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 Nov/Dec., 2001 Tasting
Notes (click for detailed notes)
 Alsace (except dessert/sparkling)
1999 Gewurztraminer “Heimbourg” (Zind-Humbrecht); 1994
Pinot Gris “Rangen Clos St. Urbain” (Zind-Humbrecht);
1994
Riesling “Hengst” (Josmeyer); 1998
Gewurztraminer "Vendange Tardive Rangen Clos St. Urbain" (Zind-Humbrecht)
Bordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)
1998 L'Arrosée; 1995
1ère Cotes de Bordeaux “Cuvee Clovis” (Roquebert); 1990
Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste; 1990
Chateau Lynch Bages; 1989
Chateau Haut-Marbuzet; 1975
Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou;
1981
Chateau Margaux;
1988
Chateau Cos d’Estournel; 1998
Chateau Soutard; 2000
Chateau Talbot; 1998 Chateau Rol-Valentin; 2000 Chateau Sainte-Colombe Cotes
de Castillon; 1990 Chateau Léoville
Las Cases; 1982
Chateau Figeac; 1989
Chateau La Conseillante; 1994 Chateau Latour; 1975 Chateau Lynch Bages; 1990 Chateau Léoville
Las Cases; 1982
Chateau Figeac; 1989
Chateau La Conseillante; 1994 Chateau Latour; 1975 Chateau Lynch Bages; 1962
Chateau La Mission Haut Brion; 1985
Chateau La Mission Haut Brion;
1995
Chateau Angelus; 1989 Chateau Angelus; 1982 Chateau Canon
Burgundy (red) (except dessert/sparkling)
1999 Echezeaux (V. Girardin); 1999
Bonnes Mares (Domaine Bart);
1999 Santenay “En Bievant” (Domaine Bart);
1999
Gevrey-Chambertin (Groffier); 1990
Gevrey-Chambertin “Lavaux St. Jacques” (R. Leclerc); 1995
Savigny-le-Beaune “Les Marconnets” (Simon Bize); 1985
Griottes-Chambertin (Ponsot)
Burgundy (white) (except dessert/sparkling)
1992
Batard-Montrachet (Domaine Leflaive); 1992 Corton-Charlemagne (L. Latour); 1992 Puligny-Montracher "Les Combettes" (E.
Sauzet)
California/USA (except dessert/sparkling)
Mondavi Reserve vertical: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996,
1997, 1998 Cabernet Reserve (Mondavi); 1997 Cabernet
"Oakville" (Mondavi); 1997 Cabernet "Stag's
Leap" (Mondavi); 1997
Cabernet “Barelli” (Gallo); 1998
Pinot Noir “Grand Detour” (Landmark);
1998 Merlot (Berthound); 1997 Cabernet
“Eisele Vineyard” (Araujo); 1999
Merlot (Madrigal);1999 Zinfandel (Madrigal); 2000 Merican (Chaddsford);
1994
horizontal: 1994
Etude (Soter); 1994 Monte Bello (Ridge); 1994 Dominus; 1994
Insignia (Phelps); 1994 "Special Selection" (Caymus);
1994 Cabernet Reserve (Beringer); 1994 Cabernet "Hillside
Select" (Shafer); 1994 Cabernet Reserve (Groth);
1986
Opus One; 1998 Cabernet (Jones Family); 1986 Cabernet Reserve
(Simi); 1996 Cabernet “Kenefick
Ranch” (Behrens & Hitchcock);
1996 Pinot Noir "Goldridge Vineyard" (Dehlinger); 1991
Dalla Valle (Maya); 1992 Cabernet Reserve (Beringer); 1997
Zinfandel "Hayne Vineyard" (Turley); 1996 Pinot Noir
(Navarro); 1996 "Firebreak" (Shafer); 1997 Gewurztraminer
Vendange Tardive (Navarro)
Dessert/Sparkling
1990 Guiraud; 1988
Lafaurie Peyraguey; 1999
Riesling Beerenauslese “Kreuznacher Krotenpfuhl” (Paul
Anheuser); 1987
Late Harvest Semillon (Penfold’s); 1991 Champagne “Coeur du Cuvée”
(Vilmart);
NV
“Cuvée
Rosé”
(Vilmart); 1985
Champagne “Sir Winston Churchill” (Pol Roger); 1985 Champagne
“Signature” (Jacquesson); NV
Champagne “Deux Mille Fleurs du Millenaire” (Epris);
1999 Condrieu “Essence d’Automne” (Cuilleron);
1998
Vidal Icewine (Inniskillin);
1973
“Durkheimer Michelsburg” Rulander Beerenauslese (Karl Schaefer);
1983 “Bernkastler Badstube” Riesling Beerenauslese (Deinhard); 1985
“Feilbingerter Konigsgarten” Scheurebe Beerenauslese (Lotzbeyer);
1992
“Durkheimer Nonnengarten” Rieslaner Beerenauslese (Darting); 1989
“Weinheimer Mandelberg” Riesling
Eiswein (Gysler);
1990
“Weisenheimer Hahnen” Huxelrebe Trockenbeerenauslese (Neckeraurer); 1992 Quintessence de la Combe (Domaine de la
Combe Blanche); 1989 Riesling Auslese "Brauneberger Juffer" (M.K. Richter); 1983 Chateau d'Yquem; 1997 Maury
(Mas Amiel)
Germany (except
dessert/sparkling)
1989
Riesling Spatlese “Bruderberg” (Maximim Grunhaus); 1999
Riesling Auslese “Kanzemer Altenberg” (Von Othengraven); 1990
Riesling Auslese “Schwarzhofberger” (R. von Kesselstatt); 1990
Riesling Auslese “Wehlener Sonnenuhr” AP 2 582 038 14 91 Fuder
4 (Ehlen); 1995
