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Way to go Sarah! How do you get your blood test results-finger prick? Not sure I feel like doing that but I would like to know that info. I was out on a business trip this week, so it was pretty difficult to be good, but I did the best I could. Probably malnourished and certainly didn't drink enough...

Glad to hear you had an amazing trip, Todd! It's inspiring for those of us who've never been, not to mention good for you to recharge your batteries before BD... It's a bucket list item for many, and SO worth it, trust me. Todd-fortunately you went when you did. Sounds like starting on 1/26 an nega...

My sleep quality has been terrible. I may also have to give up caffeine, which normally does not have much of an effect on me. This is my first Dryuary. I’ve been sleeping like a baby compared to when I have wine. I would wake up at 3am if I had wine. No wine, I sleep through the night. Odd how it ...

I let everything get out of control in 2020. I've done keto in the past generally with decent results. The only reason the results aren't better is that I figure how to justify a glass of wine with dinner, then 2...etc. Over the last year potatoes, bread, carbs have slowly increased every week. Work...

Made it through day 7. Hasn't been that difficult really, but I find if I jump online and start reading through Wine Talk at 4-5pm that I really want to go open a bottle-so I am restricting Wine Talk to the morning hours. We're going to have an alcohol weekend on 1/29-a little less than 3 weeks to g...

Thanks Pat-I still have quite a few Rhys Chards dating back to about 2006 as I recall. Some have been in a good spot, some have not. I probably should be opening the pre-2010's.

That's great-we've gone 5 times now, and I'm thinking about when 6 will be. We were there about 7 weeks ago and had 1 bad storm, and it rained 2 or 3 times for 10-15 minutes-otherwise it was pretty perfect.

How was your trip Todd? Curious to hear about the recently renovated Pearl.....hope you had great weather.

Started the no-alc yesterday, goal is to continue until Friday Jan. 29 and reevaluate. Cutting back carbs as well. The last 6 months has been a free for all of beer, wine, carbs and the results are evident. Time to get some things back in order. We've cut out alcohol in February before but the last ...

I sent this to my Traeger loving friend also-commented that I was pretty sure he was at least in the same Club with this guy. My friend was not amused which made it that much better

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For me, I find whites (especially White Burgundy and Chardonnay’s) easier to understand, especially at a younger age. I can see through a White Burg and it’s potential more clearly than Bordeaux or Cabernet. I enjoy both at the right times, but Whites are more easily understood for me.

Hopefully my last purchase this year...a mixed case of '17 Ramonet's which should arrive here today. Bought myself a present

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Oh-if you plan on floating off your bungalow-buy a couple floats from Amazon and get a 75 foot thin tether rope to attach them to your deck-hours of entertainment:

Here are some pics of the Champagne and high end Bordeaux frig at PPT:

There is also a Facebook private group called "Off to Bora Bora!" run by a photographer who lives there. Very informative-just have to request to join. She checks in a few times per day, worst case it takes abotu 24 hours to be added to the group.

We just got back from Bora Bora a few weeks ago-we stayed at the Intercontinental Le Moana for a couple of nights (due to continual flight schedule cancellations and changes) and the Four Seasons. We've heard nothing but good things about the Le Bora Bora after the renovations-there is great snorkel...

WOTY so far-1998 Haut Brion and 1998 Cheval Blanc Discovery of the Year-Virage Vineyards (really glad I did) Other Discovery of the Year-I have too many bottles of wine, and continue to buy too many bottles of wine. in 2021 rather than buy 6 bottles of this $50 wine, and 12 bottles of that $50 wine ...

Howard Cooper wrote: ↑December 15th, 2020, 5:37 am

1998 Haut Brion.

We took a '98 Haut Brion to a dinner back in January right before the shutdown-it was amazing. No hurry to open one obviously but it was in a pretty good place.

After reading this thread I opened a 2000 Brane Cantenac last evening. Perfect fill, perfect cork. Nice aromas but not giving any flamboyant Margaux character-somewhat restrained floral, cherry, earthy-very nice. No browning at the edge yet, throwing just a little bit of sediment. Medium weight, med...

Totally agree-I purchased the 2010, 2011, and 2012 recently-opened the 2012 a week or 2 and was very impressed. I hadn't heard of this winery before but have always liked Right Bank style blends. I'll be buying more as well.

As the deliveries pour in from purchases over the Spring/Summer-including a whopping 7 cases from my impulse buys from Envoyer emails-I fully intend to join this group on 12/31/20. While I was shocked that it was 7 cases the stash did include a nice chunk of Ramonet and a lot of Louis Michel which I...

Finally got the #50 Walla walla that I’ve been on the look out for. I opened a #50 the other night. There is a less than flattering note on CellarTracker, but my experience was much different. While it is tight and a decent wall of tannin, there was a really nice WA Cabernet underneath. Needs some ...

My Fall shipment from Envoyer just got here-from all of my impulse purchases since March-and I was (gladly) surprised at how much Louis Michel I had purchased. I've got quite a few lined up to try over the coming weeks. Thanks for the note on this.

Happy Birthday! Funny that the first label that caught my eye was the Pavie-and my thought was "I can't wait to see what he says"....then no comment at all LOL! We had a '98 Haut Brion recently that was spectacular, never had the '82. Sounds like an epic evening-thanks for posting.

