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I have 4 bottles - 11/12/2008 7:39:07 PM

SteveG

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of 1988 Beringer White Zinfandel ("California")

Incredible provenance, purchased in Boca Raton Florida (presumably in 1989), stored at various ambient Florida temperatures until August, 1995, then transported lovingly to Ohio via Allied Van lines. Subsequently resting undisturbed in my reasonably stable basement...

Filled just above the shoulder, beautifully bronzed pink in color. Original retail price US$5.95.

Any interest?

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RE: I have 4 bottles - 11/12/2008 7:40:46 PM

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Yes, I'll take it off your hands if you pay for shipping. It's ok to ship via ground, even in a summer time.

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haha... - 11/12/2008 8:09:55 PM

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aren't you down there already? Just pick some up on the way home from the market

:-)

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RE: haha... - 11/12/2008 8:45:34 PM

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quote:

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aren't you down there already? Just pick some up on the way home from the market

:-)

Do you seriously have this stuff? Because if so, in the name of SCIENCE, you must open it and enter a note in CT. You are obligated as a member of this board to do so.

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RE: haha... - 11/12/2008 8:55:54 PM

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I second that... Drink it!!!

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RE: haha... - 11/12/2008 9:10:51 PM

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As that is the year of my HS graduation, I would like to buy one bottle as a gift for Ellen T., who turned me down for prom...

While This Wine would be more appropriate, they don't have a White Zin, which is what I saw her drinking at the recent 20 year reunion.

An ironically appropriate gift as they seem to have similar provenance and color...

< Message edited by Hollowine -- 11/12/2008 9:11:56 PM >

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RE: haha... - 11/12/2008 9:13:17 PM

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Give her this instead.

http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=102096

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RE: haha... - 11/12/2008 9:21:16 PM

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We think alike Rob, lol

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RE: haha... - 11/12/2008 9:21:32 PM

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quote:

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While This Wine would be more appropriate, they don't have a White Zin, which is what I saw her drinking at the recent 20 year reunion.

This is my favorite part. Every time I read that all I see is a sad "aging before her time" woman with grey roots on badly dyed and frayed hair, with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of white zin in the other.

**click** A Kodak moment..

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RE: I have 4 bottles - 11/13/2008 8:39:24 AM

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ummm, OK if I open it and Taste it...and report back? Hate to guarantee I can stand to actually drink it. I might also try to post a picture of the wine-in-bottle, really an interesting hue!

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RE: I have 4 bottles - 11/13/2008 9:13:01 AM

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quote:

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ummm, OK if I open it and Taste it...and report back? Hate to guarantee I can stand to actually drink it. I might also try to post a picture of the wine-in-bottle, really an interesting hue!

Understandable. It's got to be enough for a proper note, though. I want professional level journalism here.

I don't know why this fascinates me so much...I need to get another hobby.

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RE: I have 4 bottles - 11/13/2008 10:09:55 AM

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I don't know why this fascinates me so much...I need to get another hobby.

Before you end up like this...

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RE: I have 4 bottles - 11/13/2008 10:18:13 AM

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Before you end up like this...

I wish my desk in school looked like that. Would have made me attend class much more often.

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RE: I have 4 bottles - 11/13/2008 10:48:36 AM

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This is more like it:

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RE: I have 4 bottles - 11/13/2008 10:52:06 AM

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You have way too much time on your hands.

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The picture... - 11/13/2008 4:58:15 PM

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just stuck this in the 'fridge, but here is a picture, perhaps the extraordinary color will impress.

I regret to note that one of the bottles is very cloudy, like black ink curling around inside, I May have to pitch that one.

Also, price is now noted at US$5.99, still an uncertain bargain.

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RE: The picture... - 11/13/2008 5:04:24 PM

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You are so going to regret this.

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RE: The picture... - 11/13/2008 5:15:20 PM

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Mmmmm... Looks delicious...

There are a few things in life that top the sheer pleasure of white Zinfandel... Hemorrhoids, I believe, get close.

