By: Eric Z.

Eric Z. — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:52:12 +0000

Also check out Hart Davis Hart – they have auctions in Chicago as well. Also Kensington’s in Chicago hosted a few tastings, but those were in 2004 or so.
I made the same discovery you did about four years ago – I was googling ‘marcassin’ and came across an upcoming Edward Roberts International tasting where a 1995 Marcassin chardonnay was poured. That tasting was one of the best wine days of my life: tasting first growths for the first time; tasting a 1955 La Tour; watching two guys swirling, one says to the other “How is it?” and the other shrugs and says “It’s Haut-Brion”; tasting Kistler and Marcassin chards.
As you wrote, it’s an extrordinary opportunity to taste wines that are the benchmark of their varietal, and to discover your own personal preferences as well.
I’m out in northern California this week and going to the Edward Roberts tasting tomorrow morning…

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