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• pemazel says:

  10/23/2023 11:15:00 AM - Drank my La Lagune 1975 today

• empire80 says:

  10/8/2022 4:59:00 AM - Thanks for your comments, we enjoyed Japan so much we said we should go back at some point, but no firm plans yet! Luckily for me my other half loves wine and port, so keeping it fresh is never a challenge for us. However, you might consider this if you keep wines open for a while: https://www.etowine.com/ it's a clever way of keeping air away from the wine.

• Oenecnist says:

  1/29/2022 11:40:00 PM - Thanks for your note on my TN for the '94 Ch Gloria. Price is not part of my quality gauge, but it is part of my overall evaluation. Your question highlights some of the core issues in "expert ratings": Are they evaluating objective quality (e.g., "varietally correct|") or subjective enjoyment? The former is arguably subject to expert evaluation; for the latter, none of them are expert in what I will enjoy. Then there's the challenge that knowledge of price can affect subjective enjoyment. Finally, many experts are not clear about how they allow for price. Otherwise, I wonder how both an everyday '09 Bordeaux and an '09 First Growth can both get a rating of 92 from an "expert".

• cltean says:

  2/5/2021 6:13:00 AM - Past "peak", meaning it has exceeded its maximum level of taste, flavor and quality. Most of the Cellar Tracker community felt this period was 1984 to 1986 for1975 Château Brane-Cantenac.

• Harley1199 says:

  1/11/2021 5:18:00 AM - Hahahaha ... the devil looks after himself :-) This is the swan song of the old reality, anyway. HNY!

• Necowine says:

  2/22/2019 2:00:00 AM - Oh, no! I’m not going to make it tonight. 日本酒も美味しいし、また改めての日に飲みましょう！(ちなみに、下記のメールでの連絡でも構いません. Cheers!)

• Necowine says:

  1/7/2019 5:17:00 AM - Wicked, let's get something going in Tokyo / Yokohama! necophone@icloud.com

• Harley1199 says:

  8/22/2018 1:35:00 PM - Hi you there adorable couple; first of all your message let me pretty worry about your relationship with wine ... What's the matter? Did you change your passion just for a good bottle of cognac or is there anything more? In spite it is NOT under my radar, as Armagnac or Calvados are, it would be nice to share a bottle face-to-face anytime in the real world. Maybe it is just because you have been in Japan for a long time but I always thought that Asian people, mainly Chinese, and cognac have been in touch. Many times despite high humidity and temperatures. Best regards from the sunny yet dry spanish inland,

• chatters says:

  9/14/2017 5:08:00 AM - Stefan, how lovely to hear from you! And what a wonderful message!! My deepest apologies, as a contractor I tend to move from role to role on a regular basis...my new email address is david.chatfield@btfinancialgroup.com Anyway, regarding your note, I'm off to Europe for four weeks in a fortnight so it will have to be when I get back! You were meant to be saving to come to Australia (among other more pressing reasons, for my 50th) - how is that going? cheers and love to Akiko

• Chaz Bham says:

  1/2/2017 4:05:00 PM - Hi - wondering if might have a recommendation on a good wine shop or two in Tokyo. My wife and I visit in June and we are staying in the Roppongi area. If you're curious about my tastes, perhaps peek at my list of notes. Thanks! ausonius@gmail.com

• chatters says:

  8/23/2016 3:33:00 PM - Brilliant, thanks for the advice...I shall be flying out from Copenhagen so that will give me a golden opportunity to have a look around...Melbourne eh? Well, get yourself organised and head over - it's an easy flight from Sydney to Melbourne, there are some half decent restaurants there and I can carry half a dozen bottles interstate with great ease! cheers, chatters

• chatters says:

  8/23/2016 12:53:00 AM - Hey Stefan, long time no chat! I hope all is well with you and Akiko. I'm going to be in Sweden - at Malmo - for the ToW World Championships in about 2 weeks. Do you have any recommendations for me? I hope you're still saving for Australia! cheers, chatters

• pjaines says:

  7/9/2015 11:34:00 PM - Bubbly tasting looks mental. Unfortunately I am not a man of the bubble so much, so much of that fine liquid would have been wasted on me. I would have bee eating Surstromming and drinking aquavit instead.

