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RE: At what age did you start appreciating wine? - 10/28/2008 12:45:21 AM   
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I didn't really start learning about wine until I spent five days in Bordeaux (I was running the Marathon du Medoc).
After that it's been going full steam.




How was that marathon?  It is one I would love to "run".  I guess it is more of a stagger.

Can you stick another post up and let everyone know what your experience was like?

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RE: At what age did you start appreciating wine? - 11/5/2008 2:37:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		At about 21 I went to Paris for a week where I was first introduced to wine.  I tried to continue drinking wine when I returned home, but being in college and early in my career money was a little tight.  So the habit broke for a couple of years until I was about 25 (5 yrs ago).  Since then my tastes (and price point) has changed quite a bit.  I used to be content chugging Yellow Tail and now I couldn't imagine putting that plonk in my mouth.

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RE: At what age did you start appreciating wine? - 11/5/2008 5:23:13 PM   
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RE: At what age did you start appreciating wine? - 11/6/2008 3:57:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		I don't think that I honestly started to appreciate wine until I was around 28 years old.  I had been drinking it since I lived in Germany around my 23rd birthday.  Yet, I had no clue what wine could offer...until I had a wine that shocked me with quality and price...that was the one moment for me.  Today about 3-4 years later I find myself trying to find the balance as I work to build an evenly distributed cellar that has enough wines to fill my urge to study, enjoy, and learn along the way. 

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RE: At what age did you start appreciating wine? - 11/6/2008 7:23:07 AM   
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Status: online 		I began drinking wine when I was a very young adult, as a boyfriend at the time worked at a liquor store and would bring home something new to try almost every night.  I never really learned to appreciate the nuances and develop a decent understanding of it until I was into my late 30s.  Now well into my 40's I'm still continuing to learn, and still feel like I am at the very edge of the learning curve.

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RE: At what age did you start appreciating wine? - 11/6/2008 8:03:16 AM   
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Now well into my 40's I'm still continuing to learn, and still feel like I am at the very edge of the learning curve.


Anne,

Understand exactly how you feel. It seems like the more I learn, the less I know.

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RE: At what age did you start appreciating wine? - 11/7/2008 4:06:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		My father opened a bottle of '61 Latour when I was probably 11 or 12 and gave me a few sips. I doubt I really appreciated the taste at the time, but just listening to him talk about it had me enthralled.

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RE: At what age did you start appreciating wine? - 11/7/2008 4:12:10 AM   
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ORIGINAL: V. Caviglia

My father opened a bottle of '61 Latour when I was probably 11 or 12 and gave me a few sips. I doubt I really appreciated the taste at the time, but just listening to him talk about it had me enthralled.



Reading this I think you'll have to upgrade your ideas for his 40th anniversary.
What about birth years - some good late '40's 1st growths to consider.

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RE: At what age did you start appreciating wine? - 11/7/2008 4:18:31 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Colonel Lawrence

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ORIGINAL: V. Caviglia

My father opened a bottle of '61 Latour when I was probably 11 or 12 and gave me a few sips. I doubt I really appreciated the taste at the time, but just listening to him talk about it had me enthralled.



Reading this I think you'll have to upgrade your ideas for his 40th anniversary.
What about birth years - some good late '40's 1st growths to consider.


It would be nice if I could afford it. Luckily, '61 Latour is not what he normally drank. It was a special botttle that he had held onto for years and finally opened as he was afraid it had not been cellared properly.

In any event, he was born in '44.

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RE: At what age did you start appreciating wine? - 11/7/2008 4:23:18 AM   
Colonel Lawrence

 

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Perhaps Mom/Mum has an auspicious birth date?
L.

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RE: At what age did you start appreciating wine? - 11/7/2008 9:26:33 AM   
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RE: At what age did you start appreciating wine? - 11/7/2008 9:49:59 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Colonel Lawrence

So near -


Perhaps Mom/Mum has an auspicious birth date?
L.


Those are my finger marks on the bottle before my wife slapped my wrist.

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RE: At what age did you start appreciating wine? - 11/7/2008 2:59:42 PM   
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RE: At what age did you start appreciating wine? - 11/7/2008 11:31:45 PM   
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