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2011 Clos Roche Blanche Pif is drinking beautifully.

GregT wrote: ↑
October 11th, 2019, 12:03 pm

Or, only sell half of it and just get the bathroom painted and re-grouted. It will look like new!

Hope you're well these days!

Sorry, I'm coveting a walk in shower with a rainforest showerhead.

Considering the events of the last few months I'm doing remarkably well!

Most auction houses I have dealt with have a minimum value for consignments. If the total value is >$5k, I believe K&L will accept it at a 15% commission (10% if >$10k). I’ve sold through K&L and Winebid, and both worked fine. I’d opt for K&L going forward. My recollection is that K&L does not take...

Can you explain why you won’t drink the wine? The fact that it is worth more than you paid makes you not want to drink it? Sounds like a good therapy topic !! Lots of reasons. I remember when I opened a perfectly lovely 2000 Rousseau Chambertin Clos de Beze a few years ago. When I later checked pri...

Thank you all! Especially Andy who was concerned that Nathan would not be present given my request.

I'm thinking of unloading a smallish amount (4 cases or so) of wine which has appreciated beyond where I feel comfortable drinking it and where I feel no particular emotional attachment to the bottles in question. Plus some wine which may not come around in my lifetime like my 1996 Gouges. Do auctio...

2004 is at absolute peak right now -- it's been one of the most enjoyable vintages these last few years. Chave, Allemand, Clape, Sorrel, Jamet are all absolutely outstanding. Don't be ridiculous. Parker said it was an inferior vintage in the N. Rhone so you must be mistaken. I miss the days when he...

That so-called rule of 15 seemed to have worked well for the 2004 Allemand Reynard. I will look to consume one of mine from the remote storage. 2004 is at absolute peak right now -- it's been one of the most enjoyable vintages these last few years. Chave, Allemand, Clape, Sorrel, Jamet are all abso...

2005 Drouhin Les Baudes That will be a fantastic wine when mature. I love the Drouhin Baudes. How many more years do you think? The few '05s 1er I've tried seem to need another decade... was hoping this could be an early maturing one.. I'm not planning to touch any 05s for at least another 5 years....

I didn't even think about cheese. Might be a good idea to stock up on Parmigiano Reggiano if prices haven't already jumped in anticipation.

Sh@n A wrote: ↑
October 9th, 2019, 7:35 pm
2005 Drouhin Les Baudes

That will be a fantastic wine when mature. I love the Drouhin Baudes.

If you think this is as idiotic as I do contact your city reps https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Farms-Worry-as-New-York-City-Considers-Foie-Gras-Ban-558778371.html Unfortunately I'm across the river so my opinion doesn't carry much weight. Here's a link to email your council representative: htt...

Adam Frisch wrote: ↑
October 6th, 2019, 6:14 pm
Whaaat, you don't like Shake Shack? Don't think I've ever heard anyone say that before.

I've never been a big fan of the burgers (and the french fries define mediocrity). But I like their Shackago Dog a lot and now their chicken sandwich. And the concretes.

How long ago was it “cheap” and roughly what was it going for? It was never cheap but when I started buying the Chaillot was around $40 and the Reynard $60. As recently as the 2014 (the last vintage I bought since 2015 pricing was way above my comfort level) I got the Chaillot for $115 and, I think...

Yes he is but I miss the days when almost no one knew that.
If some of the money from the new pricing is going to him that’s some consolation though.

I've had a fair amount of fantastic Champagne this year but I don't even have to think about this one.

2004 Vilmart Coeur du Champagne (magnum)

The most expensive bottles in my incoming case are a Port and a Sherry (both over 14%). Despite David's pessimism I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the importer will manage to convince them to exempt them from the tariff and only pay on the Germans and Loires.

I'd also like to put in a good word for the 2000. Jay H. opened one next to the 1999 earlier this year and while the 1999 is gorgeous with plenty of further upside I gave a marginal nod to the 2000 for current drinking. A lighter vintage to be sure but no less captivating.

People have been asking whether this is a brief, one-time $7.5 Billion or annual. The Office of the United States Trade Representative issued a press release that says it is annual. The award of $7.5 billion annually is by far the largest award in WTO history—nearly twice the largest previous award...

Stuff about tariffs: The tariffs max out at $7.5 billion. They are not just on wine. Scotch, screwdrivers (the metal kind), suits from Savile Row and a whole lot more are included. Although the tariffs are only 10% on much of the machine tooling coming from Germany, everything else is 25%. In theor...

Victor Hong wrote: ↑
October 1st, 2019, 3:04 pm
Guy Fieri has a "restaurant" in Orlando.

FIFY

Damn. I ah e a case pending shipment from London that will cost a lot more,than I expected. At least the bottl of Sherry gets in free.

I would imagine Pete Wells article about best pizza in NYC caused an uptick in business ?? I'm definitely going before the year is over. If by an uptick in business you mean it went from a short/no wait for a table to lines going around the corner then yes. Fortunately it's still easy to get take o...