• pjaines says:

  6/12/2015 1:50:00 AM - Sorry to hear that the Viking has been struck down. I suggest you fight fire with fire and drink some of that vile Petite Sirah you like. That will either kill you or cure you.

• pjaines says:

  3/2/2015 3:00:00 AM - Stefan - saw your tasting event (Some of the greatest wines available to human kind) with all that 1982 Bordeaux and amazing Northern Rhones etc. Now THAT looked like a good evening. You can bring some Guigal Cote Rotie next time you come to London if you want.

• Tim and Bonnie says:

  2/12/2015 10:42:00 AM - We know a couple of solid Mexican producers in the US like Mi Sueno, but none actually in Mexico. Any recommendations on good red and white Mexican wine?

• ifishtoo says:

  1/12/2015 12:51:00 PM - Hi Stefan, I'm happy to read your take on the 05 Pavie. I got 3 of them at Costco for a "good" price. They will rest another 5 years before I try the first one. Hope all is well with you and the wife.

• chatters says:

  12/4/2014 8:17:00 PM - That's fantastic news about L'eff...all the more reason to go back! I'd better start saving as your trip to Australia appears to be on ice. cheers, chatters

• Harley1199 says:

  8/5/2014 3:47:00 PM - That sounds no good...in case you're going to be here that week please drop me a line by twitter where is the hotel you will be in order to leave any bottle over there before my trip to Naples. Surprise! Tokyo? I wish I were there mainly cause I'm looking for a new job, recolocation even. May I send you my cv? :-) Cheers!

• chatters says:

  8/4/2014 7:17:00 PM - Hey Stefan, re: the Fontanilles...my only concern is the alcohol...and possibly a lack of acidity. For me it'll suffice as a 'stew' wine - half a bottle in the stew, half a bottle in me when the stew is ready! In Japan sub 1750 yen would be a six bottle price for me...sub 1000 I'd go the dozen. Hope that helps, cheers, chatters

• Harley1199 says:

  8/1/2014 3:07:00 AM - Oh C´m on Stefan, don't said things like that... My plans are like follow From 13th to 20th gonna be in Irancy and Beaune (half hard work, half pure pleasure) then, from 22th until 29th my vacation time wasted at the mediterranean beach from 4th to 7th I'll be in Naples, Italy because a wedding of a friend. 12th to 14th, September speaking, I've to travel to Alicante, my parents home, for my father 78th b'day. So please, I implore you change your mind when to visit us, your mind and your flight tickets :-) Anxiously yours,

• Tim Heaton says:

  7/31/2014 11:43:00 AM - Stefan, Nice to hear from you. I hope your liver is hanging in there ;-) The dates I've set for the Monbousquet are 2015-2019. Based on the notes I've seen, my hopes aren't too high for this; i.e. delicious? yeah, prolly. original/unique/outstanding, prolly not.

• gsquireh says:

  7/28/2014 5:49:00 PM - Holding is easier if you have a lot of older or drinkable wines.

• Genghis88 says:

  6/24/2014 11:26:00 AM - Thanks for your comment. Too bad about Sweden (i was surprised they could not qualify) Good luck to Japan! my mom spent the first 22 years of her life there. (she's Russian though)

• JulianSkeels says:

  6/7/2014 5:49:00 PM - I'm on jules (a) julianskeels (dot) com

• JulianSkeels says:

  6/7/2014 5:27:00 PM - Sounds good, sorry I'll miss you next week - am usually in Tokyo once a month. Can fly with 2 or 3 bottles (from HK or London). Can check what you like nearer the time, but I've got rather a lot. If you like older wines, then how about a 64 Canon, 82 of some sort (Gruaud Larose?) and an 85 (Cheval or HB)? Also have lots of 80s Krug to keep the theme going...

• chatters says:

  5/20/2014 5:19:00 AM - Ha ha, thanks Stefan, so do I! Now, hurry up and come over so I can feed you some older Australian Rieslings!!

• gew71walsh says:

  5/20/2014 3:09:00 AM - Thanks for the advice on Barcelona. Looking forward to checking your suggestions out. Unfortunately, it appears I will have so little time for so many places. Have to plan another trip.

