As I assume we are currently experiencing not just the end of the year but the end of the world, I expected to have to make do with the few 2002 on my shelves and close my eyes and pretend. That meant 1993. But the other night, failed or not, I was a viniprincess and I still can remember the taste out of the glass slipper. MORE >>

I've still not had a bottle of 91 Rousseau Chambertin with dinner (or any vintage of any Chambertin with dinner, for that matter), I've never tasted DRC, I've never had anyone's Montrachet with dinner. 2002 Luneau-Papin Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Excelsior Clos des Noelles with fish soup. am not in the wine business. It was delicious. MORE >>

The first I will start with is one that helped a financially challenged Wine Tasting Guy get through many a Jewish holiday. The oldest one I tried was a 1993, but I've also had the '97, '99 and have recently been drinking the 2002, & 2003. The Unfiltered is available in 2002 & 2003 , each for $50. Galil Mountain. MORE >>

Opened by David Page and Barbara Shinn in 1993, this place functions as an example of their food, wine, and environmental philosophy: local, sustainable, delicious. did not taste NorthCarolinaGal's entree of cinnamon cured duck breast, but it sure smelled and looked beautiful. Anyway.how was the restaurant? Delicious! MORE >>

In 1993 the bartender at the now-defunct French restaurant where I waited table graduated from Reed College in Portland, and he knew about Oregon pinot. 2002 was supposed to be the best vintage ever, and 2003 was so hot that the wines are often flabby and overly extracted and alcohol-laden. My favorite recent vintage is 2001. MORE >>