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I'm with Rich and some others. Every so often I realize that I haven't had one in a while and make a point to open something. In particular a little over 2 years ago I was talking with Nano about how much I like port and yet I hadn't had one in about 5 years. I decided to make a concerted effort to ...

Todd F r e n c h wrote: ↑
May 23rd, 2020, 3:46 pm

Jay Miller wrote: ↑
May 23rd, 2020, 2:02 pm
I there a remedial reading class available on Zoom? I was waiting and waiting...

Not 5pm eastern, 5pm pacific. Got it.
The title has Pacific AND Eastern times in it

What part of needs a remedial reading class did you not understand

I there a remedial reading class available on Zoom? I was waiting and waiting...

Not 5pm eastern, 5pm pacific. Got it.

Ramon C wrote: ↑
May 23rd, 2020, 8:38 am
Jay, eat straight from box or did you need to warm up the sandwiches ?

the meats come frozen in vacuum sealed packages and need to be thawed and then heated (they recommend 7 minutes in boiling water). I put the corned beef in the freezer and started on the pastrami.

So sorry Mark! But Happy Anniversary!

I ordered the Katz's dinner for 4 and it arrived Thursday. So far: The half sour pickles were very good (there was a choice of sour or half sour), the pastrami was great, the cinnamon babka was terrible (there was a choice of cinnamon or chocolate), the rye bread was good, the mustard was good. Stil...

A warning on 2002 Collier whites. Even worse affected by premox than Huet. I bought 4 back in the day, 3 were shot, one was amazingly gorgeous.

Have you considered an Aeropress rather than a French Press? I just made the switch this year during lockdown and while I'm still figuring out my preferred coffee/water quantities I'm generally happy with it.

Granted that I can't recall having had Baudry earlier than 1999 vintage, but I've found aged/matured Rougeard to be crazy good and the experiences are at levels that I've not had in other Loire-based cab franc of the same age, most of which are already good in their own rights. Hi Ramon - if things...

Does it count if only one bottle was available? If so, then yes.

Which then brings me around to the point of not overlooking the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, which produces wonderful wines. The Selbach 'Rotlay' bottling is amazing, every single year. I have some 2010 Rotlay that I'm waiting on (along with a bunch of 2009 Schmitt). I think I opened one shortly after i go...

Todd F r e n c h wrote: ↑
May 8th, 2020, 9:41 am
...I'm not really looking forward to watching a bunch of people EAT while on this session, so I strongly suggest a time that is not during meals...

Awww.
But it makes sense. I suppose.

Please count me in for whatever time gets decided on.

I never knew the vintage Rubis has such a high %age of chardonnay as opposed to the regular. Maybe that's why I like it so much

Sounds like an amazing tasting of wines that I love and have the opportunity to taste far too rarely. Glad your group had the opportunity.

Even harder to justify now that I have no idea of when I might be able to open a bottle with other people.

Greg K wrote: ↑
May 8th, 2020, 7:38 am

John Morris wrote: ↑
May 8th, 2020, 7:36 am
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You mean because the Chambolle is clearly not where Dujac's strength lies?

Or perhaps because he was being unusually cheap in not providing 750s?

I've always found Chambers Street's solid, reliable, fast, and accurate (allowing for inevitable minor inventory errors when stock is low). And the search function work. David and Jamie saw the importance of a good website when the opened in 2001. It was miles ahead of anyone's at that point. IIRC ...

2002 Simon Bize Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Vergelesses - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru (5/6/2020) Very pretty nose but rather lean on the palate with cherry/cranberry notes. Pleasant but no better. Filled out some with air but never rose above pleasant. I should n...

Thanks Jeff, I love the Bodenstein but have never had the 2001. I'm especially jealous of that $17 pricetag.

Scott Brunson wrote: ↑
May 5th, 2020, 4:41 am
I love 08s but I’m letting mine age.

+1

Beautiful vintage but not the time to be drinking.

I usually buy wines that I've tried before and have some experience with. Unfortunately a lot of the usual opportunities to try a wide variety of wines (in store tastings, big wine events, large dinners with wine-interested friends) aren't an option at this point in time. However a few weeks ago I r...

1999 von Schubert Maximin Grunhauser Abstberg Auslese

Wow, I have never felt the want of access to most of my wine more keenly than now. I wonder if Astor can deliver before Saturday.

Steve Brickley wrote: ↑
May 2nd, 2020, 11:23 am
Shhhh, don’t tell the people in “monthly check-in, cellar reduction plan” because I am claiming to be on the buying wagon. I kept my two bottle Ridge MB subscription. Last of the big spenders.

J'accuse!

I bought this from Chambers St. but they seem to be all out. It was a "discovery" at the last La Fete du Champagne I attended. By which I mean that a bunch of people on this board urged me to try them and I was smart enough to listen. My notes from that event may be found here: https://www.wineberse...

What a great event. Of course with my hearing at one point I wondered who was this Philippe Seurat that caused trouble in Champagne? Eventually I realized she was said phylloxera... newhere Diane - I noticed you asking about the Indulgence. My TN from 2015 read: Indulgence Extra Brut Rose 2011 - wha...