• chatters says:

  5/20/2014 12:53:00 AM - Hi Stefan, I think your comment is, perhaps, a touch stereotypical. The issue in Australia is mostly isolated to the show judge circuit - one of the great ironies being that these judges will dismiss a wine in a show for showing any of these characteristics (Brett is by far the worst offender) and then, post judging, sit down and extol the virtues of the funkiest Bordeaux's. Petrochem in Australian Riesling is far more prevalent and less badly judged than Brett. In fact, rather than the Australians, it was Chapoutier who first raised, in the public eye, that Petrochem is a fault (the result of over aggressive pressing). Brett on the other hand is the bigger offender down under - mostly because if the wine is not over dosed with sulphur and has some residual sugar (which was quite common) the amount of Brett will increase. Even some Australian wine makers e.g. Bob Cartwright (ex-Leeuwin Estate) or Rod Kempe (Lake's Folly) seem to take a more pragmatic approach - strictly off the record of course! As do members of the drinking public: Most of my chums, including the 'normal' drinkers shrug it off as a bit of funkiness. More of a concern with them is the lack of balance they find in older Australian wines. For me though, in Semillon or any other varietal that is not massively aromatic, Petrochem is a problem if it dominates, or has the potential to dominate, the more subtle aromas and flavours.

• chatters says:

  5/19/2014 5:13:00 PM - Ahh Stefan, I too feel that alledged 'off' scents and flavours broaden the spectrum of the consumption experience but some of these can overtake and throw the wine out of balance and make it unpleasant to drink over time in exactly the same way that too much oak can or oxidation for that matter...

• chatters says:

  5/18/2014 5:06:00 PM - Hey Stefan, it's not that Kerosene/Petroleum/Diesel is an issue per se, more that in time, especially with a wine that has flavours as subtle as the Semillon, these hints can grow and, potentially, dominate the nose and palate. So, for me, it is more of a concern in regard to long term ageability. The wine is already 16 yo and has subtle notes of K/P/D and, hence, would hopefully be safe for at least another ten years but it is something I think should be noted regardless. cheers, chatters

• Harley1199 says:

  5/12/2014 4:44:00 PM - Spain? That's the way we're doing... Last weekend I bought four bottles, 94 904, 95 Castillo Ygay (2) and 95 Campillo Reserva Especial. I tried only 904, impressive twenty years old GR. Most of time, Vega Sicilia is complicated in spite it is delicious some time. On the other hand and with ten years on, Valbuena #5 is impressive . Don't hesitate to cellar Valbuena specially in an extraordinary good year when VS decide that Unico is not for that vintage, e.g., 2001. I think you know what I am talking about... Cheers!

• Harley1199 says:

  4/28/2014 5:28:00 PM - What a privilege! For some of us, I mean spaniards, Valbuena comes first. More even than Único. Cheers!

• Harley1199 says:

  4/15/2014 3:55:00 PM - It sounds great! Please don't hesitate to send me a message if you come over here Best regards,

• Harley1199 says:

  4/14/2014 12:55:00 PM - Hi couple, Are you lost in combat or where the hell are you?

• chatters says:

  4/7/2014 7:14:00 PM - Hi Stefan, I’m more than happy to go to L’Effervescence if it is available, failing that I will go with your preference for Tani or La Rochelle – if pushed into a corner I’d go food over atmosphere…I have us pencilled in for the 2nd May. My friend probably won’t join us as he’s already tied up. Oh, and I eat everything and have no food allergies! thanks, David PS I have a table for lunch at Robouchon Chateau Restaurant if you'd prefer that...

• chatters says:

  3/31/2014 1:55:00 AM - Hi Stefan, thank you so much for your assistance...it would be gret to catch up for a glass of vino or two - I'll be in Japan from the 21st until the 5th May so 2nd May sounds like a date. I should be okay with the booking as I'm staying with a Japanese mate but he isn't as obsessed by the grape as I am! cheers, chatters

• chatters says:

  3/30/2014 7:32:00 PM - hey Stefan, I'm going to be in Tokyo just after Easter and wondered if you could recommend any good stores in the environs for wine and/or tastings? Sorry to be so intrusive, thanks in advance, chatters

• Harley1199 says:

  3/13/2014 8:28:00 PM - Hi there couple, Still living my holidays, now in Panama. Escombro? Not so much interest cause a wine founded by a foreigner in Jumilla, Monastrell or Grenache based can't remember exactly shat, without sulphites, with high alcohol...that's not my target But if you say it is good...I'll give it a try

• HowardNZ says:

