TASTING WINE SPECTATOR Top 10 - The Best of the Best?
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I have used this glass in this Video: RIEDEL Performance Riesling
I have tasted the following wines in this Video:
2019 Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rhône, France:
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2019 Marchesi Antinori Tignanello Toscana IGT, Italy:
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2019 Chateau Talbot Saint-Julien, France:
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2019 HDV Hyde de Villaine Hyde Vineyard Chardonnay Carneros, USA:
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2018 Schrader Cellars Double Diamond Napa Valley, USA:
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The 100 Point Scoring System (from www.robertparker.com):
96-100: An extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of a classic wine of its variety. Wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find, purchase and consume.
90 - 95: An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.
80 - 89: A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor as well as character with no noticeable flaws.
70 - 79: An average wine with little distinction except that it is soundly made. In essence, a straightforward, innocuous wine.
60 - 69: A below-average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and/or tannin, an absence of flavor or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.
50 - 59: A wine deemed to be unacceptable.
The Wine Spectator is a widely distributed wine magazine and they have put together a Top 100 list each year since 1988
Their editors select the most exciting wines from the wines they reviewed during the year. They are not necessarily picking the most highly rated wines but also look at the price and availability,
I rarely read the Wine Spectator as I think that it is more of a lifestyle magazine and I don’t like the fact that they allow advertisements of producers that they are also supposed to review independently.
This is a problem in wine writing in general. Magazines are today relying heavily on money from wine producers and how are you supposed to objectively review a wine from a winery that pays the bills?
On a lighter note: I just had a look at the first Wine Spectator Top 100 from 1988 and it is quite funny: First of all, there is a lot of Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Barbaresco among the best wines, and only two wines from the US in the Top 20
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg is listed at 210 US$, Petrus at 160 US$, and Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Cuvée at 12 US$, double the price of Antinori's Santa Cristina … How times have changed!
I have seen quite a few videos of yours where you identify wines that you think are overrated, sometimes a little underrated. I think it would be interesting to see a video dedicated purely to a few select wines you think are really underrated, or got a poor public opinion around them unfairly. Or rather, are there any wines that are publicly rated poorly but you consider highly?
Yass!
I agree! It would be awesome if konstantin follows your suggestion
Yeahhh
I agree give us a list of the sleepers, the really good wines for a fair price
@@mikemurphy3887 For example. What do you think of Bulgarian wines? Inventors. Abundance of sorts and techniques.Go back to Trackians. Much better than French yet not mentioned.????
In 1998 I bought Beaucastel for 30 German Marks a bottle, Chateau Talbot was at 50-60 Marks per bottle. Now I got Chateau Talbot for 55 € the bottle, harvest 2019, while Beaucastel is at 80-100 €. So Talbot is one of the rare classic Bordeaux which kept it's value in terms of prizing and even improved in quality!
The weird thing is I haven't had a drink of alcohol since 2007. Even when I did drink it wasn't wine. I was more of a firewater and hard cider type of person. But yet I have sat here and watched several of your videos. You are a very interesting and likeable person. I'll watch and enjoy my redbull while you have your wine
2001, I went to a winemakers dinner that cost me €275 for a ticket back then (in local currency).
We had all red bottles of DRCs 1995 box (Conti, Tache, Riche, Vivant, Grands, Eche) and then a 5 course dinner with Clos Vougeot ad libitum there, but most just brought the generous DRC glasses to the dinner had drank the rest of them there. Near the end we had a surprise blind Vega Sicilia 1970 that was excellent and might be the best Spainish wine I ever had!
All that for $300/€275 for that. Yeah. 2001 was a better time for wine.
Wow what an evening
Holy crap. Pun intended, as great burgundy smells of poo.
Konstantin, I am only a minute into this video and once again I have to say, thank you for keeping it real man. I have said it before and I will say it again, you are the real deal when it comes to showing off what a real Wine Master can do. As for the magazine, I have been asking for the longest time exactly time how any company can accept advertisements yet review those products. If you bomb a wine will that wine company advertise that product with them? I do read the magazine with the thought in the back of my mind that there is a lot of bias going into it. There have been times when a winery has sent me a wine to review and I just bombed it and never heard from the winery again, they act as if I owe them something other then a shout out and a thank you (which they do get). While I think this is a bad way to do business, it does lend to the credability of other wine reviewers.
