Dave, in your article : " Bordeaux tries to recapture the imagination of U.S. wine lovers I want to point out that, in our store, in a D.C. retail atmosphere their imagination is alive and healthy and doing really well. We sell lots of " value " red Bordeaux wines like the ones you just wrote about. People ask for them, return for them, are pleased with them, spend a lot of time looking at them on our shelves deciding which to buy and take home and enjoy. This is essential, it really is, and it's practical, too as many U.S. wine lovers want to be able to afford to enjoy these fine dry red, white ( and even rose and Sauternes-Barsac ) wines with their meals. For many it is much more economic to buy them in a fine retail wine store, take them home, prepare their own meal and have a wonderful evening and experience. Their imaginations are " well and alive " and I see no need to worry. The one observation that I would make is that very few seem to take the time to visit us at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits. I can count them on my fingers , Michel the owner of CHATEAU des LESCOURS has come last year, so did the owner of CHATEAU CALLAC and one other. They come so infrequently that it is hard to always remember their names and , for that, I am sorry for my part in this as I try very hard to remember who comes to visit us. I would advise they visit more stores because it is in a store that many connections are made and solidified over time. If they would taste with more customers in stores then they would be more on the tip-of-the-tongues of the consumers/ customers that also go to restaurants to enjoy fine meals with wine. And those consumers/ customers would note to the sommeliers in these restaurants that they are unhappy to find so few listed. This is my advice, work from the ground up and make the connections and the impressions that will make more people living in the U.S. fight to have them on the wine lists! Cheers, Anthony Quinn 1/27/14
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