  3/13/2014 5:02:00 PM - StefanAkiko, Thanks for your comment on my 2007 Pontet-Canet TN. It is an excellent wine. I'm very pleased because, as it was sandwiched between 2005 and 2009/2010, and not highly regarded at the time, it was heavily discounted here too. So I bought a few bottles. Enjoy! (And maybe think about getting some more). Cheers, Howard

• MrBrege says:

  3/6/2014 1:44:00 PM - Hej Stefan! Hoppas allt är väl med dej. Kommer du till London ngn gang 2014? Vore kul att ses. Jag följer ditt mycket aktiva vin-provar-liv och skulle gärna bjuda på middag om det passar. Maila mrbrege at gmail dot com om du vill, kan vara lättare att kommunicera via mail. Ha de'! Anders

• Harley1199 says:

  2/4/2014 9:52:00 AM - Hi there Japan, Whenever you want. It will be a plasure. Cheers!

• ChrisinCowiche says:

  1/28/2014 6:33:00 AM - Hi Stefan, I've enjoyed your posts on the CT forum and today first time your tasting note of Sheridan L'orage hit my feed. Very interesting that you have a case of that wine. It's from my "neighborhood" and hoping you find more Washington state wines to your liking. Cheers!

• Harley1199 says:

  1/26/2014 7:18:00 AM - Oh c'm on Stefan, don't tell me things like that! Is it Renfe web site English friendly? I promise to let your tickets at the Zaragoza hotel if necessary... Perhaps you can't believe bit I work hard too, specially when I'm taking a short period of holidays that I really need. So don't be angry, as I'm for this morning Nadal defecting. Let's chat by twitter. :-)

• Harley1199 says:

  1/25/2014 9:25:00 AM - On March 6th? Well, it is possibl but ...in Madrid!!! Being Thursday will be really complicated to come to Zaragoza. Anyway Zaragoza and Madrid are easily connected by fast train so you can be in just one hour ...why not?

• Harley1199 says:

  1/22/2014 1:37:00 PM - Oh it'll be great to meet you here. Living in Madrid but also an easy traveller so there isn't any problem to meet you elsewhere. Don't tell me please you're coming meanwhile I am at Guatemala and Belize where I shall be for scuba diving (8th go 18th). Anyway it seems you're coming over here very often... Best regards,

• Tim and Bonnie says:

  1/22/2014 9:43:00 AM - Thoughts on 2005 Rieussec?

• ifishtoo says:

  1/17/2014 9:35:00 AM - Hi Stefan, I'm not much on social media and you are my first "friend" on anything. You have a very interesting cellar and life as well. What do you and your spouse do? I am a neonatologist at a major medical center. I have been collecting wines for many years. Our favorites are the big Australian shiraz wines followed by bordeaux and California cabs.

• JonnyG says:

  1/6/2014 4:31:00 PM - Thank you for the kind note. My wife is half Swedish, so maybe our paths will cross! All the best, Jonathan

• danielk168 says:

  12/7/2013 5:42:00 PM - Will certainly look you up, I went to ICU in Mitaka for my University education and later spent about 10 years working in Tokyo. The Sakuras in Spring would be a good excuse to visit Tokyo. I am also a sake fan.

• chatters says:

  12/6/2013 1:47:00 AM - Forgive my misinterpretation...but, based on your message, when will you be in oz? 2016? If so and you're going to be in Sydney I'm on dwchatfield@hotmail.com cheers, chatters

• Tim Heaton says:

  12/5/2013 2:59:00 PM - Stefan, any plans to be in the states in 2014?

• chatters says:

  12/5/2013 2:16:00 PM - Hi Stefan, thanks for your comment on my Tenuta Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore 2007 tasting note. "Hmm" for me means...I think I like it but, based on this tasting, I'm just not sure: In general terms there are attributes that are attractive but it doesn't quite sit right with me or the wine doesn't demonstrate necessarily what I would consider typicity or that it is demonstrably an attractive wine but there are elements that dissatisfy...In other words, I'm not fully committed to this wine sufficient to purchase at this juncture but I would probably have another go on a separate occasion with no qualms. I hope that helps! chatters

• Harley1199 says:

  11/13/2013 12:49:00 AM - What a kind comment... I like Priorat so so much perhaps because when I was young, barely legal for alcohol, I discovered those full bodied, savory and lovely aromatic wine and failed in luv with all of them. Nowadays there're a few clouds over represented by those new winemakers that are just looking for a quickly profit therefore quality bottles, lacking class and making over ripped wine. So pitiful. Cheers!