I love tignanello. I have drunk it allot in the past. It got very expensive. But one of my best wines I ever drunk was solaia. Such a beautiful wine.
HdV have really stepped up their wines over the last few years with Guillaume Boudet taking the reins as head winemaker. The older HdVs were much more heavy handed with their oak use. Their Californios, the Syrah, was more in the style of Shiraz, whereas the 2018 Californios has the balance and poise of a Cote Rotie. It’s really delicious!
Le Debut, the Chardonnay made from younger vines is a nice value. It’s gained heft as the vines have matured (currently 10+ years of age).
Fantastic job as always, but giving Wine Spectator the business in the introduction was just awesome 😂
Just bought 500 euro of red wine from your website Konstantin, thanks for the signed card....nice touch...great videos dude...top guy.
It hurts to see such great wines being opened so young. Challenge: buy those same wines again, put them in your cellar, and make the same video in 2029? Please? I'll be watching :) Thanks for the reviews and great videos !
Your point about publications taking money is such a good one. But even worse is wine critics who work for supermarket chains awarding point scores for the supermarket wines. One in the U.K. just awarded 90 points to a very average £6 wine. It’s dishonest!
I agree
Would love some Finger Lakes content! Maybe a Riesling showdown!
Hear, hear!
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Had 2 bottles of 2019 Chateau Beaucastel so far, really enjoyed this vintage. Agree with you on the 94 point assessment!
I absolutely loved my bottle of 2018 Double Diamond. Cheers! Great video as always appreciate your take.
We just tasted the '20 Beaucastel tonight. One bottle recently opened, one that had been double decanted and opened for about 6 hours. Definitely worth finding and collecting
The restaurant that I run has Double Diamond 2019 on or Coravin by the glass list. We had the 2018 prior and I will say I believe that the 2019 vintage is a much better wine than the 2018. That being said I still don't understand the number 1 spot it received. I have brought it to numerous guests as a sample with a couple of other cabs and it is almost never picked as a favorite of theirs. While I normally wouldn't take much account in that sort of thing the guests that I have done this with are pretty experienced and knowledgeable Cabernet Sauvignon fans. All of that being said, if you are able to find a bottle of the 2019 Double Diamond at retail it is still a great price on a great wine. Thank you for the great videos!
Problem with these prominent wine listings like Wine Spectator is the winners get unaffordable.
I have to say as a WS subscriber that the recent shift of adding individual winery ads/partners/stories to the standard email distribution felt like a big sellout. That being said, they still feel less tainted than Wine Enthusiast let alone James Suckling, who apparently likes every wine he tastes.
Agree. I used to sub to Decanter, WA and WS and took the average of WA/WS scores as the real score, then read the notes from Decanter as I felt I had more English taste than American taste, for Bx wines. I ignore the US wines in the US mags as they were hyped too hard back then (I had several and always rated them lower) but the US mags were excellent sources to rate the Bx wines and pulled no punches, where Decanter felt like they just rated them after price, most of the time.
You misspelled James Sucking
@@Konanan James Suckup
I don't trust James Suckling one bit.
😂 foreal
Excellent as always… and also noticing the incremental but continuous improvements in your editing!
Can we please get more reviews for wines under $30? Here in the US at least most people who go to the store and look at the wine selection (which is often very large) we mostly see wines under $50, many more under $30. Most probably fall between $15 and $30, but I am not sure. The point is most people look for wines to buy in that price range, or they simply can only afford that. Here in San Francisco we have some higher end supermarkets like Andronicos (now owned by Safeway for those who are from CA) or Molly Stone, or even Trader Joes have a very big selection of wines. So I can only speak for San Francisco.
I was recently at a wine tasting hosted by MW Frank Roeder and Château de Beaucastel had a wonderful selection, including their 2019 Châteauneuf-du-Pape. ❤
That's very interesting. But I suggest to taste some Georgian wine product, because there are some mysterious and almost gone species of grapes... I tell u just one, name is ,,Usakhelouri"...
