Best wine you ever tasted.......

[Botafogo]

I am currently writing a book called "One Hundred 100 Point Wines" that will be completely dedicated to Bucko's theory:

Each wine (including IK's beloved $11 Illuminati Rosato) will be presented in a context in which it will be the "perfect" wine and something more famous and expensive would not be remotely appropriate.

Having said that, my most memorable single glass of wine was when I was the beverage director of Antoine's in New Orleans and there was a Burgundy tasting uptown at Commander's Palace. I had to get back to work before the thing was really over so I took a large go-cup (a styrofoam dixie cup!) of Vosne Romanee Les Malconsorts 1971 and a knapkin to cover it and sprinted to the St Charles Avenue streetcar. Just as I sat down a thunderstorm of biblical proportion kicked in. The street cars have awnings over the windows and have large windows in the front and back which are open as well so there I was, thunder and lightning and storm driven cool air (it was a VERY hot day) swirling around me while I quietly sipped a great Burgundy the entire way back to the French Quarter....fabulous!

Roberto