• Harley1199 says:

  11/12/2013 9:51:00 AM - Glad to read that! Sorry about phone numbers, hoping you founded every place you wanted. I agree, Gratallops is the place, a real central place in every sense. So you've enjoyed Clos Mogador...I also liked them very very much. Wines too. Have a 2006 laying down in my cellar. May I ask where your interest for Priorat wines is coming from? Just curious...for a Swedish like you living in Japan, Priorat must sound exotic :-) Cheers couple!

• Sourdough says:

  11/11/2013 12:58:00 PM - Hi Stefan! Thanks to your comment I realized that I had linked the Vieux Chateau Certan comment to the wrong wine when I bulk imported old comments. The comment actually applied to Gravette de Certain 2006 which I felt only deserved about a 90 mainly for it was relatively light and not as complex as top Pomerols like its big brother but it still drank delightfully and had great elegance which led to my cryptic comment. Unfortunately my old tasting notes are often cryptic but I uploaded them so they would be available to me if no one else. I will be trying to insure my comments now that I have joined are more "useful". Salud!

• Harley1199 says:

  10/20/2013 12:40:00 PM - My pleasure... Definitively, a local taxi. Falset, Grapallops in that area are really close each other. Possibly, people from the first stop can help bring you a telephone number of that local taxi. Get an agreement will be an easy task. Otherwise you have an option if something more formal but less funny, visit www.visitpriorat.com where there are many options for tutored trips. Best regards,

• Harley1199 says:

  10/19/2013 3:02:00 PM - Visiting Priorat Despite I don't have any more new from Japan, I assume you wanna visit a minimum of for wineries a day so just a few recommendations Vinicola del Priorat tel:97720839 Gratallops Good introduction to Priorat, nice people and speaking English. Mas Martinet tel:629238236 ask Sara Perez. Falset Subtle Martinet Brut, stunning Clos Martinet. Alvaro Palacios tel:977839195 Gratallops Famous because L'Ermita but quite complicated to close a visit. Dofi is the bottle you have to try Clos Erasmus tel:977839022 ask directly for Daphne Gratallops Needs time but don't miss this one Clos Figueras tel:977831712 ask for Christopher Cannan Gratallops Font de la Figuera for an early drinking and Clos Figueres for laying down. Clos Mogador tell:977839171 ask for Rene Gratallops Rene Barbier in many aspects is the alma mater of this rebirth of Priorat wines. Try Manyetes and Clos Nelin but what's Worthing the visit is Clos Mogador. Cims de Porrera tel:977828187 Porrera Interesting wine mainly cause it's made with Carignan. Ferrer Bobet tel:609945532 ask Isabel Fortuny Falset In my modest opinion, one of the most stunning wines are made from this people. Let them rest anyway :-) Some restaurants (from memories) Hostal de l'Anton. Batea 977430010 Cellar l'Aspic. Falset 977831246 Mas Trucafort. Falset 977830160 Cellers Gratallops. 977839036 Lo Teatret. Porrera. 977828195 To take a rest... Venta de San Juan. Batea. 649644724 Hotel Sport. Falset. 977830078 Shopping? Vinateria Aguilo. Falset. Hope there is something useful here... Welcome to Spain, relax and enjoy your visit

• Harley1199 says:

  10/18/2013 1:35:00 AM - Hi again couple, Of course I will but its going to be in a couple of weekends so please just let me know where you reserved a hotel in order to give you a comfortable route. Also mind that on weekend, many wineries are closed or at least you have to ring them in advance. Waiting your feedback... Cheers!

• Gurto says:

  10/13/2013 3:37:00 PM - Ang. Vajra 2007: Kan tänkas att jag var 1-2 poäng snål - hade glömt lägga in noteringen på CT och upptäckte det då jag lade in betyg på 08:an (hade noteringar sen förra året men inte angivit något betyg då, så själva siffran var en uppskattning ur minnet). Att det ska nå 90p eller högre är jag dock väldigt skeptisk till. Dels för att jag tycker det är en relativt enkel Barolo och för nämnda alkoholens skull. Visst är alkoholen en doft och smakbärare men blir det för mycket blir vinet obalanserat och klumpigt - det förlorar elegans. Får jag anledning att besöka Japan besöker jag er mer än gärna :)

• pjaines says:

  10/4/2013 2:54:00 PM - Kendo-Viking!!! Glad to hear you are trying with those Bo-Jo, Mo-fo!!!!

