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How can you get addicted to something there's only one of?
What a bunch of oxymorons.
The 184-year-old cork was in good condition, helping to preserve the wine
And this occured at which Obama White House party?
So where do we sign up to be on the wine taster list for one of the other two bottles?
There were some bottles of 1856 champagne found on a steamboat excavated from the Missouri River. http://1856.com They appear to be in good condition though one broke during excavation. It was tasted on site.
Since this thread will attract wine lovers I have a question.
One day we drank some white wine from a probably 8 dollar bottle that had been opened, tasted and put back in the cabinet about a year or year and half earlier, the odd thing was that it tasted incredibly good (we were stone sober).
Could some freak combination of forces have worked to make that happen?
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What a load. These guys sound like audiophiles.
FMCDH(BITS)
still drinkable, with notes of “truffles and caramel” = tastes like stale mule piss, but we’re too elitist to admit it
Can you imagine the pressure? If I opened a bottle of wine that was three times older than me, you bet your favorite body part I would have something nice to say about it, too.
The story you’ll never read: “Guy opens a bottle of 1862 Bourdeaux, says it tastes like cow piss...”
Chateau Margaux 1787
The Wine Merchant
In 1989, Sokolin, a New York wine merchant, had a bottle of Chateau Margaux 1797 on consignment from its English owner. The wine bottle was encrusted with the initials of Thomas Jefferson on it and was over 200 years old.
The Accident
Sokolin took possession of the wine bottle in an attempt to sell it for five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). Wine enthusiasts and collectors believe that the bottle did not exceed the price of a 1787 Lafite which sold for $160,000 at auction, however assumed that this was Sokolin’s successful attempt to generate publicity for the wine bottle.
Sokolin decided to take the bottle of wine to a Chateau Margaux dinner at the four seasons restaurant. While at dinner, as Sokolin was preparing to leave, a waiter carrying a coffee tray bumped the bottle, breaking it on the floor. Fortunately for Sokolin, and the owner had the foresight to insure the valuable bottle. After the dust settled, the insurance paid $225,000 for the broken bottle, which Sokolin shared with the owner. It is unsure what happened to the careless waiter.