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John Morris wrote: ↑
November 13th, 2019, 8:05 am

Neal.Mollen wrote: ↑
November 13th, 2019, 7:57 am

D@ve D y r 0 f f wrote: ↑
November 12th, 2019, 9:37 pm
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This is why Alfert has associates
I wonder what their hourly rate is for the boss?

I would never let my associates touch my wine. It's way too important.

No, not because I have more than enough to last me until I die, and not because I’m so old that I will die before any new-release stuff I would buy will be fully mature. Rather, it’s just that Garagiste and Fass shipments arrived on the same day and I had to carry seven cases of wine in from the ca...

No, not because I have more than enough to last me until I die, and not because I’m so old that I will die before any new-release stuff I would buy will be fully mature. Rather, it’s just that Garagiste and Fass shipments arrived on the same day and I had to carry seven cases of wine in from the ca...

2017 F.X. Pichler Riesling Unendlich - Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau (11/12/2019) At the FKALBTG monthly blind wine dinner, but since we were the hosts, it was not blind to me. Two tastes - first when poured and then later retasted out of the bottle after about 60-90 minutes of air. Initially, ...

No ONE is more bummed about this than me. I have attended every single one and almost all of the side events. I train all year for it. With that said this is an enormous completely non-profit labor of love for Stephen Bitterolf. And it is a big burden for most of the growers. With that said Rieslin...

mattcitrang wrote: ↑
November 12th, 2019, 10:45 am
Hopefully it still alive come 2021.

One of my favorite events of the winter.

Hopefully I am still alive come 2021.

alan weinberg wrote: ↑
November 5th, 2019, 1:07 pm
wow, that was a long time ago that we all did that!

We are both getting MUCH older.

I think we will serve sour grapes and humble pie at our tailgate, but the traditional rule will apply - the worse the game, the better the food and the wine. Anyone else going? If so, let me know and you can join us.

I just got an invitation from Christie's to attend the auction in Beaune this year, with a list of barrels to be auctioned. Not that I want to go to Beaune that weekend, since I have other obligations, but as one of the original Gang of Five that put together HAG in 2005, I thought I would ask wheth...

This year, I have been assigned two turkeys, a vegetable and non-alcoholic carbonated beverages for 100 people for the Family Homeless Shelter Thanksgiving Banquet in White Plains. Better than being responsible for the whole thing as in past years. I have the turkeys and veggies in hand, but I am se...

Obviously, they do not advertise. Remember 15 or so years ago, when their featuring of Kosta Brown and the cover photo virtually made the winery? That an DuMol.

2006 EMH Cabernet Sauvignon Black Cat - USA, California, Napa Valley (11/1/2019) Pop and poured. This is in a great place right now. It has shed any harsh tanin. Sweet without sugar, moderately fruity but not over the top. Some level of spice. A bit of earthiness but no tertiary leathery type stuff...

I haven't been there for decades and I have no comment about the restaurant or the food, but if you go to Luger's and order Dover sole, you are an idiot, not a food critic.

Final info on tonight's collab! It is going to be quite the party! https://www.instagram.com/p/B4MvzeBA8eg/ You communist! I didn't know about this until someone told me. Unfortunately, this clashes with our FKALBTG monthly dinner. I can't tell you what we are pouring because it's blind and someone...

I got mine in NY yesterday or the day before.

After serious consideration, and despite my love of the work of both JSS and Cambie, I'm going to pass. I need another wine in that price range like I need a hole in the head.

None. A filing cabinet drawer full of photo negatives I keep in a cabinet near the garage for a quick exit. Everything else is just money.

If you insist, probably a 2007 Saxum JBV magnum in one hand and in the other a 2009 Montrose that my uncle told me on his death bed to take from his closet.

I got cabs but no pinots. I guess the sorting hat knew that I am not a big pinot fan.

My offsite storage is a 6 bottle fridge in my office. Does that count?

I have never understood why Mouton was elevated to First Growth status and none of the so called Super Seconds, Palmer included. . . I will answer that question if you first tell me how old you are. It's all about history and politics. I'm 64, Jay. :-) I'm 68, so let's say close enough. The answer ...

Asking for a friend.

Fontanafredda Barolo. I have a sweet spot for that winery because when the skylight at Zachy's collapsed and almost killed two of us, the other guy was the Fontanafredda rep who was pouring their Lazzarito, which I like.

I just got my delivery of NV Charles Mignon Champagne. I have a business lunch today so I think I will bring it and report back.

I have Pinot Gris. I never thought of it as the same, but Doh! Grigio in Italian is Gris in French. I have Z-H and Albert Mann. I even have a Scholium Project Pinot Gris, which will undoubtedly be too weird for everyone.

Rudi Finkler wrote: ↑
October 15th, 2019, 11:30 pm
I have never understood why Mouton was elevated to First Growth status and none of the so called Super Seconds, Palmer included. . .

I will answer that question if you first tell me how old you are. It's all about history and politics.

I have had really good luck matching CNDP with Indian food (no hotter that medium). . . . In the same vein, I like California GSM blends, especially those that are a bit heavy on the Grenache. The first time I had the combination, it was because it was all I had in my office and I was going to Utsa...

I am constantly asked by guests at my house to bring up a bottle of Pinot Grigio when I offer to go down to the cellar to get a bottle of wine. I usually respond with "how about a really good Sauvignon Blanc or German Riesling?" I have no PG in my cellar. However, wanting to be a good host, I really...

A. Cox wrote: ↑
October 14th, 2019, 3:40 pm
. . . Martaella Vyd pinots (from Benovia) . . .

Quiet please. It's like drinking wine at Berns.

