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p. raghib

Not to be argumentative, but I believe you have to add in 32.375% rather than 37%. I'm pretty sure their vig is 24%+8.375% sales tax. My mistake. I thought the vig was 28%. A Not really accurate. Of course it depends where you live, but if you live in NYC, then the effective rate is a hair over 35%...

p. raghib

All in all I would say a solid result and yet another indicator that Germany is again on the rise as a serious collectible- but at the very top levels none of those headline grabbing moments that can instantly set a given winery on fire in the eyes of the investor/collector. I'm not sure I agree wi...

p. raghib

Robert hit the nail on the head. There was one bidder who wanted everything and didn’t care about price. He basically bought every Prum lot. I thought the prices were high when you add in roughly 37% to the hammer price for the vig and taxes. Last year I bought directly from the estate at lower pri...

p. raghib

It is stunning to me how inexpensive German wines are. Simply stunning.

p. raghib

Switch to Aubert. Considerably less expensive and every bit as good, if not better. How less expensive is Aubert? Just curious, have only had the Pinot (which didn't do much for me) but really interested in trying one of their Chards, which get a lot of praise on here. $85-$100 per bottle, dependin...

p. raghib

Mark,

would you buy the book again?

thanks

-paul

p. raghib

For me, the current opportunity to buy German Riesling, particularly from the Mosel, is the greatest inefficiency in my wine journey. These are wines where the price could be raised significantly I love the wines, and while they are still cheap to other regions I still can't over the uptick in some...

p. raghib

Well, I'm not a player in this market anyway, so nobody on the selling end cares about my opinion, but I'm very disappointed that he would take what must be an extremely impressive collection of wines for sale to scumbags such as Acker. Someone who has been in the wine business as long as he has an...

p. raghib

It may seem odd that I get to France about 2x year I generally never make it into Paris. I've stayed in the 5th-8th and was just looking in the 11th. Probably going to go to dinner in the 11th in July and was just thinking about whether I should stay close or just uber over etc. Probably only 24-36h...

p. raghib

In no particular order: Ponsot, Fourier, Damoy

p. raghib

JDavisRoby wrote: ↑
May 20th, 2019, 3:15 pm
Looks like a left handed shooting shirt to me. Pad against the butt of your shotgun when bird hunting or trap/skeet shooting.

This.

p. raghib

88 champagne can be profound, Sauternes/barsac also wonderful. Good luck on the hunt

p. raghib

Buy em. If you don’t want I’ll take em and send you a 20% finders fee.

p. raghib

Gone.

To those others who replied I’m sorry, it was first come first served-not an auction.

Cheers

p. raghib

these are friday's tix.my mistake.

p. raghib

I thought I was going to be in Seattle for this show, can't make it. Two tix are pretty much free to a good home (hopefully you send me a bottle (of your choice)).

Chad Smith from the Chili Peppers is playing with them. Shoot me a pm.

cheers

p. raghib

Now that is one narrow scoring band for the evening.

p. raghib

Anyone been to troisgros recently? I’m curious about recent experiences and how you found the wine list.

Thanks
-paul

p. raghib

I'm happy to buy or trade for a copy.

please pm.

thanks

-paul

p. raghib

A friend of mine is going in Sept. Any idea who is good with folks that aren't super serious? Any good restaurant suggestions?
Thanks

p. raghib

Ref 3 line is "may" which I'm guessing must be maybach?? Thanks for the help I will drop them an email

p. raghib

I am out of the country at the moment and just checked my email. Said package was delivered to my home which I find hard to believe. Any idea who it is?

Old pet peeves: get shipping notice from 3rd party that you can't reply to and it is already too late.

Thanks
Paul

p. raghib

kids are 9-12. It will be a saturday. Jules Verne is closed at the moment for a refresh. thanks for the ideas
-paul

p. raghib

I'm going to be passing through Paris (layover) and thought I would take my kids to the Eiffel Tower so I made reservations. Wondering if anyone knows a good spot for lunch near there.

thanks very much

-paul

p. raghib

Greg K wrote: ↑
March 10th, 2019, 8:13 pm

Mich@el Ch@ng wrote: ↑
March 10th, 2019, 4:11 pm
I’ll probably go the next time it’s in nyc
I believe it's staying in NYC for 2020.

