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- September 23rd, 2020, 3:14 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Allocations Ranked Against Each Other
- Replies: 41
- Views: 6092
Re: Allocations Ranked Against Each Other
Honestly, I’d get off the lists. You’ll probably hear this from several others. There are very few allocated wines that can’t be found on the secondary market, many times at lower prices. Looks like you’re a Cali cab fan, so the few I’d sign up for would include: Ridge Monte Bello MacDonald Scarecro...
- September 22nd, 2020, 11:47 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: 2018 Harlan Estate + 2017 Harlan Maiden
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2613
Re: 2018 Harlan Estate + 2017 Harlan Maiden
Geez, and I thought scarecrow was expensive!
- September 21st, 2020, 7:32 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Retailers' e-mails that caused me to guffaw
- Replies: 91
- Views: 4587
Re: Breathless purple prose
"Imagine cutting into a thick, grass-fed, dry-aged ribeye that was expertly encrusted in its own fat within a scorching cast iron pan. Tirelessly basted with golden butter and finished with flaky sea salt. Crispy on the outside while pink and tender in the middle. Primal grazing cow-like flavo...
- September 21st, 2020, 4:13 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Name a wine you consistently rate higher than the critics
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2873
Re: Name a wine you consistently rate higher than the critics
Bonus points if anyone can name a wine they’d score above Suckles.Jay Miller wrote: ↑September 21st, 2020, 7:09 amIt is if you omit Suckling from the list of reviewers.
- September 21st, 2020, 4:12 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Name a wine you consistently rate higher than the critics
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2873
Re: Name a wine you consistently rate higher than the critics
Well done gentlemen!George Chadwick wrote: ↑September 21st, 2020, 3:23 pmYes, not all critics get high before they rate wines.
- September 20th, 2020, 7:40 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Name a wine you consistently rate higher than the critics
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2873
Name a wine you consistently rate higher than the critics
The other thread on how Berserkers started their cellars got me to thinking about folks who mentioned wines they love drinking or collecting that aren’t necessarily critic darlings. I’d be curious to hear from others about those wines. For example, I really enjoy Corison and score it high (for me) b...
- September 19th, 2020, 12:23 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
- Replies: 15636
- Views: 809143
Re: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
2019 Château Thivin Côte de Brouilly
- September 19th, 2020, 11:00 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: US Chardonnay Producer Recommendations
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1103
Re: US Chardonnay Producer Recommendations
If you want to cellar U.S. chardonnay, I’d recommend Mount Eden.
- September 19th, 2020, 10:54 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Vintage Bordeaux wines - investigation
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2326
Re: Vintage Bordeaux wines - investigation
Amazing, an 83 year old wine. Drinking history!
- September 18th, 2020, 6:31 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: At What Price Point Will You Boycott The 2008 Taittinger Comtes?
- Replies: 340
- Views: 24811
Re: At What Price Point Will You Boycott The 2008 Taittinger Comtes?
So the 2008 Veblen is good? 
- September 17th, 2020, 4:27 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: wine.com delivery fail
- Replies: 398
- Views: 24235
Re: wine.com delivery fail
Henry, they haven’t replaced any cooked wine. I’m still waiting for FedEx to come pick up the $1K bottles of Vietti they shipped in 90+ degree heat. And I didn’t receive an apology letter from anyone at wine.com.
- September 16th, 2020, 12:53 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Ultramarine Email
- Replies: 170
- Views: 12003
Re: Ultramarine Email
Based on notes I have seen, it does not seem these are meant for extended cellaring, is that right? The consensus I have seen suggests drinking within +/- 5 years of release. I know they have not been around long enough to have any real experience, but does anyone have any different thoughts on the...
- September 16th, 2020, 12:50 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: wine.com delivery fail
- Replies: 398
- Views: 24235
Re: wine.com delivery fail
And what of us who received shipments in the heat? Should we cross our fingers and hope that when we open these bottles in 10 years, they’re okay? Or send them back and hope they don’t restock the bottle and then send to me (or others) again? Where’s their CEO on that issue?
- September 15th, 2020, 4:48 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: MacDonald, Realm and Greer offerings
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1916
Re: MacDonald, Realm and Greer offerings
MacDonald should be at the top of your list.
- September 15th, 2020, 2:54 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Ultramarine Email
- Replies: 170
- Views: 12003
Re: Ultramarine Email
Just got my 3 rosé bottles I wishlisted!
- September 15th, 2020, 10:47 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
- Replies: 15636
- Views: 809143
Re: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
MacDonald!
- September 15th, 2020, 10:47 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Ultramarine Email
- Replies: 170
- Views: 12003
Re: Ultramarine Email
They haven’t been around that long and my oldest only goes back to 2011, but in checking my notes, they should easily be able to age 10+ years from vintage.Steve Crawford wrote: ↑September 15th, 2020, 10:44 am made the cut. somewhat excited. whats the typical aging window on these?
- September 15th, 2020, 9:39 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: MacDonald release is imminent!!!
- Replies: 201
- Views: 20953
Re: MacDonald release is imminent!!!