Riesling Auslese “Zeltinger Himmelreich” (F.W. Gymnasium);
1976
“Rauenthaler Baiken” Riesling Auslese
(Staatsdomaine); 1983
“Wehlener Sonnenuhr” Riesling Auslese (Dr. F. Weins-Prum-Erben);
1989 “Niederhauser Felsen-Steyer” Riesling Auslese (Paul
Anheuser); 1990 “Forster Kirchenstuck” Riesling Auslese (Eugen
Muller);
1992
“Westhofener Morstein” Riesling Auslese (Gunter Wittmann);
1999
“Wurzburger Stein” Riesling Auslese (Juliusspital); 1999
Riesling Auslese “Koberner Weisenberg” (Von Schleinitz); 1990
Riesling Auslese ** “Wehlener Sonnenuhr” (Kerpen); 1990
Riesling Spatlese “Kaseler Nies’chen” (Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt); 1990 Riesling Kabinett "Piesporter Goldtropfchen"
(Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt); 1983 Riesling Spatlese "Berkasteler
Badstube" (F.W. Gymnasium)
Italy
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1998 Belcore (I Guisti & Zanza); 1997
Valpolicella Ripassa (Zenato)
Loire
(except
dessert/sparkling)
1996
Bourgeuil (Domaine des Ouches)
Rhone/South/Southwest
France (except
dessert/sparkling)
1989
Mas de Daumas Gassac (rouge); 1999
Chateauneuf du Pape (Domaine de la Solitude); 1995
Corbières Reserve (Mansenoble); 1998
Cotes du Luberon (Domaine du Fontenille); 1991
Cote Rotie “La Mordorée (Chapoutier)
Spain (except
dessert/sparkling)
2000
Garnacha Tres Pico (Borsao)
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Notes (click for detailed notes)
Alsace (except dessert/sparkling)
2000 Muscat (Domaine Weinbach);
1999 Riesling (H. Erhart)
Australia (except dessert/sparkling)
1998
Cabernet (Greenock Creek); 1998 Cabernet Reserve (Noon); 1998
Shiraz Reserve (Noon); 1999 Shiraz Reserve (Noon); 1996 Shiraz
"Seven Acres" (Greenock Creek); 1997 Shiraz "Seven
Acres" (Greenock Creek); 1998 Shiraz "Seven Acres"
(Greenock Creek); 1997 Old Vines Shiraz "Elmor's Ebeneezer" (Roehr);
1998 Grenache-Shiraz-Mourvedre "Ironstone Pressings" (d'Arenberg);
1988 Cabernet Bin 707 (Penfold's); 1998
Shiraz (Oddfellows)
Bordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)
1967
Chateau Mouton Rothschild; 1969 Chateau Latour; 1964 Chateau Pichon
Lalande; 1997 La Chapelle de la Mission Haut
Brion
Burgundy (red) (except dessert/sparkling)
1996 Bourgogne Rouge (Leroy); 1999 Nuits St.
Georges 1er Cru "Jeunes Vignes Clos des Forets St.
Georges" (Domaine de l'Arlot); 1999
Clos de Vougeot (Domaine Lamarche); 1999 Charmes-Chambertin (Gallois);
1999 Volnay "Santenots" (N. Potel)
Burgundy (white) (except dessert/sparkling)
1995 Chablis 1er Cru Mont-de-Milieu (Domaine
Pinson)
California/USA (red) (except dessert/sparkling)
1997
Dionysus (Horton); 1996 Cabernet (Snowden);
1995 Insignia (Joseph Phelps); 1991 Insignia (Joseph Phelps); 1991 Cabernet Private Reserve (Beringer);
1987 Cabernet Reserve (Sterling); 1987 Cabernet (Saddleback);1978
Cabernet Reserve (E.&J. Gallo); 1999
Petite Sirah (Behrens & Hitchcock); 1994
Cabernet (Arns); 1993 Old Telegram (Bonny Doon); 1975
Cabernet (Beaulieu); 1990
Pinot Noir “RD” (Kalin); 1997 Cabernet "Harmonie"
(Blackjack Ranch); 1997 Cabernet (Paoletti); 1996 Against the Wall
Syrah (Sine Qua Non); 1998 Zinfandel "Louisa
& Guiseppe" (Martinelli); 1996
Zinfandel "Aida" (Turley); 1997 Cabernet "Harvest
Moon Vineyard" (River Run); 1999 Belles Soeurs Pinot Noir
"Yamhill County" (Beaux Freres); 1999 Pinot Noir "Mt
Jefferson" (Cristom); 1999 Pinot Noir "Shea
Vineyard" (Shea); 1999 Pinot Noir "Les Dijonnais"
(Brick House)
Dessert/Sparkling
1996 Rieslaner Beerenauslese "Ungsteiner Bettelhaus"
(Kurt Darting);
1986 Champagne Brut Rosé (Dom Ruinart); 1983 Port (Taylor Fladgate);
1989
Riesling Beerenauslese “Forster Marieugarten” (F. Kimich); 1984
Chateau d’Yquem; 1988 Late Harvest White Zinfandel (Santino); 1982
Quinta da Cotto Colheita (Champalimaud)
Germany (except dessert/sparkling)
1990 Riesling Auslese
"Bernkasteler Badstube" (Kerpen); 1996 Riesling Spatlese
"Durkheimer Michelsberg" (Kurt Darting); 1991
Riesling QbA “Oberhauser Brucke” (Donnhoff); 1982
Siegerrebe Auslese “Dorsheimer Trollberg” (Dr. J. Hofer
Schlossmuhle)
Italy (except dessert/sparkling)
1995 Brunello
di Montalcino "Vigna di Pianrosso" (Ciacci Piccolomini);
