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Victor Hong

alan weinberg wrote: ↑
September 16th, 2019, 6:13 am
no worry. Just a humid environment. Might eat the labels and cardboard but wine fine. Keep bleach away—a no no.

Canon and Beaulieu learned the very hard way.

Victor Hong

Sometimes, 90 points are higher or lower than 90 points. The OP is simply a variation of this fact.

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Medoc from 1995.

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Two plastic hangers. I can wash and dry clothes during the trip. Saves packing weight and laundry costs.

Victor Hong

Fairway has been selling Halloween candy since Labor Day.

Victor Hong

I think nearly all of the ones that I took quotes from a year ago provided it. Domaine, VWW, sokolin, MWC. Domaine's fees were a lot less than others; I do not know if they get it from a 3rd party (but a great question to ask). I think most do, as a data point mine in Chicago doesn’t offer or requi...

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Where the investors' yachts?

Victor Hong

Ed Steinway wrote: ↑
September 11th, 2019, 7:12 am
Costco was discounting the 2015 Beringer Knights Valley for $21.99 with an in-store coupon last month. Tried a glass a few weeks ago and it was very,very sweet, and not at all like the KV's from previous years.

Ed

Even the 1995 and 1996 vintages had begun to steer off course.

Victor Hong

I bought ten bottles last year for $30 each, but am down to just three, having drunk one last week at Gramercy Tavern.

The newer vintages do not suit my palate or wallet. Too big.

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I can't believe Victor even buys/eats avocados. They require a TON of water to farm. Eating them pretty seriously undermines his holier-than-thou stance and makes it even more difficult to listen to the constant "tsk, tsk, tsk" coming from his keyboard. Victor, how do you even sleep at night? Yes, ...

Victor Hong

Chubb.

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Great memories. Going there in the mid-late '80s. A colleague had gone to college with Danny Meyer, and every time we ate there he would come over to the table, bring some bottles of wine for us to taste, etc. Great experience, great food. And everyone was so young then. And the neighborhood was ve...

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Peter Slagowitz and I worked at the same shop, and he raced J-44's. Small world.

Victor Hong

Jason T wrote: ↑
September 10th, 2019, 12:20 am
..........I suspect the only people making money on wine investment funds are the investment managers, via management and performance fees.

Just as with hedge, private-equity, and actively managed mutual funds.

Victor Hong

I have found that the key is to buy them green and allow them to soften up / "ripen" at home. If they're anywhere near ripe in the store, they get beat to hell. The bruises manifest themselves as that black goo in no time, even if other parts still aren't ripe. Plan ahead and buy 'em green! Same he...

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No.
Strawberries, sage, rosemary, thyme, oregano, and a young fig sapling.

Victor Hong

Buying them has become so difficult. Even when they are Hass avocados, labeled as from Mexico, their quality seems to have degraded. They change suddenly from green rocks into dark, spongy, cratered forms. Cutting one reveals both yellow, unripe flesh and black, fibrous goo. Perhaps, those awful one...

Victor Hong

RichardFlack wrote: ↑
September 7th, 2019, 7:35 am
Where is the cooler located? It’s not next to an oven or dishwasher is it?

I keep mine outside, in direct sun, so that its solar panels can operate the compressor, for free.

Victor Hong

Wontons in small pools of soy sauce.

Victor Hong

The year when Rudy Kurniawan leaves prison.

Victor Hong

There is a restaurant in Nairobi that serves grilled crocodile - very seriously great. Sort of like the best lobster meat you have ever had x 10. Is that anything like your experience with alligator? Haven’t ever had alligator that is as sweet as lobster. My experience is it has the texture of chic...

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With a sufficiently large storm in a low-lying area, even off-site facilities are at casualty and associated financial risks. The key is a special insurance rider to cover regardless of location.

Remember WineCare LLC and Hurricane Sandy.

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/popeyes- ... fe05749050

A chicken posse.

Victor Hong

You sound like me.

