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Victor Hong

Sh@n A wrote: ↑
November 19th, 2019, 4:55 pm

Sarah Kirschbaum wrote: ↑
November 19th, 2019, 4:37 pm
Btw, original packaging only makes a difference in resale price at a pretty high level. For most wines, it's cool but immaterial.
Thanks! How high a level?

As somebody once said, if you have to ask, you cannot afford it.

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No.

But storing the wine itself makes little financial sense.

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D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑
November 18th, 2019, 4:58 pm
I just don’t see the point of taking pretty decent fried chicken and adding a crappy bun.

Current and former ghetto residents get the good buns.

Victor Hong

Defrauding the deceased is quite despicable.

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I pushed this wine hard on the Parker board, when it was just $30 per bottle.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/dini ... iving.html

Our shop is taking orders. First come, first served. 1-866-N00dles

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My father liked it, despite being used to Haut-Brion 1990 and La Mission Haut-Brion 1989.

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At least they provide a picture. My understanding was many retailers don't offer refunds on premoxed bottles, in which case if you don't ask for a visual inspection or a picture you're out of luck. That was my point above. Transparency is super-senior to perfection. (For this thread, color is somet...

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On the other hand, watch this food fight.

https://www.winebid.com/BuyWine/Item/72 ... eau-Nicole

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Hunting whether bottles or bonds, simply assess all available risk, reward, and price information dispassionately, and then either bid or pass.

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A warning about this retailer, posted in Wine Pimps.
viewtopic.php?f=15&p=2848882#p2848882

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Mercaptans or reduction.

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Happy to beat ($50.00 each) Barney’s on BDX and BRG 2 Glass min and Even qty for me though as I only carry twos and sixes. Burgundy are pre-arrival but will ship to you before December. Email me directly at; cfreemott@mac.com And this includes standard shipping. But do you also sell $200 Armani bla...

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Scott Brunson wrote: ↑
November 14th, 2019, 3:29 pm
Large format--..... Double mags
Do you have a source for bigguns ......?

"Married With Children" re-runs.

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In general agree with Cellar-raiders, but have found him just a little spotty about provenance and conditions. This applies more to bottles than large formats; some bottles purchased at just over 10 years have shown up unannounced with fills below the neck. None has been bad enough for me to compla...

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At an offline?

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Did you pay with credit card? If so, that might enable a charge-back refund, especially if you have kept all documentation and can forward to your credit card company.

My suggestion also is to post this in Wine Talk. Thank you.

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Robert.A.Jr. wrote: ↑
November 12th, 2019, 7:10 am
.........I pretty much pass on anything that mentions seepage. Not worth the risk.

Are Range Rovers an exception?

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What kind of monster holds a wine glass like that? Literally my first thought. Great collection of empty bottles...reckon where the full ones are? Ebay stands for " E mpty b ottles a rrived y esterday". https://www.ebay.com/itm/Chateau-Mouton-Rothschild-1928-Wine-Bottle-EMPTY/303111357535?hash=item...

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Kentish pinot noir and chardonnay are benefitting.

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Currently, at least sixteen potential bidders are tracking this lot, an unusually large crowd, each perhaps waiting until Sunday 6:59:59 Pacific.

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Jay Miller wrote: ↑
November 11th, 2019, 6:21 pm
I had 2 last minute cancellations for a Sherry dinner I'm organizing for tomorrow night so if anyone is interested in joining us please let me know.

We're meeting at Bite of Hong Kong at 6:45. Only requirement is to like Sherry and to bring a bottle of it.

Tuesday or November 11?

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Any suggestions near Cow Hollow or the Marina District? Thank you.

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In my kitchen, all perishable food is either cooking, refrigerated, frozen, or being eaten. Sitting on the counter means food contamination or spoilage risk.
(What happens at the shop is another matter.)

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Being tasteless, I do not.

