I have not completely given up on this effort, and I will write again. Unfortunately, I've been fighting a cold for over a week so I've been avoiding wine and alcohol in general. I haven't been able to cook very much either, and there's another good reason for that I cannot publicly write about. But hopefully in the next week or so I'll have more food and wine thoughts to share.
In the meantime, if anyone got lucky with some of the deals on the WTSO Marathon today, congratulations. There were some spectacular values, like 2005 Langoa Barton for 49% off, '98 Veuve Clicquot Grande Dame 45% off, and 2006 Latour Batard Montrachet for 52% off. My evil coworker sent me the e-mail, but I managed to be a good boy and restrain myself. Since I'm out of cooler and cellar space, it's best I not buy any more wine that needs to be stored for a while anyway. But the sale is going on until midnight so happy hunting to the rest of you!