1995 Il Carbonaione (Podere Poggio Scaletta); 1989 Barolo (L.
Einaudi); 1997 Barolo "Carobric" (P. Scavino);1990
Brunello di Montalcino "Campogiovanni" (San Felice); 1998
"Pin" (La Spinetta); 1997 Ornellaia (L. Antinori); 2000
Moscato d'Asti "Vignailoi di S. Stefano" (Ceretto); 1993
Salice Salentino “Donna Lisa Riserva” (Leone de Castris); 1999
Sorriso Vino da Tavola (Scavino); 1997 Corale
(Paolo Scavino); 1998
Saffredi (Fattoria Le Pupille)
Loire (except dessert/sparkling)
1970
Vouvray Moelleux (Domaine Le Peu de la Moriette—Pichot); 1999
Bourgeuil (Domaine Les Pins)
Rhone/South/Southwest
France (except
dessert/sparkling)
1999 Grenache Vin de
Pays des Pyrenees Orientales (The Fifteen); 1993
Bandol “Cuvee Fontanieu” (Bastide Blanche); 1989
Chateauneuf du Pape “Selection Reflets” (Chante Perdrix); 1998
Rasteau Cotes du Rhone (Domaine Court de Mautens—Bressy); 1998
Pecharmant (Chateau La Renaudie); 1999 Pecharmant (Chateau La
Renaudie); 1998 Pecharmant (Clos Montlabanie); 1998 Bergerac
(Chateau de Panisseau); 1999 Bergerac (Chateau des Eyssards); 1999
Bergerac (Julien de Savignac); 1998 Lussac St. Emilion (Chateau La
Claymont); 1999 Cahors (Chateau du Cedre); 1996 Pecharmant (Domaine
de Bertranoux); 1988 Chateauneuf du Pape (Beaucastel); 1995
Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Cuvée
Prestige Tête de Cru"
(Cabrières);
1994
Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Vieux Télègraphe);
1995
Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Vieux Télègraphe);
1998
Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Vieux Télègraphe)
Spain (except
dessert/sparkling)
1996
Priorat “Gran Clos de F.M. Fuentes” (Fuentes)
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July
/ August, 2001 Tasting
Notes (click for detailed notes)
Alsace (except dessert/sparkling)
1996 Gewurztraminer "Herrenweg"
(Schleret); 1998
Gewurztraminer "Herrenweg de Turckheim" (Zind-Humbrecht);
1997 Gewurztraminer "Cuvée Laurence Clos des Capucins"
(Weinbach); 1999 Gewurztraminer "Steingrubler" (Albert Mann); 1999 Gewurztraminer (M.
Deiss); 1983 Gewurztraminer "Les Archenets Reserve" (Josmeyer); 1989 Gewurztraminer "Herrenweg Cuvée Speciale (Charles
Schleret); 1995 Gewurztraminer "Goldert Clos St Imer La Chapelle" (Ernest Burn);
1999 Gewurztraminer "Furstentum" (Albert Mann); 1991 Gewurztraminer
"Clos Windsbuhl" (Zind Humbrecht); 1999 Gewurztraminer "Goldert" (Zind
Humbrecht); 1999 Gewurztraminer "Heimbourg" (Zind
Humbrecht); 1983 Gewurztraminer Vendange Tardive (Dopf et Irion); 1998 Gewurztraminer "Zinnkoepflé" VT (F. Haag);
1994 Gewurztraminer "Clos Windsbuhl" (Zind Humbrecht); 1994 Gewurztraminer "Hengst" Vendange Tardive
(Zind Humbrecht); 1990 Gewurztraminer "Hengst" Vendange Tardive (Zind Humbrecht)
Australia (except dessert/sparkling)
1997 Grenache
"Cornerstone" (Greenock Creek); 1995
Grenache Old Vines "Blewitt" (Clarendon); 1998
Cabernet (Greenock Creek); 1997 Shiraz "Limestone Coast"
(Ralph Fowler)
Bordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)
1990 Chateau
Pichon-Lalande; 1988
Chateau Calon-Segur; 1982 Cheval Blanc; 1996
Reserve de la Comtesse (Chateau Pichon Lalande)
Burgundy (red)(except dessert/sparkling)
1990 Vosne-Romanée “Les Chaumes” (Daniel Rion); 1981
Beaune-Perrières (Leroy); 1990
Chassagne-Montrachet “Clos de la Boudriotte” (Ramonet);
1966
Volnay (Liger-Belair); 1990 Clos St. Denis (G. Lignier); 1994
Volnay 1er Cru (Coche-Dury)
Burgundy (white) (except dessert/sparkling)
1992
Meursault-Perrières (Domaine Michelot)
California/USA (red) (except dessert/sparkling)
1997 Syrah (Joseph Phelps); 1999 Syrah "Durell"
(Edmunds St. John); 1987 Syrah Reserve (R.H. Phillips); 1989
"Alliance" (R.H. Phillips); 1985
Insignia (Phelps); 1996
Zinfandel “Dickerson” (Ravenswood); 1994
Cabernet "Herb Lamb" (Colgin); 1996 Cabernet
"Hillside Select" (Shafer); 1995 Cabernet "Eisele"
(Araujo); 1993 Merlot (Matanzas Creek); 1997 Zinfandel "Black Sears" (Turley)1997 Charbono "Tofanelli" (Turley);
1998 Zinfandel "Moore Earthquake" (Turley); 1997 Zinfandel "Hayne" (Turley);
1995 Petite Sirah (Navarro); 1991 Geyserville (Ridge); 1997 Pinot
Noir "Beaux Freres Vineyard" (Beaux Freres); 1997
Pinot Noir "Camp Meeting Ridge" (Kistler);
California/USA (white) (except dessert/sparkling)
