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Confusing RHR data here:

Dry Monday - 48
Dry Tuesday - 47
Dry Wednesday - 48
Whole bottle Thursday - 50
Whole bottle Friday - 51
Whole bottle Saturday - 53
Half bottle Sunday - 46!

So do I conclude that sharing a bottle with my wife is optimal for my health?

Really horrible.

Local supermarkets here had masses of crap at €10-12.

However big house prices remained very solid.

Whilst I still don’t really agree with the merit of ranking in this way. It might make more sense to rank wines not houses.

After all that’s somewhat more like the Bordeaux classification works.

There are so many small and fine producers. Without some kind of objective criteria to at least weed out a few, how does it not become just everyone declaring which are their favorites? Also there are some great producers that don't get much exposure in the US. Exactly. But I'll declare my favourit...

Keith Levenberg wrote: ↑December 30th, 2020, 8:49 pm late to this thread but I'm just gonna assume everyone said Prum

Already by far the most populous in our cellar...

Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention..

When you buy far too much you end up not having many regrets.

Maybe some Koehler-Ruprecht RR Trockens.

Any thoughts on Feints, Naomi, Chillion or Boaz?

I think there are actually more and more true Kabinett. Because growers are now picking earlier.

In 2017 for the first time a couple were picking on the auction day. This year almost everyone was.

Also a few producers are breaking the illogical pricing hierarchy by prädikat.

I guess I think that German wines are overwhelmed by government rules already and, while I believe some rules should be overhauled, making the rules even more restrictive would make things worse. As others have said, in general if we force producers to rename Kabinetts as Spatlesen or even Auslesen...

Considering using iZettle for a small retail venture here in France.

Is anyone using it? (or SumUp?)

(I am happy it covers all the French requirements its more of a general question).

I think you have to consider the alcohol level as well as Oechsle, but to be honest I think its just fine as it is, I'd like to see more publishing of the levels in critical notes and really appreciate MFW for doing this wherever possible...

Well Happy Birthday! We may open a Lilbert 96 to celebrate this week :) Russell, Happy holidays to you and your family. What an awesome wine. I had a bottle at the end of last year and it was classic Lilbert - still a baby with lots of room to grow. A few touches of cream and white dough are starti...

Well Happy Birthday! We may open a Lilbert 96 to celebrate this week

Had an odd bottle of the 1996 Pierre Péters Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée Speciale Blanc de Blancs (Les Chetillons - not yet labelled as such) last night. Bubbles were quite flat. Had not much interest or complexity, not real verve. Not oxidized or obviously corked, just a very blah bottle. It came fro...

Old Auslese

I have 100g of black truffles from TruffeFrance arriving on the 23rd. I suspect we will divide them between the four of us with eggs for Christmas breakfast. Our hosts keep their own chickens.

Classics would include smoked river fish or venison.

Of course lots of options if you look East.

97s are great here. I still have some regular and single fuder Auslesen. Brilliant.

2019 Yvon Métras Beaujolais - France, Burgundy, Beaujolais (07/12/2020)
A bit of spritz. Christmas spice and cherry with a smooth leather note. Really light and poised with little sign of the advertised 14%. This is very good.

Different to what?

Great!

I have 8 Different bottles downstairs awaiting early tasting.

You might as well open that Loosen. I doubt it’s getting better!

I have quite a bit of impractical Riesling in large bottles, 14 of them it seems 3l+.

Jazz was certainly quite popular in the U.K. in the late 50s. My father was and still is a huge aficionado, the widespread US military bases were certainly a major catalyst.

Neal.Mollen wrote: ↑November 22nd, 2020, 8:34 am Turns out the article is available for free for those who are interested: https://www.vinous.com/articles/the-yea ... 9-nov-2020

That’s what all this fuss is about???

Robert Dentice wrote: ↑November 18th, 2020, 9:01 am Germany - Hild Elbing $13-15

Have you tried Jonas Dostert’s Elblings? Brilliant

A day late but very happy with the result.

Grunhaus and K-R also do oak influenced wines. I don’t care for them.

Just ordered my 2011 Rubis today, coincidentally.

I was going to mention that we normally buy the vintage version over the NV but noticed the price differential has crept up.

Drank a 2018 Champ Forey in summer. It was very good, no note.

Ok, for fun I’ll be a dissenting voice.

I don’t think Prum 01s NEED any more time and the WS Spatlese has been drinking really well for several years at least.

That’s not to say they are fully mature but for my tastes they don’t need to be fully mature to be delicious and enjoyable.

Hi Chris. I think 1/3 is exported to Japan. That doesn’t leave a lot for the rest of the world. I’m hoping to get up there to visit shortly.

Half bottle? Just buy it!!

I’ve been keen to try this for a while. Some will know the producer. A Japanese man farming a less than a single hectare up near Mouton and making only 2500-3500 bottles a year. Prior vintages have been under 12% alcohol. This is 13% on the label. 2018 Osamu Uchida Miracle - France, Bordeaux, Médoc,...

Fun. I opened an 01 Prum WS Spatlese on Friday. Was singing.

Here’s 90 bottles of Julian Haart. What’s the problem

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I bought Lilbert vintage and Peters Chetillons.

Henry, who in London will sell me some for £535?

Yeah. Don’t worry.

Enjoy them.

Different labels???

Yes there are a lot of these wines in Blaye, Bourgeois etc.

There is a big change happening in Bordeaux at the low and medium level and it’s rarely discussed. These aren’t generally profound but beat the old cheap and nasty Bordeaux of the supermarche shelves.

By region. Sort of. I couldn’t imagine actually trying to track individual bottles. I don’t choose wine like that.

Not sure. Works for Gut Hermannsberg now.

Pigott rated that wine 100. Hence the fuss. I bought a little (for a lot less than that - €33 a bottle but it’s still what I’d call expensive relatively) to see if I agree.

Manfred Prum is/was always very confident on the 2003 Auslese and up. I’m trusting him on that.

Yeah. I just don’t really think about it like that. Vintage is probably the 4th thing I consider after Producer (region being inherent in that more or less), Prädikat and even (less so) vineyard.

But if you want an answer. For drinking now, 2001, 1996, 2004 maybe. In no real order.

Second truffle dish of the season today. Fresh from Alba a few days ago no idea the pricing but the dishes had a €10 supplement

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