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jbray23

Even though this thread took quite the detour I'm relieved to see the destination is still in sight. Very much appreciate all the recommendations! I have a lot of reading, researching, and drinking to do! Chris, thank you for the PDX recs as well, will definitely be hitting up Oregon. Bar Ferdinand...

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It's been almost a year since I had them when I visited Cavallotto last fall, but my impression is that the '12s are definitely more approachable right now. The '13s need years more in the bottle, but I think when they come around will really be fantastic to drink. I wouldn't recommend opening a '1...

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The ‘13 riservas are amazing although I prefer ‘12 a little more It's been almost a year since I had them when I visited Cavallotto last fall, but my impression is that the '12s are definitely more approachable right now. The '13s need years more in the bottle, but I think when they come around wil...

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The ‘13 riservas are amazing although I prefer ‘12 a little more

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KLWM is doing the same stuff with Roulot. The retailers I know are disgusted by their shameless ploy to drastically reduce long time customers' allocations until they start buying tons of other overpriced offerings they're peddling. There's smart, fair business and there's slimy business and they h...

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I would be a buyer in these days, jon is going to get a lot of great deals and they are only going to get better... not a person to hype at all, just saying jon gets great deals based on the fact he can move VOLUME....I sent in for 6, wtf, Barolo for $14.. no brainer. Cheaper than a Nebbiolo..

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I’m not standing up for Kermit here but I would’nt be surprised if this wasn’t coordinated effort of KM and Coche.

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Run-up like Juge, the market better appreciating the incredible quality of this winery plus the anticipated changing of the guard. Given that coupled with the current economic uncertainty, and I’d be surprised if 2015 comes out higher. I expect it to be around the same plus maybe 5%. Pure speculati...

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5pk mixed Canonica Barolo and Neb..

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Someone brought the 2006 to a dinner and it didn’t show well... I have a 2000 sleeping in the cellar and I’m looking forward to it / hoping it’s not premoxed... I hope the best for you with the ‘00... I will never buy another bottle of Sauzet after drinking way too far advanced examples of ‘00,’01 ...

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I see I paid $69 for the 2008, on May 6th 2009. Helluva deal I told myself at the time, global financial crisis be damned. A warning of caution in 2020, as I am still waiting on Premier Cru to deliver! I am fearful that there will be many more wine businesses that go under and will ultimately not d...

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Geez, sorry, I didn’t know that you had to let
go of 50 ppl, that does suck and I’m sorry, didn’t hear that part, also knew they were important but didn’t realize that they were business breaking... were the 50 mostly on prem?

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Yep. Sucks. Still love Max and his son, Andy. Great source of top quality, great value Bourbon, BIB, and Rye. The big guy gets kicked in the nuts by the bigger guy....sorry man, just can’t feel sorry. Remember, you have the best wine book in Washington... and besides, you got VB..... A simple, sorr...

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I am biased and bitter as we just lost Heaven Hill Ouch, sorry to hear that...... [pwn.gif] Yep. Sucks. Still love Max and his son, Andy. Great source of top quality, great value Bourbon, BIB, and Rye. The big guy gets kicked in the nuts by the bigger guy....sorry man, just can’t feel sorry. Rememb...

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If you get any allocation of DRC then price isn’t a matter and you’re not getting gouged if you pay the price... Of course price matters. It's the same reason that list prices on US wineries matter. Why would I buy my allocation every year, good vintages and lesser vintages, as well as be compelled...

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If you get any allocation of DRC then price isn’t a matter and you’re not getting gouged if you pay the price... I know what the wholesale is for RC is and what it fetches.... $4kish wholesale that sells for $18k on the secondary market... Again, if you can afford it and find it, quibbling over the ...

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robmundell wrote: ↑
March 23rd, 2020, 10:43 am
Mike would love to have these. Any thought in a trade for them? My cellartracker.com username is RMundell let me know if anything interests you.

Reading the forum, have a 4 pack available, would be willing to trade, what do you have?

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Door bell rang, FedEx guy was almost back in his truck before I opened the door.

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This is about a $50 retail savings

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I’ve had this wine out of .750 and it was amazing, truly a ‘believer’ bottle, sorry
Yours was...
Pox’d

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Slightly off topic PSA.. full pull paul bought a ton of older seven Hills wines when they cleared out their remaining inventory, old Riesling, cab, merlot BDx blends... he’s offering them at random theory HH offers and in store pick up.. picked up a ‘02 Ciro du Cheval.... cork was pristine, wine was...

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Yep, that’s why I was asking.... do you have a favorite there? Just got done picking up groceries; in Greve in Chianti until 14th. Lots of appointments this week: Riecine, San Giusto a Rentennano, Castello di Monsanto, Volpaia, Antico Lamole, etc. Would have to be both, Guido and Ciro, love them bo...

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His wines are crap, all marketing, they should sell for a quarter of the price they do. But good for him for making a ton of money.

Now Dave Phinney the person is a great guy, pretty genuine.

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Yep, that’s why I was asking....

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Curious about the question of agability and Russo wines and them being a ‘young’ producer, who is the oldest producer? What are the oldest bottles of Etna wine that people know of? I tasted 2000 Calabretta Etna Rosso with 2000 Biondi* for a Guild of Sommeliers podcast in 2011, those are probably th...

