"I Had A Guy": An Unfussy Tasting Of 1980s Bordeaux

Bordeaux wasn’t always like it is now. Not so long ago, even normal people could afford to buy and cellar its best wines.

A few weeks ago, I attended a tasting of Bordeaux wines from the 1980s. This wasn’t in a fancy tasting room or a Michelin-starred restaurant, hosted by a master sommelier. No. It happened at a table in my cramped office, in a small town in South Jersey, where my friend David Avedissian and his 86-year-old father, Pierre, generously shared a few bottles …