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When I asked this question awhile back I received no consensus, although the group seemed to lean towards "wax does nothing".

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I am firmly of the opinion that they should be fried, but beyond that am open to stylistic interpretation. Put another way - this ain't Beef Wellington, man, it's fried eggs! Eat 'em how you like 'em.

I'm just here to express mild amusement that the OP has but together a nice collection of German and Italian wines, but is lacking on France has "doesn't know where to begin". Meanwhile I find German wines utterly impenetrable and know squat about Italy (Barolo's good, right?). Meanwhile F...

Bumping this is light of the Littorai special offer today. Haven't bought off the list before, what do these typically go for on release?

Brian S t o t t e r wrote: ↑November 18th, 2020, 4:08 pm That's great! Does it have to be $150 in one purchase, or just $150 spent between now and 12/27? I tend to graze the auctions.

Also does the $150 only include wine, or Buyer's premium as well?

How am I supposed to get my purchases down to $150?

hmmm I must have left "Blanc de Blancs" in my near, causing most of those not to show up.

What is this "2008 Pierre Legras Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Millésimé 'Idee de Voyage'" It appears to essentially not exist on CT. Even if I remove the vintage and idee de voyage, I only have a few hits, on some NV wine. Envoyer claims to have sold 75 cases of this stuff. What giv...

I asked for a new of the PCYMs yesterday, haven't received a confirm yet; anyone else get lucky? My order went in about 5 minutes after the email arrived

R. López de Heredia's whites WHAT? I can get this at two (2) separate liquor stores within walking distance of my house. And there are what, 5,000 hectares of Virua planted in Spain? This is like calling Goose Island IPA a beer geek beer. I am of course, just messing with you - I actually plan to o...

I disagree. I don't think of wines from mediocre wine grapes as wines for wine geeks. I think of great wines that are relatively unknown and reasonably priced are for wine geeks. These are all legitimately great wines at reasonable prices. Which would a wine geek not love? How many casual wine love...

Wes Barton wrote: ↑October 19th, 2020, 1:51 pmSome grapes only existed in a small area where they're well suited. Some varieties are new. Some are being found only interplanted with several other varieties.

And yet...no one here has mentioned having a Marquette wine from the Alexandria Lakes AVA.

Don't let the haters get you down Justin. If they can play hockey in Texas you can have your 18 ft wine cellar in Florida.

However, many varieties have fallen into obscurity because of the difficulty of cultivation or poor yields, not because of their poor quality. These were historically replaced by high-yielding workhorse varieties that churned out tons of boring, insipid wine just because it was easier. Other variet...

Unpopular opinion (for this thread at least): Obscure grapes used in winemaking are usually obscure for good reason.

Please note the used of the adverb "usually" in the preceding sentence.

I don't have too many wine pics on the main feed, although I might if I had more fun, intelligent, and attractive followers from WB. Plenty in my stories though.

So FedEx delivered a case of wine on a Sunday (???) to my house and no one signed for it (???) so I didn't notice it yesterday. Then last night a big storm came through. The exterior box is soaked and falling apart. Haven't inspected the bottles yet, but I know given the producer it's in cardboard, ...

Scott Brunson wrote: ↑October 7th, 2020, 2:28 pm
MBerto wrote: ↑October 7th, 2020, 2:16 pm 1 champers
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I would have said Pinot Gris on #1 and no wine on #3 but otherwise you nailed it.

Nice menu—what should I wear?

Fine, #1 can be a BdN.

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I hear you, and I understand. Do you feel diners who order water, soda, tea, or coffee should also tip more, to make up for the fact that they're not ordering more expensive (alcoholic) drinks? <--- sincere question. No, because there's no potential lost sale there for the server - just like the pe...

[/quote] I hear you, and I understand. Do you feel diners who order water, soda, tea, or coffee should also tip more, to make up for the fact that they're not ordering more expensive (alcoholic) drinks? <--- sincere question. [/quote] No, because there's no potential lost sale there for the server -...

If people think restaurants offer corkage for any reason other than "they think it will make them more money" you're kidding yourself. Does it actually make them more money? No idea, although between the variance in corkage fees and policies (bottle limits, size limits, 'buy one off the li...

This is pretty straightforward IMHO. If a restaurant allows corkage, then bring whatever you feel like drinking as long as it isn't on their list. That's it. My wife used to work as a server in a reasonably nice restaurant. They actually put a lot of thought into their wine program, brought in dist...

The trick is holding the gas button down as you actually push through the cork. If you don’t, you put in about a needle full of oxygen which can affect the wine in time. Especially if you pour a few times from the bottle using the Coravin. Once the needle is pushed a tiny bit into the cork, the pre...

Sc0tt F!tzger@ld wrote: ↑September 20th, 2020, 7:40 pm I’d be curious to hear from others about those wines. For example, I really enjoy Corison and score it high (for me) but notice my ratings are typically higher than the critics. Other examples?

