I have a collection of vintage wines and occasionally we open one. It is always a lottery if it has gone bad. cork looks ok - So far, so good. First sip. not gone bad - Phew! Now, how does taste? Very pleasing taste and I was honestly surprised by how βfr...
Ha youβve stumbled upon what I belief is the most difficult part of any wine collection; that is to consume it. On the one hand you want to keep a 50 year old bottle in your collection. On the other hand there comes a time to consume it after which itβs s...
The dilemma you mention is real!! On the other hand, life is also just a temporary condition, so once in a while we need to open one of those old bottles. This one turned out really well (luckily) best Christian
I in be got some really old single malt whiskeys some of them getting close to 50 years. The main difference with wine is that the probability it still tastes well is higher haha. Whenever we meet Iβll open one of them
I will be in the Netherlands half march thru half april, and again for few weeks in late August. Perhaps we could meet somewhere half way in between like Hamburg or Paderborn?
It is an interest that runs in my family and my interest came a bit late but has grown a lot over the past 5- 7 years. My grand father had a wine import business and has always spoiled his family.
We have to take this wine conversation offline and somewhere else I guess. The wines from the 90s are starting to really drink really well. And the ones from the 80s too. Currently quite fixated with RhΓ΄ne valley, and also Pomerolβs rarer, smaller produce...