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Perhaps, but if you drink enough, you don't care.

With moderation, of course.

Definitely 2000 Piedmont.
2003 anything, if any region was hyped. Did anyone really believe in these wines?
2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 CNdP.
1985 Napa. (edit-I didn't notice the Old World reference)
1975 Bordeaux.

You can share the link in your email. It seems like it's from your account only because you are logged into it. It will work for anyone. I unsubscribed long ago and don't want to resub, but I can buy from links links if someone shares. :) https://app.garagiste.com/requests/15875 As of a minute ago ...

Troy Stark wrote: ↑
June 26th, 2020, 11:27 am
Anyone have a link for the Cuvee Louis?

The link from the e-mail seems to be unique to my account.

You can try this-

For any question or inquiry, please contact: friends@garagistewine.com or call us anytime at (888) 264-0053

The Billecart-Salmon "Cuvee Louis" currently offered is a deal at $129. As always, and not just with Garagiste, you have to ask yourself if that is a wine you really want. I had to move about 20 cases of wine to make room for a home repair project, and those were all overflow from my cellar, so I'm ...

"08 and '11 are very different vintages, with '08 more likely to be in the prime drinking window. As always on open questions like this, what style are you seeking? That is a necessary starting point. Adam must be tongue in cheek with the Thomas rec. It is scarce even among WB forumites. You will pr...

Triennes. By coincidence, and without knowledge that this is an official, nationally celebrated day of recognition, that is what I opened. It just happened to go with chicken fajitas on the deck in the sunshine, with the high temperature not breaking 65. There was a growler of Old Schoolhouse on th...

At this point, I wouldn't buy Domaine Serene at any price.

Dominio IV in Oregon has made a Viognier/Syrah blend in which Viognier is the majority grape.

I miss Chianti with Malvasia or Trebbiano blended in. It made many of them a better casual wine, and really beat the present trend of making the wine more approachable by using over-ripe grapes and oak.

Since I brought up the wine to fuel use, I thought I should find and provide a link-

https://qz.com/1135119/where-unsellable ... -gas-tank/

Wine can be made into brandy or vinegar, neither of which will absorb the huge surplus.

With government subsidies it might make inroads into the ethanol fuel market. I have no idea how much subsidy would be required, but it must be more environmentally friendly than growing corn for ethanol fuel.

If not yet confirmed, the "Earth" Mystery white is, as expected, Delille Chaleur Blanc. Jon does better on whites than reds.

Has anybody picked up their Barolo Mystery wines from April 10th? Not sure when they were delivered, I'm just curious... Covalli, which got a 92 JS. I can't find tasting notes, and the asking price is ~$25. At roughly $19 from Garagiste, probably a pass if not purchased blind. I hope not a fin toss...

Crate and Barrel has a variety of acrylic wine glasses, stemmed and stemless. https://www.crateandbarrel.com/acrylic-wine-glass/s570257 I have Govinos for camping use, but they have a rather sharp rim. The crate and Barrel by contrast has a larger rim than desirable. I have yet to use any plastic gl...

I never open Champagne unless at least four people are present, so our Champagne consumption is temporarily near zero. We have tried making it a dinner wine, but found that after a glass we would rather shift to something else.

For me, California is not close to being in contention for good QPR, with the exception of certain wines discounted 50% or more on clearance sites, and the Roederer sparklers named in the OP.

That doesn't mean I don't buy CA wines. QPR isn't the only reason to make a selection.

I have yet to really enjoy a Chilean PN. The most acceptable have been inexpensive and ignore-able, as Cono Sur. The more expensive Casa Marin has undrinkable on every try.

I've found the standard inserts to work, but Champagne come in a huge variety of bottle shapes and sizes. I'm guessing that the type with a super wide bottom might not fit with the standard insert. I know they don't fit in standard styro and cardboard shippers.

Every e-mail I have received about tasting rooms re-opening have noted appointment only for the time being.

I've packed a case with very heavy bottles, including Champagne, weighing in at 48 lbs. I suppose you could go over with some of the monster war club bottles.

"I don’t get the name at all. This has multiple orders of magnitude more heft than a butterfly. Metaphorically speaking, if it landed on your head, you’d have a concussion. It's closer to a heavyweight than a butterfly. " You have become an agent in the spread of the butterfly effect. If many of us ...

Unfortunately, many people would go to tasting rooms if they were open starting today. I think what we see with the beaches is a good indication. I agree that tasting rooms should be about the last thing opened. You have people traveling from all over, put into a situation where close socializing is...

Drinking well in quarantine, I see! I’m glad to see the ‘05’s coming into their own. They were closed down hard at the ‘05 blind Pinot tasting that you hosted in 2010. It would be fun to repeat that tasting. Some years in Oregon, the PNs never seemed to shut down at all, for instance '02, '04, and ...

I'm tempted by today's Brian Carter offer, even though I don't need any wine, and the kind of parties in which I open wine like that are off limits for a while.
If anyone has a wedding or other major gathering coming up post lock-down, I highly recommend loading up.

