I thought I would get the ball rolling with this. Back in about 1994, I bought 6 bottles of Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne 1990 on original release from my liquor store (actually L.C.B.O. as I live in Ontario). It was $85.00 per bottle back then. Now, by reputation the 1990 vintage was excellent in Burgundy and Corton-Charlemagne is Louis Latour's flagship wine. I waited the requisite 10 years to let it age to perfection in a climate controlled storage unit. I took a bottle to a dinner party with friends and opened it. Label said 1990 but the cork said 1991!

I was in shock to say the least. I telephoned some of the specialists whom I knew for over 10 years and they had never heard of this. I subsequently emailed Louis Latour and they admitted that a bottle mistake had been made. The wine was good BUT there is a huge difference between the two. You would not believe the logical backflips I was going through to have the wine in the bottle a 1990. (Can anyone say lawsuit?) Louis Latour has agreed to give me a replacement bottle. There is that old saying that Burgundy is a minefield and I feel that I have stepped on my first landmine. Would anyone else care to share some horror stories?