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Most people's basements in the northeast are perfectly fine for passive cellaring. When I lived in Boston my grandparents' basement in Newton Centre was my de-facto cellar. Until they relocated last year, when I moved to NYC it was my parents' house in Jersey. Now I'm paying a bunch of money to Morr...

f*ck you Todd. neener [berserker.gif] [snort.gif] It's been a great opportunity to meet people from all over, meet some new winemakers, and attend some amazingly fun events. As an ITB'er I appreciate the freedom we have here to chat and not be called out for shilling (as long as we aren't). It's the...

If you weren't old enough to drink when WB was established, that would certainly put you in the young category. newhere [berserker.gif] A brief history: There are people here who just met in person and formed wine tasting/dinner groups that predate the internet, and early adopters go back to Prodigy...

I can't speak to Cornas. But the new Australia is the old Australia. There are still a bunch of great classic properties out there and the wines are readily available. The 'Next' thing that is happening in Australia is a change in style by the new generation. Lots of carbonic maceration, pet nat, co...

I forgot about a new one, JM Labruyere Grand Cru Prologue for $40. 70% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay.

Duc de Romet has been my go to in recent years. Sold by Skurnik so has a pretty wide national availability. Made by Jean-Baptiste Geffroy and 75% Meunier/25% Pinot Noir. It's a Negoce wine but the quality is there and can be found for as little as $25-30 depending on local pricing. Recently I've bee...

Hey! For everyone complaining about Zachy's, just a heads up that board member Ian Dorin has taken over the retail operations. Best wishes to him, maybe he can fix some of these problems! As for Morrell, Eric Guido is the buyer and the Morrell family no longer has any direct involvement in the busin...

Daniel,

Are you talking about VWW? I have not heard that. I will ask Eric and Ronnie. It's possible they just cut out Saturday hours for the busy retail season.

I live about a 10min drive from Vintage Wine Warehouse so it's kind of a no-brainer for me. My uncle stores with Domaine, and has had his wine there since they were still Acker.

A '95 I opened back in May/June was youthful. I'd definitely go with the 93. I don't think though that it's a 'much better' year than '94. It was just rated higher and we know what that means. 93 to me is extremely underrated, but I don't think there's much left because everyone was drinking these y...

Eric Ifune wrote: ↑
November 27th, 2018, 3:35 pm
Garnet in NYC are a couple.

Nope Nope Nope.

Garnet in NYC has been in decline for a couple of years now, new owners and most of the old stuff is gone.

Try Chambers & Flatiron in NYC and BPW and Benchmark in CA.

What's up Greg!

It's been a while.

Walt, Go south to the Cilento. You won't regret it. I was there in 2016. Some things to Google: Castellabate Cilento National Park Paestum Greco Roman ruins Agropoli Tenuta Vannulo Buffalo Mozzarella farm San Salvatore Winery (best buffalo milk gelato) they also have a tasting room in Salerno a few ...

Dan,

Please add:
Christian Galliani
Danielle Oteri
Ben Oberto

Please add:

Mikhail & Sveta L.

Dashfire is awesome. Yes I represent them. But he makes small batches of hand picked infusions. Available on Amazon. It seems like you search on one but you can toggle through the various options. Around 20 flavors though all may not be available. You could also search local stores for them. https:/...

I can't speak to what they offer online, but this is a solid brick-and-mortar store in New Rochelle NY and a couple of former coworkers were buyers there.

Hi,

Just chiming in here as my parents are now just south of Raleigh in Clayton, and I will be in town a few times a year and would like to start exploring the area.

Nice to see Jose down there preaching the Sherry Gospel!

Greg nailed it right here. ^^^

Mich@el Ch@ng wrote: ↑
November 28th, 2018, 4:18 pm
Why would you buy 375 to age 10-20 years? Makes no sense.

Muy 83, 88, and 89 Sauternes are doing just fine thank you very much.

I would join. Having just organized a slew of offlines in NYC (see the offline thread), some things to be aware of: certain restaurants are only 1 bottle per 2 people, etc. Don't have time this second for restaurant suggestions, but I have been able to get 1 bottle/person at Batard just a few weeks...

How exactly could WG shame him any more than the public record already has?

Jason,

My apologies, I was not aware of your affiliation. It would be a pleasure to break bread and share some wine with you. Many thanks for your efforts!

JG Salazar wrote: ↑
November 28th, 2018, 9:38 am

JasonHernandez wrote: ↑
November 28th, 2018, 9:21 am
I’m interested in attending.

