On Apr 30, 8:05*am, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> DaleW wrote:
> > HAppy Anniversary! 89 Bo is quite variable (there is a story, that
> > I've heard a dozen times though no personal knowledge, that a
> > significant portion of US allotment got caught in a dock strike in
> > summer).
>
> Yeah, that's the story I recall as well. *Repetition of a falsehood
> doesn't make it true, but anecdotally at least there seems to be reason
> to believe it. *Add to that that we purchased this bottle in Florida for
> a fairly attractive price and it does make one wonder (our other bottle
> was purchased at Sam's in Chicago).
>
> Mark Lipton

I've seen a lot of "heat" type issues with "89 Beaucastel. I was just
discussing that very issue with a friend this weekend. FYI, our
morels were plentiful in late March through the first week or so of
April but are long gone. Lot's of lettle yellows this year.