1997 Chardonnay "McCrea" (Kistler);
1999 Gewurztraminer Reserve (MacGregor)
Dessert/Sparkling
1992
Tokaji 6 puts (Disnoko); 1999 Riesling
Eiswein "Durkheimer Hochbenn" (Fitz-Ritter); 1999
Rieslaner Beerenauslese (Fitz-Ritter); 1999
Riesling "Indian Summer" (Cave Springs); 1990
Late Harvest White Riesling (Handley); NV
"Forte" (Pilliterri); 1998 Chenin Blanc demi-sec (Chapellet);
1994 Riesling Eiswein "Durkheimer Hochmess"(Vier
Jahreszeiten); NV Brut Rosé (Pommery); 1994
Monbazillac "Gradière" (Chateau Tirecul);
1992 Gewurztraminer Trockenbeerenauslese "Durkheimer Feurberg"
(Vier Jarheszeiten); 1997 Gewurztraminer Late Harvest (Ravenswood);
1983 Gewurztraminer Selection des Grains Nobles (Lorentz); 1991 Gewurztraminer Late Harvest
(Navarro)
Germany (except dessert/sparkling)
1998 Riesling Auslese "Munsterer
Pittersberg" (Kruger Rumpf); 1989
Riesling Auslese "Schlossbockelheimer Felsenberg" (Crusius);
1983 Riesling Auslese "Wehlener Sonnenuhr" (Weins-Prum);
1999 Riesling Spatlese "Urziger Wurzgarten" (JJ
Christoffel); 1989 Scheurebe Auslese "Durkheimer Fronhof"
(Darting); 2000 Riesling Spatlese "Durkheimer Abtsfronhof"
Halbtrocken (Fitz-Ritter); 1998 Riesling Spatlese "Ungsteiner
Herrenberg" (Fitz-Ritter); 2000 Gewurztraminer Spatlese "Durkheimer
Abtsfronhof (Fitz-Ritter); 1989 Gewurztraminer Spatlese "Durkheimer
Abtsfronhof (Fitz-Ritter); 1998 Riesling Spatlese "Kiedricker Sandgrub"
(Baron zu Knyphausen); 1997 Dornfelder
Spatlese Trocken "Barrique"(Fitz-Ritter); 1999
Muskateller Spatlese "Durkheimer Steinberg" (Kurt
Darting); 1997 Riesling Kabinett "Herrenberg" (Maximim
Grunhaus); 1983 Gewurztraminer Auslese halbtrocken "Erbacher Siegelsberg" (Schloss
Reinhartshausen); 1988 Gewurztraminer Kallstadter-Steinacker Spatlese
(Koehler-Ruprecht)
Italy (except dessert/sparkling)
1989
Barolo “Vigna del Gris” (Conterno-Fantino);
1998
Barbera d'Asti Superiore (La Spinetta); 1998
Syrah Collegione di Marchi (Isole e Olena); 2000 Vitiano (Falesco);
1999 Chardonnay (La Planeta)
Rhone/South/Southwest
France (except
dessert/sparkling)
1998
Cote Rotie "La Chavaroche" (B. Levet);
1995 Cahors (Clos de la Coutale); 1990 Hermitage Blanc "Chante
Alouette" (Chapoutier); 1997 Coteaux du
Languedoc "Copa Santa" (Domaine Clavel); 1994 Coteaux du
Languedoc "Cuvée Prestige" (Chateau La Sauvageonne);
1990 Hermitage (Guigal); 1997 Cornas "Coteaux" (Tardieu-Laurent);
1994 Chateauneuf du Pape "Cuvée Reservée" (Pegau); 1996
Coteaux du Languedoc "Cote Dorée" (L'Aigulière); 2000 Coteaux du Languedoc
Rosé (Mas Jullien)
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 May/June, 2001 Tasting
Notes (click for detailed notes)
Alsace (except
dessert/sparkling)
1998 Tokay Pinot Gris "Vielles
Vignes" (L. Albrecht); 1994 Gewurztraminer “Altenbourg
Cuvée Laurence” (Weinbach)
 Australia (except dessert/sparkling)
1994
Shiraz (Clarendon); 1997 Shiraz “Draycott” (Burge Family Winemakers); 1996
Merlot Reserve (Richard Hamilton); 1999 Merlot (Fox Creek); 1999 Cabernet (Henry’s Drive)
Austria (except dessert/sparkling)
1993 Riesling Trocken “Loibner Von den
Terassen Smaragd” (FX Pichler); 1998 Beerenauslese Cuvee
(Kracher)
Bordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)
1990 L'Evangile
Burgundy (red) (except dessert/sparkling)
1995 Corton-Renardes (Prince
de Merode); 1996 Pernand-Vergelesses “Ile des Vergelesses” (M. Delarche);
1993 Gevrey-Chambertin “Lavaux St. Jacques” (Rene LeClerc); 1990 Morey St. Denis “Clos de la
Bussière” (Roumier)
Burgundy (white) (except dessert/sparkling)
1992 Batard-Montrachet (Ramonet); 1998 Pouilly-Fuissé (Cordier); 1994
Pouilly-Fuissé “Cuvée Tradition” (Valette);
1990
Corton-Charlemagne (Bonneau de Martray); 1999
Nuits St. Georges “La Perrière” (Henri Gouges)
California/USA (red) (except dessert/sparkling)
1991 Pickberry
(Ravenswood); 1996 Zinfandel “Old Vines” (Turley); 1992
Merlot “Three Palms Vineyard”
(Duckhorn); 1992 Merlot “Howell Mountain” (Beringer); 1997 Merlot
(Trinchero); 1997 Consenso (Atlas Peak); 1999 Pinot
Noir “Carneros” (Beaulieu); 1999 Beauzeaux Signet (Beaulieu); 1997 Tapestry
(Beaulieu); 1997 Merlot Reserve “Howell Mountain” (Beringer); 1997 Cabernet
(Burgess); 1997 Cain Five; 1995 Cabernet “Sycamore Vineyard” (Freemark
Abbey); 1997 Cabernet (Freemark Abbey); 1997 Merlot “Howell Mountain”
