Wine Berserkers - international wine social media, online community, and discussion

ChrisU

Yesterday the Elk Grove, CA Costco had several '08 Dom Perignons put at $137.99 per. (They also still have some '09)

ChrisU

Mike Maguire wrote: ↑
September 22nd, 2019, 6:47 am
Don’t take it personal, just sell the house and move on.We did that with our last house.The people that bought it had no interest in the wine cellar but paid 20k over asking.We did the happy dance and moved on.

+1. Once the house sells it is no longer yours.

ChrisU

Mike Kuller wrote: ↑
September 5th, 2019, 12:10 pm
Our local wine shop has lots of Turley and some Rafanelli zin priced much higher than retail from the wineries.

I think i might know who you are talking about. If so, they buy them retail from the wineries or at retail from list members and then mark them up from there.

ChrisU

Anyone picking up the '16 Jaboulet La Chapelle in today's offer?

ChrisU

Carricante?

ChrisU

Did you pop and pour or slow ox?

ChrisU

Am I the only one who had to look up what “apogee” means?

ChrisU

looks like Parker is dumping his position on AFWE wines.

ChrisU

Ordered 17 btls (all the reds offered + 1 each on the Chenins.)

ChrisU

Has anyone tried one of these: http://www.vintagecellars.com/walk-ins/vintage-series-wine-room-1300 ? It looks similar to the BILD, but is a bit larger, with a capacity of 1200+ bottles. It seems like a good value, but I'm curious if the quality of the panels and the racking is decent. http://www.v...

ChrisU

As others have said, going back to the point of purchase is best. Having worked for a distributor, some wineries gave us a budget for spoils and samples (as a discount off invoice) to cover these costs. For others we would reach out to the winery for individual spoils and they would credit them (obv...

ChrisU

Dale Bowers wrote: ↑
December 3rd, 2018, 10:56 am
Has anyone else's account suddenly not listing any of your past purchases?

this happened to me. I emailed them and they apologized and sent me a list. They didn't say why it happened or if it would be investigated / fixed, though.

ChrisU

Premature Evacuation?

Stoked to read your notes as it is a birth year wine for one of my kids (we have a mag + 2 750's tucked away in the cellar)

ChrisU

Interesting quote from speaking with Guiseppe Vajra the other day on how to figure out who are modern vs. traditional producers, "All you need to do is see who produces Freisa. Those are the traditionalists. Not to say that this is a perfect list, but merely a list of producers that must be include...

ChrisU

Late to the party, but here goes...

ChrisU

why let the people that failed re-test? Either they legitimately failed, or they knew which wines were in the set and still missed.

ChrisU

Offer is live for those of you on the list:

2017 Cresci Chenin
2017 Pet-Nat Chenin
2017 Wirz Riesling
2017 Mataro (David Girard Vineyard)
2017 Mokelumne Syrah

ChrisU

Thank you for all the input, lots to think about. Rich, Awesome looking!!! How can you not love staring at that. Do you think you can pm me the glass & cooling info? As for the light, I'm aware of the issue and it will not be in direct sunlight. My windows are uv protected as well. Also not going t...

ChrisU

Heyyyyy Macarena! Ayyyyeeeee.

ChrisU

Love seeing the love for Easton / Terre Rouge. His Syrahs and Zins with are built to do some time in your cellar and as Matt mentioned, the Roussanne is off the hook good. Obviously Turley is a good stop and they usually have some Amador tasting room only wines available. One time when I was out the...

ChrisU

I'm not fixing that

ChrisU

"And I'm beastin' off the Riesling" - Kanye

Or

"When the tequila runs out.... we'll be drinking champagne. "

[youtube][/youtube]

ChrisU

Mine has 2014 Grand Puy Lacoste for $61.99

Also, the Perrin family CDR at $7 is good for cooking Coq au Vin

ChrisU

GuildSomm / Hosemaster? (See Levi's Twitter - he seems pissed)

ChrisU

In this thread (ITT): I learned I'm not a baller.

ChrisU

Drew Goin wrote:Where, might I be so bold to ask, is the Mataro fruit sourced from?

Thanks!

This should be the one

ChrisU

So Chris....you were not lying brother, this is some damn good chenin!! Per your strong reco I connected with Craig (awesome dude and amazing customer service by the way), and ordered a nice smattering of CB. Started with the entry-level 2016 SRV chenin which was really solid (especially for $17), ...

