012 Mascarello Monprivato Barolo 2001 Mouton

Great article IMO ... owenbargreen.com/blog/2024/1/10… Owen Bargreen James Walker WiningJaguar KevLutt Paolo Berard Hudman

1 (of 2) A lot of ink spilled on wines we have loved but how about wines we've never had but pray will arrive in our glass some day. Here are my current top 10 wines/houses I have never tasted: Château Rayas Petrus Jacques Selosse Dalla Valle Maya Kongsgaard Chardonnay

2 (of 2) Château Haut-Brion Blanc Romanée-Conti Etienne Sauzet Guigal La Turque or La Landonne Château La Violette KevLutt Chris Schmidt Coastal Cab Critic WiningJaguar John Jackson - AttorneySomm DipWSET James Walker Texas Wineaux Thomas Hughes Steve Roebuck

You don’t to play the game to appreciate a master craftsman at work. What a clinic.

If there is a better post this week I haven’t seen it.

First ever bottle of Soldera - what a lovely, lovely bottle of wine. Perfect Barolo-like tannins but color quickly leads you to Brunello. Great balance and really one of the best mouthfeels I've experienced in some time. (Part of a Year of the Dragon tasting back to 1964)

Legendary!!!!!!!

Truly impressive old Reisling - 1983 Weingut Heinrich Albertz Wittlicher Felsentreppschen Riesling Auslese

I like this a lot ...

Truly one of the most consequential people to walk the earth.

Absolutely love this guy.

I'm on the waitlist for Perplexity's new agentic browser, Comet: perplexity.ai/comet Looks very interesting.