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skipped it due to Sturgis. Got up to Jackson Hole. Will have to visit dead Presidents another time.

list of 100 best restaurants came out and many from Charleston: https://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersCh ... ining-g191

You know, my opinion is that every vintage goes thru phases. Great vintages, you hardly notice, because the wines are so good, but the less than great, but OK vintages, the phases are more noticeable. 2001 for quite a while would seem to go in and out of being "closed" then Open, then back to close...

Remember what they said about Cros Parantoux? even through WW2 it was a vegetable field filled with large rocks. Sunchokes grew there. Jayer lived on them through the famine of WW2 and later said he could never look at one again. He bought the various small holdings of CP owned by others and dynami...

has he made a bad wine?

buy a Pungo.

Cool. Love the poolside chairs. Furniture would go well w my wine cellar flooring made of wine barrels.

nice assessment

got a b of this from 1985. I should drink now?

‘84 was darn good. About $10, if I remember.

Given you can probably nearly get 2 for 1 Bouchard Montrachet over the Leflaive Chevalier When you put it that way... Very true. I paid $575 for 2018 Bouchard Monty vs $1200 asking for Leflaive Chevy. Makes it even easier to pass on Leflaive and buy more Bouchard if I just have an itch to spend mon...

what a great set of vineyards owned by Leflaive and what a checkered history. 92s were baked on the W Coast when shipped in a non refrigerated truck during summer. Then horrible oxidation beginning in 07. Now premox seems controlled but pricing is insane. I’ve been out for a long time though I’d lov...

response from Pasturebird: Unfortunately not anytime soon. We will be offering a new product come November that is similar to the whole chicken/spatchcock bird. But for the time being we just have the cuts available. If you are interested in whole birds I suggest heading over to Crowd Cow who also o...

Jason T wrote: ↑
September 12th, 2020, 3:02 pm
Pre-cut/cleaned carrots.

Sometime detected it in garlic while I was peeling it, but never in the finished product.

TCA blows off or disappears w cooking. That’s why you can cook w corked wine without issue.

I once had a bottle of water that was corked. At Flagstaff House in CO. The 83 Sauzet wasn’t!

Interesting topic as I have had and still a number of 01’s. Good to hear about Dujac doing well in 2001 as we have 1 bottle of Bonnes Mares. Any idea of drinking window for this typically masculine vineyard? If it were mine, I would say wait another five or six years. If I were dining with you and ...

supposed to be a top Pichler, “unending.” Anybody taste it? Found a few bottles while rearranging in the cellar. One of the advantages of random chaos inventory system? Are you sure it's a 2001? The 2001 has not been produced. The following vintages have been produced: 1998 2000 2002 2005 2006 2007...

Jerry Hey wrote: ↑
September 11th, 2020, 4:18 pm
$150 is my limit. Too many other great Champagnes for a lot less than that.

I have a Woodland Hills 6 pack futures order confirmed but any more will be at $150 or less. As Jerry says, there’s lots out there.

Zachys, Morrell, and Vinfolio all at $195 on w-s. No other offers.

you stole those wines! Great.

Let me dig it out. There are a few bottles . . .

shocked to learn that Willett Pot Still isn’t even made by Willett. This practice shouldn’t be allowed without labeling information. https://thewhiskeywash.com/whiskey-styl ... bourbon-2/

un soir? Vous buvez très bien. Merci.

J’aime beaucoup Bonneau du Martray mais le prix est trop augmenté et le risque d’oxydation prématurée est aussi grande maintenant.

fanning the flames. . . nice note.

MatthewT wrote: ↑
September 7th, 2020, 7:53 am
Come on "well north of $300 for $18"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My credit card company called. They were worried my card has been stolen because it's been more than one week since a de Negoce charge.

my wife’s card was stolen but I didn’t report it because the guy charges less than she did. Ba da boom.

Otto Dobre wrote: ↑
September 5th, 2020, 8:18 pm
Kermit Lynch imports a nice Dijon style mustard that has a nice spicy kick. Bought mine at my local wine shop. Very good stuff.

Jerry mentioned that several posts earlier. I find it a bit strong and not as mustardy as I’d like.

supposed to be a top Pichler, “unending.” Anybody taste it? Found a few bottles while rearranging in the cellar. One of the advantages of random chaos inventory system?

