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How To Sell Vintage Wine ??
In article >, says...
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>Hunt: My guess is that your right about Mondavi, I think when he opened up
>it may have fume blanc, chenin blanc & gamay rose as he first commercial
>releases. I have a wine guide to California that mentions some of the wines
>of the 60s. It was a paperback by Signet, I also have a book by Bob Thomson
>from the early 70's coffee table style that dealt with the first wave I
>remember Yverdon and Cuvaison was in it. If i'm not mistaken 75 was
>Mondavi's first cab Reserve--although the 1970 came in Unfiltered & Unfined.
>71 & 72 were so years and people like Chapallet made good 73s but 1974 was a
>break out year. I thought 70 was the better vintage. When I visited
>California, I'd hit all the wineshops & built a nice stock of cabs from
>66-74 for tastings, other than Diamond Creek, I had about everybody worth
>having. The best wine in those tastings was the 70 BV, then three wines from
>Milton Eisele were terrific; the 1971 Ridge Eisele, the 1974 Conn Creek
>(made by a bankrupt Lyndhurst) and a wine made for Mr Eisele in 1971 by
>Norman Mini who was employed by Mondavi. Starting 1975 Phelps had the
>Eisele until it went to Arrujo. Mini made Eisele wine for their household
>until his death in 1975 or 76. A small winery in Berkeley, Travis Fretter
>then made Mr Eisele's wine as as his own cab. Eisele was a Kaiser exec and
>Fretter a typical laid back "hippie" yet side by side Fretter's Eisele did
>well not as good as the Mini or Phelps bottling. Fretter did sell some
>Eisele cab commercially with a Napa Valley designation.
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>More then you ever wanted to know............
>"Hunt" > wrote in message
Never! Your mention of the Eislie and Phelps, made be take a look in the
cellar. I still have a few of those from the end of that era, plus some older
Backus/Phelps. I see that he's back with Backus fruit, but I have not tried
the newer ones. Thanks for the info.
Hunt
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