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Default TN: Half-Century Wine Geeks-great wines 1924-2008 (Cali, Loire,Bdx, and much more)

On May 24, 10:33*am, DaleW > wrote:
> On May 24, 11:39*am, Mark Lipton > wrote:
>
> > On 5/24/10 11:08 AM, DaleW wrote:
> > Aha! *You got to "jeeb" with the elusive and mysterious Kay Bixler
> > (Andrew), subject of many a Chris Coad jokey reference. *It's good to
> > hear that Andrew and Jennifer's wine is tasty, as I know from his posts
> > that their tastes definitely run Old World-y.

>
> I remember the name in Chris's posts (he was there yesterday), but
> didn't make an association
>
>
>
> > Wow. *Just, wow. *You're in SFJoe territory with this. *As you likely
> > know, '24 precedes Gaston Huët's purchase of the property, so the wine
> > was actually vinified by the Masse-Violet family (and the stocks were
> > purchased by Huët).

>
> Didn't actually know that. I believe Joe brought that bottle.
>
>
>
> > That's good to hear. *Because of a misdirected email, I have more than a
> > sneaking suspicion that I'll see one of these come out of a CSW shipper
> > on my upcoming birthday

>
> Yippee!
>
> > So, not a '60er in the lot, eh? *Surely there are some '60 Ports
> > floating around that are quite drinkable still. *BTW, HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
> > Dale!!!

>
> My birthday isn't for months (no one had an actual 50th this month). I
> actually own 2 1960s I'm holding for my actual day. The '60 BV GdlT
> I've been holding for a while, and greedily saved. I also have a 60
> Fonseca, which is a good not great wine, but I had shared a previous
> bottle with Jeff and Jay (and know Gilman has tried). So decided to
> also save that for October.


You must tell me how the BV comes out as I still have one I was saving
for my 65th.