"1995 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet - Shiraz - good nose with some slight
Bordeaux elements but also mint, medium body, almost elegant, good
length. Hey - I can put up the 90, 92, 93, 94, and 95 - anyone
want to continue the run and do a vertical tasting?"

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I live much too far from you to consider a vertical tasting, but I did
search my wine list and found a single bottle of 1989 Penfold's Bin 389
Cabernet - Shiraz. I was wonderng if you have tasted this wine in the
last few years.

Your experience with the wine bottles adds new meaning to "down under".
There was a recent case in which a man had a huge collection of books
and papers that completely filled his apartment. There was a collapse,
and he was buried under a mass of books and papers and could not get
out. His landlord finally heard his calls for help, and he was rescued.
This story was carried by newspapers and TV stations all over the US.
Now I can only imagine what the press would do if you had a cell phone
with you and had called for emergency help. That story would make
headlines around the world. "Prominent Canadian Attorney Buried Under
Wine Bottles. Fire Department Responds And Digs Him Out Unharmed".