And by the way, put this up against a lot of white Burgundy from the same year and this will come out ahead, as there is not even a hint of oxidation. 1999 Trimbach Gewurtztraminer Cuvée des Seigneurs de Ribeaupierre - an Alsace Gewurtztraminer with some bottle age.yum. Top notch wine. Really intriguing wine. Great Beaujolais. MORE >>

This wine can also do well with extended aging in bottle as the 1999 I recently tasted was fresh and delicious.) As the name of the grape (Melon de Bourgonge) suggests, it originally hailed from Burgundy. Muscadet gives pleasure when it is freshly squeezed. But aging the best examples can be worth the wait. French wine MORE >>

When I asked winemaker Roli Velich of the Moric winery which grape was the most apt comparison for Blaufränkisch, he suggested no fewer than three: pinot noir from Burgundy, Syrah from the Northern Rhone and Nebbiolo from Piedmont. Winemaker Uwe Schiefer brought an “old&# Blaufränkisch along–old being 1999. euro) a bottle. MORE >>

Deetrane very generously opened some big-shot bottles of red Burgundy too, including 1997 Simon Bize Latricières-Chambertin , 1996 Dominique Laurent Nuits St. George 1er Cru Les Chaignots , 1999 Michel Lafarge Volnay , and a Corton whose identity I have forgotten. It was my friend Deetrane's birthday the other night. MORE >>

We tend to value the idea of vinifying individual plots separately, as in Burgundy, and increasingly now in Champagne. thought that the 1999 was the most perfect of the wines, objectively speaking, although it was clearly not mature enough to be at its peak. The company was great, and so were the food and the wines. Delicious. MORE >>