Double Diamond was first because it’s a cab and in the US cabs sell.
A "decadent tasting" for sure. I'm jealous. Enjoy and thanks for sharing! 🍷
Konstantin, a very nice tasting video as always. I really appreciate that you score these wines and the Petrus last week. It helps to have a more clear view about what to expect frome these wines.
I visited Beaucastel in 1997, just after finishing studies and started tasting wine. Great memories from the region, including Gigondas and Tavel.
It's time to retaste Beaucastel. Luckily I can find it at € 80 here in the neighbourhood of Brussels. That's about the maximum I would spend on a bottle of wine. I prefer to taste 2 or 3 very good wines around € 25 - € 30. Exceptionally I'll try this Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Apparently the family Perrin is also making other wines: Côtes du Rhône Réserve, Cairanne Peyre Blanche, Vinsobres Les Cornuds, Vacqueyras Les Christins and Gigondas La Gille. I think I will try these to.
The tasting of Château Talbot reminds me that I must try the 1994 Talbot that I inherited.
By the way, never understood why they named the grape "Petit Verre d'Eau" as "small glass of water".
Helloe Phillipe, It is actually petit verdot meaning little green one which is due to its late ripening! Visiting the rhone region next year as an Erasmus student in Lyon very much looking forward to it. Also looking to live in brussels in the future perhaps
I know Raymond, it was a joke 😀
When he hits the camera with the cork! 👌
Let's all get Konstantin 100k subs! He deserves that!
Hey Constantine, how come you don't use something like a Coravin to taste some of these wines that definitely might not be ready to drink. Would it affect the taste?
I was thinking the same thing. I'm a huge fan of both Beaucastel and Tig. As a rule both need about 10 years to really shine. I regularly use a Coravin on wines I'm not familiar with and can't say enough about how well it works to get a sample but also preserve the integrity of the cork.
Hey Constantine. Would love to see you rate wine publications. WS vs. WE vs. Decanter, etc. Thanks for all the videos
Marchesi Antinori Tignanello is my special go to vino since I discovered it in 1996 while living in Italy.
This is amazing! Thanks for your content
Very interesting video Konstantin! Are there other wine magazines or even blogs that you can recommend more?
Super excited to see you review Beaucastel! I love many Perrin wines and have taken to putting a bottle of the Chateau Neuf du Pape away once every 6 months(it's very expensive in Canada) for special occasions. I also love the wine they make from literally just across the road from the CNdP vineyard that costs 40% as much, the Coudoulet de Beaucastel.
Beaucastel is so fucking nice, had occasion to try the 2015 vintage I sold at my workplace and was fantastic, the smoothest cdp I had tasted in my life…
Sad story of the same night I sold at the same table a bottle of opus one 1980 but unfortunately both bottle I had were corked so the guest shifted on the beaucastel
Great video as usual Konstantin, always interesting to get an independent testing of these great wines. Keep up the good work :)
Love your comment about value at the end of the video. While I was somewhat interested in the top 10, I know it's highly unlikely I'll ever taste any of them as they're all too expensive for me.
Niceeee, a lot of times in the US market these wines shoot up in price after a top ten cameo… I wonder if it will be the same with Talbot which always overdelivers in price. It is larger in production than something like the HdV, I’m interested to see how the market dynamics work…
My local wine store only has the 2018 at $68. I can’t find the 2019 anywhere local and don’t want to pay for shipping either. I’ll probably bite the bullet and get the 2018. The wine searcher average is identical and 2018 is a good vintage.
@@Str1fe52018 also fine vintage IMO and the wines drink nice young. It will be similar IMO
Loving the new series, Konstantin. Keep up em coming! Swallowing them faster than my expensive wines :D
You continue to provide excellent content. I look forward to your next one.
You made me want to invest in cases of the St Julien!
Great video as usual .
It would be interesting to see a video about (red) wines from Galicia, Bierzo, Ribeira Sacra etc from modern Spanish producers like Raul Perez.
Really exciting wines coming from there.
Yes, to Raúl Pérez!
