Koch maintains that Kurniawan was the source of two Acker auctions in 2006 hailed only as from “THE cellar.&# The article also says that he got into wine only in the year 2000 but had already amassed a cellar of 50,000 bottles and that, “Since he started buying, prices for rare wine have skyrocketed.&#. William I. MORE >>

Gravner 2000 Ribolla Gialla. If I had arranged for a dinner featuring Red Burgundies from 30 different appellations, I doubt anyone attending the dinner would have thought that all the Burgundies tasted the same. usually serve orange wines at cellar temp (55 degrees F) and let the bottle warm up on the table from there. MORE >>

John Gilman, author of the newsletter The View from the Cellar , joins us again for a Q&A. perfect example in my opinion of going over the top and valuing the process over the results could be seen with Domaine Leroy’s wines in the great, great red Burgundy vintage of 1993. Natural wines are growing in popularity. think not. MORE >>

This wine seems as if it could do another 15 years in the cellar without blinking. think of these wines the way I think of Burgundy wine - they are highly site specific. 2000 Michel Br é geon Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine Gorgeois , $22, Fruit of the Vines Imports. Perhaps even the seafood stereotype entirely. MORE >>

2000 Domaine A Cabernet Sauvignon, Tasmania. 2005 Penfolds Cellar Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Barossa Valley. 2002 Domaine de la Romanée Conti Romanée St Vivant Pinot Noir, Vosne Romanée, Burgundy. 2000 Hardys Sir James Tumbarumba Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Tumbarumba. Day One. Australia’s Fine Wine. Day Two. MORE >>