(Duckhorn); 1998 Merlot “Estate Grown” (Duckhorn); 1997 Cabernet (Liparita);
1999 Zinfandel “Blockheadia” (Lorenza-Lake);
1998 Cabernet “Jefferson Cuvee” (Monticello); 1998
Cabernet (Napa Wine Company); 1998 Cabernet Stag’s Leap Wine District (Pine
Ridge); 2000 Vincent Vin Gris of Pinot Noir (Saintsbury); 1999 Pinot Noir
“Carneros” (Saintsbury); 1999 Pinot Noir Reserve (Saintsbury); 1998 Zinfandel “Eastern Exposures”
(Storybook Mountain); 1998 Cabernet
(Von Strasser); 1997 Cabernet (Von Strasser); 1996 Cabernet “Martha’s
Vineyard” (Heitz); 1998 Cabernet Reserve (Mondavi); 1998 Cabernet “Napa”
(Mondavi); 1998 Syrah (Villa Mt. Eden); 1995
Meritage (Viader); 1994
Zinfandel "Cooke Vineyard" (Ravenswood); 1994 Cabernet
"Eisele" (Araujo); 1997 Pinot Noir
"Sonoma County" (Kistler); 1995 Zinfandel "Jackass
Vineyard" (Martinelli); 1998 Pinot Noir (Domaine Drouhin); 1992 Pinot Noir
(Drouhin); 1996 Pinot Noir Reserve “Martinelli Vineyard” (Martinelli)
1995 Zinfandel (La Vina);
1997 Zinfandel (Moss Creek); 1996 Zinfandel "Duarte" (Turley);
1998 Zinfandel "Jackass Vineyard" (Martinelli); 1997 Petite Sirah (Behrens & Hitchcock);
1993
Cabernet “Reserve Speciale” (Arrowwood);
1998
Zinfandel "Hayne" (Turley); 1996 Cabernet Franc
"Première Etage" (Lang & Reed); 1995
Zinfandel “Dry Creek” (Rafanelli)
California/USA (white) (except dessert/sparkling)
1994 Chardonnay "Hudson
Vineyard" (Marcassin); 1995 Chardonnay "Hudson
Vineyard" (Marcassin); 1997 Chardonnay
"Belle Cote" (Peter Michael); 1999
Chardonnay "Red Shoulder" (Shafer); 1991
Chardonnay “Unfiltered” (Newton)
Dessert/Sparkling
1997 Vouvray “Cuvee Constance”
(Huet); 1998 Riesling Eiswein “Kreuznacher Narrenkappe” (Paul
Anheuser); 1999 Rieslaner Beerenauslese “Prestige” (Fitz-Ritter); 2000
Riesling Eiswein “Ockfener Bockstein” (Dr. Fischer);
1999 Mantelerhof Gruner Veltliner Eiswein; 1996
Erbacher Seigelsberg Riesling Eiswein (Baron Zu Knyphausen); 1976 Niersteiner
Brudersberg Riesling Beerenauslese (Freiherr Heyl Zu Herrensheim); 1989
Niersteiner Oleberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese (Freiherr Heyl Zu Herrensheim);
1996 Scheurebe Sekt Extra trocken (Bruder Dr. Becker); 1996 Sauvignon Blanc
(Eola Hills); 1977
Port (Taylor Fladgate); 1986 Brut Rosé (Dom
Ruinart); 1999 Huxelrebe "Weinheimer Kapellenberg
Beerenauslese (Gysler); 1993 Tokaji 5 puts (Oremus); 1983
Riesling “Late Harvest Cluster Select” (Navarro); 1953
Sauternes (Doisy-Daene); 1990 Vouvray “Goutte d’Or Moelleux”
(Foreau—Domaine
de Clos Naudin); 1999
Vidal Ice Wine (King’s Court Estate Winery)
NV
Sparkling Saumur Cuvée de la Chevalerie (La Chevalerie); 1996
Bonnezeaux (Chateau de Fesles); 1995
Port “Quinta da Vargellas” (Taylor Fladgate)
Germany (except dessert/sparkling)
1998 Riesling
Spatlese “Kreuznacher Kroetnepfuhl” halbtrocken (Paul Anheuser); 1999 Riesling
Spatlese “Kreuznacher Kroetnepfuhl” halbtrocken (Paul Anheuser);
1999 Riesling “Schlossboeckelheimer Koenigsfels” Kabinett (Paul Anheuser);
1999 Riesling Spatlese “Kreuznacher Kahlenberg” (Paul Anheuser); 2000
Chardonnay Spatlese Trocken “Duerkheimer Spielberg” (Fitz-Ritter); 2000
Riesling Kabinett “Duerkheimer Hochbenn” (Fitz-Ritter); 1999 Riesling Auslese
“Ockfener Bockstein” (Dr. Fischer); 1996
Scharzhofberger Riesling Qba (Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt); 1997 Riesling
Kabinett (J.J. Prum);
1996 Braunneberger-Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese
(Wwe. Dr. Thanisch); 1988 Herrenberg Auslese (Maximin Grunhaus); 1998
Kallstadter Steinacker Scheurebe Spatlese (Koehler-Ruprecht); 1996 Hochheimer
Kirchenstuck Riesling Spatlese (Franz Kunstler); 1998 Hochheimer Kirchenstuck
Riesling Spatlese (Franz Kunstler); 1998 Erdner Treppchen Riesling Spatlese
(J. J. Christoffel); 1999 Erdner Treppchen Riesling Spatlese
(J.J.Christoffel); 1992 Abalonga Auslese “Westhofener Steingrube” (Wittman);
1989 Riesling Auslese "Ebernburger
Schlossberg" (Rapp);
1998
Riesling Spatlese "Niederhauser Kertz" (Mathern); 1990
Riesling Auslese “Piesporter Goldtropfchen” (Ruescher-Haart);
1995 Riesling Auslese "Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr"
(Fritz Haag); 1997 Riesling Spatlese "Haardter Herenletten"
(Muller-Catoir); 1998 Riesling Kabinett "Wehlener Sonnenuhr"