Dan I’d certainly try that. With a caveat. 70% @150. No reason to take the bird past it’s over cooked threshold. You simply need it hot to eat. For reference, I had a chunk of strip streak left. The next day I did 70% & 125. Took about 30-40 minutes. But. The results were a warm piece of rare s...

We spatchcocked and roasted a chicken yesterday and I want to reheat the chicken later today. I'm not finding any specific reheating suggestions for the Anova oven. I'm thinking 70% humidity-250 degrees-10 minutes? Any thoughts on this?

1985 Krug and either, or all of '98 Lafite, '98 Mouton, 98 Haut Brion, '98 Cheval Blanc, '98 LMHB. '98 is our sons birth year, I have a couple of each waiting that I should open while I can

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I finally used the Anova yesterday-decided to try the rib recipe. Please note-while we sous vide many things I have never thought sous viding ribs was a good idea and I have never tried it. I've always done the 3-2-1 method on the Big Green Egg. Looking at the Anova recipe it looked easy and was wor...

0F56EB75-4365-4A6D-B4E1-925604C2F751.jpegWife is out of town-simple NY, salt and pepper, Pauillac... Looks great. I’d imagine/say that particular vintage of PL was definitely the PL for that steak.👌 That 2003 PL was from a 375 and was surprisingly youthful. It was drinking well but didn’t have the ...

Wow-somehow I've never heard of this...

Wife is out of town-simple NY, salt and pepper, Pauillac...

Ours is arriving today-not sure what to try first. We'll probably take a run at something this weekend. It might take some getting used to, but I'm looking forward to it!

I was never really a NY fan, but a few months ago I found a local butcher shop that sometimes carries American Wagyu NY's. Decided to try them one day and now I buy 4-6 every time they have them in stock. Sous vide at 123 for an hour-quick sear at 600-700-just salt and pepper. The marbling melts awa...

Just an FYI-the first time I clicked on the link it took me to Wine.com. The second time to Virage. The redirection to Wine.com happened yesterday also when clicking to open a thread in Wine Talk.

Weird thing ... I clicked on Jeff's link and was brought to wine.com. I hit "back" on my browser, and tried again, this time holding down the CTL button while I clicked so the link opened in a new tab, and was brought to the correct page. Weird. That happened to me yesterday on my iPhone-...

Emailed them 1 minute after I got the shipment email making sure they are not shipping to me in NV. High 90's all week. They emailed back and said they were shipping anyway. Got the email yesterday the shipping label was printed. Emailed them again and asked that they hold it back. No response. The...

Emailed them 1 minute after I got the shipment email making sure they are not shipping to me in NV. High 90's all week. They emailed back and said they were shipping anyway. Got the email yesterday the shipping label was printed. Emailed them again and asked that they hold it back. No response. The ...

It sounds like GLS travels quite a bit also, to Asia/Hong Kong if memory serves correctly...you'll have to catch him at the right time.

WineBid may be an option? They pickup and ship to NoCal from LV I believe.

I looked at it a few weeks ago when there were plenty available for the Sept. ship date, but just procrastinated ordering. This thread reminded me to look again and I placed the order a couple of days ago. the Sept delivery is sold out. 15% left for the October delivery. I'm looking forward to getti...

Costco Prime NY with an herb/jalapeño board sauce. Sage, parsley, basil. Fries. Really tasty and pretty easy.

We are booked to go to Bora Bora in November. Not planning to cancel. There are some hoops to jump through in regards to getting a negative COVID test and results back with 72 hours of the flight to Papeete. I'm hoping by November the Abbott rapid test will be accepted-and they have the tester at LA...

Caprese Salad!

Sliced tomatoes
Burrata or Mozzarella
Basil leaves
Olive Oil
Balsamic Vinegar
Salt and Pepper

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The original post was deleted by TT, but since it was quoted, it is not really deleted.....which is funny

Ok Buzz, since you broke the ice, I’ll go next and admit it even if I felt like the neighborhood leper. Yep, I had it, too. Got it about five weeks ago. Still don’t know how, don’t know a single person that has had it. Manifested as a low grade flu, some fatigue and body aches. Never got a fever ex...

Nicely done! Couldn’t agree more re: price point. Plus, we get another meal out of it by using leftovers for tacos or a salad. Pork butt up tonight. Loving the sabbatical :) Oh yes-then there is that. Weekday meals are sometimes tough to have time to dedicate to-so we usually do the chicken on a Su...

402AC7AA-623A-49AB-B14D-79532CF573CE.jpeg Andrew-that looks amazing! Just piling on to the spatchcock chicken theme. While no coffee rub or bacon fat-just a plain ol smoked chicken with salt, pepper and a few other seasonings. This might be the easiest, best thing you can cook for $5. Works well wi...

It’s the most I’ve bought in several years also. I tried to justify not clicking the “purchase” button by looking at backfill prices of wines like Montrose, Ducru, Pichon Lalande, or even Gloria but the prices were too good for the 2019’s. Just hoping the currency or tariff situation doesn’t change ...

Andrew K. wrote: ↑June 24th, 2020, 5:15 pm My first EP. Relatively small, all 750s.

Canon x30
Cheval x6
Mouton x6
Carruades x3
Petit Mouton x3

“Relatively small”. LOL. Good haul!

Surprised Cheval is still available at TW actually.

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