Correct. 20th anniversary

p. raghib

anyone know these folks? Do they actually own their inventory or are they trying to broker the middle? I ask because they were defaulting to case quantities on some wine which usually means they don't own it. I did read about the founder and he is a "first class oenophile"

thanks

p. raghib

Back in 2014 they had it listed for $32mm yowsa’

p. raghib

So many random thoughts: $15mm doesn’t go that far in the NYC area. What is victor doing cruising $15mm pads? What is with that stove hood??

p. raghib

More here...
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2019/ ... -lambrays/
I had not heard that Jacques had been let go. Seems odd to bring in someone from grillet.

p. raghib

Wow, if that is true Boris Champy didn’t last long. I thought Boris was a wonderful guy, and was excited about the future. And Jacques leaving Clos des tart...all puzzling

p. raghib

They are great people and they make great wine. It is clearly a luxury good. I’m sure I will buy some btls thus year, but after a decade or so that could be it. I’ve never understood why people pay such a premium for the mags, but they pay it so I can’t blame them for charging it. Personally, I’d ra...

p. raghib

My question is how large of a cellar are we talking about? If it is under 1,000 I guess it could make sense especially if your still wines are CA and don’t need a ton of age on em. Over 1,000 means you are crushing champagne.

Obviously if it works for you then go for it.

p. raghib

What is current release price?
Very nice wine and great people

p. raghib

alan weinberg wrote: ↑
February 9th, 2019, 2:42 pm
one word re this domaine: overpriced.

In France these are not expensive wines, but in the US the prices are crazy and I would not be surprised to see them go higher given his untimely passing.

p. raghib

2016. Better vintage, better tension, better balance, better energy. Less of it.
Just my 0.02
-paul

p. raghib

is there a worse label than Cayuse Bionic Frog?? The wine is great, but the label is no bueno. If I knew how to post a pic I would.

p. raghib

I think all those late release Arnouxs from a few years ago were reconditioned. I didn’t like the RSV and the one b of 72 Suchots I had was good not great. Super night. I agree that the late releases seem far too young for the vintages on the btl. A friend of mine disagrees since "they could never ...

p. raghib

The trend is no doubt due to the rising value of these bottles. Just a couple years ago it seems like DRC and Roumier were about half the price they are now. Ditto for shares of Amazon. They've kept the grand tasting and verticals pricing increases fairly modest, but because of that, quality had to...

p. raghib

Where did you hear that SF won’t be hosting next year? What a bummer for us west coast folks if that is indeed true... pretty sure 2020 is the 25th anniversary so they were going to do it in NYC. That is what a few regular vigneron told me. I gave up the Sat dinner a long long time ago as I had a h...

p. raghib

I just looked at the list of winemakers and I am extremely disappointed. I didn't attend last year but I remember tasting at the 2017 verticals: Roumier, Rousseau, d'Angerville, Lambrays, Bize, Lafarge, Faively, Bonneau du Matray all of which will not be attending this year. And this is off the top...

p. raghib

I've gone to every La Paulee for about the past 15yrs. I think this year's Verticals has taken a significant step back. In the past, I always thought NYC drew a stronger field of producers than SF due to the travel challenges. This year the first thing I noticed was basically 'where have all the gra...

p. raghib

No sqn??

It would be tragic to drink some of those so young.

p. raghib

I think this is the first note I’ve ever seen for LP on this board. I really enjoy his wines and I think his basic bdb is a smoking value. His wines don’t come to MI but im pretty sure they go to CA including the cuvée Marie. I have visited there a few times and a couple years back we did a dosage t...

p. raghib

I don't have my notes with me, but for 17s I tasted at the following domaines: Gerard Mugneret, Faiveley, Lamarche, Hudelot-Noellat, Dujac, Clos Lambrays, Duroche, Damoy, Thibault Liger-Belair, Roulot, Lafarge, Y Clerget, Genot-Boulanger, Ponsot, Mugneret-Gibourg and Cecile Tremblay. So take my opin...

p. raghib

Any interest in a trade? Of wine?
Thanks

p. raghib

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p. raghib

My SQN for your btac. Probably most interested in lotB but open minded. Pm is best.

Thanks

p. raghib

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Also may want to merge threads...

p. raghib

Flickinger and chevalier would be my top two. Both will give you great service and prices. Hdh retail pricing is very inconsistent, but they are very professional.

It is interesting how nyc’s list of great wine shops is so much longer than Chicago.

p. raghib

So in 2008, Mr. DeMeyer got with the times and pledged fealty to one of the city’s financial barons. This is garbage. Where does one go to find their financial baron and pledge fealty? He got with the times?? From the article the guy was a grifter since he was old enough to drive and clearly not co...

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