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RE: The picture... - 11/13/2008 5:52:44 PM

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OMG! That is awesome! Although, I am regretting putting all this peer pressure on you Steve, that looks like it might make you seriously ill. No hard feelings if you take a wiff of it and you feel you can't stomach it. I give you much respect for even contemplating the idea.

This is one of those things that you keep in your cellar just because it is a conversation piece and would be funny to pull out at parties.

By the way, why has this been around so long? Do you even remember why you have kept it, or even where it came from?

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RE: The picture... - 11/13/2008 6:10:13 PM

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I've got some recipes that call for vinegar that I'd be happy to share...

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RE: The picture... - 11/13/2008 6:46:12 PM

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I think you absolutely must preserve at least one bottle in case you ever make it to the French Laundry...ask them to check their list to see if they have that vintage or if it's ok for you to bring yours in...

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RE: The picture... - 11/13/2008 6:50:47 PM

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quote:

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This is one of those things that you keep in your cellar just because it is a conversation piece and would be funny to pull out at parties.

Dude, you have got to get out more.

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RE: The picture... - 11/13/2008 11:58:39 PM

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quote:

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I think you absolutely must preserve at least one bottle in case you ever make it to the French Laundry...ask them to check their list to see if they have that vintage or if it's ok for you to bring yours in...

Best suggestion so far!
;)

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RE: The picture... - 11/14/2008 4:43:39 AM

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Thanks Serge...

I'm actually thinking now it could be like the garden gnome that was on the news a few years ago, had been taken from a woman's front yard and the people traveled all over the world and sent anonymous pictures back to her of the gnome in all these exotic places.

Steve could take the bottle to every fancy restaurant he eats at for the rest of his life, don't even mention the bottle, just set it on the table and act normal. See how many Som's ask "Um, might I suggest an alternate wine with tonight's meal?" Of course, you would have to post pictures of the wine bottle with each restaurant menu, signage, something to show where it's been...

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RE: The picture... - 11/14/2008 9:51:07 AM

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Dude, you have got to get out more.

The simple things in life amuse me.

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RE: I have 4 bottles - 11/14/2008 10:40:08 AM

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You could put it up on Ebay as a wine bottle with a ghost in it. I'll bet you'd make a small fortune.

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RE: I have 4 bottles - 11/16/2008 9:49:29 AM

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The tasting note!

(apologies as I am much better at drinking than writing...)

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Capsule removed, cork pulled with ah-so, seems to be in perfect shape.

Poured very cold (for safety!), this bottle nice and clear in the glass, light orangey-carmel.
Allowed to warm a bit, nose of sour burnt sugar (yum), not really any fruit, maybe just a
hint of intensely overripe apples or peaches. On the palate aggressively tart, very concentrated.

A few small sips later some balancing sweetness emerges, it really tastes a lot more
'interesting' than 'awful'. I really can't think of a food this would especially compliment, perhaps
something like a lightly sweet quiche or one of those soft cheeses with fruit mixed in. The warmer
it gets the sweeter the palate, but upon swallowing it's almost all tart, with sourness on the edges of the
tongue. Amazingly there is genuinely nothing revolting to report, this wine is far from vinegar, Presumably
redeemed by some significant residual sugar at bottling, maybe also some light tannins as it is made
from a red-wine grape. Serving suggestion: obviously a dessert wine, present lightly chilled in small snifters (to allow warming but underplay the off-putting nose), along with a digestive cookie, prefereably to seriously pre-lubicated guests!

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RE: I have 4 bottles - 11/16/2008 10:26:00 AM

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Well done Steve!

It was interesting that it actually seemed like it was almost enjoyable? Or perhaps had you had quite a bit more to drink before opening the White Zin?

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RE: I have 4 bottles - 11/16/2008 6:15:43 PM

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Steve,
What/how would you score it?

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RE: I have 4 bottles - 11/17/2008 6:46:25 PM

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Rating is more like "lived to tell".

I am going to do a similar experiment in my parents house although mercifully not with white Zin. The folks have some "vintage" bottles of Bolla valpolicella from the late eighties that have been strangely well cellared. I have *high* hopes as these were after all purchased as the wooden gift box they came in was idealy for storing 3.5" floppy disks.

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