Slate: My quest for a $700 bottle of wine
Slate: My quest for a $700 bottle of wine
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Slate: My quest for a $700 bottle of wine
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Post #1 - January 30th, 2007, 11:58 amMike Steinberger tells the tale of his two encounters with the 1996 Coche-Dury Corton-Charlemagne:
My father took a sniff of his glass, and he immediately registered a look of shock that called to mind the expression on Michael Spinks' face when Mike Tyson first landed a glove on him in their 1988 title fight. Unlike Spinks, however, my father managed to remain upright. I took a sip of the wine and quickly pronounced the same verdict I had rendered 20 months earlier: "Holy shit."