Today is only Day 3 at Les Grands Jours, a fete of the 2008 vintage for the trade and journalists, and already the process of comparing wines made from the same plot of vines by different producers is exhausting. Denis 2001 and and Jacques Frederic Mugnier 1999 Chambolle Musigny "Les Fuees" A fabulous evening with fantastic wines. MORE >>

2008 Jean et Gilles Lafouge Auxey-Duresses 1er Cru La Chapelle, $30, Imported by Fruit of the Vines. 2008 Reinhard & Beate Knebel Riesling trocken, $14, Imported by Mosel Wine Merchant. 1999 Foreau Vouvray Sec Clos Naudin, price unknown, Neal Rosenthal Imports. Can you get geared up for a laundry list post? Yes, I do. MORE >>

1999 Clos Rougeard Saumur Bréze , Louis/Dressner Imports, price unknown. drank the 2002 in Portland on the day that I met my good friend Peter Liem , back in August of 2008. Been so busy lately with work that I just haven't had time to write here. But I want to share some recent "Whoa," wine and food that really knocked me out. Briny. MORE >>

The importer, Well Oiled Wine presented the wine to my office in the Spring of 2008. The PLCB order arrived in August of 2008 on the first container of this wine to the United States. What happens when a reviewer tastes a good bottle, but some consumers buy what appears to be a completely different product? He awarded it 96 points. MORE >>

The 2008 Eugene Carrel Savoie Jongieux , $11, (I can't remember the importer but I think it is David Bowler) was perfectly fine and I think most people preferred it to the other wine I brought, the fantastic 2005 Puffeney Arbois Melon-Queue-Rouge , $25, Neal Rosenthal Selections. It was my friend Deetrane's birthday the other night. MORE >>