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Love the Burgundy after tasting so much Nebbiolo. Why not? As my 3 year old says, "Because yes!".

Had a very good meal at Papilles on East 7th street. Small cozy spot, albeit perhaps a little too brightly lit, where the owners are "all in", with the chef, chef's wife working front, and a third partner working the front and making cocktails. Leek appetizer was spot on. Beef entree was spot on. Ha...

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Room for 1 or 2 more... please shoot me a PM if interested.
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Mattstolz wrote: ↑
February 7th, 2019, 2:45 am
Two good offers yesterday with the Meo-Camuzet and the 83 Canon. anyone bite on the Canon?

Enjoyed the Meo Bourgogne 2016 a few months ago which sparked my question on aging Bourgogne. I put in a request for a couple more, haven't received word yet.

Thomas Rippe wrote: ↑
January 30th, 2019, 6:47 pm
Silent Tom

Just caught this.

Water, vinegar & baking soda has worked for me.

96. Drinking fine but wasn’t a favorite and I think in bottom third for table, although I think one called it number 2 after the 2000. My CT note, which you can place as much emphasis as you would like: Short note off rough memory. Less dense, with more red fruit than the 2000/2006. Not quite thin, ...

"The companies under investigation include prestigious wines from Pordenone, Udine, Treviso, Venice, Padova, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Ravenna, Florence, Livorno, Naples and several cities in Puglia. The prosecution has not released a full list of brands involved, but is expected to do so in the coming...

2000 calon segur: too young
2000 GPL: my number 2
1995 Pontet: others number 2
2006 Pontet: too young

2000 Pontet-Canet easily secured WOTN

Hi Jay, shot you a PM

Always room, Dan. Shot you a PM back and look forward to meeting tomorrow.

Small group meeting tomorrow in Midtown East at 7PM @ Bobby Vans, theme is '96 or '00 Bordeaux. 4 of us thus far, and it would be great to grow it by a couple. Thus far we have: 1996 Pontet Canet 2000 Pontet Canet 2000 Grand Puy Lacoste [Bottle 4 TBD] Stickie TBD (depending on group size, 375 1997 N...

Very helpful thread. In learned a lot in the reading and in the posts themselves.

Anyone in NY for a Huet offline?

Wish I lived in CA/planned an upcoming trip to Santa Barbara. This would have been fun!

I don’t think you understood what I did... but I may have miscalculated as well! Will find out! Am having fun, maybe too much!

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The rice bag is 1kg I believe. So one bag for 8 people?

My first time. In for an elite + tacked on a rice & paella seasoning kit. Pretty stoked to make my first paella. Two questions for you: 1) When do you think delivery would be to East Coast/major city, e.g. NY? I have some family over 2nd week of February and wondering if delivery would be in time fo...

For how many people is a 750 of 1989 Constance good for? Sounds like you need more than 2 people to reasonably polish off a bottle in one sitting?

what would be the sugar levels of the '89 Constance? Less than a typical Sauternes?

I've been working slowly through Sauternes and Tokaji, and want to put in some Huet Vouvray Moelleux/Moelleux 1ere Trie into the mix. That said, I'm a bit overwhelmed by the Huet range, and would appreciate a little orientation. Sweetness: Sec, Demi-Sec, Moelleux, or Moelleux 1ère Trie. On a relativ...

1) Marie Sharps and Barons both are on Amazon. Not sure about "relative" pricing to non-online shops, but just a heads up.
2) Visited a good friend in LA a weekend ago... funny.. didn't know he went to Belize.. because he too brought back a couple bottles..

The Baron stuff is great. First time I tried it I was surprised at how hot it was and thought it would take me forever to get through an 11 ounce bottle. It lasted about a month. Everyone who has tried it at our home (all 3), have asked where to get it. We've had to even gift one of them a bottle. ...

I'm a fan of these glasses. Like the profile and balance of the Essential glass the most, although I still grab the bigger bowl of the Burgundy.

I assumed it was a Nigerian gangster taken from a movie clip, possibly after just robbing a bank.

Who is your avatar, Neal?

I would recommend trying Marie Sharps hot sauce. We went to Belize and picked up many bottles to bring back home; was our only souvenir and we ate it at every meal (the food there tends to be quite bland). Turns out its available in the U.S., and I highly recommend grabbing a bottle. To me, this is ...

+1 on Day 2/3 tasting notes. How should one approach ageability of the 2016s in a 750 or 1.5L format? Could a mag of the cab easily go thirty years?

Thank you for recommendations for Osteria Mozza & Mercado. Osteria Mozza was very good. First off, the service was on, as we had many table requests and they were handled well. The appetizers were all quite good. Enjoyed the prosciutto (although I didn't dig the pear combo), the endives were very go...

Had dinner at River Park last night. No corkage Tuesdays on first three bottles. A wonky location in an office building (have your Uber drop you off at 440 east 29th street for easier access). But the place is done up well. And the food I had was pretty good. The squash with coddled egg was extremel...

I do score wines (when I have a mind to, which is about 10 - 20% of the time). My goal(s) in scoring wines have nothing to do with scores given by others. Others' scores for a wine are completely not relevant to the score I give the same wine. Of course not, but the OP's point was not (I am assumin...

Brian, it’s pretty easy to disagree. Someone who rates wines on a 1-3 point scale because they feel privileged to be different, should not have there scores averaged into a 0-100 point system. I am not saying those notes are not helpful on their own, but then they should, as you note, refrain from s...

2010 Jadot Bourgogne 82.4 "A wine buddy claimed that this presented great value after finding it and trying at the shop he works for, so I took a couple bottles. Totally uninspiring, thin, simple and generic. Another's note on this describes using it to braise a meat dish. Good use for it." Gets wor...

Jay Miller wrote: ↑
January 10th, 2019, 1:57 pm
wow, grand tasting already sold out? that was fast.

As of 7PM still look available to me. $375/per

Had the 2001 just recently and it was not a great showing. Didn't see this thread earlier, and it sounds like the 2001 was a disappointing showing here as well.

If you have a totally different impression of the wine, then indeed you should not have the same score. But if you think similar things as another taster's note, the better outcome is for two similar point scores versus one at 90 and one at 80.

What I am finding is: 1) I think my historical scoring paradigm/what I posted in OP correlates pretty well with current CT socres 2) But as I drink smarter/better, I need to create scoring room for these better wines (said another way, a 95 to me today is a much better wine than a wine I would have ...

Good call on Kalustyans. Next time go to Kailash Prabat (?spelling?) for a couple chaat appetizers, then Saravana Bhavan (?spelling?) for south indian mini ghee idlis and then Bhatti Grill for the kebabs. Can make a day of it.

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