It is odd you can't even buy this on Cristom's website. The $60 list price is nonsense on WineAccess. I wonder if the nonsense starts with Rimmerman and WineAccess, or Cristom. Even if the wine was aimed at a $35 price point, it could be a good deal at less than $25, given that it is Cristom to sta...

For less money than Groth, you can buy Drinkward Peschon, a much more nuanced and satisfying wine. You can also look out for the Black Cat, Jean Edwards, and Keating offers that show up on this forum. I should add that I'm more likely these days to buy wine from Washington than Napa. Andrew Will, Av...

Michael Kane wrote: ↑
May 1st, 2020, 10:32 am
anyone jumping on the groth that was just posted?

I used to drink Groth "back in the day", when I was impressed by over saturated, over oaked, and over rated Cabs. The price is good if you are into what I call Steakhouse Wines.
Or if you are not, have friends who demand this type of wine.

Garagiste has offered Chaleur Blanc before as a mystery wine. I agree that is an excellent prospect, and a great deal at less than $20.
Jon is more dependable on white wines than on red wines by a wide margin, so I feel safe taking the chance on this one.

why would it age differently in a flat bottle? long as the headspace is the same with the same area right at the neck and its still cork. unless you're keeping it somewhere with sunlight, in which case its got more area for sun to strike wine directly. my concern is what you do with the bottle on t...

Garagiste often imports olive oil made by wine makers. I've noticed that they always have a number of olive oils in stock at their pick-up location near Seattle. You might try contacting them directly. For any question or inquiry, please contact: friends@garagistewine.com or call us anytime at (888)...

Today a $289.70 mystery Napa Cab from 2016 where he doesn't even bother to tell you what retail is and says "this *should* be the lowest $ you see". loooooooool I bet the wine is offered for $300 from the winery. This mystery wine turned out to be 2016 Pym Rae retailing at $350 currently. I've had ...

The quote I use is from a French bottle of wine. I do not remember the name of the producer. Their source is, I think, obvious enough.

I'm sure every vegan consumes many insects in fruit, vegetables, and grain. I'm also certain that few would claim otherwise, or be bothered by the inadvertent ingestion.
That is quite different than the intentional use of animal products.

We drank a bottle of the 2016 WV over two days. The first day it was tilted towards citrus, and could have been a good Viré-Clessé or Pouilly Fuissé. A bit of oak to round it out, but fresh and food friendly. The next day it had turned more tropical and gave a sweeter impression. More on par with a ...

New world Syrah is not my thing, but I'm surprised not to see Alban, Booker, or Saxum on anyone's list. For that matter Christophe Baron is missing too.

Brian G r a f s t r o m wrote: ↑
April 19th, 2020, 12:55 pm
-- Some Arcadians, too, but they're freshly out-of-business.

What?

While this thread is current again, I'd like to toss in Hyland Vineyard for the McMinnville appelation. Kelly Fox and Patricia Green are both using Hyland grapes now, as well as Winderlea and Penner-Ash. Hyland has their own estate bottling too, but for something distinctive, I recommend the first t...

General point ... wine spirits etc back then weren’t positional goods, little ‘label drinking’. It’s all about simply what you like. As a frequent cigar smoker he probably had a preference for more vigorous claret versus fully mature, so 11 yr old Leoville Poyferre seems plausible. If he wasn’t too...

My wife doesn't like it when the wine is delivered, but she doesn't mind at all when the cork is popped.

Jim, When the Kelly Fox offer came out, some of us were immediately attracted to the Hyland Coury. We are not expecting a quaffer. I think WV wine making has progressed to the point that experienced drinkers trust that the winemaker has set a wine on the correct trajectory. The trick is to intercept...

Interesting that the Leoville Poyferre was only eleven years old at that time. Needed another twenty.

I wish events had not intervened to make me miss this event. I'll pick up on the recorded version.

Paul Miller wrote: ↑
April 15th, 2020, 9:46 am
Just ordered the Duck Cassoulet from Alinea. Should go well with a Pinot.

If you will share that with me, I'll share an '07 Family Farm Pinot with you.

The QED is pretty darn good for the price, so I signed up for the offer. QED is a Rhone blend, mostly Syrah, but Rasa has made a Cab/Syrah blend under the PB label.

This is pretty interesting. I don't have anything profound to say in response. But like others, I'm pretty surprised by the implied volume of Garagiste's sales. Given how much they move from relatively obscure places like the Jura, the Loire, etc, it seems to me that Garagiste probably does a lot t...

Brian Tuite wrote: ↑
April 14th, 2020, 6:33 pm
Sorry, I was working. Some of us are deemed essential.

I was redundant even before the lock down.

Too many options, unfortunately. Some that could fall into the price range are outstanding, so it is a shame Jon doesn't just name the wine and charge close to the market price.

Burgundy, WV Pinot, Nebbiolo, Brunello. The wine isn't the problem. It is finding the morels.
The "go to" place in the PNW is recent fire scars, which are mostly off limits this year.

I have to admit that as the game resumed today I had a review of the 2016 Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spatlese (White Capsule) in another tab.
That would have been my guess until Jayson picked it. So it turned out to be just a matter of the order for asking questions.

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