Chateau d'Yquem 1959 Daniel Rogov wrote: Chateau d'Yquem, Sauternes, 1959: Now dark amber towards mahogany brown and fully mature but still drinking magnificently. Showing moderate sweetness and a still extravagant array of aroma and flavors that tantalize the palate. On first attack caramel and figs, those leading to honeyed apricots, dried apples and caramel, and finally, on the superbly long finish, roasted cashew nuts. Long, generous and mouthfilling, deserving of no accompaniment other than good company. Score 98. (Re-tasted 18 May 2006) (Daniel Rogov is the Wine and Restaurant Critic for the Israeli daily newspaper HaAretz.) Score 98 ! Wow ! One of the best wines ever made. Dessert wines are, in my opinion, the ultimate luxury. Unfortunately, though, I have never tasted Yquem of any year, but I do remember the wonderful summer of 1959. This is where you will find some of my collections. Since I prepared the pdfs of the doorstops (December 2006), I have bought a few more and they are now here, but with no descriptions. It should be possible to keep this section up to date easily as I buy more. This is what I have here so far: The Mike Templeman collection of cast iron doorstops (a pdf file) Some more recently-acquired doorstops (a pdf file again) The doorstops I have bought since preparing the above two pdf files. (This is a photo gallery; click on the thumbnails to see the photographs full size) Opercula (You will have to click here to find out what they are !) (This is another photo gallery; click on the thumbnails as before.) Straight-sided milk jugs (This is such a small collection that it fits on a single photograph) This is what I intend to put here: Other cast iron stuff (There's quite a bit of it !) Some nice boxes Sundry brass and trench art (This is horrendously difficult to photograph to show the engraving, so it will probably be the very last collection to add.) Comments are welcome, so please send me an e-mail to Yquem59 AT blueyonder.co.uk The cataloguing software I use is Adlib Museum Lite This is museum-quality software and IT'S FREE !! It took me some time to adapt my use of it to its limitations, but I like the results. Perhaps one day I will write some notes on what I did.