Also try a wine from Suertes del Marqués (D.O. Valle de la Orotava). The 7 Fuentes was possibly the most unique wine I've ever tried from Spain.
I saw this Beaucastel on Christmas discount, like 80 Euro, still didn't go for it, went for a discounted La Nerthe instead (as a wine sample for my studies) for half that price. 120 USD is crazy!
Seeing a Tignanello on the thumbnail I knew it was about to be a very good video 👍
Nice to see your alignment with WS’s top selections for the year, since I like you both. I wish you had tasted the winning wine’s proper vintage, as even here in California there are variances from year to year. Thanks for your varied presentations and keep up the good work.
I appreciate your very thoughtful and descriptive reviews. I look forward to more content to come!
Talbot for me, thank you
Nice video! Interesting,too. I completely agree wtr to HdV, Tignanello and Talbot.
I took the mentioning of Talbot and opened, when the list came out, a 1995, a single bottle I almost had forgotten about in my cellar. Man, what a surprise! A wonderful wine! So I completely agree, put the Talbot from the list/ in your tasting away for a decade or more and then have a lot of fun!
Nice. Ordered a 12 bottle crate of Talbot in 2021 and did not open the test bottle yet. 2019 was for me the first year i bought as subscriptions, and since i just started my cellar and since this is supposed to age, i bought a lot to make sure enough survive my thirst that long (ordered plenty in 2020, some unfortunately a bit later or even 2021 when prices already rose quite a bit - talbot was among the late buys, and brane cantenac too). Already did a 2019 bdx tasting with some colleagues and 10 different wines to taste, but didnt bother to commit infanticide on the more expensive ones. The tasting included Clos manou, Sociando-Mallet, Meyney, Lafon-Rochet, Haut-Bages Liberal, Gloria, Saing-Pierre (st.julien), Ferrière, de Fieuzal and Lassègue - funnily enough, while there were differences in the preferences in the middle part of the field, all 7 of us put Ferrière 1st and Lassègue last (However, I am also just not a right-bank guy). Regarding the other ones, many liked the Clos manou (which did extremely well considering that it was clearly the cheapest wine in the lineup) and the two wines from St. Julien (Saint-Pierre was the most expensive wine in the tasting, Gloria is also a good budget choice).
Konstantin, my wife and I enjoy your channel and your sense of humor. I see that you taste wines from all over the world, however, I've not seen you speak to Canadian wines...yes even in Canada! I'm sure that you are aware of two notable wine regions being Kelowna BC and Niagara, ON, (I'm in Niagara)....would you consider doing a piece on these regions...Kelowna, is not too far from Washington State which you have done. Thanks,
Just for the record about the Double Diamond CabSav:
The Double Diamond CabSav 2018 was actually really rated 91 by Wine Spectator and did not make it into the Top 100 chart.
So you were kind of spot on.
You need to try the 2019 I guess to see that it might will really be 94 and more interesting and exciting than the 2018.
Nice run-through but I would have gladly have waited a couple of days to learn how the wines developed over those next days …
Still have a Beaucastel 16er in the basement, wonderful wine. Additionally, I love the white Beaucastel btw, equally amazing.
Great content as usual
What do you think of Decanter, they use a three critic pannel to blind taste wines and come to a consensus of the score. As a result the scores a lower like wine spectator and they have less reviews overall but I feel like there reviews are just as accurate if not more. I do appreciate critics that blind taste test. Do you know of a good solo critics who blind taste?
Keep up the great work I was subbed since you were around 5K or so
Hey Konstantin, great video as always. I was wondering for how long you keep those opened bottles after a tasting?
I had the 2019 Double Diamond and was later a bit surprised about WS selection. It is certainly very good, but is not up there yet.
Thanks for this rating! Will definitively go taste the Talbot down the line ^_^
thank you for sharing your knowledge , found your channel by chance
Konstantin, Greetings. I really love your channel, I am learning a great deal, so thank you. I have one suggestion.
When you are rating or discussing a wine, would you please show it printed on the screen for a while, with all of the info, name, vineyard, rating and cost. It is very hard to see the labels when you hold them up to the screen. I have to keep pausing and rewinding to try to get the info. Sometimes you also forget to give the pricing, or exactly the same info as you have given on the other wines. A very friendly suggestion!!!
