tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post2480993921865496087..comments2023-10-14T06:44:00.218-07:00Comments on Vinsanity: Too much of a good thing?Vinogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post-71174321193963489542011-02-04T08:04:17.269-08:002011-02-04T08:04:17.269-08:00Well, he's made some room in his cellar, so wi...Well, he's made some room in his cellar, so with the proceeds from the auction - he can buy more wine!Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post-31432980489850608322011-02-02T09:41:46.855-08:002011-02-02T09:41:46.855-08:00Poor guy - burdened with all that undesireable win...Poor guy - burdened with all that undesireable wine just laying about. Lucky someone was willing to take it off his hands at bargain basement rates, eh?phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post-13986212392625903232011-02-01T07:37:49.730-08:002011-02-01T07:37:49.730-08:00Affer: Would you take a bottle of Black Tower for...Affer: Would you take a bottle of Black Tower for the Blue Nun?<br /><br />Thomas: Hoarding is not good, wine is meant to be shared. But I bet he probably consumes a fair bit of what he buys, he just buys so much. I am hoarding a hefty vertical of Chasse Spleen...it's just that it's difficult for me to get all my favourite wine lovers on the same continent to be able to drink it!<br /><br />Ceasar: Factoid No. 2 - A Speedo? Does anyone? Drink more vino, he'll start to look better!Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post-75962026026131512112011-01-30T12:53:21.257-08:002011-01-30T12:53:21.257-08:00Not vino, but I've chatted away when up at the...Not vino, but I've chatted away when up at the bar with him.<br /><br />Run by an Italian bloke, and decorated exclusviely with signed team photos of Inter Milan and Liverpool- your man's a bit of a local celebrity.<br /><br />Interesting (but predictable) John Toshack Fact#2: Not that pretty in swimming trunks.Cesar Valverdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376432626000619504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post-48732123260151029752011-01-29T10:16:51.806-08:002011-01-29T10:16:51.806-08:00"...a talent for writing catchy tunes..."..."...a talent for writing catchy tunes..."<br /><br />Not hard to do when most of the tunes are derivative of something much classier--or is that classical?<br /><br />But then, what to expect from a wine hoarder rather than a wine consumer?Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post-57699560404975892452011-01-28T15:42:42.138-08:002011-01-28T15:42:42.138-08:00I have a particularly fine 2008 E&J Gallo Char...I have a particularly fine 2008 E&J Gallo Chardonnay for which I will take offers. Or swap it for some original Blue Nun..........Afferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053428773264067176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post-57166203946226453212011-01-28T10:58:51.825-08:002011-01-28T10:58:51.825-08:00Cesar, in the article he said he simply didn't...Cesar, in the article he said he simply didn't have enough room to store it...now he can buy more!<br />I read your Pétrus post :)<br />Have you had a glass of vino with Tosh then?Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post-60796878750252126712011-01-28T10:51:52.067-08:002011-01-28T10:51:52.067-08:00Quite what would possess an enthusiast to sell the...Quite what would possess an enthusiast to sell their collection unless they're in serious financial trouble is beyond me...<br /><br />I had the great privilege recently of staying with someone who had decided to drink theirs instead. An '82 Petrus on the first night left me utterly speechless.<br /><br />Interesting John Toshack Fact #1: He spends pretty well all summer every year sitting in a small beach bar in a place called Costa de los Pinos in Mallorca.Cesar Valverdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376432626000619504noreply@blogger.com