In 1988, the company experimented with still wine and high-end varietals, leading to the creation of Terrazas del los Andes in 1998. Terraazas de los Andes is a beautiful property in Lujan de Cuyo with an amazing history. Poirier proved the region of Lujan de Cuyo is the best place to obtain wines of quality, due to the high grade vineyard. MORE >>

beginning with the first ever vintage of 1997, and including 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2004. My personal favorite was the 1998. Thanks to my then girlfriend, now wife BrooklynLady, sometime in 2004 I rediscovered wine. had no idea, really, of what it was that I liked (and I'm still figuring it out). still have it, actually. MORE >>

1998 Hudelot-Noellat Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Malconsorts, $75 at auction, Old Vine Imports. Can you get geared up for a laundry list post? hope so, because here comes one. -- Warning -- Laundry List to Follow -- Do you, dear reader, ever wonder."Does Does that Brooklynguy ever drink anything that he doesn't write about on his blog?" MORE >>

Turned out to be the 1998 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf du Pape. The other night my pal Peter came over for dinner. He's one of those former Brooklynites who packed up his wife and kid and moved out of the city to somewhere in the Hudson Valley. He has a decent sense of what I like to drink. This guy cures and smokes his own bacon. MORE >>

And then, just when I thought it was safe to hang up my glass and head home, Kirk rooted around underneath one of the tables and emerged with a bottle of 1998 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia. Well, the chef at Alto did, anyway. Levi just organized the whole thing. And lucky for me, he invited me. Photo courtesy of Levi D. MORE >>