Tomorrow I am going to a wine tasting of the 2020 Bordeaux releases, I’m very excited. Wish you were here in Chicago!!! All the best, I’m so happy that I found your channel on TH-cam!!! Please “STAY THIRSTY”, LOL!!!
Rich
What an insightful little review. I did notice the wine you sample in this video is, however, rather cheap! 💯
Hey, love your videos. I was wondering if you’d consider making a video about your preferred technical wine books, wine guides and novels linked to wine. Cheers from Australia.
Just a week a ago drink 2019, it make you feel that still young need to wait less 2 year to realize the expactation.
WS - I call it 'Spectorisation'. I much prefer Decanter for honesty, and frankly, anyone not paid for by corporate owned vineyards! Anyhow, an entertaining video Sir, and I appreciate your honest and frank opinions (as it should be.)
Great tasting! 2019 Bdx offers great values. Talbot is one. Grand Puy Ducasse... try it. Poujeaux... so good. Yes, Bdx is superb.
Excellent review Konstantin and you raise the obvious caveats. A magazine reviewing wine from sellers that advertise on it and ton of US wine. US and French wine - oh dear. Is this where we are in 2022/23? How on earth do we even select 'The Best'? It's an obsolete concept. Ridiculously expensive wine too without any concession to value as well. Very fair point scoring from you and appreciate your input about the Spectator choices but the 'Top' concept is so out of touch today.
Hi! Ich habe deinen Kanal erst heute entdeckt. Ich bin in einer Weinregion aufgewachsen (Baden-Württemberg). Jedes Jahr gibt es in meinem Dorf ein Kelterfest. Ich liebe Wein sehr, vor allem Rioja. Mit einem guten Serranoschinken ist das für mich ein Hochgenuss. Ich hoffe, noch mehr interessante Videos von dir zu sehen. Ich würde gerne wissen, was du vom Rioja hältst. Ich habe ihn vor zehn Jahren immer für vier Euro gekauft. Das ist nicht pricy, aber der Geschmack ist herrlich. Liebe Grüße aus den Philippinen
Well you're on 98.1 k so I'm confident you'll get there! These wines certainly are a bit pricey for most domestic buyers, but it's interesting to see how they shape up.. The major supermarkets do have some very skilled buyers.. I for one picked up a bottle of Vina Maipo Chilean Merlot the other day on offer at Sainsbury's for under a fiver, which is as cheap as chips (quite LITERALLY 🤣) and I thought it represented outstanding value for money, fruity but with enough tannin to hold flavour. Most people probably would like to see you do more reviews of wine in the cheaper brackets, but I can only speak for myself.. A most enjoyable review all the same! 🌟👍🍷
I just had the double dimond 2019 that won ($200) and the day before i had silver oak 2017 ($99). The silver oak was considerably better.
More interesting and informative than the magazine. I've read their guidelines for their blind tastings, but wonder how certain champagnes always get the same or similar number. I'm willing to bet I could trick their tasters in a blind tasting. RP said he could remember every wine he ever tasted, but when asked to name 5 in a blind tasting......he got them all wrong! De gustibus non est disputandum.
On the top 10 wines of 2014, there were 3 Portuguese wines there. Since there isn't a lot of content out there on premium Portuguese wine, if you get the chance to review one those, that would be amazing. (Quinta do Vale Meao for example)
Great content as always, thanks!
we need a cellar tour video asap!!!
Agreed! I was going to bring this up, so I’m glad someone else did! I am very interested in your cellar! Is it underground? How is the climate controlled? What is the story behind the sword and knife behind you? As an electrician, I’m even interested in the little lamp up on the shelf! Please give us a tour!
Nicely done! Fresh, structured, and just a bit edgy!
Yes, QPR in WS is more for the elites than the hoi-polloi! And the conflict with advertisers is an issue unresolved like the tannin in a 2019 Talbot.
Keeping it real and for the wine lover that can only occasionally reach for a $50 bottle of wine.