NV Etienne Calsac Champagne L'échappée Belle Brut - France, Champagne (5/2/2020) Tried from both the Zalto Champagne and a GGG. Showing much better from the Zalto, more focused nose and the fruit is more concentrated. Seems rougher from the GGG. All future notes are from the Zalto Champagne Hauntin...

Diane Kessler wrote: ↑
May 2nd, 2020, 7:04 am
Too bad, Jay, that Magdelaine and lamb would have been a fantastic pairing. The 2002 is quite good and accessible.

Agreed. I opened a bottle of 2002 last year and it showed very well and much readier than some older vintages.

Yes, it's become very difficult to remember that I'm trying to keep my inventory down and I don't have big wine dinners to balance buying. Always a good excuse of course. I've been wanting to try the Paetra wines and they have a ridiculous offer. Winebid has been having interesting offerings. I got ...

Corked. Badly enough that it was no fun to drink but not so horrendously that I didn't keep hoping throughout dinner that "maybe it isn't really TCA and will blow off..."

Dinner is over and the TCA has only gotten worse. Much worse.

Bordeaux with lamb chops seemed like such a good idea.

Wow, a wonderful piece of history and a nice bit of prescience on your part.

Regarding '99 Verset in particular. I opened my last 750 about 2 years ago and it was delicious. Despite that I decided to sell the magnum I had given the ridiculous price increases. Before it sold a friend talked me into keeping it so I could open it alongside his magnum of 1999 Allemand Reynard. H...

It worked! Starting with pasteurized cream from Bucket and Bay I ended up with a delicous rendition of clotted cream. And an even better Afternoon Tea. 7F4DB4D5-3286-4104-9665-D676B55B5B66.jpeg With champagne or without? I like the way you think champagne.gif . Without, unfortunately. It was a work...

I'll join Sarah in posting a little early as I could not be in better company. Unfortunately I was much less successful. Starting 591 6 opened 16 purchased 601 remaining I'm fortunate that a) this week's winebid auction ends in May, not April b) Magnums count as one bottle c) I'm counting opened rat...

Eric Ifune wrote: ↑
April 28th, 2020, 3:45 pm
Nice, but I think I still prefer Cardenal Mendoza.

Thanks Eric! Since that's less than 1/3 the price I think I'll skip the Valdespino.

It worked! Starting with pasteurized cream from Bucket and Bay I ended up with a delicous rendition of clotted cream. And an even better Afternoon Tea.

I went through this last year and put a few cases up for sale on CC of wines where I wasn't particularly excited about drinking them in comparison with what I would do with the money (redo my bathroom). It ended up being more complicated than I had anticipated and I only sold a little over a case an...

Dan F wrote: ↑
April 27th, 2020, 7:44 pm
Jay - if you need more dairy products, bucket & bay delivers in JC and Hoboken. https://www.bucketandbay.com/collection ... cream-pint

I walked over today and bought some. My plan is to cook it overnight. Thank you again!

Oh, and this is the scone recipe I used:

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/scones-recipe/

I've changed the title to reflect my continuing mistakes and successes

Still a nice breakfast though that was the thickest most buttery clotted cream I’ve ever had

Just finished my last 96 LSG a few months ago. An excellent wine, but be aware it takes at least an hour of air to begin to open up. One other note in searching for older vintages, if I remember Chevillon had significant cork issues with an uncomfortable number of corked wines somewhere in the earl...

From an 1897 solera and an average age of 50 years.

Expensive but tempting...

Dan - thank you! I don't like their gelato so I haven't been to their storefront since they opened. I wonder if it's still open, if not I'll definitely try a delivery. Regarding my clotted cream experiment - it seems the guidance that butterfat levels should be 36-40% were correct and one cannot, in...

Today, for the first time since COVID came to town, we had friends over. Outdoors, alcohol gel, keeping our distance. As has been my modus operandi, I opened the good bottles. This time grandes marques rather than growers. Another beautiful 2006 Taittinger Comte BdB. This one had the luscious citru...

Why don’t you have fresh cream in the US? I have sources but they're all in Manhattan. As for why we don't have double cream in this country all I can do is throw up my hands in bewilderment. My guess is that not enough people know that they want it. Anyway, now that I have pasteurized milk and but...

2009 was the last bottling of the Côt and IIRC it is all the old vines. Yes, sorry to be unclear. I meant that 2014 was the last CRB vintage altogether. You weren't, my comment was meant as an addition. Was a nice surprise to see this show up in CT. I was also surprised that I don't see more notes ...

It was you! Congrats, those bottles looked great Thanks, it's a vintage I still haven't had the chance to try so I'm looking forward to it. Really curious to see what you think. I have 11 bottles, have had 3 in the past year. One showed great, two definitely, like a 95 that i just had, suggest more...

Very good indeed. I miss the days when they were one of the great bargains in Burgundy.

Thanks for the excellent note, Jay - I've heard a lot about this but never tried it. I shall send out my minions in search of some immediately. Very unfortunately their last vintage was 2014. At least they went out with a bang. 2009 was the last bottling of the Côt and IIRC it is all the old vines....

This may be slightly off-topic but I have some '96 Morey-Saint-Denis Clos Sorbe by Joseph Drouhin. Do you think that it is past it's prime? It's been well-stored My experiences is that top 1996s (I would include this wine in that category - it is made by Jouan) are just entering their drinking wind...

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