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I love KY!

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Well, Buzz...I'm a bit suspicious it's actually Refosco unless it was from a recent (last 10 yrs) planting. For many yrs, FPS was selling what they thought was Refosco, but DNA showed it to actually Mondeuse. Which is not a bad thing for those old Refosco plantings. Your TN suggests it might be Mon...

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You guys are lucky. My fedex driver made me kiss him on the lips before he released my wine to me today.

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Peju just sent this: Dear Friends & Family of Peju and Calmére, The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike any event the world has ever experienced. Health organizations, governments and businesses alike are trying to navigate an overload of ever-changing and often conflicting information. Yesterday, the Gove...

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Bud Carey wrote: ↑
February 28th, 2020, 12:33 pm
No impact whatsoever.

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Probably some Sierra Nevada Celebration ales and see where that takes me (usually to whisky)

Oh and: bang bang niner gang

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Corison

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order order order!!!!!

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how are you guys sourcing your Cameron. Since they don't sell direct, I have a tough time trying to buy the wines.

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One more berserker offer from Todd: for $50 you can join Grand Cru and he'll make your post in this thread private so your significant other can't find it.

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For the orange county people, Hi Time has it in stock at 164 For northern CA folks, Flatiron in SF has it at $157.99 through the end of today (discount applied at checkout) That didn't work for me. Shows $169.99 all the way until you enter the CC (and that's the last step). Only exception I see is ...

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Mich@el Ch@ng wrote: ↑
January 17th, 2020, 12:34 pm
For the orange county people, Hi Time has it in stock at 164

For northern CA folks, Flatiron in SF has it at $157.99 through the end of today (discount applied at checkout)

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Wow. Super appreciative of everyone's responses. I'm currently trying to hone my strategy on backfilling because I have lots of things that need longer term aging and need to focus on short term agers plus current drinkers. I've been focusing a lot on Barolo's / Barbarescos and poking at Riesling an...

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does that include popelouchum?

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Brian S t o t t e r wrote: ↑
January 6th, 2020, 4:24 pm
The only wines I'm really looking to backfill at this time are German riesling. Particularly looking at the 2001 vintage.

Could be your lucky day. K&L has a bunch of 2001 lots of solid Riesling producers ending in the next day or so.

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Now that I gave it that title, I'm excited to watch this one fall off the front page. It gets mentioned sporadically in other threads, but I'm really interested in what everyone is backfilling in their cellars. Questions to ponder: 1) What backfill vintages / wines are great deals compared to their ...

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

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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.

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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.

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

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Carricante?

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Did you pop and pour or slow ox?

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

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looks like Parker is dumping his position on AFWE wines.

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

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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)

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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...

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Late to the party, but here goes...

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

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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

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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...

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Heyyyyy Macarena! Ayyyyeeeee.

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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...

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I'm not fixing that

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

Or

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

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Mine has 2014 Grand Puy Lacoste for $61.99

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

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

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

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

Thanks!

This should be the one

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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), ...

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

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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...

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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 ...

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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.

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Hermitage mystery!!!!

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Marchesi di Gresy Langhe Nebbiolo Martinenga

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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.

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