Thanks for sharing this amazing experience 🙏
ich gebe dem 2018 double diamond auch 91, aber der 2019er ist wirklich outstanding. 18 war schwierig mit viele hitze und auch feuer in napa, gerade die jungen weingärten von to kalon sind da anfällig dafür, hier hat sich der 19er natürlich in perfekten konditionen entwickeln können. aber generell sind alle 10 weine gut, ich liebe ja den sauvignon blanc von greywacke!!
Great video and commentary. Thank you!
Random suggestion to get over the hangover of the Double Diamond disappointment - Chateau Montelena Cabernet. Similar price, very different AVA (Calistoga), but to my palate it was the best thing I tasted from California last year. Thanks for your thoughts on these very popular "grail" wines.
There is a reason why Tignanello is the standard red wine on board of Vistajet transporting the rich and picky folks.😅
This gets my mind off of this off course World. I may sign on to do a weekly wine tasting.
like Utube show
As a budding wine enthusiast on a budget, I would be curious to know what you think the best bottles in the 30-60 dollar price range are. It’s become a bit of a game for me to try and find a decent bottle for the best price.
My experience with Ch. Beaucastel is that it tastes very different young than it does with 10-15 years of bottle age. Very few wines go through such an extreme transformation, IMO. I actually don’t care for it much when it is young-often too much prune and raisin in the fruit. But well-aged Beaucastel is always beautiful! I just tried the 2019 Tignanello, and it was wonderful IMO, significantly better than the 2004 vintage I had many years ago.
Just got me some Talbot, now i have to wait for it to age 😭
Great concept as always. Given that many of us rely on ratings to help with buy decisions, it’s great you take an unbiased look at them. Suggestion: I’ve been looking at wines where there is a major diversion in scores by WS and WE, the two major raters in the US. I think something could be learned by you tasting some of those wines. Thanks as always for your great content.
WS mentioned choosing the Double Diamond partially for QPR.
As always, a great video and commentary. If you haven't done so already, it would be great to compare and contrast against it's Tuscan peers from a common vintage.
congratulations on passing the 100K sub ;)
Servus Konstantin, am besten is immer noch dein Keller😀👋
I love what ur teaching me.
If I may suggest you should systematically give the price of each wine. Great channel, keep up the good work.
I'd be interested to see the top rated 5 wines in their list that are sub $50/€50. I really enjoy your reviews but I'd like to see more wines that I can bring myself to drink with less than 10 years of cellaring.
I have an idea for a video. If you're up for it drink a wine from the winning team of the FIFA world cup. Hope it's Croacia.
Nice episode as always
Just out of curiosity, do you have a favorite wine magazine? I really don't like WS, like you said it is more about lifestyle than Wine (with tons of ads)
Excellent review! You mentioned trying these wines over the next few days. How are you storing them to do this? Do you use just a cork, argon gas? Cheers!
Great video. May I recommend a foil cutter as they are very effective and inexpensive. Merry Christmas.
I'm always impressed with your videos! I noticed as you pour your wines, wonder if you know of the first in bottle aerator, KWÄF which is just now coming out in the US market. With your incredible wine testing expertise, I would like to have your evaluation of this new product! I have just tried it and I'm astonished!🍷
Super ironically I am drinking that bottle of Double Diamond as I watch this. I'm opening a 1999 beerenauslese later!
FWIW I believe if you look at Wine Enthusiast top 100 wines they are geared more towards value driven wines. Lots of affordable options. Spectator focuses more on premium wines that are widely distributed, which recently seems to be more and more American wines. WS do have some good value options, but never in their top 10, usually they are littered throughout the top 100.
I know Suckling is not a popular guy in online wine communities, but having one of his editors based in Germany you do see a lot of good German and Austrian wines represented in his top 100.
They used to say “if you want to make a small fortune simply buy a California Vineyard with a large fortune”
A very happy new year to you too. I do not know if I have missed out on your presentations but have you done anything in or about the Priorat wine region?
Thanks for another great video! Is there a reason why you open all these bottles instead of using a cora vin? It definitively looks more fun to watch you pop those bottles open but then again, these were pretty nice wines so I was curious. Now i have to taste some of these wines, booo!
Excellent video my friend.
Not a shabby day at the Master’s cellar!!