I have a friend who turned 70 last year and used to buy Petrus by the case from 1964-1979 until it "became unreasonably expensive" in 1980 for $35/bottle.

But...his favorite place to drink it...With a hot dog, or cheeseburger at the old Doggie Diner in San Francisco.

And...I have to admit...he and I have had quite a few bottles of Petrus with either a Chicken Burrito or a Cheeseburger.

Some people say "fine wine, simple food; fine cuisine, easy wine."

I just ate at the Palms in San Diego for a work function and it was probably the worst NY steak I have ever had (excluding the time I neglected the BBQ and burned it). My buddy was pumping me up about the food and it was a bummer (really dry with little flavor).

I made up for it by having the vendor that took us to dinner buy a 2001 Mouton Rothschild and a 2003 Leoville Barton. They decanted the wines for an hour while we all conversed. Both were very, very young, but I did not have to pull out my wallet! If I could have only got them “to go”.

The funniest thing about this thread is that the article link from the front page of winespectator.com leads you to think that people in this thread would be trying to figure out what the actual bottle in the picture would be. What a surprise that that is nowhere near the case. (sarcasm intended)