2015 Schrader Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon RBS Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard - USA, California, Napa Valley, Oakville (10/9/2019) I managed to lose track of the calendar and scheduled a business dinner for breaking the fast on Yom Kippur. All put together, I decided to go with the serious stuff and t...

0.00% of my cellar is for investment. I plan to drink everything except for what I leave to my kids and to my wife if she survives me. I have never been paid 10 cents as a wine professional, so I am pretty clear on that as well.

This thread is complete BS. Just ask at the next Offline and you can probably unload it to the rest of the AFWEs.

So you want to watch Dallas recover from embarrassment by beating up on the Jets this Sunday and you want to make sure that you drink some good wine before hand? We will be conducted our regular tailgate this Sunday at Parking Stanchion G5 before the game. Menu still up in the air but, as always, it...

First of all, don't listen to any of my brethren who do not like California wines in the first place. I agree that Ridge Monte Bello would be an excellent first choice, but you said "wine(s)" so let's fill out the basket. The Ridge from a good year will set you back a few bucks, so let's say $250. I...

Check Winesearcher, You can save $0.01 at Winelibrary. This price is not all that special.

Randy Bowman wrote: ↑
October 5th, 2019, 8:06 pm
. . . your pets are 100 per month each. . .

I used to have a large fish tank. At $100 per pet, that could be expensive!

The bottle I brought to Jay Hack’s house showed some seepage, and was amazing. You should be fine Yes. I don't know why (maybe Portugal exports the good cork and use the crap for their local wines), but I have seen a lot of SOS in older ports, but it never seems to matter. The Port that Mark brough...

How is Beaujolais these days? I haven't bought any for over a decade and other than some 30 year old bottles at that place in Tampa, I can't remember the last time I had a bottle. I hate banana (one of the few foods I won't eat) and the banana flavors in Beaujolais were just so off-putting that I mo...

Go with the 1999. We opened one earlier this year and it was ready to go, although it has a long way to go before it gets to the down slope. I agree with the comment above about initial funkiness that is off-putting. Decant it if you can, even for a few minutes if that's all you've got, and the prob...

Robert.A.Jr. wrote: ↑
October 4th, 2019, 6:26 am
Retirement party in DC?

I think we should throw him a party in DC and celebrate that there is one less competitor [both lawyer and wine buyer]. You can bring that swill you drink and I can bring the rocket fuel I drink and we can bled it together for the accountants who like averages.

Craig G wrote: ↑
September 16th, 2019, 10:37 pm
When I showed up to a New York offline, Jay finished his Cayuse before I made it to the restaurant.

Which Cayuse. I usually bring those to football games because they stand up to the weather and all the smoke from 1,000 grills.

I was in Berlin in 2005. I wanted to buy some famous German chocolate to bring home to my family. I was not uncomfortable being in Berlin etc. etc, but when I went to the shop to buy the chocolate, there at the front door was a brass sign that said the German equivalent of "Established 1938." I just...

You have almost found religion. A few more years and you can come to the Saxum offline. Seriously, I had the same response when I opened a 1966 and 1975 Gruaud last year. Academically interesting and enjoyable but hardly what I would call thrilling. Words like appreciate come to mind, but not thrill...

Oh, oh, will the Yankees have a playoff game on Wed. night?! Not on the 9th. It’s Yom Kippur. Oops. I have to guard the door the night before and throw myself in front of ISIS members with machine guns, so maybe I can't make it. Sundown is 6:25, which means you can eat after 7:25, but since I am a ...

I will come. You have GC Burgs?!?!?! Yes, How about if I bring a 2006 Hospices de Beaune Corton-Cuvée Docteur Peste Faiveley? I opened one in March 2025 and it was still a baby. Time to check in again. Great. glad you can join. That's funny that you're amazed I have GC Burgs, coming from someone no...

I will come. You have GC Burgs?!?!?! Yes, How about if I bring a 2006 Hospices de Beaune Corton-Cuvée Docteur Peste Faiveley? I opened one in March 2025 and it was still a baby. Time to check in again.

Sorry. Can't make it. I have to teach a seminar on the effect of the new rent laws on multifamily valuations for mortgage loan collateral purposes. I may need a drink after that, but I will not be done until 9 pm.

Dan Kravitz wrote: ↑
September 17th, 2019, 5:52 pm
. . . Rated square root of -1. An imaginary number because I could not imagine a wine this bad. Certainly my worst wine of the decade, possibly of my life; I may have repressed memories of something worse, but I doubt it.
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Nominee for TN of the decade.

Zinfandel for starters Carlisle, Bedrock, Ridge, Limerick Lane for starters if you can find them. Ceritas Chardonnay might be a tough 'get' but worth it if you happen upon one. Give the guy a chance. No way can he get Carlisle, Bedrock or Ceritas and probably not Limerick Lane. I looked at Vino.75 ...

I thought I had never had their wine until I looked it up and found this note. I guess I should have bought some: 2013 Harrington Trousseau Siletto Vineyard - USA, California, Central Coast, Cienega Valley (11/15/2015) Traded with someone (CT from Louisiana) I did not know for a bottle of 2000 D'Arm...

Have to agree; Saxum is not my cup of tea but I was impressed by how well a 2005 Bone Rock was drinking recently. Nicely integrated, carrying its 16.1% beautifully with no sign of cracking up, clearly many more years to go (The next morning my husband and I had vicious hangovers and we swore off bu...

B. Buzzini wrote: ↑
September 17th, 2019, 11:53 am
Although I tend to agree...this one last night was just not doing it for me. Too much plum and Porty...tart tingly acid. Lot a sediment in that sucker as well.
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Mine start with 2004, so maybe I'm OK.

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