les hauts de pontet paudillac 1983

[quijote]

Diamondsman, I understand your interest in having "hard facts" to bolster ideas, but the people on the board don't always start out their replies with such data. If they did, the posts would be incredibly long and difficult to get through, for most people.

As this is a reasonably informal board sponsored by wines.com, most novices--myself included--accept that the longtime posters know what they're talking about, especially when compared to the knowledge of the novice. Between KC, Foodie, Winoweenie, and Innkeeper alone, there are about 15,000 posts in the archives going back just a few years. If they didn't know what they were talking about, they could not possibly be so prolific, and they also take care to comment and correct each others' claims. In other words, they have a good track record and control system of authority and expertise here.

Also, the Wine Spectator numbers are good, but where do you suppose those numbers come from? They come from people--presumed "experts." How do you know _they_ are correct? There's an intro book called "Wine for Dummies" (which I use a lot 'cuz I'm a wine dummie), and their vintage chart for Bordeaux is similar to the Wine Spectator chart, but not exactly.

In any case, I have found this forum successful and helpful because of the presence of several experts and other well informed people, all of whom contribute different ideas and facts to the Big Discussion.

By the way, Innkeeper--Happy 5,000+!


[This message has been edited by quijote (edited 11-07-2003).]