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Plans to visit Ciro picareillo?

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Curious about the question of agability and Russo wines and them being a ‘young’ producer, who is the oldest producer? What are the oldest bottles of Etna wine that people know of?

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The mag premium is crazy

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David VS, Otto, Howard, etc - perhaps it might be a good idea to start a thread about Bandols? Robert A - I'll ask Chris Kissack if he would like to comment - it would be wonderful to get his input. Jason - how would you rate Fabien Duveau's wines in relation to the other producers? I've never hear...

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Collier is outstanding and should probably be at 2nd growth status...

Fabien Duveau is another outstanding producer... under the radar, in the mold of Collier with a great purity of fruit from Saumur.

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Scott Tallman wrote: ↑
January 9th, 2020, 10:43 pm
Thanks for the note, Sean. Grabbed a bottle when visiting the winery last February. Need to find that bottle and pop the cork!

Or unscrew the cap!

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In our area there is no Costco hub or fulfillment center, we deliver directly to each Costco. Your comparison to larger chain retail isnt really apples to apples, liquor laws are different, in Washington state, you can’t legally ‘make a deal’ with wine/liquor, you can set pricing tiers and the comp...

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In our area there is no Costco hub or fulfillment center, we deliver directly to each Costco. Your comparison to larger chain retail isnt really apples to apples, liquor laws are different, in Washington state, you can’t legally ‘make a deal’ with wine/liquor, you can set pricing tiers and the compa...

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Still doesn’t explain the variance in pricing from Costco locations one or two towns from each other. When I’m traveling locally to mtgs, I can stop by 2 or 3 Costcos if my clients and mtgs are spaced out just so. More often than not, no two Costcos will have the same price on Dom P, NV Veuve Clicq...

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Right. But my point isn’t so much about state to state differences. The pricing in-region, as well as SoCal versus NorCal, varies noticeably here in CA. Any possible county and city taxes on alcohol can’t possibly account for the $142.89 pricing on Dom P I’ve seen here in the SF Bay Area, and the $...

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Nv bruno Paillard rose 2 years old
Nv Dohndt Grellet cuvee... can’t remeber right now...
Both delicious

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Well, he did make Turley for a number of years, if you like that style, you’ll love his own...

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‘96 Fontodi Case Via Syrah- Cork came out clean with about 1/4 wine stain up the cork. If you handed me this blind I would have guessed a classic N.Rhone Syrah with Brett, meat and funk. Almost set it wrote it off as the Brett became stronger during the first glass..... move forward 4 hours... the B...

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On the subject of Total Wine increasing prices pre-tariff, a quick data point (based on some wines we purchased there before prices went up vs what they are priced ar now) makes it seem to me they are increasing prices by 50% now so they don't have to increase them by 100% later. Example is a coupl...

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Zachary,

Thanks for writing up Merlin, we just brought in our first vintage with the wines and are pretty impressed with the ‘17’s that we’ve tasted.

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John Morris wrote: ↑
December 15th, 2019, 9:26 pm

jbray23 wrote: ↑
December 15th, 2019, 9:06 pm
Barilla in our neck of the woods isn’t $1... but ok..
$1.29 at Target: https://www.target.com/b/barilla/-/N-56dw9?Nao=0

Damn, great pricing, it’s at least $2.99-$4.99 depending on the source.. maybe I should shop at target more often...

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Read back further in the thread, and Total Wine has raised prices on existing stock of French wines based on the original 25% tariffs. So I think it can go either way. They DI most of their own goods, so they are responsible for the tariffs, they could have had some bad luck like we did and contain...

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Jason, You keep using hyperbole that undermines your entire arguments. Barilla pasta is regularly available for $1 in grocery store. $2 could hurt the brand, but it won’t be your farcical $7. Use normal analysis, and I might take you seriously. Barilla in our neck of the woods isn’t $1... but ok.. ...

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Wine is not a "pyramid scheme". It is a beverage produced from an agricultural product. The wine industry in this country has problems that go far beyond tariffs. In a nutshell, per-capita consumption has been dropping. Not by much, but still. There is some talk that younger people are simply drink...

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Food for thought... Italy in the first quarter of '19 exported to America 1.25 billion on pace to beat last years 5.2 billion annual export to America. France exported nearly 30 billion to USA last year. Just 2 examples, we get about %20 of our imports from the EU, about %10 in food stuff, seems lik...

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David,
Yes I know, but it’s not just cheese and wine...

I’ve always said that wine was a pyramid scheme waiting to tumble, if it does, so goes a lot of businesses and inevitably restaurants... you’re not seeing the whole picture it’s just not cheese and wine....

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I disagree, Seattle has enough to fight off a localized recession, I’m talking national..... and as import schedules have it, they’ll land later next year, sooo... just in time for the election.

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to jbray, The administration has not started a serious trade war with Europe... yet. A 100% tariff on all European wines and foods would be a huge deal for international commerce (it would put me out of business instantly, ending the jobs of my 9 remaining employees), but I don't find the rest of y...

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I think people are minimizing the effect that this whole mess is going to do to the US.... I think this will certainly throw us into a recession and have long lasting effects. Warehouse workers, drivers, reps, wineries, managers will all be out of business and this isn’t just wine but anything havin...

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Damn... no way

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