Which wine figure past or present would you have liked to have dinner with?

WINE TALK
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hangover guaranteed

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He died in 1973, so that would make you, um, mature and well inside your tertiary phase, right? [wow.gif]

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Abraham Izak Perold - the creator of the Pinotage grape.

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I had dinner with him well after that (1980’ish). Not one on one, unfortunately. He died in the late '80’s, as I recall. Fascinating man

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Oh shoot, you are right. Doh. 1973 was “that” other momentous year, lol.

Wasn’t thinking quickly enough, which ain’t anything new.

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Justin Smith, here about my favourite wine

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I could easily say Bacchus…God of Wine…but hell…I would REALLY like to hang and pound a few with Manfred!!

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I can’t decide between Émile Peynaud and André Tchelistcheff, so I’d invite them both, and ask that they bring one bottle each.

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JH and RP when they were just drinking wine. I’d pour them thin and acidic wine before the IPOB mvmt was conceived and stop it before it starts… But then again I hate ‘food’ wines too much to not have a Machiavellian angle on this…

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Martin Ray…

TTT

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Orson Welles.

Phil Jones
Portland, OR

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Len Evans.

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Mario Soldati, hands down.

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Henri Bonneau without a doubt. I’m so upset I never got to meet him before he passed.

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I came to post this and you beat me to it [wow.gif]

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Frank Schoonmaker

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Very interesting question.
I would invite :

  • Prince de Conti who bought the land which is now Romanée Conti for his own consumption
  • Mr Duvault Blochet who bought Romanée Conti in mid 19th century
  • Aimé Salon, who bought the land which became champagne Salon, just for his own consumption

To discuss with the three about the reasons of their buy would be exciting.

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That would be very cool indeed.

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Jancis

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“Dude, stop with the sermons. Stop being so ‘holier than thou.’ Seriously, you’re bringing down the room.”