Order in. My next MacDonald wish is to make the magnum list!
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- September 14th, 2020, 8:48 pm
- Forum: Wine 101: The Basics
- Topic: What is Cellartracke and Why Do I Need it
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2654
Re: What is Cellartracke and Why Do I Need it
Ron, you may want to open a CT account to track your tasting notes and read notes from others who like your same wines, even if you don’t have a large collection.
- September 14th, 2020, 12:40 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Envoyer is crushing it with Champagne these days
- Replies: 1847
- Views: 121726
Re: Envoyer is crushing it with Champagne these days
Have either of you tried it? I haven’t, but the 2008 is fantastic. Neil was asking about it on another thread.AndrewH wrote: ↑September 14th, 2020, 12:38 pmI did the last time around.
- September 14th, 2020, 12:37 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Envoyer is crushing it with Champagne these days
- Replies: 1847
- Views: 121726
- September 14th, 2020, 12:35 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Vintage Bordeaux wines - investigation
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2326
Re: Vintage Bordeaux wines - investigation
Paging Monsieur Audoze.
- September 14th, 2020, 12:32 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
- Replies: 15636
- Views: 809143
Re: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
The struggle of a wine berserker!Neal.Mollen wrote: ↑September 14th, 2020, 12:24 pmYup. Saw it. Deleted it. But it is still there in my deleted items . . .Sc0tt F!tzger@ld wrote: ↑September 14th, 2020, 12:17 pmI ordered mine from Envoyer at $119.99Neal.Mollen wrote: ↑September 14th, 2020, 11:54 am
Can very close. Have a couple of wineaccess near-give-away bottles coming but considering a few more at something like market prices
- September 14th, 2020, 12:17 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
- Replies: 15636
- Views: 809143
Re: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
I ordered mine from Envoyer at $119.99Neal.Mollen wrote: ↑September 14th, 2020, 11:54 amCan very close. Have a couple of wineaccess near-give-away bottles coming but considering a few more at something like market prices
- September 14th, 2020, 11:37 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
- Replies: 15636
- Views: 809143
Re: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
2012 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année
- September 11th, 2020, 9:23 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: wine.com delivery fail
- Replies: 398
- Views: 24235
Re: wine.com delivery fail
Someone more tech savvy than me should tag their CEO on Twitter to bring public attention to this. The shipping issue sounds pretty widespread and they’re not responding at all. In my chat with their customer service rep a few days ago, she said she’d notify FedEx to pick up my bottle. I’ve received...
- September 11th, 2020, 5:20 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
- Replies: 15636
- Views: 809143
Re: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
2016 Massolino Margheria, Parafada, and Parussi
- September 11th, 2020, 4:24 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: At What Price Point Will You Boycott The 2008 Taittinger Comtes?
- Replies: 340
- Views: 24811
Re: At What Price Point Will You Boycott The 2008 Taittinger Comtes?
$130 if I’m going to buy more than a few bottles.
- September 11th, 2020, 1:09 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: wine.com delivery fail
- Replies: 398
- Views: 24235
Re: wine.com delivery fail
While wine.com did respond to the double charging on futures, I didn’t see anything mentioned about ignoring scheduled ship dates and shipping in that heat. Many more complaints on this board over that topic than the other.
- September 11th, 2020, 10:44 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: wine.com delivery fail
- Replies: 398
- Views: 24235
Re: wine.com delivery fail
When I clicked on your link, it sent me to wine.com (I’m not making this up). The irony...C. Keller wrote: ↑September 11th, 2020, 10:16 am not a good time if you're looking for new funding....
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -1-billion
- September 11th, 2020, 6:19 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Best deal/coupon for on-line wine shopping.
- Replies: 2709
- Views: 323336
Re: Best deal/coupon for on-line wine shopping.
It’s like we’re all being punished for using those “too good to be true” coupons.
- September 11th, 2020, 6:03 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Best deal/coupon for on-line wine shopping.
- Replies: 2709
- Views: 323336
Re: Best deal/coupon for on-line wine shopping.
Wine.com coupon - use “HIHEAT” and you’ll get free shipping and your wine heated at the random time not of your choice.
- September 11th, 2020, 6:01 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: wine.com delivery fail
- Replies: 398
- Views: 24235
Re: wine.com delivery fail
This will cost lots of money, and a few senior IT heads. No, the latter will not be cold-chain shipped to customers...........I hope. You can’t just blame this on IT. They run a business and should have the common sense to halt shipments in high heat, regardless of what any system is telling them. ...
- September 11th, 2020, 5:58 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Links redirecting to wine.com
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2283
Re: Links redirecting to wine.com
Yes, me too.
- September 10th, 2020, 7:14 pm
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Chef’s Table BBQ
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3452
Re: Chef’s Table BBQ
I haven’t had Franklin’s in several years...it’s close. Edges out Pecan Lodge too, one of my other faves.