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TimF wrote: ↑
November 11th, 2019, 4:36 pm
I guess. No luck on my phone via wifi or cell. No luck on my work vpn. Weird.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=164877

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George Hejna wrote: ↑
November 11th, 2019, 3:49 pm
Bring anything up to the right temp for the right amount of time and it will kill everything.

George

Then, cover with sauce, and serve. Nobody is the wiser.

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A steal, but not to my yak-like palate.

https://www.winebid.com/BuyWine/Item/72 ... Cote-Doree

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I steam the seasoned but unstuffed turkey for three hours, and then roast at high heat for thirty minutes.

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It was never meant to save the world....or, at least, not yet.

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Just had the Popeyes chicken sandwich. It beats the national foodie hype. My wife waited in a long line for fifteen minutes. As a prank, I was about to pretend being a stranger who cut in front of her, as she neared the order staff. However, all the anxious people behind her might have missed the jo...

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To my taste for restrained-fruit but complex wines, that is fine.

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Pasta Eater, on East 17th Street. No corkage, decent glassware, excellent atmosphere, $20 entrees of freshly made pasta.

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Kris Patten wrote: ↑
November 8th, 2019, 6:04 pm
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I picture something giving Lokoya a run for $, keep a $40 or $50 Napa Cab, but make the Reserve a killer Mt. Veeder AVA wine.

Lokoya was much cheaper, when Liparita.

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GregT wrote: ↑
November 8th, 2019, 2:39 pm
..... As far as tipping, he's doing his job. He gets paid for it. He should be tipping you for keeping him employed.

I dare you to sit down for service at my shop. The only tip which you would ever get from me would have been chopped off a tail.

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Anton D wrote: ↑
November 8th, 2019, 12:04 pm

Brian G r a f s t r o m wrote: ↑
November 8th, 2019, 1:02 am
Would have guessed Cab Franc
I think same for me.

Certainly would have never guessed pinot noir!

You should have Googled it.

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T. Williams wrote: ↑
November 8th, 2019, 10:08 am
...Stash it in the back of my cellar and forget about it for a decade.... this is definitely the nicest Bdx I have ever purchased but is on par, price wise with many of the other birthday, holiday, etc... bottles in my cellar.

Major causal factor in Offsite Storage Syndrome.

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Like people who walk into my shop, and ask what is good.

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I would have guessed Syrah/N. Rhône. Thought this thread was going to be a critique of the note, not the wine. Reminded me of the time in the 90s our group did a blind tasting trying to match the wine to the Wine Spectator tasting notes. No one got more than 1/3 right. Maybe, WS got 2/3 wrong. That...

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David Glasser wrote: ↑
November 8th, 2019, 8:08 am
I would have guessed Syrah/N. Rhône.

Thought this thread was going to be a critique of the note, not the wine. Reminded me of the time in the 90s our group did a blind tasting trying to match the wine to the Wine Spectator tasting notes. No one got more than 1/3 right.

Maybe, WS got 2/3 wrong.

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Anton D wrote: ↑
November 7th, 2019, 10:30 pm
Uh, oh!

I better go try to compare.

This is so interesting, I find that wine to be very up/down from year to year.

That’s why I love this hobby!!

I love mountain-terroir wines, especially from Howell Mountain. This winery, however, has similarly been spotty, in my experience.

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If you were to read the below (professional) tasting note, from what variety would you assume the wine was made? Rich and full of dense, concentrated dark plum, black currant, olive and dried savory herb flavors, featuring pencil shaving and cast iron notes. The pure-tasting finished is filled with...

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Old age.

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/c ... auts-drink

Bordeaux sent to the international space station.

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At UGC Noo Yawk, the 2014 Bordeaux showed remarkably early drinkability, even those which typically require long aging.

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Spatchcock, cut into sections, and roast over root vegetables. Remove the faster-cooking sections from the oven, once done.
Avoids dust-like turkey meat.

Deep-fry, if you are into Youtube fame for backyard fires.

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Some stuff arrived today. The bottles were wonderfully chilly.

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Rudy is trying to fill bad-vintage gaps in his verticals. He has already covered the good vintages.

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