The bottle we drank was disgorged in October of 2008, and I think the most recent vintage in this bottle should therefore be 2004. I'm sorry to do this, to ask you to read about a wine that it so awfully difficult to find, and if you can find it, so terribly expensive. It was pretty amazing, and I want to share a bit about it. MORE >>

FYI, my last bottles were drunk in the Rhone at George the Greek in 2004, pick up THE BOOK Which brings me to other night when I was barside at Balthazar comforting a friend. I'm sure THEY ask you, THEY are surely asking me: what have you been drinking that is exciting. Then I get an email from a friend about that 1947 Louis Martini. MORE >>

Upon arriving I was initially disappointed with the tasting book.  But given my industry status & interest in truly evaluating as many wines as possible I would have liked to see a tasting book that provided more room for tasting notes (hint: for next year maybe provide a tasting book with more room for journalists).  MORE >>

But with all of the other criminal activity that takes place in the city, I guess the cops just didn't have enough to book him then and there. Best after 2008. JS Score: 94, July, 2004 - Release Price: $52 Paitin Barbaresco Sorì Paitin Vecchie Vigne 2001 x 3 WS: Rich and decadent, with mushroom, berry and cherry aromas and flavors. MORE >>

On this, the third night of our little Oregon wine festival, we drank a wine we've had several times in the past, the 2004 Chehalem Pinot Noir Corral Creek. 2004 Chehalem Pinot Noir Corral Creek Vineyard , $39 from the winery. Chehalem makes three single vineyard Pinot Noirs, a Reserve wine, and several blends. I'd like to try them. MORE >>