Good Grape Wine Company

April 24 2006

‘82 Bordeaux and a Large with extra Cheese

What does a Star Wars beer stein,  a Chianti glass and Nintendo have in common?

If we are to believe Kylie Thompson, Sommelier at NYC hot spot Fiamma, that’s how he drank his ‘82 Bordeaux--an ‘82 decanted into the stein, drunk in a Chianti glass while playing Nintendo. 

What’s real funny about this to me is not the Star Wars beer stein juxtaposed against the ‘82 Bordeaux--to me, its really the Nintendo reference.  I mean, nobody has played a Nintendo in about 6 years.  PS2 and XBox, man.  So, if this is a yarn by Mr. Thomspon he should make sure all of his details are straight for credibility. 

Fiamma’s wine list is here.

The above is from Details magazine, definitely an urban magazine for city scenesters, that hasa pedestrian one page article on the cover of their May issue thatscreams, "Everything You Know About Wine is Wrong."

Speaking of the ‘82, Parker is absolutely breathless on the ‘05 Bordeaux vintages, in his newsletter and this Decanter.com article:

But still he eulogises the ‘compelling greatness’ of the vintage inMargaux, Graves, Pomerol and St Emilion, and its consistency andharmony across the region. The Sauternes seem excellent too, althoughit’s too early to judge, and the dry whites have ‘crisp acidity as wellas serious weight, richness and texture’.

He also reinforces the point made by many critics that this is avintage for everyone. The top wines may be ‘stratospheric’ in price,but ‘there will be an ocean of very high quality wine available atreasonable prices.’

So, fortunately, while Mr. Thompson may have enjoyed his ‘82 with a great deal of irreverence, it appears that more of the good stuff will be available for him to quaff.

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