She doesn't charge enough to justify really high scores

Is Brad Baker still publishing? Website says currently letter is something from 2017

Has anybody had a 2012 recently? I will be curious to see what the asking price will be for those. $110 BdB/BdN, $70 Rose (WL only). Note these are not convention 12's but late disgorged wines, and come with the following note: We have about a hundred bottles of both the Blanc de blancs and the Bla...

Inspired by the WA thread, I'm wondering if we can get a compendium going of your thoughts on various professional wine reviewers (ie you may love Keith L on CT, but that's not the subject here). Particular items of note: Do you find their notes/reviews useful in terms of understand what the wine wi...

Just the tip you say?

Merrill Lindquist wrote: ↑August 14th, 2020, 2:43 pm This thread is unique in that people are referring to "my wife," instead of the dreaded "the wife" or "wifey." Thanks, gentlemen, for that.

What she really hates is "my first wife"

At the risk of piling on more "my wife" stories (and thanks to Sarah for keeping us honest) - my wife's got a better palate than me but doesn't geek out about it like I do. That said the other day she opened a bottle from the fridge without notifying me. She then went on to say "I goo...

I went for the Aequorin, Anitykthera, and the Angelicall - I totally get people would have a tough time spending $110 on a rose but this one is for sure worth it. Visited last summer but didn't' try the Obelin, so I passed out of a lack of familiarity.

Probably is I can't drink em - A) If they're really going for that much I gotta think about flipping B) Since they changed the name, I've now got a real collectors items - first edition, "old name", full boxed set. Gotta keep the full set together. Maybe I can coravin a tasting poor and se...

Currently 2 bottles of 2017 Faethm reds on winebid at $285 each, but no bids.

A little surprised these went in under 8 minutes but maybe I shouldn’t be. I asked for 3 and struck out. Then they raised the price $10. I’m pretty miffed by this. Asked for 2, was told there was a typo and it was actually $150 - did I still want it? I’ve seen them make pricing errors before, but i...

I keep seeing 2000 Pontet Canet selling offered for $135 plus premium and tax Thanks Brian, that's helpful. On the point above, I see it's still offered. I think what is going on in these cases is the seller keeps offering it at that price - and it's not selling. If it doesn't sell in a given week,...

The CT price is an average of the price people actually bought the wine for, whenever they bought it. Since wine prices have been steadily rising in recent years it will be lower than current prices, as it reflects prices that existed years ago. It's the average THE USERS entered into CT - which ma...

1) the CT community price is based on what people report. If you are buying older wine then yes it would make sense prices are lower. Solely with respect to this point, the only time I can touch this value is when I buy direct from the mailing list, AND the mailing list prices are lower than what i...

So I'm perusing Wine Bid looking at some classified Bdx. Names don't really matter, other than that it's stuff that's pretty widely available, and has a reasonably liquid secondary market (but not 1st growths or something that would show up at Christies). As I'm spot checking the prices with Wine-Se...

Perhaps my original reply to this topic (#5) would have better been stated as follows: An certain winery sent an unsolicited email supporting a social activist movement that has become divisive and politically volatile. As my email address was provided for business purposes only, I was annoyed and ...

As I person who does not really like most Oregon chards, I'd put Antica Terra chards in my top 5 domestic.

To be clear, no wine was taken out of the bottle, so 2 hours of air exposure is pretty minimal. That said, I just coravin'd it tonight, and will probably cash it over the weekend.

Really? I'd expect 4-5 days out of a bottle that has been open and half full for 12 hours, if sealed with my vacuvin.

I opened (but did nothing else to) a 2014 Thomas PN last night around 7:30. Call it a slow-o or audouzing. After an hour long work call at 8, the bottle was recorked around 10 as it became the case there would be no drinking that night. How long do you think I've got with this bottle?

How hard is it go get 3 people together?

I got a complaint! I occasionally forget to remove bottles from CT (Not CT's fault per se, except perhaps tangentially as an enabler of my habit...). When I realize this 2 years later ('hey wait there's no way I still have 6 bottles of that'), my only option to remove that's appropriate is "Mi...

I got a complaint! I occasionally forget to remove bottles from CT (Not CT's fault per se, except perhaps tangentially as an enabler of my habit...). When I realize this 2 years later ('hey wait there's no way I still have 6 bottles of that'), my only option to remove that's appropriate is "Mis...

If one knows the bottle is fake when it’s purchased are you still allowed to sue for damages? Knowingly transacting in stolen, fictitious, or misrepresented goods is a felony. Doing so across state lines means federal felony. Good thing the guy who sold me my Rolex in Battery Park gave me a Certifi...

GregT wrote: ↑May 18th, 2020, 8:30 pm I assume no masks?

Because how do you spit?

The tastings will be swirl and sniff only. All you need if you're really a connoisseur.

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