Long ago before all the current crop of reviewers, only Steve Tanzer and Clive Coates were reliable for Burgundy. Rovani’s brief tenure wasn’t taken seriously. Coates gave great historical background but was a strict hierarchist, grand cru always better than premier, etc. My palate always aligned w ...

never had this wine before. The little I could unearth indicates it’s hard to find and sold to longtime customers. Thick aromas just flow out of the glass, almost liquid in intensity. There’s all kinds of stone fruit on the palate buttressed by a soft acidity and great palate presence. It bores deep...

many reasons not to drink. I’m on call 2 of 6 weeks, can’t drink then. If I get home real late or have big surgery the next day, I will not drink. Some foods aren’t real conducive to wine—Indian I’m and Mexican. Some days I’m too tired, many reasons not to open a bottle.

whoops. Added--2014.

either you all live in a parallel wine universe or have a bigger budget than I, it’s now pretty much a $200 bottle and the only 99 for sale on w-s is $400. I loved it at $100 . . . Envoyer and some other sources had it a bit less then that, but it’s usually more than the VR now. yes but w tax and d...

simple only by name, a lovely wine that made me think of Dujac. Limpid, generous floral and fruited nose, creamy and soft mouthfeel, very nuanced delicate but chiseled flavors, roses and red fruits, simply delicious. Followed a clipped slightly corked 98 Grange with grilled marinated lamb chops and ...

either you all live in a parallel wine universe or have a bigger budget than I, it’s now pretty much a $200 bottle and the only 99 for sale on w-s is $400. I loved it at $100 . . .

Concur with Alan above that critics (and not just one or two) are extraordinarily predictable based solely on producer rep and the general vintage characterization. More than is justified based on the wines themselves. It’s not simply a matter of producers “screwing up” on occasion, wine styles and...

I always tweak the recipe. Recipe may say 1 sprig of whatever but what if it is weaker or stronger than usual? So tasting is important.

Ployez-Jacquemart, though waiting on confirmation from Panzer.

Prum is a great value and one can reach back quite far vintagewise without the pain of cost appreciation. Older vintages just don’t seem to go up much in value. So it’s a drinker’s wine, not a speculator’s, excepting the gold capsules and auction wines.

drank the 2012 recently. Lovely.

like some others, my organization is random chaos. In the cellar I’ve separated whites from reds from Germans from champagne, etc. Roumier, DRC, and Bachelet used to lead the pack but I faced actuarial reality and stopped buying reds with the 2005 vintage—except cheaper stuff to drink while letting ...

this one hurts. Open almost a decade, will run bakery and some outside dining as well as takeout but significant downsizing.

TimF wrote: ↑
August 10th, 2020, 5:55 am
So I joined a Bullet Facebook group as I wanted to learn more about the machine. There are so many issues posted that now I’m super hesitant to buy one. Could be selection bias, could be user error, could be that the machine isn’t very reliable...

oof. Keep me in the loop w more info as it arrives.

James Sanders wrote: ↑
September 1st, 2020, 5:24 pm
Those 2020 Breton's were absolutely killer about 10 years ago. I jumped on both of them.

how are the 2030s?

Scott Brunson wrote: ↑
August 31st, 2020, 6:10 pm
Slow roast for hours.
Great umami bomb for tons of other recipes.

+1. I also like slicing them and adding olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, and pepper.

have you posted on wine-pages.com, a Britishcentric site?

DRC did great in 1980. I had RC and LT, one bottle of each, each purchased for $100, and loved them. Those were the days! Bought the DRC Grands Echezeaux for $35. Fabulous wine. We're having that on Thursday! Alongside Ponsot CdlR and Georges Mugneret Ruchottes. Quite excited, I never had the '80 G...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripid ... w#image=14

Jeremy Holmes wrote: ↑
August 29th, 2020, 5:24 pm
William Kelley's reviews worth the price of admission alone. Stop your sookin' and subscribe.

WK needs to go off like Meadows or Gilman. I’d subscribe.

Audouze has cases of it. Says it’s not ready yet.

super notes and wow wines.

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