Audio and Wine?

love good red wines! i have some 86 bv 50th aniversary george latour, some regular 86 bv private reserve george latour, some 86 & 87 clos du val, and some 86 jordan (and some other stuff). all cabernets. don't know what their worth.

I am definitely a wine lover. While I enjoy many types, my favorites are the Premier Cru Bordeaux. I generally enjoy at least one per week. Some of the recent highlights have been: 1982 Lafite, 1982 Margaux, 1982 Cheval-Blanc, 1966 Margaux, 1927 Y'Quem, 1982 Cos d'Estournel,1982 Haut-Brion, 1975 Petrus, etc. I have a 1961 Mouton being shipped. I also really like vintage Port like 1977 Dow's. Some of the best values I've found recently are the Shiraz from Australia. Grant Burge Shiraz for $23 is excellent. Also, Peter Lehman Shiraz is great. We have a small wine club here to help share the expenses. Great fun!

I have to admit, I love wine... Too bad I don't drink anymore...

Here's my top 3 in both red and white...

RED:
(1) Pétrus 1982 grand vin (I still have 1 bottle)
(2) Toscany Tenua Sen guido Sassiscaia 1989 (around $50)
(3) Mas La Plana Gran Coronas Gran Reserva 1989 (around $50)
(4) Opus One 1998 Napa Valley ($75)

White
(1) Domaine Bonneau du Martray 1996 Corton Charlemagne ($70)
(2) Chevalier Montrachet Les Demoiselles 1997 ($200)
(3) Beaune 1er cru Clos des mouches 1999 ($70)

Also a special note to Klein Constantia Estates African sweet wine. It's worth $40 (for 500ML) and to my taste, it kicks any port on the planet...

By the way, for you really rich guys out there, here's a list of the most expensive wine that my local liqor store has in stock...

Château Lafite Rothschild 1900 ($36,000 CDN)
Pétrus 1921 grand vin ($27,500 CDN)
Pétrus 1947 grand vin ($25,000 CDN)
Pétrus 1961 grand vin ($19,995 CDN)
Château Mouton Rothschild 1945 ($12,000 CDN)
Château Cheval Blanc 1947 ($9,995 CDN)
Château Palmer 1945 ($7,000 CDN)

and so on...

Who said that Audio is an expensive hobby :-)

I was fortunate to live in Europe during the late 1960's and early 1970's, and my former father-in-law was the procurement officer for NATO/SHAPE Headquarters in Belgium. In that role, he got to know a man who owned the largest wine distributorship in Belgium, and we were occassionally invited to his house in Brussels. His wine cellar contained some 40,000 bottles of wine, many of which were among the finest available. There were two that wines he served us during a dinner that was particularly outstanding included:
1. 1959 Richebourg (chosen by the Chevalier de Tastevin as the best burgundy in France for 1959);
2. 1959 Schloss Vollrads Trockenbeerenauslese.

The best wine that I have had this year was a 1997 Ridge Late Harvest Zinfandel.

The state of Washington, where I live, is now producing some excellent wines. For those who have not tried the following labels, may I suggest you try:
1. Woodmark Canyon Cabernet Sauvignon;
2. Kestrel (their Signature bottlings which have just been released will be excellent and should cellar very well).
Washington state wines from 1998 were uniformly good to excellent, and were even better in 1999.

One of my favorites is :

Opus 1 1998 ($100) like Avalon Opus.