Jason Hernandez

Ya might as well make your first post a memorable one...

CliftonD wrote: ↑
November 28th, 2018, 10:15 am
The Eddy, Batard (limit 1 per couple), and Aureole have no corkage on Mondays as well. And I love Wu's Wonton King.

I might be able to nudge the Batard limit to 1 bottle pp.

The Musket Room has a Michelin Star and no corkage Monday. Not sure if the NZ theme is too close to home. They also have a private room. The somm is a cool dude.

EDIT: I would like to attend.

Get a job in the weed business so you have some money to spend.

Brandon,

Where do you live?

This thread was started in 2015. Not sure what WL is up to these days with shipping but it's getting tougher to ship to many states from a retailer, so it might not be worth it.

larry schaffer wrote: ↑
November 5th, 2018, 10:43 am

I just wish the best for Bob and his staff moving forward.

This.

Always Always Always when at Troquet ask if they have any last bottle or 'scratch and dent' deals off the list. Chris always has some random stuff hanging around, or maybe something from a new acquisition that just arrived. I haven't been in years now but from the start on Comm Ave the brilliance of...

c fu wrote: ↑
November 5th, 2018, 2:52 pm

I have all of Todd's dirty laundry, i'm here forever!

He makes me wash them cause i'm chinese.

What's your secret?

M.Kaplan wrote: ↑
October 13th, 2018, 1:38 pm
It is good for sanitizing a wound. Or an injection site.

I knew a bartender who used to clean his marble bar top with Belvedere.

It's La Fete du Champagne weekend.

A few people may be occupied with that.

http://www.lafeteduchampagne.com/programtickets-2018/

I might be interested in something low key on Sunday.

Tom,

Hang in there, but don't tune out all of the unpleasant advice. Altering some of your approach (and maybe changing your profile pic) could help.

Lyle should have warned you about this place before you took the plunge!

Yeah I don't think you can make a proclamation one way or the other just based on these pictures of the capsule. Need to see the label.

Bravo.

Victor Hong wrote: ↑
October 18th, 2018, 8:22 am
I was in Pennsylvania to visit the Pollyanna Pennsylvania Poster (Andy R.).

Well, if I'd held on to those cases of Macallan 18 from the late 90's/early 2000's that I used as my house scotch since it was $40 a bottle, what would they be worth? They were 73-74-75-76-77 vintages. When they sold in 1999, and the shakeup through about 2001 in the retail chain, they were dumping ...

Put other stuff in there. Liquor, soda, bottled water, olive oil, anything you want to store and could have at a lower temp. Saves the labor of collecting/filling wine bottles. I would say that given your location and conditions you are a prime example of a person for whom it might be worth a little...

Not very convenient to Bucks but does *** still run a facility in South Jersey? ***** I would not specify this facility, as PLCB officials can monitor Pennsylvania residents who use it to buy or hold wine outside of the state, for in-state consumption. Victor have you been caught recently bringing ...

Jasmin?

R. Smith wrote: ↑
September 23rd, 2018, 5:48 pm
Ray is now trying his hand at acting: https://www.instagram.com/raywalkeract/

Separated at birth?

I love Evil Twin and Stillwater but have never seen anything with low ABV, I will have to look closer. I have never been a big Allagash fan. Firestone Walker is not available here, I think Southern Tier is so I will check it out. Bell's is my favorite brewery but I have never had the Pooltime, I us...

Those aren't wines I'd want to drink with the food at Avra.

Alan Eden wrote: ↑
September 21st, 2018, 9:58 pm
Is Screaming Eagle poor value ?
I know i would pay release price to try it

Especially if they let me chopper in to pick it up.

Ian Dorin wrote: ↑
September 11th, 2018, 12:45 pm
I also bought way too much 2015 Red Burgundy, 2014 White Burgundy and 2013 Barolo, and refuse to touch those.

That's a nice problem to have.

Especially during the summer I'm drinking more cocktails and beer because I don't want to open a bottle and waste it. With our first few days down to 60 degrees in a long time, it was nice to have some red wine this weekend. I can't just run out and grab an everyday bottle in my neighborhood. Select...

Ray needs to contact Alex Jones and get some air time.

I got sucked into a buy 2 get 1 offer from La Colombe last weekend so I'm stocked with some of their blends for the next month or two. I'm still pretty loyal to George Howell, I picked up a couple bags when I was in Boston at the beginning of August. There are so many places in Manhattan where I can...

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