[TN] Old Burgs never die ...

thanks for the great notes. I seldom have the opportunity to drink Burgs more than 12-15 years old, but it was nice to experience these vicariously.

With all due respect to your friend (who I agree with on many of those points), saying that modern Burgs won't last as long due to high-yield clones, overoaking, etc is as much a slightly silly generalization as Mr. "Barker's" points re aging. Certainly there are lots of wines grown from vines a lot older than the '70s. And plenty of makers who use restraint with oak. I had a '99 Lafarge Vendanges Selectionees last night that seemed to have the stuff to go a long time (and that's a village wine from Volnay, not usually the first appelation one thinks of for ageability).

Thanks for the great notes, and thoughts. Dale

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Sorry Emery but Monty Hall was the host of "Let's Make a Deal" and I can't recall if he's still living or not. Bob Barker is still the host of "The Price Is Right" and is most certainly still alive! :-) Bi!!

Could it possibly be Parker? Bi!!

] >FYI as some americans may remember Bob Barker was the loquacious ] >host of a TV game show called "Let's make a deal," where people dressed ] >themselves in embarrasing costumes in order to catch his attention and ] >be called as contestants. It is probably unfair to him (or to his memory, ] >perhaps) to denigrate him in this way... :) ] ] Sorry Emery but Monty Hall was the host of "Let's Make a Deal" and I can't ] recall if he's still living or not. Bob Barker is still the host of "The Price ] Is Right" and is most certainly still alive! :-) ] Bi!!

Oops, Bill, you're absolutely right. Here I've failed my 70's daytime TV quiz, showing myself to be a "70's TV snob" (claiming more knowledge than I actually have). Oh, I forgot, since I live in France that fellow in the other thread had better write me off, anyway! :)

-E

P.S. Glad to hear Bob is still with us, in a strange way.

Oops, not there is another mistake. Bill Cullen was host of "The Price is Right" in the 70's. Bob Barker has had many shows on daytime TV going back to 1544 I think but he never ever had a bottle of wine on his show.