- September 10th, 2020, 5:47 pm
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Chef’s Table BBQ
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3452
Re: Chef’s Table BBQ
I’m gonna start this post by saying that I’ve ordered lots of gourmet foods over the years with mixed results. And as good as the documentary on Netflix claimed Snow’s is, I had my doubts. I’ll also state that as a native Texan I’ve had some of the best beef brisket all across this great state over ...
- September 10th, 2020, 4:27 pm
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Chef’s Table BBQ
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3452
Re: Chef’s Table BBQ
Some early pics. Tootsie’s brisket is warming up in the oven. We had the ribs last night which were as good as any I’ve had. I’ll post more pics later.
- September 10th, 2020, 9:53 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
- Replies: 15636
- Views: 809143
Re: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
2 3-packs of Ultramarine
- September 10th, 2020, 9:52 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Ultramarine Email
- Replies: 170
- Views: 12003
Re: Ultramarine Email
2 3-packs and wishlisted 3 rose
- September 9th, 2020, 8:20 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Wait list times
- Replies: 151
- Views: 18040
Re: Wait list times
Scarecrow isn’t hard to get an allocation. I was offered (and bought) the 2015 and 2016, but passed on the 2017. And I never bought any of their second wines either.
- September 9th, 2020, 6:03 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Wait list times
- Replies: 151
- Views: 18040
Re: Wait list times
I passed on Saxum too. Seems available on the secondary market at decent prices and I’ve mostly moved on from powerful Cali wines. Someone upthread mentioned Cayuse at 5 years - I think I signed up like 7 years ago and still haven’t received an offer. I was lucky enough to get on the UM and MacDonal...
- September 9th, 2020, 5:55 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Best deal/coupon for on-line wine shopping.
- Replies: 2709
- Views: 323336
Re: Best deal/coupon for on-line wine shopping.
After the wine.com debacle I described above, I received an email from my local wine storage stating that the rest of my wine.com orders (supposed to deliver later this fall), were delivered today in the heat. This was about $1K worth of wine. I won’t order from them again unless I can take the ship...
- September 8th, 2020, 8:55 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Best deal/coupon for on-line wine shopping.
- Replies: 2709
- Views: 323336
Re: Best deal/coupon for on-line wine shopping.
Wine.com is asking FedEx to pick up the bottle and will deliver a new one at my later requested date (supposedly - hoping this one isn’t restocked). The sad thing is that they asked me to “just leave the bottle outside” on the day FedEx picks it up. I have it in my small wine fridge and will try to ...
- September 8th, 2020, 11:55 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Ultramarine Email
- Replies: 170
- Views: 12003
Re: Ultramarine Email
My email states September 10. I’ve bought every full allocation since the 2011 vintage so not sure why I’m not up for the offer today.
- September 8th, 2020, 10:42 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Best deal/coupon for on-line wine shopping.
- Replies: 2709
- Views: 323336
Re: Best deal/coupon for on-line wine shopping.
Wine.com just delivered a $200 bottle of 2016 Vietti Ravera to my house in 90 degree heat. I had scheduled this delivery for October 2 when I know the weather will be cooler. The bottle was warm to the touch. I called their customer service number where a robo-message informed me there was no one av...
- September 7th, 2020, 9:57 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Riesling spritz and sweetness
- Replies: 12
- Views: 598
Re: Riesling spritz and sweetness
Thanks David.
- September 7th, 2020, 8:59 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Riesling spritz and sweetness
- Replies: 12
- Views: 598
Riesling spritz and sweetness
A couple of Riesling related questions...
The spritz or CO2 that I often experience with Riesling - does that go away over time? Will it dissipate with a vigorous decant?
Riesling sweetness - when aging bottles, does the sweetness mute or evolve over time?
TIA.
The spritz or CO2 that I often experience with Riesling - does that go away over time? Will it dissipate with a vigorous decant?
Riesling sweetness - when aging bottles, does the sweetness mute or evolve over time?
TIA.
- September 5th, 2020, 10:33 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: I think this Ceritas Chardonnay could be a 20+ year wine.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 862
Re: I think this Ceritas Chardonnay could be a 20+ year wine.
I had my last 2011 PMR back in 2016 and my note says it was starting to fade. My favorite of their wines was the Heintz vineyard. Could definitely see that going 15+ years.
- September 5th, 2020, 4:10 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Top Cellar Holdings by Producer and Some Thoughts on how/why that's Changed
- Replies: 101
- Views: 7293
Re: Top Cellar Holdings by Producer and Some Thoughts on how/why that's Changed
Ridge
Rhys*
Donnhoff
Littorai*
JJ Prum
Huet
Produttori del Barbaresco
Selbach-Oster
Vietti
Domaine de Chevalier
The last few years I’ve been moving more and more towards European wines.
*For the most part, I no longer buy
Rhys*
Donnhoff
Littorai*
JJ Prum
Huet
Produttori del Barbaresco
Selbach-Oster
Vietti
Domaine de Chevalier
The last few years I’ve been moving more and more towards European wines.
*For the most part, I no longer buy
- September 4th, 2020, 9:47 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
- Replies: 15636
- Views: 809143
Re: What is YOUR most recent wine purchase?
2018 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett