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Funniest wine-related thing I have read in a while

by David M. Bueker » Thu May 24, 2007 7:50 pm

I was perusing the latest copy of the Wine Spectator (I have not subscribed in years, but it keeps coming...) & came across this hilarious caption to a photo in the "Collecting" section:

"Tom Black's wine cellars, which comprise some 20,000 bottles, mirror his unostentatious approach to wine collecting."

Please, give me the proverbial break. I'll be over here laughing my ass off.
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Re: Funniest wine-related thing I have read in a while

by Mark Lipton » Fri May 25, 2007 12:06 am

David M. Bueker wrote:I was perusing the latest copy of the Wine Spectator (I have not subscribed in years, but it keeps coming...) & came across this hilarious caption to a photo in the "Collecting" section:

"Tom Black's wine cellars, which comprise some 20,000 bottles, mirror his unostentatious approach to wine collecting."

Please, give me the proverbial break. I'll be over here laughing my ass off.


And no doubt the three Hummers parked out front of his house mirror his concern for the environment :evil:

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by David M. Bueker » Fri May 25, 2007 6:52 am

Mark Lipton wrote:
And no doubt the three Hummers parked out front of his house mirror his concern for the environment :evil:

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He's concerned to keep it as far away as possible. :twisted:
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Re: Funniest wine-related thing I have read in a while

by Mike Filigenzi » Fri May 25, 2007 8:41 am

David M. Bueker wrote:I was perusing the latest copy of the Wine Spectator (I have not subscribed in years, but it keeps coming...) & came across this hilarious caption to a photo in the "Collecting" section:

"Tom Black's wine cellars, which comprise some 20,000 bottles, mirror his unostentatious approach to wine collecting."

Please, give me the proverbial break. I'll be over here laughing my ass off.


10,000 bottles of Gallo Hearty Burgundy and 10,000 bottles of Almaden "Chablis"?
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Re: Funniest wine-related thing I have read in a while

by David M. Bueker » Fri May 25, 2007 9:16 am

The $40,000 "unostentatious" wine callr: 20,000 bottles of two-buck chuck.
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Re: Funniest wine-related thing I have read in a while

by Jon Peterson » Fri May 25, 2007 2:42 pm

Let's hope it was a typo.
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Re: Funniest wine-related thing I have read in a while

by Jenise » Fri May 25, 2007 3:17 pm

"Cellars." Plural. Probably multiple homes. All humble, of course.
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Re: Funniest wine-related thing I have read in a while

by David M. Bueker » Fri May 25, 2007 3:39 pm

Let's see, here's a line from the article:

"I probably have 100 vintages of Chateau Latour, but I don't feel compelled to boast about it."

Another:

"When Henri Jayer dies last year I opened his Vosne-Romanee Les Beaux Monts 1985. That's probably a $2,000 wine that we drank casually around the kitchen counter in memory of the man."

And the article says about California Cults: Black says he still buys them, but is not a true fan.

About the most down to earth quote:

"I'm happy drinking Chateaus Haut-Bailly, Batailley and Grand-Puy Lacoste."

Wouldn't we all be so happy.

Typo - I don't think so.
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Re: Funniest wine-related thing I have read in a while

by Carl Eppig » Fri May 25, 2007 3:51 pm

I liked his "threshold" of $1K per bottle. I guess that makes $1001 ostentatious.
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Re: Funniest wine-related thing I have read in a while

by David M. Bueker » Fri May 25, 2007 3:54 pm

I'm buying more DRC Richebourg. It's downright humble.
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Re: Funniest wine-related thing I have read in a while

by James Roscoe » Fri May 25, 2007 4:07 pm

Damn, I guess we know where we stand!
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