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Sarah Kirschbaum wrote: ↑
March 30th, 2020, 4:55 pm

maureen nelson wrote: ↑
March 30th, 2020, 3:08 pm
People - there are two more evenings this month in which to consume wine. Why report early? Have you no faith in your ability to drink wine (or buy it)?
Only drinking on weekends.

every day is a weekend for a lot of us now. (I’m working at about 10%.)

Corners don’t have to be lost spaces with bins. Only lost w racks. Don’t use diamond bins. And be sure bins hold your bigger bottles.

Great idea! I have most of my wines in individual bottle custom racking with guards to prevent them from slipping out, but I also have a fair amount in custom floor to ceiling bins. I wonder if there was a way to use rubber bands to protect bottles in wine bins (these are the ones that fit 12 Borde...

Of the purchases, only 10 were my doing! it’s cellar inventory—so no weaseling out when Jonathan pulls the trigger. I often hand my wife the credit card when we make a purchase so I can remind her she bought it. Stay well. Zero bought for me but very few consumed since I’m on call part of this mont...

Brian S t o t t e r wrote: ↑
March 30th, 2020, 7:10 am
I'd love a thread of video wine cellar tours during the coronavirus quarantine. People with in-home cellars post videos like MTV Cribs. Any volunteers?

how do we post videos here?

JDavisRoby wrote: ↑
March 29th, 2020, 9:15 pm
Very nice!

So each one of those has a corresponding bin in Cellartracker?

that’s the (eventual) plan. First goal was just to get everything in the cool cellar.

Gorgeous with room for more racks and bins to triple capacity!

There’s a Ramonet section, a Raveneau section, and a DRC section. But not telling where!

I like Assyrtiko, Santorini, never has a Greek red. Good story.

lots of time to put the wine in now.

rubber bands are from Dykema Rubber Band Co. size 106. thebestrubberbands@yahoo.com. No affiliation. This helps bottles that are racked and is an easy solution.

sounds great. Thanks.

glad to see all the insights here and to hear from chet also.

17 Forest rocked recently. Really good.

happy birthday—it’s a big one—glad you got a good bottle to celebrate. I’m done w Leflaive. The premox, high prices, and lack of responsibility finish the trifecta for moving on.

K. Tr@n wrote: ↑
March 28th, 2020, 6:12 pm
Out unless it is a screaming deal. Plenty to drink at home anyway. Cash is king at this point.

+1. So far no screaming deals though very tempted a couple times.

05 Grivot Suchots is amazing also. Under the wire.l even now. Used to be an Accad follower—wines much better now.

Joseph MR wrote: ↑
March 27th, 2020, 9:54 am
2008 Trimbach Frédéric Émile- still young and tight when first opened. The palate became more saturated over
3-4 days.

4 days shows amazing restraint. Wow.

alan weinberg wrote: ↑
March 28th, 2020, 2:07 pm

Sarah Kirschbaum wrote: ↑
March 28th, 2020, 8:47 am
I'm opening the vinous equivalent of comfort food.
ah, yes, magnums and jeroboams.

It's a slow month for us in terms of consumption because we're not entertaining. In normal months, we'll have people over on average once a week. Also, with the gyms closed, it's impossible for me to get the volume of exercise I'm used to, so I've been trying to keep alcohol to a weekend-only thing...

yes, let’s see more.

I made stew tonight for my Dad and brother for tomorrow. D4CA3EEB-7673-4EC5-AA60-BB2C0D4B454B.jpeg I made stew also—used a 24 oz Flannery NY strip that I chopped up and sautéed with onion, added tomato, carrots, green pepper, potatoes, various spices. Delicious. Yumm I used pork tenderloin! last we...

Nola Palomar wrote: ↑
March 26th, 2020, 6:39 pm
I made stew tonight for my Dad and brother for tomorrow.

D4CA3EEB-7673-4EC5-AA60-BB2C0D4B454B.jpeg

I made stew also—used a 24 oz Flannery NY strip that I chopped up and sautéed with onion, added tomato, carrots, green pepper, potatoes, various spices. Delicious.

Has anyone mentioned Technivorm Moccamaster yet? Now 6+ years and still happy with it. you kidding? More recs on this thread than anything. Yes. Kidding. :) I recommended it myself about 2 years ago on this thread. funny that mine died after touting its greatness. Didn’t hear the water much. New on...

I’ve ordered several times from Eric since Berserker Day last year. Love the light touch on the roasts. Any more of this special lot available, Eric?

Scott G r u n e r wrote: ↑
March 27th, 2020, 9:31 am
Has anyone mentioned Technivorm Moccamaster yet? Now 6+ years and still happy with it.

you kidding? More recs on this thread than anything.

I’d buy but I’m taking no salary in order to keep my staff employed and office open. Good luck, my friend.

93 white Burgs. Acidic and thin on release, lovely balanced wines now.

Jayson Cohen wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2020, 5:33 pm
So how long until a French winemaker denied the designation for Reason Whatever labels the denied wine as “Unnatural”?

“antinatural”

stay safe, chet, lots of fishing yet to do.

super note.

Herwig Janssen wrote: ↑
March 24th, 2020, 3:34 am
Mine too , although not 50 % . Btw , Montee de tonnerre is an old road on a steep hill towards the village Tonnerre . Montee is a climb .

of course Mont is mountain. I was just having fun.

bring a Durand and show them. It’s just a case. Takes what, 6 minutes to open 12?

waiting to see if Fu opens another bottle. He’s still in quarantine.

Jeremy Holmes wrote: ↑
March 23rd, 2020, 5:22 pm
Still locked down by the vintage's structure?

yep, fruit a bit hidden.

john stimson wrote: ↑
March 23rd, 2020, 8:20 pm
And the wines can also age forever.

as can, frankly, most Burgundy in the Côte d’Or.

mountain of thunder indeed—in the zone and it would stay there for another decade (but not this bottle). The depth of flavor and cool menthol tame the wild layers of flavor. With a citrus center, it stays focused while providing a kaleidoscope of flavors. The texture is oh so soft as it lays on the ...

2000 Raveneau MdT. Spectacular.

Was the first offering of Oeno for '96 called Oeno and some subsequent one rebranded to P2 when they introduced the branding? Memory foggy...if it is the former, was your bottle one of that first offering after the base release? I'm not sure what I will learn trying the original next to various rel...

Potel Volnay was hard and tight in last year.

I start 2 weeks of call Tue including a week of ER—means no alcohol for 2 weeks—so I opened a big one. Served cold, as it warmed it improved, but remained mostly structure and little fruit. Could coax some citrus but mainly acid, not corked, just right, a bit nervous—like I am. Hopefully just a phas...

John J wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2020, 10:07 am
Both Groffier Chambolles and Ramonet white are good deals

no Ramonet whites on list.

as Glenn opined, loss of sense of taste and smell can be an early sign of a viral infection including Covid-19

96 Dom Oeno tonight

Mich@el Ch@ng wrote: ↑
March 22nd, 2020, 5:17 am
H&Ns (all of them), Ramonet reds, clavelier Combe brulee

+1

does it return after recovery?

half bottles of Dauvissat are treacherous. I still have 95 and 96 that need opening. Stay safe.

05 evolving slowly.

Thanks for the notes, Don. I haven't checked back explicitly to the '10s and '09s events, but I recall large houses like Bouchard did very well then too. Not to disparage these wines, but it is a little surprising they would consistently do so well compared to the far more pricey "trophies" or flas...

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