for the rest of your life, you may only drink the wines of one producer and one producer only. Choose carefully, as you can never change your choice (which isn't such a great problem for an old fart like myself whose taste buds are half fried anyway).

I choose:
Peter Michael - Great chards and Sauvignon Blancs, a fine PN (Le Moulin Rouge), and an excellent red Bdx in Les Pavots. So the Rhone is missing, and maybe no Resiling, and of course no sparkler, and no sweetie, and well, ok, I'm reserve the right to change my mind, but that's allowed beacuse, well, it's my thread, so I can. But your choice is final, so choose wisely......

DRC is the only possible choice for me.

DRC, Chapoutier, and Quintarelli are the three that come to mind, but I would probably have to say DRC.

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Originally posted by Board-O:
DRC is the only possible choice for me.

That was a quick answer.

Guigal will work.

Perrin - broad and deep, and affordable.

DRC if price is no object. More realistically, Larkmead - diversity, consistency, value.

Sine Qua Non: simply some of the most inspiring wines I've ever tasted, still represents a healthy variety of wines (white blends, rose, luxurious reds (Syrah and Grenache right now), and killer stickies... not to mention that they're more consistently high-quality and much more affordable than DRC.

I don't understand some of you people. You'd rather drink SQN, Perrin, or Guigal than Romanee-Conti, La Tache, Richebourg, Romanee-St. Vivant, Echezaux, Grands Echezaux, or the DRC Montrachet?

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Originally posted by Board-O:
I don't understand some of you people. You'd rather drink SQN, Perrin, or Guigal than Romanee-Conti, La Tache, Richebourg, Romanee-St. Vivant, Echezaux, Grands Echezaux, or the DRC Montrachet?

Yes. If it meant all I could drink forever is pinot or white burg.

I'll go with Robert Foley:
Pinot Blanc
Petite Sirah
Merlot
Claret
Howell Mtn Cab
Charbono

How is the New World Order helping out with supply and pricing? Sounds like Board-O might be limiting himself to one bottle/month if he picks DRC.

Offhand I can't think of any winery who makes a decent sparkler *and* a sticky (d'Arenberg perhaps?) so I'd probably have to say Diageo or LVMH.

I'm with Board-O on that one. I would not mind a second to drink DRC for the rest of my life.
If price was not an issue, I'd go for DRC a well.

Definitely Yellow Tail.

Did you know they make a shiraz, a merlot, a cab, a pinot, a cab-merlot, a shiraz-cab, a shiraz-grenache, a chard, a riesling, a pinot grigio and a rose? Plus they make a sparking, and you can add that to any of them and you a variety of bubbly (rose or blanc), and just add sugar and you have your dessert wine. I mean, I defy anyone to come up with a producer with more variety!

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Originally posted by Golf&Pinot Nut:
How is the New World Order helping out with supply and pricing? Sounds like Board-O might be limiting himself to one bottle/month if he picks DRC.

Hey, pricing wasn't included in the question! I'd be down to one bottle a year if it was.

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Originally posted by Dionysis:
Definitely Yellow Tail.

Did you know they make a shiraz, a merlot, a cab, a pinot, a cab-merlot, a shiraz-cab, a shiraz-grenache, a chard, a riesling, a pinot grigio and a rose? Plus they make a sparking, and you can add that to any of them and you a variety of bubbly (rose or blanc), and just add sugar and you have your dessert wine. I mean, I defy anyone to come up with a producer with more variety!

Don't forget Mollydooker....

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I don't understand some of you people. You'd rather drink SQN, Perrin, or Guigal than Romanee-Conti, La Tache, Richebourg, Romanee-St. Vivant, Echezaux, Grands Echezaux, or the DRC Montrachet?

That's because we can't afford DRC and never have tried the stuff.

I can't afford it anymore, or at least my wife would slit my throat if I bought it now. I've never had the DRC Montrachet, but I'd be content if that were my only white wine, as long as I didn't have to pay for it.

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DRC is the only possible choice for me.

I'll second that.

Let's think about this! You can only buy from one producer, forever??!!----Well, if I have to actually pay for the wines, I wouldn't have the opportunity to be drinking very often, especially the wines from Sir Peter, or DRC-----

I would have to choose a producer based on variety and price; probably Joseph Phelps, Beringer, KJ, or Mondavi, which would cover Pinot, CdP, Cabs, Bordeaux, Syrah, and all the whites & etc. Surely not the quality, but I've got the quantity covered.

Chateau Ste. Michelle
Not the best in the world, certainly, but a huge, huge variety. It would be hard to become bored.

Pride

The Director - NWO here, price is of no concern. You will receive a full lifetime entitlement of the producer of your choice.

But, DRC for the rest of your natural born life?? (Did I mention in the NWO the average life span is over 200 years?).

What if, God forbid, you get tired of La Tache, Richebourg, Romannee Conti, etc. Never another Rhone? Bordeaux? What about a nice Reisling? A sticky? Never another tiny bubble? A tawny?

Someone said d'Arenberg. That's a good one. What about Penfolds though.

Reds, Grange, RWT, Bin 707, St. Henri, Bin 60, Bin 42, GSMs, even a pinot noir; whites Yattarna Chardonnay, Reisling reserves, Semillion;
some fine tawnys and ports.

dang, no Champagne

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Originally posted by dr.darkrichandbold:

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DRC is the only possible choice for me.

I'll second that.

If I may, how about a third.