(Kerpen); 1933 Riesling Feine
Spatlese “Altenbamberger Roth.” (Jung);
1998 Riesling Kabinett "Piesporter Goldtropfchen" (Reichsgraf
von Kesselstatt); 1997 Riesling Spatlese "Urziger Wurzgarten"
(J.J. Christoffel);
1999
Dornfelder "Weisenheimer Hasenzehe" QbA Trocken (Neckerauer)
Italy (except dessert/sparkling)
1997 Merlot Lamaione
(Frescobaldi); 1997 Rosso Fili di
Seta (Pertimali); 1990 Le Pergole Torte (Monte Vertine); 1993 Ornellaia; 1997 Solaia; 1997 Guado al Tasso (Tenuta
Belvedere-Antinori); 1995 Pian delle Vigne Brunello di Montalcino (Antinori); 1997
Vino Nobile Reserva (Dei);1990
Recioto di Amarone Valpolicella (Bertani); 1997
Barbera d'Asti "Braida" (Bologna); 1996
Chardonnay Langhe “Fossati Roscaleto (Voerzio); 1996
Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio (Mastroberardino)
Loire (except dessert/sparkling)
1999 Pouilly-Fumé (Domaine des Berthiers--P.
Cotat); 1996 Bourgueil "Fiefs de Louys" Vielles Vignes (Druet); 1989 Chinon "Clos de
l'Echo" (Couly-Dutheil); 1995 Chinon "Vielles Vignes"
(Joguet); 1999 Bourgueil "Clos
Senechal"(Breton); 1999 Sancerre Rosé
(Chavignol--F. Cotat); 1995 Saumur Champigny "Marginale" (Germain--Domaine des Roches
Neuves); 1997 Muscadet Sur Lie "Cuvée Buster" (Domaine La
Pepière--Marc Ollivier); 1998 Vouvray Cuvée Tradition (Pinon); 1999 Menetou-Salon (Chateau de
Maupas--Jolivet); 1999 Sancerre "Cuvée
les Coutes" (Reverdy); 1999 Sancerre
"Clos de la Néore" (Vatan)
Rhone/South/Southwest
France (except
dessert/sparkling)
1990 Cote Rotie (Jamet); 1988 Cote Rotie (Jamet); 1991 Cote
Rotie (Jamet); 1988 Cote Rotie "La
Mouline" (Guigal); 1997 Coteaux du Tricastin (Chateau La
Decelle); 1989
Chateauneuf du Pape “Reserve” (Rayas); 1994
St. Joseph (Rochevine); 1990 Chateauneuf du Pape "Chaupin"
(Domaine de la Janasse)
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Notes (click for detailed notes)
Alsace (except
dessert/sparkling)
1993 Riesling “Rangen Clos Saint Theobald” (Schoffit); 1995
Muscat Vendange Tardive “Goldert” (Zind-Humbrecht); 1994 Gewurztraminer “Clos
Windsbuhl” (Zind-Humbrecht); 1992 Tokay Pinot Gris Vendange Tardive
“Clos Jebsal” (Zind-Humbrecht); 1998
Riesling “Schlossberg Clos des Capucins” Cuvée Ste. Catherine” (Weinbach)
Argentina (except
dessert/sparkling)
1997 Merlot-Malbec “Iscay” (Trapiche);
NV Vino Blanco Torrontes “DH” (Domingo Hnos); 1999 Jubilo
(Tikal)
Australia (except
dessert/sparkling)
1998 Veritas Mourvedre/Grenache; 1998 Fox Creek Grenache/Shiraz; 1999
Riesling (Clos Clare); 1996 Shiraz “Black Pepper” (E&E); 2000 Riesling
Eden Valley (Craneford); 2000 Riesling Old Vines (Leconfield); 2000
Semillon (Margan); 1998 Pinot Gris (Kings Creek)
Bordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)
1978 Chateau Palmer; 1989 Pavie-Decesse; 1988
L’Evangile; 1989 Chateau Léoville Las Cases; 1978 Chateau La Mission Haut
Brion; 1975 Chateau Giscours; 1979 La Mission Haut Brion; 1978 Chateau
Leoville Las Cases; 1989 Chateau Latour
Burgundy (red) (except dessert/sparkling)
1999 Bourgogne Rouge “Mont Avril” (Michel Goubard et Fils); 1996 Vosne Romanée “Les Suchots” (Domaine de
l’Arlot); 1995 Corton-Maréchaudes (Chandon
de Briailles)
Burgundy (white) (except dessert/sparkling)
1998 Pouilly-Fuissé Vielles Vignes (Chateau Fuissé);
1999 Macon-Milly (Comtes Lafon)
California/USA (red) (except dessert/sparkling)
1985 Cabernet “Napa” (Dunn); 1996
Cabernet Franc “Pegase Circle Reserve” (Clos Pegase); 1991 Cabernet “Howell Mountain”
(Dunn); 1992 Pinot Noir (Beaux Freres); 1996 Pinot Noir (Beaux Freres); 1996
Zinfandel “Moore Earthquake” (Turley); 1995 Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast
(Kistler); 1996 Zinfandel “Grist” (Turley); 1996 Zinfandel “Black Sears”
(Turley); 1998 Zinfandel Howell Mountain (Outpost); 1997 Sangiovese “Pietre
Rossi” (Dalle Valle); 1997
Petite Sirah “Rattlesnake” (Turley); 1997 Petite
Sirah “Rattlesnake” (Schuetz Oles); 1996 Pinot Noir “Kistler Vineyard”
(Kistler); 1999 Pinot Noir “Sharon’s Vineyard” (Loring); 1999 Pinot Noir
Knight’s Valley (Peter Michael); 1998 Cabernet (Pride); 1997 Cabernet “20th
Anniversary” (Flora Springs); 1997 Cabernet (Saddleback); 1997 Isosceles
(Justin); 1991 Cabernet (Seavey); 1996 Cabernet
(Seavey); 1991 Isosceles (Justin)
