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ybarselah

Had it last night vs a bunch of really nice French cheeses. It did well. The texture to me still seems a little bit plastic like. It was room temp. I would like it to get a little more runny but that is being pretty nit picky, Geoge plastic like seems a little under ripe to me. likely just needed a...

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krug gc at 200 is indeed a steal! dbgb used to to 375's at $69 and i think we drank all of them champagne.gif The somm told me the Krug price was the cheapest of any restaurant in Manhattan and I don't doubt it. this is - thankfully - a good trend now. simon and the whale has the krug for $200 as w...

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what a grand crew.

were the chezeaux ponsot as well?

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weird stuff happens. sometimes.

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"More recently, the wine reviewing world has become populated by tasters who award wines absurdly high scores that those wines have no chance of ever actually living up to."

is this one of those statements that sounds true, but really cannot be verified because it's so vague and open-ended?

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yes.

you don't have to go if you don't like it, it was just a suggestion. sorry if that wasn't clear.

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went to the lanson dinner last night (thank you again generous benefactor!) and was very interesting. a house i have almost zero experience with. all served in magnum going back to 1961. i highly recommend going to the champagne lounge at the freehand hotel for any pre- of after-hours shenanigans. t...

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Nathan Smyth wrote: ↑
November 7th, 2019, 11:34 am
These are purely for display purposes, right?
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decanting for service is likely risk-free, but long-term storage is not smart:

https://libanswers.cmog.org/faq/143921

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slight price easing...

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lex ave location near me.... inside it's packed. it's indeed a fantastic sandwich at any price.

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David Kubiak wrote: ↑
November 5th, 2019, 11:32 am
One would suppose that anybody buying at auction from a major house is a savvy person who knows what he's getting.

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updates for sold.

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cracked my first 2019 RCR last night and was thrilled as usual. eataly has them.

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MAGNUM MONDAY BUMP!

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All mine since release and in pristine condition. happy to send pics. 1 x magnum 2001 Drouhin Vosne-Romanee Petits Monts 1er - SOLD 2 x magnums 2005 JF Mugnier Nuits Clos de la Marechale - $300 each 1 x magnum 2005 Robert Michel "La Geynale" Cornas - $275 bonus: 1 x 750 - 2005 Faiveley Corton Clos d...

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seems you completely missed the point of the story.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/dini ... sault.html

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Thank you all for your input. Unfortunately, my wife and I were underwhelmed by the wine pairing at Eleven Madison Park. She had the regular pairing for $180 and I had the reserve pairing for $335. None of the wines were great with most being just "eh". I wish I had just ordered a bottle from the m...

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hard pass. even in perfect storage this wine is all over the map. it's quite frustrating.

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the real dick move part of all of this is that it's a city rule, but the actual economic impact is outside the city - the farms and processors that have built businesses (employ people, pay taxes, etc. etc.) that supply the restaurants in the city.

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I'm excited to say that I just received my 2015 Benetiere Cordeloux from Robert. Interestingly and perhaps significantly (?), there is only one label on the wine, the VdF label. The two bottles of Polaner-imported '15 Cordeloux that I have seen had two labels: the VdF label applied over the old (an...

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scamhi wrote: ↑
October 30th, 2019, 8:05 am

if you want to split 6lbs of fresh porcini let me know.

haha! ask them so do half. shouldn't be an issue.

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scamhi wrote: ↑
October 30th, 2019, 6:42 am

Scot H. wrote: ↑
October 29th, 2019, 3:31 pm
Do people have US sources other than Urbani or Sabatino?
Yes, Regalis

had my first from them last week. very very good. but i'm more obsessed with the matsutakes

ybarselah

i wouldn't skip at least half of your skip list.

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had one this week. decanted for about an hour, a little rough around the edges at first, but after a good bit screaming blue fruit and iron. i'm keeping em! no longer for sale. highly recommended though. not quite at the level of domaine jamet, but at half the price, an excellent wine.

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very cool. had not heard of this place. good story https://www.arethusafarm.com/

will get some today.

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went to cadence and loved it. they have a bertha oven that i'm obsessed with so got a nice tour of the kitchen and how the cook the duck, etc.. really good meal. would go back in an instant. Glad you enjoyed it, Yaacov. It's by far our favorite (and I think the best) BYO in town. It's also a 7 minu...

