Wall Street Journal article

I guess everyone has really missed my point in posting this article. I have been drinking and tasting Bourdeaux wines since the "60's. I'm quite familiar with cellaring Bourdeaux as well as the fact that many are quite closed young. That being said, you can also see the aging potential immediately. Often still in the cask though I've never been privy to that. From the 1998 vintage onward my tastings of first growths have not produced anything I would be overwhelmed with in terms of QPR. Many Bourdeaux's seem to increasing in price while dropping in quality. My percentage of corked wines from France now approaches 15% since 1990 vintages though the price does not reflect the lesser quality of some wines and the dismal state of corkage in France. Over the last 2 years I've lost about 40 bad bottles of French wines from Bourdeaux. Burgundy, Rhone to a total of $1900. My cellaring program has kept track. In that same time I've lost 6 bottles of various California, Spanish, Italian and OZ wines to the same problem to the tune of $125. Because of this I have severely reduced my buying of French wines restricting to Rhone and white wines only as these have been the fewest losses. The French wine industry has serious problems from my small sampling but my tasting group which now numbers 60 has expressed the same feeling and have begun limiting French purchases for the same reason.This has zero to do with None supported the boycott. This is pure economics. We have yet to have a tasting involving French wines without a bad bottle and some of these folks have envious cellars. Just my personal rant here. From what I've read lately there are others in this group with similar feelings.