I've heard that Democratic presidential
nominee Sen. Barack Obama has a pretty nifty wine cellar, but his
people haven't gotten back to my people (me). His wine collection may
be even more impressive than the cellar at the White House, which
wouldn't be difficult to surpass, according to Elin McCoy's
illuminating chat with Daniel Shanks, who for more than a decade has
been overseeing wine service at state dinners. The White House has just
500 to 600 bottles in its cellar, notes Shanks, who provides McCoy with
several other enlightening tidbits about how he goes about finding
wines to pour at official functions. Her report was posted today at Bloomberg.com.
More depressing news has arrived from Decanter.com, which is reporting the death of the world's most outspoken, colorful and influential proponent of sauvignon blanc, France's Didier Dagueneau. He was killed yesterday while pursuing one of his other passions, flying. Among other things, he was celebrated for producing perhaps the planet's most complex and resonating sauvignon blancs.