• farinas says:

  9/22/2013 1:59:00 AM - Many thanks for enjoying my TNs. Most humbling.

• StefanAkiko says:

  9/21/2013 2:31:00 PM - To not accept objective and fact based scrutiny as a means of personal growth, is immature. I really think that CT has the potential to make us all BETTER tasters. It provides a feedback forum for better understanding and knowledge sharing.

• Jhcwine says:

  9/21/2013 12:39:00 PM - With regard to your message to me on our Leoville Vertical, may I suggest that you communicate in a more polite, considerate and constructive manner. A better message might be been: "I am pleased that the Toronto Wine Cru (of the Winespectator Board) had an enjoyable Leoville tasting. And thank- you for taking the time to post notes and a tasting storey on your vertical. This is what CT is all about. May I offer a afew helpful comments ..... I have turned off public messages on my profile, as I have no interest in engaging in impolite debate.

• pjaines says:

  9/18/2013 1:38:00 PM - And I see you have a few bottles of Beaujolais/Gamay in your cellar - am I slowly converting you to these fine wines? Can Vikings drink this juice without being kicked out of the Viking club?

• pjaines says:

  9/18/2013 1:32:00 PM - Hi Stefan - got your message about the 2005 Lagrange - wont be drinking that for at least another 10 years. What is the rush?

• chatters says:

  9/12/2013 5:10:00 PM - Hi StefanAkiko, in regard to your question relating to the drinking window of the Fontanafredda Serralunga Barolo 2005. In my opinion it's within its drinking window and has a little while to go yet. 2005 wasn't a particularly good vintage for Barolo, with its soggy summer and this wine, for me, lacks a bit of structure, stuffing and complexity so there doesn't seem much point holding it for more than 3 years. It is, having said that, by no means over hill as evinced by the plummy fruit I picked up on the nose. I notice in your profile that it says stefan prefers post peak wines so if you have any of this I'd leave it for a couple more years before opening it. cheers, chatters

• Gurto says:

  9/1/2013 12:51:00 AM - Verkar inte gå att kommentera en kommentar så jag svarar här :) Ang. gröna toner i Beaujolais - menar inte kartigt utan mer gröna örter och stjälkighet, vegetativa grejer alltså.

• Enfantterrible says:

  8/13/2013 6:33:00 PM - Thanks for the helpful feedback on my TN for the Chapoutier Granit blancs 07. I'm still trying to figure out how to add my comment to your comment, but in the meantime, I think you're right - I'll change to FLAW. If memory serves, I was withholding judgement until I opened the next bottle, which I scored 89. I also agree that I'm still getting my head around northern rhone whites :) thanks again for the feedback!

• lexwine says:

  8/6/2013 7:54:00 PM - Thanks for the notes. I will try Janasse once more and after long decanting to see if does improve. But quite honestly, I a bit tired of high alcohol wines....

• MrBrege says:

  8/6/2013 12:19:00 PM - Hej du! Har just kikat igenom dina tasting notes; mycket interesanta viner du har hunnit igenom, och ett ovanligt livsöde anar jag också! Hör av dej om du kommer till London ngn gang, vore kul att ses. Anders

• pilot360 says:

  7/31/2013 10:46:00 PM - Thanks for your kind words. yes, I have sifted through more mud than I would have liked. I have only been gathering wine in the last 3 years, so anything older than 2005 is most likely of not of original provenance. I tend to like wines with a bit of age on them, so that is my safety buffer for getting wines a little older tasting, but I am fascinated by wines that still taste young and fresh, while still being "old". Always a crapshoot on what one may get from auction. My more recent purchases should do well, minus the 10 % that will be ruined from bad corks, and another 10% from "bottle variation". with 80 % left, should have a good drinking life ahead of me! I always feel a little exposed when I write a tasting note, sometimes erasing them after writing them on CT, and then converting to a personal private note. Maybe its the connection that I have with that wine that I want to keep private. Also a fan of reading your notes, as I friended you long ago. Thanks for your views! Steven