tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10545804.post7463996720914813887..comments2023-08-03T07:55:48.617-07:00Comments on élevage: Three dot wine...Vincent Fritzschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153962387209512138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10545804.post-8784048096198863152008-12-10T10:13:00.000-08:002008-12-10T10:13:00.000-08:00Thanks so much for the comment. Interesting to hea...Thanks so much for the comment. Interesting to hear the story of the name. I'm not usually so linear, but I must admit I see "Lot 1" and think "when's Lot 2 coming out?" even though the back label tells the story of that first auction nicely. <BR/><BR/>All readers -- if you don't know about Broadbent Selections, Bartholomew's SF-based import company, taste and learn. From the Broadbent Portos and Madeiras to Ch. Musar from Lebanon and all sorts of other interesting things, you'll do well picking up wines with the Broadbent Selections label on the back.Vincent Fritzschehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18153962387209512138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10545804.post-41364831503859455972008-12-10T07:25:00.000-08:002008-12-10T07:25:00.000-08:00Thanks for the nice comment about Broadbent Auctio...Thanks for the nice comment about Broadbent Auction Reserve Port but let me explain the story behind the "clumsy name". Originally, I was going to call the wine Lot 1 because, at my father's very first wine auction back in 1966, the first item in the first wine auction was a lot of Port. <BR/><BR/>I told a friend in Portugal about the name that I had chosen and he then put out a wine of his own using the same name! So, though I have left Lot 1 on the label, we decided to call it something else. <BR/><BR/>"Auction Reserve" is the official names. This time, I didn't tell anyone and we trademarked it. I picked that name, again because of the association with my father, a sort of dedication to his life as a wine auctioneer, after he pioneered wine auctions. In the UK he started the wine auctions for Christie's, then in the US he was the first wine auctioneer for Heublein, Christie's and the Napa Valley Wine Auction.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you that keeping Lot 1 on the label is clumsy, though we've made it really small and we don't refer to it as Lot 1 at all. If I take it off, then I'm giving it to my friend who pilfered the idea. Maybe I should just put it on the back! <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm glad you liked the Port.Bartholomew Broadbenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13342579001058454848noreply@blogger.com