Dan Updike

WNY wine/spirit guy. Burgundy-obsessive. Bottled-In-Bond.

[Dan Updike @DanUpdike]

I’ve been buying ‘24’s from the Macon and have been very pleased. Nothing more than $40 either. I haven’t had enough 24 Chablis and there are many opposing viewpoints to make me tread carefully there.

[Gary “Iron” Chevsky @IronChevsky]

Is 2024 the white Burgundy vintage to go deep on?

I don’t really buy Burgundy every year. Outside a few producers I trust regardless of vintage, I’d rather buy deeply when the style really suits me and cherry-pick the rest.

For whites, 2014 and 2017 are benchmarks for my palate. I even love the high-acid 2013s. 2019/20 can be excellent selectively. 2022 was strong, but not quite a vintage I felt compelled to buy broadly. I tasted many excellent 2023s at La Paulée SF, but the richer, more generous style again didn’t make me want to load up.

2024 is starting to look different.

Neal Martin’s reports are especially interesting: in the Côte d’Or, Chardonnay clearly outperformed Pinot, with higher malic acidity, more tension, less weight and less sun-kissed fruit. Puligny is described as potentially great, Chassagne more tensile than ’22/’23, and Meursault more mineral and less broad.

In Chablis, the best wines are lean, linear, tensile and almost old-school, though the vintage is less consistent.

And in the Mâconnais, Neal Martin repeatedly comes back to tension, nervosité and the word “classical.”

So maybe 2024 isn’t a great Burgundy vintage overall.

But could it be a great white Burgundy vintage?

I’m starting to think this may be one worth buying seriously.

Anyone tasting broadly enough yet to have a view?

[George Wallace @MrGeorgeWallace]

I bet the first person who imported sausages from Vienna thought something waaaay more fancy was showin' up and whatnot.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Radioshack gonna reopen before the Strait of Hormuz

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

Remembering the late, great Dolly, who brought joy, comfort and inspiration to so many - including the millions of children given free books through her Imagination Library. We will always ❤️ you.

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Dolly Parton, the beloved global entertainment icon who sold more than 100 million records and whose songwriting prowess and sure-handed approach to her career reshaped the face of country music, popular music, and the entertainment industry at large, has died. 🕊️

[Epic Vault @TheEpicVault]

This man is definitely 46 and twice divorced

[Al Bernstein @AlBernstein]

Does this imbecile honestly think ANYONE is going to believe this insane made up story? He is absolutely the most audacious liar that has ever lived. He’s trying to tell us a vandal somehow cut the pool floor across 350 feet, somehow without being noticed by the monitoring camera or anyone else and that caused the algae? You have to be nuts to even make this story up and more nuts to believe it.

[Covie @covie_93]

BREAKING: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to begin negotiations with the algae to reopen the Reflecting Pool.

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

One reason the US is considering acquiring Greenland is to secure access to seafood that could potentially bring back unlimited shrimp at Red Lobster. - US official to the New Yorker

[Schnitzel @Schnitzel63]

Undertones - Get over you

[Tom Niziol @TomNiziol]

Looks like a nice depiction of migrating birds across WNY out ahead of the impending rain.

[Dan Updike @DanUpdike]

In A Simple Rhyme

[Johnny Beane @johnnybeane]

What’s the most underrated Van Halen album track that fans should appreciate more?

[Tara Dublin @taradublinrocks]

This is GLORIOUS

David Letterman & Stephen Colbert on the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theatre bringing back the classic @Letterman routine one last time

This is how you go out, @StephenAtHome! 😂

And may @CBS implode literally the same way without you

[After The Whistle @AfterLeWhistle]

Huge Win!

ESPN coverage blows.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

There’s nothing better on a hot day than downing some mediocre ice cream with a spoon that tastes like a park bench.

[cow @cowincrisis]

thank you @googlemaps

[Pete Guelli @PeteGuelli]

So who needs to be at Game 5?#LetsGoBuffalo #sabrehood

[Dan Updike @DanUpdike]

I would have said Four Roses but they just changed hands.

[FredMinnick @FredMinnick]

Who Will Sazerac Buy If They Don't Get Brown-Forman? #bourbon
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[Meth Bear @meth_bear]

Those kids on rollerblades could beat the Bruins right now