Yeah, you're not going to see any of the top reds from 2004 until 2006 at the earliest. Bordeaux will start popping up near the end of 2006 but more throughout the year in 2007 -- St. Emilion and the like, I've found, show up earlier in the year, with the Pauillacs and such coming through the late spring and into the summer. Many California Cabernets are somewhat the same.

The German suggestion is a good one -- you'll be finding those on the market toward the latter part of this fall and around New Year's.

But if you're in no hurry, I'd just wait. The prelim reports on 2004 aren't widely glowing, so it probably doesn't make sense to plunge into the futures market because the prices won't be going up dramatically.