California/USA (white) (except dessert/sparkling)
1996 Chardonnay “Mon Plaisir” (Peter Michael);
1994 Syrah (Swanson); 1995 Chardonnay
“Kistler Vineyard” (Kistler)
Dessert/Sparkling
1989 Grauburgunder Beerenauslese “Haardter Herrenletten” (Muller-Catoir);
1972 PX Sherry Gran Riserva Dulce de Postre (Toro Albala); NV Old Tawny Port
(Trevor Jones); 1991 Macon “Selection des Grain Cendrès” (Macon-Clessé
Quintaine); 1990 Champagne “Cuvée Winston Churchill” (Pol Roger); 1997
Bonnezeaux (Chateau de Fesles);1998 Quarts de Chaume (Baumard); 1986
Sauternes (Doisy-Daene); 1999 Muskateller “Durkheimer Hochbenn” Eiswein (Kurt
Darting); 1992 Port “Quinta da Bomfim” (Dow); NV
Sparkling Wine (Blue Mountain)
Germany (except
dessert/sparkling)
1999 Riesling Spatlese “Schlossbockelheimer Kufpfergrube” (Donnhoff);
1990 Riesling Auslese “Forster Ungeheuer” (Egon Muller); 1992
Riesling Kabinett halbtrocken “Mussbacher Eselshaut” (Muller-Catoir); 1992
Riesling Spatlese halbtrocken “Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten” (Muller-Catoir);
1975 Rulander Auslese “Bornheimer Adelberg” (S&J Bliem); 1999 Riesling
Spatlese “Oberhauser Brücke” (Donnhoff); 1990
Riesling Auslese “Josephshofer” (Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt)
England (except dessert/sparkling)
1995 Pinot Noir (Clocktower)
Italy (except dessert/sparkling)
1998 Secco Cà de Merlo Bianco(Quintarelli);
1989 Barolo Riserva “Faletto di Serralunga” (Giacosa); 1997 Tignanello
(Antinori); 1997 Montiano Merlot (Falesco); 1997 Ateo (Ciacci Piccolomini);
1996 Ornellaia (L. Antinori); 1998 Barbera d’Asti “Quorum”
(Hastae)
Rhone/South/Southwest France (except dessert/sparkling)
1998 Chateauneuf-du-Pape “Vielles Vignes” (Tardieu-Laurent); 1998 Coteaux du Languedoc “Cote Rousse”
(L’Aigulière); 1998 Coteaux du Languedoc “Grande Cuvée” Pic St. Loup (Chateau
Lancyre); 1998 Mas de Daumas Gassac; 1998 Cotes du Luberon (Domaine de
Fontenille); 1988 Chateauneuf du Pape “Cuvée des Cadettes” (La Nerthe); 1998
Chateauneuf du Pape (Vieux Telegraphe); 1998 Chateauneuf du Pape (Beaucastel);
1998 Chateauneuf du Pape (Guigal); 1998 Chateauneuf du Pape “Cuvée
Chantermerle” (Bosquet); 1998 Gigondas Reserve (Raspail-Ay); 1989 Chateauneuf
du Pape “Cuvée Marie Beurrier”
(Bonneau); NV Hermitage “Le
Pavillon” (Chapoutier); 1997 Hermitage Blanc “Chevalier de Sterimberg”
(Jaboulet); 1998 Chateauneuf du Pape (Fortia); 1985 Hermitage Blanc (Chave); 1998
Minervois La Livinière Pic St. Martin (Domaine Cantaussel); 1995 Hermitage Blanc “Chante Alouette”
(Chapoutier)
South Africa (except dessert/sparkling)
1996 “Paul Sauer” (Kanonkop); 1999
Chenin Blanc (Ken Forrester)
Spain (except dessert/sparkling)
1996 Rioja “Coto de Imaz Reserva—Selection Pedro Guasch” (El
Coto); 1995 Ribera Del Duero Reserva (Ibernoble)
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Alsace (except dessert/sparkling)
1997 Riesling “Brand” (F. Baur); 1996
Gewurztraminer “Herrenweg” (Schleret)
Australia (except
dessert/sparkling)
1998 Cabernet/Merlot (Joseph); 1996 Alchemy (Canobolas-Smith);
1980 Cabernet (Chateau Tahbilk); 1993 Shiraz “Eileen Hardy”
(Hardys); 1996 Shiraz “Command” (Elderton); 1998 Chardonnay “Norton Summit”
(Clarendon Hills); 1998 Basket Pressed Bordeaux Blend (Highbank); 1998 Shiraz
“L’Oizeau” (Hewitson); 1997 Sangiovese “Premio” (Pikes); 1998 Cabernet/Merlot
(Mt. Horrocks); 1999 Grenache/Shiraz (Hill of Content); 1998 Grenache
“Clarendon” (Clarendon Hills); 1998 Grenache “Blewitt Springs” (Clarendon
Hills); 1998 Shiraz “Liandra” (Clarendon Hills); 1999 Shiraz
“Hickinbotham” (Clarendon Hills); 2000 Chardonnay/ Verdehlo “Harlequin”
(Brokenwood); 1999 Shiraz “Langhorne Creek” (Clonakilla); 1996
Cabernet/Merlot (Bannockburn); 1999 Pinot Noir (Rochford); 1998 Shiraz
(Craiglee); 1999 Shiraz “40’s Old Block” (Green Vineyards); 1997
Bordeaux Blend “Olmo’s Reward” (Frankland Estate); 1998 Shiraz “Isolation
Ridge” (Frankland Estate)
Bordeaux (except dessert/sparkling)
1988 Chateau L’Angelus; 1983 Chateau Palmer; 1990 Chateau
Montrose; 1988 La Fleur de Gay
Burgundy (red) (except dessert/sparkling)
1995 Morey St. Denis “Cuvée des Grives” (Ponsot); 1988 Bonnes Mares (Comtes de Vogue); 1995
Pommard “Noizons” (J. Garaudet); 1990 Nuits St. Georges “Clos de Forets St.
