And yes, there are serious collectors in the NYC area who have old bottles stored in their cellars. 1988 Alzinger Riesling Ried Loibenberg Kabinett Trocken. About 50 or 60 wine lovers came together to celebrate Austrian wine the other night at Seasonal Restaurant in midtown Manhattan. That's right - Austrian wine, La Paulée style.

had a chance to visit the property and talk with the cellar masters this past spring. But when we arrived at the 1988 Geyserville, zinfandel moved into a new category for me, not just a serious wine, but one built for the long haul. All too often, Zinfandel is a highway to a quick, cheap buzz. The lay of the land.

The same is true in the cellar, where visitors can see all formats of barrels and all types and ages of wood, including cherrywood which Gian says is excellent for producing a long-lived wine from the Corvina grape as it accents the wine’s natural cherry flavors and softens the harsh youthful tannins. And New York? Day 2.

Conserved in a cool, dark cellar, this wine can last 15-20 years. Winemaker notes: VARIETY: 100% Nebbiolo. PRODUCTION ZONE: The grapes come exclusively form the best vineyards belonging to the Marchesi of Barolo. VINIFICATION: The grapes are handpicked then, after being removed form the stalks, they are soft pressed.

The younger vintages are all tightly wound and will reward with more than a decade of cellaring; the world’s best cabernet assumes a delicacy and refinement that make it very much worth the wait. The 1988 was really sublime with aromas of alluring mint and tobacco and a pinot-like delicacy. The wines were all from their cellars.

Unless you often buy at auction, or have been buying and cellaring wine for a very long time, you're probably like me - you drink scores of younger wines for every truly mature bottle you drink. remember asking my friend Peter about this as we drove from one cellar tasting to another in Burgundy a little over a year ago. Fully mature?

Christiane Oudin and her husband Jean-Claude took over her father's small 2 hectare estate in Chichée, very close to the town of Chablis, in 1988. The family has acquired more land since 1988 - there are now 8 hectares, including small parcels in two 1er Cru vineyards, Vaugiraut (.75 The nerve on him! hectare) and Vaucopins (.40

left this until the last minute, and then went to Slope Cellars , one of my absolute favorite Brooklyn wine stores. We also drank the 2005 Cellars Unio Roureda Llicorella Blanc , a white wine from Priorat made entirely of Pedro Ximenez, of Sherry fame. Thomas ' house recently. That would be the theme. Marsanne, obscure?

We’re back with Part Deux of our interview with John Gilman, author of the newsletter A View from the Cellar ( part one is here ). How do you make a screwcap-sealed wine taste and smell like rotting cabbage or burning rubber- put it in the cellar for a few years. German Riesling. And I really don’t understand why. The Loire.

This bottle was purchased from WineBid.com at a huge discount three years ago. We took it out over the weekend to prove that Randy Dunn's Howell Mountain cabernets can age as nicely as any Bordeaux. The wax capsule on this bottle was lightly chipped, but the cork, perfect.

Henry's End has an extensive wine list, with an emphasis on American wine, and they have a number of cellar selections from the 1980s, featuring Shafer, Caymus, Mondavi, etc. ordered a bottle of the 1988 Dominus, which unfortunately was funked. do not buy or cellar wines with screw-caps, and I encourage others to follow suit.

In honor of their 20th anniversary, the Dressner folk dug into the cellar and set out a load of wines from their inaugural vintage. The 1988 Closel Savenni è res Clos du Papillon was complex and beautiful, and the Chidaine Montlouis Clos Habert and the Pinon Vouvray Moelleux were great too. The Italian wines - I didn't taste 'em.

We came upon several cellar workers who were bottling a 1995 Gran Reserva. At this point, bottles of 1988 and 1991 are comparatively blasé. When my pal Deetrane read the post from the other day about tasting the 1976 Lopez de Heredia Bosconia, he was flooded with good memories. Great prices in the shop though. for Crianza, €5.50

Here is what we know: Regnie is the most recent addition to the group of Cru Beaujolais appellations, gaining its status in 1988. As it warmed a bit from cellar temperature the floral smells became more prominent and the juiciness of the raspberries was more pronounced. There isn't much out there that I could find.