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From: ted@bcsaic.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Re: Saving 1980 French wines for 2001
Message-ID: <591@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 3-Jul-86 16:50:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: bcsaic.591
Posted: Thu Jul  3 16:50:44 1986
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Reply-To: ted@bcsaic.UUCP (ted jardine)
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In article <254@hdsvx1.UUCP> hoffman@hdsvx1.UUCP (Richard Hoffman) writes:
>My son was born in 1980; I would like to buy some wines for that year with
>the hopes of opening them at significant events later on his life (for
>instance, high school graduation, 21st birthday, etc.).  So far, I have
>acquired two:
>
>	Pommard 1er Cru ("Le Clos Blanc"), Domaine Marchard de Gramart
>
>	Chateau Malineau, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
>
>Are they worth saving?  More important, will I be able to save them?  We live 
>in a cellar-less house in Texas, where the best I can promise a bottle of wine
>is a place on the floor of a little used closet, where the temperature ranges
>between 70F and 80F most of the year.
>
>Is this a reasonable endeavor, or should I give it up and enjoy them now?
>Any tips will be greatly appreciated.

These wines will stand the aging process, but not at the temperatures you
indicate.  The optimum aging temperature is in the 50-55 degree F. range.
You might consider getting a small refrigerator, one that would hold just
a few bottles, as a protection for the investment you would want to make.

TJ {With Amazing Grace} The Piper
(aka Ted Jardine)  CFI-ASME/I
Boeing Artificial Intelligence Center
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