Georges” (Domaine de l’Arlot)
Burgundy (white) (except dessert/sparkling)
1996 Meursault (Coche-Bizouard); Meursault-Genevrières
(Latour-Giraud); 1992 Chassagne-Montrachet “Les Champgains” (M. Niellon);
1990 Meursault-Charmes (Bouzerau)
California/USA (red) (except dessert/sparkling)
1997 Zinfandel “Dogtown” (Turley); 1986 Cabernet
Franc (Horton Vineyards); 1997 Bordeaux Blend (T-Vine); 1998 Syrah
(Lewis); 1997 Petite Sirah “York Creek” (Ridge); 1997 Meritage (Pahlmeyer);
1996 Cabernet “Diamond Mountain Vineyard” (Martin Ray); 1997 Cain Five; 1997
Cabernet “Elevation 1147”(David Arthur)
California/USA (white) (except dessert/sparkling)
1994 Chardonnay “Diamond T” (Talbott)
Dessert/Sparkling
NV Tawny Port “PS St. Marion” (Rockford); 1996 Rieslaner Beerenauslese “Ungsteiner Bettelhaus”(Kurt
Darting); 1991 Muscat à Petits Grains (Tolley’s Pedare); 1997 Coteaux du
Layon “La Prochaine” (Templai); 1995 Bonnezeaux “Cuvée Ste. Anne” (Renou);
1998 Botrytis Riesling “La Magia” (Joseph); 1998 Golden Semillon (Elderton);
1988 Sauternes (Coutet); 1996 Tokay Pinot Gris “Altenbourg” (Albert Mann); 1988 Sauternes (Lafaurie Peyraguey);
1994 Late Bottled Vintage Port Reserve Unfiltered (Rozès); 1994 Port (Rozès);
1996 Quarts de Chaume (Baumard); 1989 Abalonga Beerenauslese
“Westhofener Steingrube” (Wittman); 1989 Scheurebe Trockenbeerenauslese
“Weiseheimer Halde” (Neckerauer)
Germany (except
dessert/sparkling)
1989 Riesling Auslese “Horrweiler Gewurzgartchen” (Espenschied); 1989
Riesling Auslese** “Wehlener Sonnennuhr” (Kerpen); 1983 Riesling Auslese
“Josephshofer” (Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt); 1999 Riesling
Spätlese Scharzhofberger (Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt);
1998 Riesling Kabinett “ Piesporter Goldtröpfchen” (Reichsgraf von
Kesselstatt); 1994 Riesling Spätlese “
Josephshofer” (Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt); 1997 Riesling Auslese
“Ayler Kupp” (Winzerverein Co-op at Ayl); 1999 Riesling Spätlese Trocken
“Scharzhofberger” (Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt); 1999 Riesling Spätlese
Halbtrocken “Scharzhofberger Anniversary Wine” (Reichsgraf von
Kesselstatt);
1999 Riesling Kabinett “Scharzhofberger” (Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt);
1998 Riesling Kabinett “Kaseler Nies’chen” (Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt); 1993
Riesling Spätlese “Graacher Domprobst” (Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt); 1985
Riesling Auslese “Kaseler Nies’chen” (Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt)
Italy (except
dessert/sparkling)
1998 Rosso Conero Sassi Neri (Fattoria Le Terrazze); 1994 Barolo
“Vigna Rocche” (Parusso); 1999 Pinot Grigio (Alois Lageder); 1989 Barolo
Riserva (Fontanafredda); 1997 Vivaldaia (Villa Pillo); 1997 Sassello (Castello di Verrazzano); 1998 Morellino di
Scansano Riserva (Fattoria Le Pupille); 1999 Chianti (Piccini); 1999 Chianti
“Borghi d’Elsa” (Melini)
Loire (except dessert/sparkling)
1997 Chinon “Cuvée Prestige” (Gasnier)
Rhone/South/Southwest France (except dessert/sparkling)
1989 Chateauneuf du Pape “Cuvée Centenaire” (Les Cailloux/Brunel);
1998 Saint Genis Vin de Pays de Carcassone (Domaine
Puydeval); 1998 Coteaux du Languedoc “Vielles Vignes” (Chateau Lancyre); 1998
Cotes du Rhone “Parallele 45” (Jaboulet); 1998 Cotes du Rhone Blanc
“St. Gervais” (Domaine Clavel) ; 1998 Cote
Dorée (L’Aigulière); 1998 Minervois La Livinière “Chandelière” (La
Combe Blanche); 1993 Grange des Pères
Spain (except
dessert/sparkling)
1994 Rioja (Remirez de Ganuza)
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