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Underground Wine Letter Retrospective Issues

Every couple months we’ll be making a new retrospective issue available for download on our website — every time a new issue is released, we’ll feature it on the home page, plus archive all of the issues here for easy access. In addition to making the old issues available, we’ll also be writing a couple articles commenting on our thoughts from 30 years ago. The first, called the “Underground Retrospective”, acts as an introduction to each issue, and the second, called the “Retrospective Review”, provides commentary on the conclusions we made in the original issue.

August/September 1979 (Vol 1.1) Download PDF Retrospective Review

In This Issue: One Winedrinker’s Opinion, Old Pinot Noir vs. Burgundy,  California Pinor Noirs: Select Wines from Recent Vintages, 1975 Bordeaux, Coming Attractions

October/November 1979 (Vol 1.2) Download PDF Retrospective Review

In This Issue: 1976-78 California Chardonnays, Wine Bargains, Coming Attractions

December 1979/January 1980 (Vol 1.3) Download PDF Retrospective Review

In This Issue: Woes of a Burgundy Drinker, Champagne, The Domaine de la Romanee-Conti

February/March 1980 (Vol 1.4) Download PDF Retrospective Review

In This Issue: Why The “Underground” Wineletter?, 1976 Bordeaux, Domestic Gewurtztraminers, More Chardonnay, Coming Attractions

April/May 1980 (Vol 1.5) Download PDF Retrospective Review

In This Issue: California Wines: Availability and Price, 1974 California Cabernet Sauvignons, Currently Available Zinfandels, Winelovers Need a Screwpull, Coming Attractions

Miscellaneous Notes

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