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		<title>Retrospective Review: Volume II, Number 4 (February-March, 1981)</title>
		<link>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2012/03/retrospective-review-volume-ii-number-4-february-march-1981/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Tilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1975 Vintage Port]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1976 Heitz Cellars Bella Oaks Vineyards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1978 Diamond Creek Vineyards Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1978 Francois Jobard Meursault Porizot]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Francois Jobard Meursault Genevrieres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G. Barthod Noellat Chambolle-Musigny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georges Lignier Clos de la Roche]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[History of Diamond Creek Vineyards and Lake Cabernet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is there such a thing as great wine?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madame Pierre Gelin Chambertin Clos de Béze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelot Garnier Meursault Perrieres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remoissenet Batard Montrachet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandeman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taylor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; We are currently reproducing a copy of Volume II, Number 4 of The Underground Wineletter. Below you’ll find an updated review of each article, where I will go over what we got right and what we got wrong. We will follow this format with each successive issue. So Volume II, Number 5 will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retrospective Review: Volume II, Number 3 (December-January, 1981)</title>
		<link>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2011/11/retrospective-review-volume-ii-number-3-december-january-1981/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ltilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently reproducing a copy of Volume II, Number 3 of The Underground Wineletter. Below you’ll find an updated review of each article, where I will go over what we got right and what we got wrong. We will follow this format with each successive issue. So Volume II, Number 4 will be coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retrospective Review:  Volume II, Number 2 (October-November, 1980)</title>
		<link>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2011/05/retrospective-review-volume-ii-number-2-october-november-1980/</link>
		<comments>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2011/05/retrospective-review-volume-ii-number-2-october-november-1980/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 18:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Tilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1976 Cabernet Sauvignon HMR “Hoffman Vineyard”]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1976 Cabernet Sauvignons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1976 Diamond Creek Gravelly Meadow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1976 Diamond Creek Vineyards Red Rock Terrace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1976 Diamond Creek Vineyards Volcanic Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1976 Joseph Phelps “Insignia”.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1978 Calera Pinot Noirs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1978 Domaine Leflaive Batard-Montrachet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1978 Domaine Leflaive Bienevenues-Batard-Montrachet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1978 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1978 Louis Jadot Chevalier-Montrachet “Les Demoiselles”]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1978 Louis Jadot Corton-Charlemagne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1978 Louis Jadot Montrachet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1978 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1978 Marc Colin Montrachet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1978 Mt. Eden Vineyards Chardonnay Estate Bottled]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1978 White Burgundies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1979 Kistler California Chardonnay Dutton Ranch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bordeaux Price Index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Old Wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Chardonnays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kistler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently reproducing a copy of Volume II, Number 2 of The Underground Wineletter. Below you’ll find an updated review of each article, where I will go over what we got right and what we got wrong. We will follow this format with each successive issue. So Volume II, Number 3 will be coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retrospective Review:  Volume II, Number 1 (August-September, 1980)</title>
		<link>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2011/03/retrospective-review-volume-ii-number-1-august-september-1980/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Tilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1928 and 1929 Bordeaux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1976 California Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1978 White Burgundy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bachelet Ramonet Chassagne Montrachet Les Ruchottes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonneau du Martray Corton Charlemagne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calon Segur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheval Blanc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delagrange Bachelet Criots Batard Montrachet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diamond Creek Gravelly Meadow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drouhin Montrachet Marquis de Laguiche]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Gaffeliere Naudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Mission Haut Brion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leoville Las Cases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louis Latour Batard Montrachet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelot-Garnier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mouton Rothschild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petrus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramonet Chassagne Montrachet Les Ruchottes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Cruz Mountains wine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently reproducing a copy of Volume II, Number 1 of The Underground Wineletter. Below you’ll find an updated review of each article, where I will go over what we got right and what we got wrong. We will follow this format with each successive issue.]]></description>
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		<title>Retrospective Review: Volume 1, Number 6 (June-July, 1980)</title>
		<link>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2010/10/retrospective-review-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2010/10/retrospective-review-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Tilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Brounstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonneau du Martray Corton Charlemagne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caymus Special Selection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Bruce Chardonnay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diamond Creek Gravelly Meadow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diamond Creek Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diamond Creek Red Rock Terrace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diamond Creek Volcanic Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drouhin Marquis de Laguiche Montrachet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heitz Cabernet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMR Cabernet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph Phelps Eisele Vineyard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph Phelps Insignia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lafleur Petrus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leflaive Bienvenues Batard Montrachet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pendleton Chardonnay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plumpjack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quail Ridge Chardonnay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ritchie Creek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Cask 23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Winiarski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zaca Mesa Chardonnay]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With Volume I, Number 6 in June-July 1980, we ended our first year of publication.  My lead editorial was a glimpse of things to come and was titled “It’s Our Anniversary! But The Best Is Yet To Come!”  In it I talked about the launch of our barrels and bottles feature which would review wines in barrel and bottle before they were released for sale.  The idea which was to prove to be the wave of the future was “to evaluate some of the best wines before they begin their way through the retail trade.”  I stated our intention to focus on fine wines exclusively – Chardonnay, Cabernet both old and new and other California wines such as Pinot Noir, Zinfandel and Gewurztraminer, and also Vintage Ports.  And French wines, 1978 Burgundies, 1978 Bordeaux and Sauternes, plus older Bordeaux vintage reviews 1970, 1966, 1961, 1928 and 1929 and a review of Chateau Petrus from 1920-1976.  These reviews of older vintages were timely because the older wines were readily available at auctions in England and then through wine merchants in Europe and the U.S.  And, it is important to remember, that this was before the plague of wine fraud was to rear its ugly head!

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		<title>Retrospective Review: Volume I, Number 5 (April-May, 1980)</title>
		<link>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2010/08/retrospective-review-vol-i-5-april-may-1980/</link>
		<comments>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2010/08/retrospective-review-vol-i-5-april-may-1980/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Tilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently reproducing a copy of the fifth issue of The Underground Wineletter. Below you’ll find an updated review of each article, where I will go over what we got right and what we got wrong. We will follow this format with each successive issue. So Volume I, Number 6 will be coming next. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retrospective Review: Volume I, Number 4 (February-March, 1980)</title>
		<link>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2010/06/retrospective-review-february-march-1980/</link>
		<comments>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2010/06/retrospective-review-february-march-1980/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Tilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1976 Bordeaux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Chardonnay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gewurztraminer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Mission Haut Brion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lafite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaux]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Volume I, Number 4, February-March 1980, we began with why the “Underground Wineletter?  Are We Terrorists?”  In this edition I wrote why we began the wineletter, what we set as objectives and our approach.  Then, as now, our interest is in drinking wine and reporting on it’s merits as objectively as possible.  We expect criticism, especially when our comments may be unfavorable.  But, our only objective is to offer opinion that is constructive and in the end everyone – producer, distributor, retailer and consumer – should benefit.  The “Underground” reflects our commitment to be as free from outside influence as possible.  As we said then:  “This is our battle.”  Not exactly the stuff to satisfy Genghis Khan, but we think Thomas Jefferson would approve.  And, far away in some remote and well-stocked, sub-celestial cellar, Bacchus smiles, nods approvingly and proclaims “Finally on earth, The Underground Wineletter, Veni, Vidi, Vici.”]]></description>
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		<title>Retrospective Review Volume I, Number 3 (December-January 1979-1980)</title>
		<link>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2010/04/retrospective-review-volume-i-number-3-december-january-1979-1980/</link>
		<comments>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2010/04/retrospective-review-volume-i-number-3-december-january-1979-1980/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Tilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1968]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1969]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1970]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1970 Pomerols]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1971]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1971 Romanee Conti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1975 Chateau d'Yquem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonneau du Martray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Champagne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DRC Montrachet from 1965]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drouhin Montrachet Marquis de Laguiche]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dujac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feytit Clinet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Krug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[L'Evangile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Fleur Petrus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Pointe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latour Pomerol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moreau Blanc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petrus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pol Roger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red and white burgundy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taittinger Comtes de Champagne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trotanoy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine storage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this our third issue, Edward Lazarus kicked off with “Woes of a Burgundy Drinker” speaking to the fact that back then a lot of wine was spoiled by excessive heat either in transit or after arrival when many wines were stored in unrefrigerated warehouses.  In Southern California, there are many weeks each year when temperatures range between 80-100 degrees.  Northern California is generally cooler, but even so, temperatures can reach the same highs.  This is disaster for wine storage – particularly Burgundy.  Burgundies, both red and white, are among the wines most sensitive to excessive heat.

 

And, 30-40 years ago, many, if not most, wine storage facilities used by wholesalers and distributors were not refrigerated.  So true to our mission we were straightforward with our call “must consumers deal with spoiled wines as well?”  Today things have changed as now wines are transported in a temperature-controlled environment to their destination , which is temperature-controlled as well.  We’ve made progress and today, thankfully, spoiled wines are a rarity.]]></description>
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		<title>Retrospective Review: Volume I, Number 2 (October-November 1979)</title>
		<link>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2010/02/retrospective-review-volume-i-number-2-october-november-1979/</link>
		<comments>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/2010/02/retrospective-review-volume-i-number-2-october-november-1979/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Tilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[California Chardonnay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Long Vineyards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montrachet-like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mt. Eden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plumpjack]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[California Chardonnay

After taking California Pinot Noir in our first issue, we turned to California Chardonnay as the focus of our second issue.  But, unlike Pinot Noir, Chardonnay was already wildly popular as a generally fruity, oaky, easy-to-drink beverage.]]></description>
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		<title>Retrospective Review: Volume I, Number 1 (August-September 1979)</title>
		<link>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/1979/08/retrospective-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.undergroundwineletter.com/1979/08/retrospective-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 1979 14:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Tilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Retrospective Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bordeaux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Pinot Noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mt eden pinot noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[old burgundies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red burgundy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are reproducing here a copy of the first issue of The Underground Wineletter. Below you&#8217;ll find an updated review of each article, where I will go over what we got right and what we got wrong. We will follow this format with each successive issue. So Volume I, Number 2 will be coming next. [...]]]></description>
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