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The organized chaos is not as fun as it used to be. Fewer people and more focused themes tend to be more enjoyable.

Let’s face it, for certain individuals/groups it’s also about being with the ‘right’ people and the ‘right’ bottles.

I just checked the Blue Jays Schedule--The Indians are in town Fri-Sun and the Red Sox follow Mon-Wed! Looks like I'll be planning my stay into the following week.

It's a polarizing wine, which does seem strange considering its provenance. I've never been a fan. I've had several 90's vintages and 2001, though all when they were quite young.

LGA<-->YYZ tix to book right now for this date are more expensive than current fare. Any tips on finding a cheap flight? Set an alert on google flight. No need to keep checking. This is interesting. I don't fly much so am not sufficiently tech savvy. But It's about a week too early to set a reminde...

I agree. Robert Kacher would be a better bet for him as an importer to check out. Wrongo Dongo. Bobby is retired, and the 'Robert Kacher' portfolio as you know it is essentially gone. There are a few properties still hanging on with Domaine Select which carry his name and label, but most of the gre...

Booked for Sojourn Wednesday and $25 corkage confirmed.

Oh snap. Just checked in to see about options similar to Sutton Inn. Sad it’s gone.

Re: WineFest V--Cellar Depressurization--July 18, 2020 in Toronto Thanks Dan!

Thanks Dan!

No love for Premier Cru?

What Hardy said.

Can you do some sort of handshake/wink-nod deal with the venue to just pour the wine if you ship it in privately?

If regular shipping is $40-50 anyway, and you live in a place like south Florida which is not good for shipping year round, the upcharge, particularly for a high ticket wine like Spottswoode, sounds well worth it. Not when the final leg is on a truck without refer. I negates the whole process if th...

I don't know why more wineries don't utilize them... shipping door to door $70/case. If regular shipping is $40-50 anyway, and you live in a place like south Florida which is not good for shipping year round, the upcharge, particularly for a high ticket wine like Spottswoode, sounds well worth it.

This thread is not all that it's cracked up to be.

I could eat. Let's see how this shapes up.

It's price listed in NY but I haven't seen it on shelves yet. I only know what I know from social media posts by WhistlePig peeps. RE: Pricing--$399 retail would be normal markup based on cost but I expect to see it on shelves closer to $500 here because why not? That's the current trend with limite...

LGA<-->YYZ tix to book right now for this date are more expensive than current fare. Any tips on finding a cheap flight?

Save me a spot!

We are a good three years into liquor barrel aged wines. Yuck.

Brent C l a y t o n wrote: ↑
July 27th, 2019, 4:38 pm

Brent C l a y t o n wrote: ↑
July 27th, 2019, 4:29 pm
updates from Jay’s!

Brent C l a y t o n wrote: ↑
July 27th, 2019, 4:29 pm
updates from Jay’s!

Just catching up to this, very unfortunate. RIP Alan.

Next time maybe try posting a link or the proper website address.

https://www.pluckywines.com/websearch_r ... w=donnhoff

Go south to the Cilento and you won't be disappointed. Positano and Amalfi are super-touristy. The best seafood I had in Amalfi was the cuoppo fritto misto.

Thread drift - Just got back from 10 days in the Berkshires suffering through the adverse effects of no BYO. You can't bring your own wine to a restaurant, so there is no incentive for the restaurant to exert any effort to have a good wine list. Yes, I know, the lists at Blantyre and The Inn on the...

Gordon's does a great job with their emails also. It's easy to stay on top of the latest offers.

If you're working downtown, go to Federal Wine on State St and introduce yourself to Len.

Also, go eat at Troquet and get friendly with Chris Campbell.

The 1996 was $69.99 and I thought that was expensive!

I hope wine regions everywhere disallow growing of cannabis. It makes zero sense to be using land, water, and human resources that compete with high end grape growing. This is an arbitrary argument that could easily be used in reverse. In fact, I think there are probably far more cannabis consumers...

Sigh.

Doesn't board member Martin Zwick do something in Berlin?

90's highs and mid-high 70's lows, plus high humidity in the whole corridor; pretty much the worst possible conditions to ship wine in this week.

I'd send a PM to Matt Hartley...

Alan,

The obvious answer here is to not use this blend. It doesn't seem to work for the level of doneness you prefer. I haven't checked the recipe of this blend, but get one with more meat and less fat.

We tried to book many of the top choices for Saturday but everything is already booked! I'm a little surprised all the top restaurants are totally packed on a Saturday in July. We have a reservation for Helm, the BYO on 5th St not the full bar location. Any tips/info/suggestions? ***EDIT*** We moved...

The bottle has to be super cold or you're gonna wear most of it. It's fun if you do it right!

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Hate hate hate that he uses oak on the Chenin. Needs another year or two to burn off the oak. I had one in March/April.

I am not a big fan of Revision based on what I've had.

Tablas also has a big nursery arm and they sell cuttings of the Beaucastel clones. I grafted a few vines when I visited!

Edson, I think the consensus would be that Heady Topper is the 'OG' Hazy IPA and 10-12 years ago they were the only game in town. Little by little that has changed. I wouldn't argue that the west coast stuff is better as any Monkish I've had has been amazing. I'm not really into cross country tradin...

That Bella Callia is some good shit!

Who's got their finger on the button?

It's hard to keep track. So many options in NYC. Usually I just make the rounds to my trusted beer shops, try a few new things on draft and pluck some cans to go. If you look at the general beer thread, I just loaded up on Root + Branch. Some regular go to's: Other Half Finback Hudson Valley (sour I...

Great stuff. Do they still have the 'original' vines lining the front walkway?

I've met Gary several times while hanging with Adam Lee. The estate wines were always a bit over the top for me. I generally prefer the wines from people who source their fruit. I drink very little CA Pinot these days, and when I do it's generally Santa Barbara or Sonoma Coast producers.

I don't remember the name of the one Dan sells but I know I've bought it before when I was in retail. My company represents Charles Gonnet from Savoie and the 2018 Mondeuse is bangin'. But will it really catch on? I don't know but it's a great fit in that middle range for a chillable red in warm wea...

I think NAPA has better auto parts, but I could be wrong.

Brett Favre.

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