Bordeaux 2010

[winoweenie]

AA this has been my main concern on ALL wines for the last few years. When I look back at pricing the hair (what's left) on the back of my neck comes to attention. When I first got interested in wines in the late 60s and actively collecting in the early 70s when some of the early icons in the cali wine biz were starting out a rise of 5 bucks a bottle was met with howls of protest. When Ridge raised its price on the monteBello cab from 15 fot the 76 to 30 for the 77 I derned near had a heart attack. When Charlie W brought out the 75 Special Selection at Caymus for the same 30 buck he was giggled at by one and all. Then Al Brauinstein really showed the big guys how the game was played by taking his cellar stock of the 74s which were released at 10 a clatter and pricing a 3 pack(one from each vineyard) at 125 bucks. The same with the boys frum Bordeaux. The 5 1st growths were priced on futures for the 82s at 39(except Latour at 45) and Pichon Lalande went for the heady price of 19 bucks. What this rant is really about is is that the weener has a heck of a hard time pulling the trigger on any wine at the moment. WW :-R :-R :!: :!: