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Jeff_M.

Popped one of these last Wednesday. Let the bottle stand up all day, surprisingly not much sediment until the very end of the bottle and we filtered with a mesh metal screen. We had a Weill a Way 2014 Syrah in the decanter for around 4+ hours and drank that first with the cab poured in a Grassl Glas...

Jeff_M.

Sounds like this is a total FOMO event and I must get a paid membership. Will have to take care of that shortly.

Jeff_M.

I always wait to the last 30 seconds to place a bid. If you bid early someone else bids up your price you want to pay for your item. It gives others less time to come back in and place a higher bid if you bid above their high bid number. I always wonder why so many people bid the price of an item up...

Jeff_M.

There's plenty of wine I have tasted at tastings that I did not buy, but I wouldn't call the wine undrinkable. Undrinkable to me is something I am rail dumping at the sink or spit jar at the winery because its just nasty. Only had a few of these in my short time drinking wine. Corked & cooked wines ...

Jeff_M.

Only have one bottle. The cork looks pretty saturated so I will make sure I use the Durand when I open.

Jeff_M.

Awesome notes. Love Chappellet cabs

Jeff_M.

Got 3 of the 93' Merlot's. I received my wine yesterday and most of the bottles and corks looked really good. Saw one bottle with a depressed cork that could be troublesome, but won't know til I open. Giving them a couple days to settle before I start opening any. Will probably start with the 93' Me...

Jeff_M.

The good stuff gets drunk after the large party leaves or the night before. Haven't fully decided on the lineup. These two are definitely getting opened sometime next week. 92' Mondavi Reserve 02' Robert Craig Mount Veeder Definitely some of the old Ravenswood after Thanksgiving so it can settle fro...

Jeff_M.

Besides how well I'm sure this tastes, this would be a cool bottle to have on the show off shelf in my cellar.

Jeff_M.

Made it to Chicago yesterday. Should probably cross-post to the styrofoam thread. neener I did almost get myself in trouble. Sent my wife the shipping notice, but they used the name and logo from their new winery. So my wife is expecting wine from them. Instead, she receives Ravenswood. “So there’s...

Jeff_M.

Is Don Melchor too expensive these days for what it is or out of vogue? I remember picking it up at Costco for $50 something but those days are probably gone. Almaviva is the best I've tried out of Chile but the Purple Angel is nice too. Nothing really mind blowing out of the region IMO. I did a wi...

Jeff_M.

Is Don Melchor too expensive these days for what it is or out of vogue? I remember picking it up at Costco for $50 something but those days are probably gone. Almaviva is the best I've tried out of Chile but the Purple Angel is nice too. Nothing really mind blowing out of the region IMO. I did a wi...

Jeff_M.

I see mine is scheduled for a delivery on Monday. Just in time for Thanksgiving!

Jeff_M.

I was there in 2014/2015 and did tastings in the Maipo Valley at Concha y Toro and a full day in Colchagua.

Casa Lapostolle was very good.

We had an excellent tasting including a horse carriage ride around the vineyards at Vina Laura Hartwig

Jeff_M.

Don't have a WSJ subscription to read the whole article, but $300K of interest a month is absolutely crippling.

Jeff_M.

I find the OWC's to be a pain in the ass. Yes they look nice and if you plan on flipping the wine it makes sense to hold onto the box to help sell the wine. Otherwise to me they serve no purpose. The few that I have will end up as firewood at some point.

Jeff_M.

2017 Turley Estate and Howell Mountain Dragon Vineyard cabernet released today

Jeff_M.

Anyone get their shipment notification yet this week? I had an email from them a few weeks back that said this week they would be delivered.

Jeff_M.

Wine.com is selling it for $169.99 with a 3 bottle limit per customer lol. K&L added the 2019 #1 note below the reviews and bumped it up to $179 The beauty of Google Cached pages: November 9: leoville-nov-9.png November 15, after WS #1 announcement: leoville-11-15.png Just got the email from K&L th...

Jeff_M.

Received the waiting list offer, and only having tried 1 Bedrock thus far, I managed to "only" order 16 bottles...the only one I was particularly disappointed to not being offered was the Monte Rosso Zin, but at least I secure myself a spot on future offers. Very excited! The OVZ was in the summer ...

Jeff_M.

Got an additional Farmhouse, no T5.

Jeff_M.

Can't wait to get these in the cellar. Clearing some space for them at my home cellar so they don't have to stay at my off site.

Jeff_M.

Just got the shipping notification for my Bedrock order. Looking forward to trying this among the others I ordered.

Jeff_M.

98' Dunn Howell Mountain

Jeff_M.

I was always warned to not buy wines I have yet to taste as I might not like the style. To date there have been exactly zero wines I've purchased where I can make that statement. Call me lucky or I guess I am just buying good wines. I've had wines I've tasted at wineries I don't like and I certainly...

Jeff_M.

All my wine ships to an offsite so I don't have to deal with the shipping crap. I used to have UPS always deliver wine at the end of the day after it had sat on a hot truck. No thanks

Jeff_M.