Saw a tweet from James Beard about this organization out of Naples and their Top 50 Pizzeria's in North America. Razza in NJ takes the top spot for North America. It makes for some good reading and debate. Looks like I have a lot of places I need to check out. Calling Mike P.... https://www.50toppi...

Bottles are about 3/4 inch longer than other German bottles, no big deal for me. Love the wines, 4th most populous in the cellar from a very short start. Hmmm...I will have to check when I get home. I recall them being smaller than some of the standard GG bottles. They are too tall to fit in my hom...

I love, love, love their wines. Hate, hate, hate their bottles.

Peter Hirsch wrote: ↑
September 29th, 2019, 12:49 pm
Hit my yearly reduction target with 3 months to go. Gonna reduce more and then go for another 5% reduction next year...

Well done!

It’s all Mark’s fault.

+14 at the Heritage auction (though 7 of those were half bottles)
Opened 6.

+8 for the month which puts me at 610 or 10 over target.

Brad Kane wrote: ↑
September 28th, 2019, 9:07 pm
That's it? We had a Grand Cru jeebus! Where are the other wine notes?

I didn’t take notes so I’m doing things from memory. I already posted on the Churchill.

I had wanted to split a case when the this came out but all my friends wanted to wait on the 08 so I still haven’t tried it. And now that I’ve spent most of my wine budget for,the year I might not for a while.

Jonathan Loesberg wrote: ↑
September 28th, 2019, 2:45 pm
Jay, I've brought 94 Ducru and 94 Leoville Barton to NY within the past 5 years or so and you have remarked upon them. I guess they were not memorable enough.

Oops

Sigh, I was so close to the end of the month and then I had to be tempted by an unsold lot in the Heritage Auction.

1x375 1972 Alexis Lichine/P.Engel
1x750 1972 Grivot Clos Vougeot
6x375 1972 Alexis Lichine/Mongeard Mugneret

Anton D wrote: ↑
September 26th, 2019, 10:57 am

Hey, a man's gotta have his toast. (Too bad he will now never be able to retire.)

Now we know the real reason Victor rents instead of owning. All his money went on avocado toast

1994 isn’t a vintage for everyone but I like them quite a bit. I haven’t had this wine but have liked LLC, La Mission, Angelus, Latour and especially Haut Brion (which was just over $50 on futures, BTW!). We did a 1994 dinner about 20 years ago at the late lamented Inside restaurant and Haut Brion ...

1994 Château Rauzan-Ségla - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux (9/26/2019) Decanted for about 2 hours and consumed over the course of another 2. My first 1994 in about a decade and if others are this good I'll have to try and pay more attention to the vintage. Beautiful, young, classic Bordeaux just ...

The package does seem to be selling out everywhere I've seen an offer. I'm mystified as to why anyone would pay that price but it seems Salon made the right call.

Various lots from Mark Golodetz's cellar, including Drouhin across multiple vintages, including Clos des Mouches 89, 90, 91 and 93, and Hudelot Noellot Mergers from 99 and 05. And 97 Fonseca Port, because I'm certain it's awesome, even though I won't open any for many years. Tell me when you take p...

Dale Bowers wrote: ↑
September 21st, 2019, 7:22 pm
Don’t ask

Do tell...

2004 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill - France, Champagne (9/23/2019) Three months ago a bottle was tight and shut down. Yesterday a second bottle from the same purchase is open for business. Puzzling, but I'm not complaining. Quite reminiscent of a recent 2006 it shows yellow fruit,...

1979 and 1981 Giscours

I would like to thank everyone who helped ensure that I only won one lot of 5 bottles. For a while I was looking at over two cases worth.

I have been really good. Honest, I have. In the year since I declared here that my days of buying recent-vintage age-worthy reds was over, I have a perfect record, save for a few 2014 bdx halves -- halves being the one exception I allowed myself when I made the solemn vow. Even in the categories I ...

Okay, you people have only one day (i'm bidding in the 9/21 auction not the 9/20 auction) to outbid me and save me from severe embarrassment on the Inventory Reduction thread.

Nick Ryan wrote: ↑
September 18th, 2019, 6:29 pm
Never was a fan of Vincent's reds but they are poured often at a local wineshop... so hopefully Pierre can do better.

though to be fair his whites were much better. and his reds were quite good in 1999.

$35/bottle at Manhatta (but it is a no tipping restaurant so that comes out to effectively about $29)

Paul Jaouen wrote: ↑
September 19th, 2019, 7:22 am
I don’t understand why Somms continue to push natural wines when so many are so bad.

I don't understand why many push natural wines regardless of whether they are good or bad. There are so many good ones out there...

I'm amazed that anyone would pay that price for a notoriously inconsistent wine but I assume they know their market?

More and more reports of 1999s starting to drink well. Very promising.

Well, I caved and signed up for the Grand Tasting. Hopefully my alcohol capacity will have recovered further by then.

Maybe I've never had a good example but the ones I've had never did anything for me. I'll still try it if it gets put in front of me but I never have more than a bite or two.

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