2001 Dom. Rene Bouvier, "Montre-Cul", Bourgogne Rouge

[Innkeeper]

Hi Wine West and welcome to the Wine Board. Buying/investing in Burgundy any more is like shooting craps. Looks like you came up with snake eyes.

There are many reasons for this. The one I favor I learned from our friend Roberto from Wine Expo. It seems the EU has put the cabaush on the shipment of tankcars full of red wine from Sicily to Burgundy. This has been used over the decades to smooth out the bumps in Burgundies at just about all price points. This is also the reason why in recent years the folks form Sicily have started big time marketing of their wines to the world market.

[This message has been edited by Innkeeper (edited 01-31-2006).]