Costco Tustin, CA

16' Dominus $249
16' Insignia $219?
17' SLD Kirkland for $23.99
16' Double Diamond $39.97

Jeff_M.

Saw these for $39.97 at my local Costco today. That's insane they are dumping them so cheaply. Glad I didn't buy.

Jeff_M.

I inquired, and Erika replied: "We estimated on the release info that we expect shipments to go out around the 2 to 3rd week of November, weather permitting. I am personally pulling all the individual wines to stage them for our fulfillment department and, unfortunately we lost a couple of days due...

Jeff_M.

My guess is that these ship out next week. I think a LOT of wine is coming next week. Bedrock, Carlisle, Ravenswood, etc

Jeff_M.

I filled my in home cellar fairly quick. I filled my off site locker even faster and it has more capacity than my home cellar. I will be onto locker #2 next year. I plan to be more selective with my ordering as I have quite a bit of Carlisle, Bedrock and Turley that are very reasonably priced, which...

Jeff_M.

Got the last pair. Thanks. Do you know when the Grassl 1855s will be back in stock? You can shoot me a PM or email me. Glad you took them because I do not need more glasses than I already have! [cheers.gif] I had this set in my shopping card with code entered when I was distracted by someone walkin...

Jeff_M.

Initially had over 2 cases in my shopping cart and dialed it back to 20. More of a cost issue than space right now. Wish listed more Oakville and of course the cab. Thanks Morgan and Chris + team. 2 2018 Bien Nacido Vineyards X Block Syrah Santa Maria Valley 4 2018 California Syrah 2 2018 Dolinsek H...

Jeff_M.

Got the last pair. Thanks. Do you know when the Grassl 1855s will be back in stock? You can shoot me a PM or email me.

Jeff_M.

Depends on which transport hub the wine will travel through. While it may hit 80 during the day its getting pretty cold overnight. I think a lot of the shippers have backed up shipments due to the fires and power outages. Going to be a whole LOT of wine shipped out very soon from NorCal.

Jeff_M.

Excited to add more Bedrock to my cellar.

Jeff_M.

Here's another area using goats to help get rid of brush. Sonoma county should work to get this in place as well.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/1000-goats-ne ... d=66368853

Jeff_M.

Apparently some Neal I ordered earlier this year just got charged to my card. 6 x 2014 Neal Howell Mountain Cab and 2 x Neal 04' Wykoff Vineyard Cab.

Jeff_M.

WOTY: Solaia 2015, among the best I've ever tasted 1982 Spottswoode, inaugural vintage 1999 Spottswoode 2004 Lamborn Howell Mountain 1986 Chateau Duhart Milon 2004 Penfolds Bin 407 1983 Heitz Martha's Vineyard 1970 Borgogno Riserva 1978 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 1978 La Mission ...

Jeff_M.

And here I thought I was done buying wine for the year.

Jeff_M.

Turley Hayne Vineyard Carlisle Palisades Vineyard Switchback Ridge Only 3 challengers I can think of in a bigger style. The exact 3 I had in mind. Litetally. Vincent Arroyo makes some solid PS as well. Also been digging the Once and Future Petites so far...but a bit different style compared to the ...

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From the Easy Fire https://abc7.com/winds-push-easy-fire-flames-close-to-ronald-reagan-library-in-simi-valley/5659223/ "We actually worked with the Ventura County Fire Department in May and they bring out hundreds of goats to our property. The goats eat all of the brush around the entire property cr...

Jeff_M.

Penfold's Grandfather Rare Tawny, 20 years

Jeff_M.

Chard Farm in Central Otago, NZ. Across the street is the bungee jumping bridge and then we took a one way dirt road around a cliff side to the winery

Jeff_M.

We were in !st Class lounger in T3 last year, but we had dinner and stuck with Champagne they were serving. We normally fly business class several times a year with BA from Heathrow and Gatwick and the wines vary at different lounges, there are two at Heathrow T5, different airports and even differ...

Jeff_M.

Imho, the 14 Rocky Knoll is ready to go right now. Had it not long ago and felt like prime time (maybe even backend of prime time). All the 13's (with the exception of the 1023) consumed within the last few months feel like they've lost a couple steps. My plan is to drink all my LL's within 5 years...

Jeff_M.

Jeff, the area where this “Kincaid” fire started is DESOLATE. Even a experienced hiker would have trouble hiking to the area where this fire started no less have brush cleared. The problem is with 60 MPH winds the fire goes from desolate to populated pretty damn quick. Tom So they can't allow cows ...

Jeff_M.

I've been holding the LL Rocky Knoll's longer. Still have 14, 15 and 16 sleeping in the cellar. Imho, the 14 Rocky Knoll is ready to go right now. Had it not long ago and felt like prime time (maybe even backend of prime time). All the 13's (with the exception of the 1023) consumed within the last ...

Jeff_M.

We have wine that people bring over for events or holidays and usually save it for them to drink next time they come over for an event. Betting that's what happened here and it just got sorted into your regular stash of wine instead of set aside.

Jeff_M.

I've been holding the LL Rocky Knoll's longer. Still have 14, 15 and 16 sleeping in the cellar.

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