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Found 3 btls of 08 Dom at the Fairfield Costco over the weekend, $149.99/ea. Bought them.

Awesome. Thank you

Been raining here all day

Kind of fun to look at the same place using both models. There’s certain wineries that are going to turn out top tier juice from any of their sites (or combination of). To take this one step further, when you remove the estate component from a winery, what are we really talking about? The winemaker...

The OP uses Classified Growths (Bordeaux) but then lists them by vineyard a la Burgundy. I think the Burgundian model works better here (ie: many folks make great wine from ToKalon, like many folks make great wine from Clos de la Roche)

*I also sense a 10,000 word Piper post coming soon!

Dead at retail?

The craft beer market seems to have gone the way of baseball - more locally/regionally v. nationally. I'm fortunate here in Napa to have a handful of high quality, local producers that scratch most beer itches I have. I keep a growler in my car and all my locals will fill it.

I’ve always been a fan of Cristal, but 09 was the first that made me reach for my wallet. 08 made me empty it. My frustration has been the price. Had to scour all of DFW and harangue sales folk to find 08 Cristal for under $200 after applying a massive sale discount. Shit KL has it for $269 a pop. ...

I’ve always been a fan of Cristal, but 09 was the first that made me reach for my wallet. 08 made me empty it.

I was lucky enough to have a glass on Friday next to Becky Hammon, one of the assistant coaches for the Spurs since 2014. I asked her what Pop thought about the article. She also thought it was flattering toward him, but said that he hates having private family business discussed openly (which I th...

I follow the same rule for all my spirits - more than 1/3-1/4 of bottle, do nothing (other than keep out of direct light). Less than that, either break down into smaller vessel or drink within a month.

Tim - Check your PM, I think I have found the problem. Jonathan - Everyone receives the same allocation, regardless of purchase history or length of time on the active list. Jeremy - There is no penalty for skipping an offer. My rule of thumb is no purchases over two full release cycles results in r...

2001. I avoided them for awhile but time heals and 01 d’Yquem is too good to pass on

2016 Papa's. Delicious. Fear not, trust in Mike & drink Carlisle early and often

2015 Le Dame de Malescot - $19.97. Grabbed one for science and all

Anyone have wine shipped already? I requested a ship date of 3/11 but have heard nothing. The shipper is behind on the 3/11 date. It looks like all 4-5 day transit shipments are on the road with *hopefully* the rest (CA, 1-2 day stuff) leaving today. I updated all accounts this afternoon with what ...

if this second wave of rain comes in this afternoon as forecasted, there will be a number of road closures here in the Valley

Weather person said 6" for Yountville in the coming days. Not sure where all that water is supposed to go, we have barely cleared all the runoff from last week.

A great time as always, so many familiar names/faces - thank you for hosting. I'm not a note taker but thanks to Todd I tried my very first Picpoul, which was unexpected to see and rather enjoyable.

Second wave just dropped and was able to pick up a mixed 6-pack.

Wishlist granted, happiness ensued

If it rains, I like the idea of pizza. It goes well with the wines and is easy to eat. I'll gladly chip in whatever is required (although for planning purposes, I will be an early departure as I am down & back weather permitting)

Hard, fully formed ice on the windshield this AM. #brrrrr

09 Cristal is real nice

I know there are a ton of great wines/offers on here today, but if the 2013's aren't sold out, something is wrong. That price is stupid good.

Order in and if I get my wish list - big delicious pain

Bud Carey wrote: ↑
January 17th, 2019, 5:56 am
This one's gonna hurt.

A lot. A good hurt but still

tomorrow looks like it is going to be fun.

Got in trouble last week as the wife asked for a Carlisle and I had to tell her we didn't have any (at home). Grabbed a 2016 Carlisle Carlisle and it was delicious. About 15 minutes to open up and it was gone in no time flat.

Huge Tesseron fan, never had the 29 - didn't see the price increases coming (should have bought once the RMP scores dropped *sigh*). Anyhow I grab a 53 every now and again for a special occasion drink and never disappointed. The 76 is tasty but nothing like the 53, ymmv

Bump. And, Will Segui, any advance on The RM newsletter? Here it is. I'm still building out the website component, hope to have it up this afternoon. --will Winter 2019 Lost amidst all the chaos of the 2017 harvest is the superb quality of its Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs. Before the fires hit the e...

Hall pass & plane flight acquired. Looking forward to it!

larry schaffer wrote: ↑
January 8th, 2019, 12:28 pm
Will some of these be at Falltacular? It'd be fun to try them then if possible . . . and take my 1 oz pour of each

I have it on good authority that there will be a few in attendance.

I wish I would have seen this yesterday, I would have grabbed a few more details. Cedric Bouchard Cote de Bechalin This was recent release so I believe disgorged 2017, vintage 2011. From memory: wonderfully balanced & complete. Fine, small bead reminiscent more of a slightly effervescent white burg....

still happening

For a minute I thought it was just me. I switched to Firefox (Chrome was my default)and that seemed to work. I went ahead and bought the Ad Guard as well

I am a fan of Cristal - love the 09, but the 08 is special as mentioned above. I'll be putting as many as I can away.

Alan Rath wrote: ↑
December 13th, 2018, 2:29 pm
Tesseron 76 Cognac $90, Bay Area

which one? I'd grab a few of these, prices have exploded since the RMP review a few years back

I had to try a waygu rib cap. Merry Christmas to me!

great & timely note - thank you. looks like I'll be deeply burying the 14's I picked up from K&L recently.

HOW AM I EVER GOING TO KNOW WHO THE BOTY IS

There are so many factors, I'll never get them all nor will I say it very eloquently but.. Where is the vineyard located? There is a tremendous difference between upvalley & downvalley and then a million gradients within those broad subsets. Calistoga is warm, but there is a cooling overnight breeze...

Will, Anything you can share about vineyard sources for the Napa bottling? Got the offer and am intrigued. Technically they are both SVD's. Regusci is a name not unfamiliar. The 'Napa' is from a vineyard owned & managed by Matt Hardin & his family (Matt runs the show at Barbour Vineyard Management)...

Randy Bowman wrote: ↑
October 17th, 2018, 8:13 pm
Stand by: Alabama is seizing shipments and returning them to the "shipper/retailer."

Ship to residential or ABC?

N Weis wrote: ↑
October 16th, 2018, 2:29 pm
Anyways, growers are happy, wineries are happy, accountants are unhappy. What could be better?

barrel reps have booked Hawaii for the entire month of December

40 degrees in Oak Knoll this morning. Solid 20 degrees cooler than yesterday AM. Taking everything on Thursday AM, time to put this to bed.

3 x 2008 Vilmart Coeur du Cuvee
2 x 2014 Ulysse Collin Les Perrieres
1 x 2013 Ulysse Collin Les Enfers

Harvest makes me thirsty

Maybe I didn't write this one as clearly as I could have -- today's email was a 'save the date', the offer will be sent on Tuesday 10/9 @ 9:00 AM PST. If anyone has a question or will not be available Tuesday morning, they can email me at admin@caterwaulwines.com and I'll do my best to get right bac...

awesome everything. Happy Birthday Melinda!

Thank you all for the kind words & interest. I'm not very good at talking about myself, but I will happily address the questions from upstream. Which is why I asked the ignored question to the first response by Bill T L concerning W&M. "How old are the vines?" Clone 7 on St. George planted in 1994. ...

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