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it's insanely more efficient for storage - pic below from Beaucastel; you can stack as high, wide, and deep as you'd need. the rest of the analysis doesn't change for up and down.

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I was told that Krug ages in 750 then mags are put together at a later date in larger bottles when disgorged. I don't know if that's incorrect info or not. incorrect, fortunately. i believe there is a rule that says anything below jero must be sold in the same bottle in which 2ndary fermentation oc...

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went to cadence and loved it. they have a bertha oven that i'm obsessed with so got a nice tour of the kitchen and how the cook the duck, etc.. really good meal. would go back in an instant.

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I was told that Krug ages in 750 then mags are put together at a later date in larger bottles when disgorged. I don't know if that's incorrect info or not. incorrect, fortunately. i believe there is a rule that says anything below jero must be sold in the same bottle in which 2ndary fermentation oc...

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bump'd

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R@y.Tupp@+sch wrote: ↑
October 21st, 2019, 10:23 am

ybarselah wrote: ↑
October 21st, 2019, 8:58 am
i think Krug GC out of magnum is perhaps the greatest deal in champagne.
Jero or go home.

haha... but for real, do they make the wine in jeros or decant after made?

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went to the krug house here in nyc for the final event on saturday and have a very different take on the 2006 base GC, edition 162 which i really enjoyed. the 2006 vintage wine i liked a lot, but i find i generally prefer GC to vintage - likely because it's just showing more at the same age. they al...

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Barry L i p t o n wrote: ↑
October 19th, 2019, 10:41 am
Do the orders always get fulfilled? There FAQs had something on “unsuccessful run” which I didn’t understand.

Either way, thanks for the tip! $70 less than Amazon.

not sure - i think some items have a minimum, but not sure where to find that info. also, great resource for high end headphones

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Robert.A.Jr. wrote: ↑
October 18th, 2019, 7:22 pm
Will these command Verset and ultimately Gentaz pricing in time?

i think the main reason for a no from me is that verset and gentaz represented the finest wines made in the appellation. that's not close to true for juge.

ybarselah

that's pretty funny. i've been a good customer of astor for years and typically get an email with some allocated items, but quantities are usually limited to 1 or 2 bottles. the 2015 juge was offered to me in september of 2018 (1 each magnum at $725 and 750 at $350 btw). i've been buying from then s...

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excellent deal on the moccamaster on drop fyi; not at all cheap, but damn impressive machine: https://drop.com/buy/technivorm-moccamaster-cdg-coffee-maker?utm_source=linkshare&referer=KHHQTR I ordered and it’s a great price ($230) but doesn’t ship until 11/15. I didn’t see where it was shipping fro...

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thank you.

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excellent deal on the moccamaster on drop fyi; not at all cheap, but damn impressive machine:

https://drop.com/buy/technivorm-moccama ... rer=KHHQTR

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Forsythia is slated to open August 24 at 233 Chestnut Street. Capofitto, a pizza and gelato destination, was part of the Capogiro group, which closed all locations late last year. Will’s GM Ben Jensen-Rosen is moving over to Forsythia, which Philly Mag reports will have space for 60 diners, a full ...

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i serve at the collective pleasure of the berserkerdom

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lol.... john fox is on pre-arrival

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relevant xkcd:

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According to the 60 Minutes segment that aired last night, addiction problems along with other ailments may be remedied by taking psilocybin's. Of course, further study may need to be done but the people interviewed for the segment seemed really happy with the outcome. Makes sense to me! lol michae...

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ya, this is a socioeconomic chart which of course correlates to the two subjects it plots.

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"feminine" and "masculine" wines on the list is very 2019

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those list prices include tip, i believe.

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Mich@el Ch@ng wrote: ↑
October 1st, 2019, 9:00 am
Enjoyed the 97 I had at Bern’s, was a bit lighter bodied tho.

was it domaine or negoce? it seems that depending on the vintage there are both?

ybarselah

i've been re-evaluating my tastes in jadot wines and cracked a 2005 clos st denis last night. decided to decant for a few hours and it made a huge difference; rather dark and monolithic at first, but really got elegant with pristine and pure fruit after more air. the finish eventually got a bit clip...

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2012 jamet is drinking great now as is gonon 2012

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