Victor Hong

Post the court judgment, so that other business can learn via Google what a great distributor that firm is.....or not.

Victor Hong

Jim Anderson wrote: ↑
August 30th, 2019, 8:41 am
........When he fees like he’s properly brought up to date he will proceed...........

Victor Hong

Nola Palomar wrote: ↑
August 30th, 2019, 7:56 am
We had the same thing happen in Chicago, Las Vegas and NY. Bastards, never got paid.

David R. is a piece, alright.

Victor Hong

Agreed, those lawyers gotta be paid. How could "they" the employees know or not know about the falsity? (Note, I am not suggesting who if any had requisite knowledge) In the civil context it's only a burden of proof of mere probability. A lot easier to establish versus beyond a reasonable doubt. Pr...

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Sales tax is a trust fund tax and the state will come down hard on companies and individuals (officers) who willfully evade collection or payment of the taxes over to the state taxing authorities. Fraudulent penalties are likely to be imposed. Jail time (while possible in NY) seems unlikely unless ...

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Mark Golodetz wrote: ↑
August 27th, 2019, 1:32 pm
Victor there are many thousands of fans who want to be sure the noodle(s) are the genuine article.

Those noodles are all fake, in reality.

Victor Hong

I declined to generalize for all Chinese, French, or whatever.

Victor Hong

Mark Golodetz wrote: ↑
August 27th, 2019, 8:59 am

Victor Hong wrote: ↑
August 27th, 2019, 8:05 am
My understanding is that vintage Bordeaux wines made in China are next on tariff list. That will really hurt.
Victor,
Sorry to ask such a personal question. Are your noodles genuinely Chinese or French fakes?

My noodle is genuine Chinese.....since birth.

Victor Hong

Working with closed-foam spray insulation requires very special expertise, because of toxicity before curing.
Also, if you have heat pumping into the guest room during summer, your guests may choose to sleep with the wines.

Victor Hong

My understanding is that vintage Bordeaux wines made in China are next on tariff list. That will really hurt.

Victor Hong

This is Asylum. Keep your food bowl separate from your litter box.

Victor Hong

Wine geeks are gullible for anything saying 90 or higher.

Victor Hong

James Gillerman and Brian Nishi must have counted down the days.

Victor Hong

Prolly true.

Victor Hong

To echo some of the prior posts: this place has/had the most overrated food in New York. Some restaurant reviewers might beg to differ, rating the place and its food with some consistency. https://patch.com/new-york/ditmaspark/brooklyns-famous-di-fara-pizza-closed-health-inspectors https://patch.co...

Victor Hong

Evan Pontoriero wrote: ↑
August 25th, 2019, 7:49 pm
Sold out in Sonoma

So no mo’?

Victor Hong

We should meet for 1990 Bordeaux soon.

Victor Hong

Jay Miller wrote: ↑
August 24th, 2019, 7:25 am
There's always the old trick of buying a bottle of Paul Masson, dumping the wine (or use it for cooking), and using the bottle.

A carafe of that wine goes great with a $35 pizza pie.

Victor Hong

He celebrated this.

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/phils- ... ing-escape

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.....she appreciated the kind words.... To the degree that the underpayment of state sales taxes involves the under-reporting of income for not just state but also federal taxation purposes, a federal felony may have occurred. Tax evasion is a felony. I.R.C. § 7201 - ATTEMPT TO EVADE OR DEFEAT TAX ...

Victor Hong

A pizza Margherita for $40, plus sales tax? Too rich for my blood.

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In a similar vein to the de Boüard and Castéga controversy, the President of the Fédération des Grands Vins de Bordeaux was had up for fraud in late June: https://www.sudouest.fr/2019/06/27/vins-de-bordeaux-le-president-de-la-federation-des-grands-vins-de-bordeaux-condamne-pour-tromperie-6266634-27...

Victor Hong

The most balanced Australian red wine for me was 1996 Leasingham Classic Clare Shiraz.

Victor Hong

Any recent TNs from anybody? Thank you.

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