It’s the brilliant annual event started eight years ago by Wall Street Journal wine critics Dorothy Gaiter and Jon Brecher. They ask people to open a bottle that they’ve “been waiting to open forever.” Why wait? Do it now.
We are opening this evening…:
Black Tower
Qualitatswein Rheinhessen
1993 Imported White Wine
Abfuller Hermann Kendermann GM&H
Weinkellerei Bingen Germany
Anyone have any thoughts?
UPDATE: Opened it and it’s drinkable. Label says it’s a white, but the color is more rose. I wouldn’t buy it again, it’s too dry.
Oh yeah, I’ll finish the bottle, never throw away booze.
Despite the fact that the WSJ started OTBN, they do more to discourage casual wine drinkers because they have 10 friggin’ rules for OTBN. Wine snobs.
What are you opening?
But I’m glad it was drinkable. Ben and I have had a few highly-touted bottles of like 50-year-old French shit (gifts, thank God, not purchased) which proved to be utter swill.
RULES for OTBN? I think not. Screw those people.
Swill? That makes you a wine brat for sure.
I should have an OTBN evening; I’ve got several bottles that are older than my kid.