ChrisU

Great notes. I have a mag of that in my son's birth year cellar.

ChrisU

Sounds really interesting, thanks for posting. But how do you sign up for the mailing list? I don't see an option on the site. And the wines that i do see currently listed for purchase on the site are different than what you mentioned....and at a much higher price point?? Yes, they still have wines...

ChrisU

First let me add the caveat that I consider Craig a good friend(but I would never recommend wines made by a friend if they weren't really good.). For those of you who love Chenin Blanc, Craig Haarmeyer is putting out some stellar examples. In past vintages / releases he (along side his family) have ...

ChrisU

I only keep track of exact location for my offsite storage. I update it whenever I go there and pick up or drop off wine (once or twice a month.) I use the same grid systems with front, middle, back as others have noted. At home I dig through my wine fridge.

ChrisU

Hermitage mystery!!!!

ChrisU

Marchesi di Gresy Langhe Nebbiolo Martinenga

ChrisU

I played Edward Fortyhands once. Mickeys in the left and Old English in the right. I was being cocky and drank a bunch of beers before we started. Blackout city. Pro tip: go easy on the duct tape or better yet use that blue painter's tape.

ChrisU

From a tasting that included 5+ recent vintages of Pichon Lalande and Lagrange last weekend I'd take these off the list as well. Still in two minds about Baron but think that on balance it still has enough (potential) character and fortifying tannins to stay on the 'classic' list. removed Lalande a...

ChrisU

I'm surprised by lack of Pomerols on list. Unless things have changed in last few years (I really haven't been tasting new release Bordeaux)I'd put L'Evangile (as suggested by Suzanne), Trotanoy (suggested by Diane), Latour a Pomerol, La Grave a Pomerol are to me pretty classic. I'd put Conseillant...

ChrisU

Alphabetized within regions and added classification information.

ChrisU

Robert Alfert, Jr. wrote:
James Billy wrote:
ChrisU wrote:edited the list to include appellations
Great! Now to alphabetize
And order by Classification

Good idea. It'll have to wait until Monday when I can dump it back into excel.

ChrisU

Arv R wrote:
ChrisU wrote:edited the list to include appellations
Some St Estephes are reported in the St Emilions grouping

Good catch. I missed holding and separating Saint Estephe

ChrisU

edited the list to include appellations

ChrisU

JulianD wrote:For this to work we're either going to need to restart the thread, or have the OP start the list / editing in the first post.

Started.

ChrisU

Inspired by the Traditional vs Modern Barolo thread (kudos Pat Burton), I'm interested in everyone's thoughts on which houses in Bordeaux are still making classically styled (non-parkerized / rollandized) wines. Here's the List so far: Haut-Medoc: Cantemerle - 5th Growth Sociando Mallet Margaux: Bra...

ChrisU

anyone attempt to grab the 2010 Cvne 3L Gran Reserva for $140?

ChrisU

John Webber wrote:
Jeremy Holmes wrote:Glad you are enjoying it Frank and Brig. It is certainly one of the better wine books I have read.
My order is coming in minutes.

Ordered a copy for me and a friend a couple of days ago As well.

ChrisU

Overall do you guys feel Mondeuse is ageable? Long term? Short term? I know this will depend on a number of factors but just curious about your overall thoughts on the grape as my experience is super limited.

ChrisU

I know this isn't the case here, but consider another perspective. At the distribution company I worked for, we had an agreement with most wineries that we would take a small percentage off of our invoice to cover their portion of samples and any bad bottles. So if one of our retail/restaurant custo...

ChrisU

T. Altmayer wrote:Did anyone get an offer for 2015 Trousseau? My offer included only the 2014 which it says was sold out.

yes. Mine had 2015 Sonoma County Trousseau

ChrisU

It's LIVE!!!!

ChrisU

Thanks for the report. I'm delighted to see the Mataro back (last vintage was 2012), it's been my favorite among Tegan's reds. The Chenins have been very good, but generally have found they need at least a few years to wake up. I wonder which Chenins they are though, Tegan has made quite a few diff...

ChrisU

Thank you for the info. Looking forward to the Mataro particularly- loved the one I got before. What happened to the reported 'Green Hungarian' wine? Very excited for this release! Pure speculation, but I believe that the Kirschenmann vineyard has a very tiny amount of Green Hungarian (maybe a coup...

Search found 112 matches