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Massa Vecchia, the most transcendental wines I’ve tasted since Catherine & Pierre Breton’s 2005 Nuits d’Ivresses and Perrieres, arrive tomorrow morning. I am nearly giddy with excitement. Of course, no one will want to buy them, except maybe Peter Pastan at Obelisk in DC who is known to have a penchant for the weird, the unusual, the natural.

In other news, August sucks. That’s right, the worst month ever. I have been subsisting on Reeses Pieces and free samples of Muscadet from our very generous Muscadet producer, Veronique Gunther-Chereau, as a result.

Breaking news: Andrew Greene, the 97(+) point person I recently blogged about is heading to Manhattan again this weekend. His departure comes at a very inconvenient time as I plan on moving into a small apartment near our warehouse this weekend and will not have anyone to help me move boxes and furniture around. I must admit to some bitterness on my part as I have helped Andrew Greene move his boxes and furniture around on two occasions this year alone.

Special Late Breaking News: Andrew Greene has received a promotion at his office! And a raise!! I hope that he plans on celebrating by taking me out to a nice dinner. Eating Reeses Pieces and drinking Muscadet is getting old. Well, ok, not the Muscadet, just the Reeses pieces.

In other news, I recently tasted a bottle of 2004 Fonsalette CDR Syrah. I was told that this bottle of wine was one of twelve that was allowed to enter the Commonwealth of Virginia’s borders. I am not sure why this is exactly, but I suspect it has something to do with Tax Management’s reluctance to allow good wine into the state.

I traded a bottle of 1995 Lecheneaut Clos de la Roche for it. I think this was a good deal since most of Kacher’s burgundies taste of a timber yard and not of pinot.

The Fonsalette was delicious. Can you believe that the National Republic actually sells a decent wine?

I’ve just woken up from a rather late night roaming the streets of the District of Columbia. Last evening, I treated myself to dinner at Palena’s on Connecticut Ave where I drank a delightful glass of Domaine Noblaie’s 2006 Chinon Blanc and a glass of the Tondonia 2002 Rioja (great with my cheeseburger). Michael Downey Selections brings in the former, Potomac Selections the latter. I highly recommend both.

You may wonder why I was dining alone? Well, Andrew Greene, my good friend and business partner, decided to visit his lady in Manhattan for the weekend leaving me without a drinking & dining buddy. I’ve decided that Andrew deserves to hear just how important he is to Williams Corner Wine, as an employee, and to me personally, as a friend. Which is why I have decided to bestow upon him 97(+) points. Andrew is a 97 point person now, but I think that in time he could potential become a 98 or 99 point person (I shy away from predicting he will become a perfect person, but you never know, if anyone is capable, it is Andrew Greene).

Unfortunately, there is only one Andrew Greene, and he is in high demand already (kind of like Sine Qua Non or Chateau Lafite) so I wouldn’t be surprised if his sense of self-worth increases significantly because of his new status as a 97(+) point person.

In other news, Ryne Hazzard of Potomac Selections has disclosed that if he ever met a woman who smelled like FX Pichler’s 2006 BA, he would marry her. I have contacted Annick Goutal in Paris and she is considering my proposal to create a new fragrance based on Pichler’s magical elixir.

Another noteworthy even this week: Stacy Parfitt, the newest addition to Williams Corner, has finally changed her voice mail message. She is now officially bound to Williams Corner Wine! If anyone would like to hear Stacy’s new voice mail message, her phone number is available on our nifty new web site.

Ted Burns, my other business partner, returns to civilization today (he was in Kansas for a week). I am excited to see the effects that two weeks of meat, potatoes, and miller lite has had on his constitution.