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Just opened my first bottle of 16. The nose definitely has an interesting savory and herbaceous element that I didn't find in the 15 or 14, i guess this is from the botryris? On the palate it has a lot more acidic cut than the 15 but is fuller bodied than the 14. Very good It paired well with a ligh...

2016 Hudelot-Noellat bourgogne 1999 Ar Pe Pe Grumello Riserva Buon Consiglio 2006 Allemand Chaillot 2013 Clos Saron pinot Home Vineyard 2017 Lauer Senior 2010 Papapietro Perry 777 Clones RRV 2016 Clusel Roch Cote-rotie 2011 Cerbaiona Rosso IGT 2016 Keller KR 2006 Husch cabernet reserve (left out a f...

Yes chambers had the 2000 for $21 8 years ago. Apparently it has gone over $150 at auction. A lot has changed in 8 years...

Another personal favorite of mine, that is becoming much much harder to find: Hofgut Falkenstein Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben Usually around $25 and under on release. Another insider’s wine. I think Jayson Cohen snags every bottle that hits the States That and the Lopez ro...

Loved bachelet's 15.

The Rosenthal website notes that the bourgogne all comes from bon batons, and shows just a regular courgogne label...so I guess you're right it's just different labels.

Bringing an older bottle with a lot of sediment to an offline, I've had it standing for a month. I'd like to double decant in the morning. How do I get the original bottle perfectly clean and dry in the 40 minutes between when i pour it into a decanter and when I need to reload it to head to work? I...

Those looks like the sort of glasses they serve you beer in at breweries.

How does the regular bourgogne compare?

Meat, olive oil, and coffee. 3 of the essential food groups.

Excited to finally try some flannery after hearing about it for years...in for the younger set and some burgers.

I saw an ENOFILE in my town once

Given currency movements of the last year you would hope US prices manage to go a little lower (since London prices seem flat to slightly lower).

Some of the Danny Meyer places are open, looks like maialino has regular hours and Marta is open but closes early. https://www.ushgnyc.com/celebrate-with-ushg/

I'm more recently into wine than beer, but I think there's a decent comparison. The first beer I started buying was Sierra Nevada and I've always been into craft beers. But give me a cold Bud light at a baseball game and I'm happy as a clam. Everything has a time and a place.

Recently picked up both a Harrison and a rcr. This year's rcr seems much more mild than I remember it, even 2 weeks after purchasing. Much less funky than the Harbison.

Levi Dalton appears to be Instagram-ing a trip to Chile now, perhaps he'll report back on a wine board somewhere with his findings.

I can't really answer your exact Chile questions as we didn't go to Patagonia or the north, but we did have an excellent time in the Lake/Volcano (Puerto Varas/Puerto Montt) area with a side trip to Chiloe island. Visiting the penguins on Chiloe is really neat if you like penguins. Near Santiago we ...

Extra day to recover!

D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑
November 28th, 2018, 4:23 am
Ultimately this thread shows the usual trend of:

- Beloved producer is spoken of in less than fawning manner
- Fans of producer react as if someone said something about their mother
- Chaos & bad feelings ensue

Isn't that the whole purpose of wine message boards?

I looked back over old email offers and the price (at least in NYC) for hubacker and kirschpiel are literally unchanged since the 2010 vintage. Sort of blows up this story...yes prices for the higher gg are probably up if you can find them. But imagine if coche meursault was the same release price a...

https://www.northjersey.com/story/life/food/2018/11/21/nj-restaurants-can-now-advertise-you-can-byo-beer-and-wine/2079123002/ Did not realize it HAD been illegal for a restaurant to advertise that they are BYOB (not sure what advertising actually "means" as I've certainly seen it on restaurant webs...

Very random, but if anyone else is planning on going to atomix this Saturday and is also a Riesling fan can you shoot me a pm?
Thanks

For anyone else who comes across this thread, the 6 qt is the perfect size for browning two packages of chicken thighs (ie 8 thighs). We have the MC2 and the heat distribution is excellent with even browning even over the areas that extend past the flame.

Jeremy C wrote: ↑
November 3rd, 2018, 7:22 am
On a related note, I tend to chuckle when I see an end date that I believe identifies that wine as having been reviewed by John Gilman. I don’t mean that as a criticism; it’s just an identifying characteristic.

Apparently none of my bottles will be ready for another 3 decades.

I've seen a couple 15s at (brane cantenac) or very close (chevalier) to release pricing. Havent seen any below. No idea on 14s as those generally were priced decently.

Couple good mystery pickups recently:
2014 Barbaresco Single Vineyard and "Mystery Single VIneyard" were both, as expected, from La Ca Nova. For $30, great reviews from AG, glad I bought.
The California Hermitage for $20 was PAX The Hermit. Seems like a good pickup as well.

The 16 Cessieux is delicious as well. Definitely a different style, much lighter and not in need of much cellar time, but still meaty. That 15 gonon is ridiculous, we did a blind 15 Rhone dinner last year and it was by far the easiest to call.

Haven't been to any of these in years, but an acquaintance who dines out a lot has been saying that Per Se has gotten very good recently (working hard to gain back status?) while EMP has not been exciting....

Picked up a bottle of 15 brane cantenac at my local Gary's. Skipped out in this one ep when the price was up 40% from 14 and wouldn't you know it you can find it now at retail at exactly the ep price...

Wine library in nj has sent out offers on leitz. Also, while their distributor in NYC might be bad, it exists, so your favorite wine store can likely call then up to order if you ask (nicely, presumably).

I'm psyched about chef Robbie's new place is it will be half the distance from my house...on the other hand I wish it was byo!

This happened to me a few months ago, in that case I even had the order confirmed over the phone before they charged me. Then they cancelled the order and reversed the charge without even telling me (I think they called but I didn't pick up and no voicemail). No response to email.

0 fer so far...can you post lauer as well when those go? Thanks very much

Russell Faulkner wrote: ↑
September 21st, 2018, 8:22 am
Willi Spatlese @75, mags at 210

Damn I had 70 in. Above estimates.

Has anyone tasted any of the auction wines?

Will be interesting to see what happens once JetBlue gets into the market

High end sushi places seem to be multiplying like rabbits. Anyone know which have reasonable (say $50 or less) corkage and are good? Specifically looking for one for a Monday, otherwise I'd just go to cagen.

mike pobega wrote: ↑
September 12th, 2018, 2:30 pm
Peter Island. You're welcome.

https://peterisland.com/

Still closed.

St Lucia is known for it's mountains. Other than that I can't say I know much about it.

Eh this seems a lot closer to "$1200 obo" than an auction. However considering there are zero bottles on winesearcher in the US it's a bit silly. (Actually, in general I think using winesearcher to comp sales on cc for rare/hard to get bottles is relaly stupid. The bottles on wine searcher are the o...

Holy donut is good, potato flour so a bit different. We got some nice finishing salts at the salt cellar.

Cast iron is not a great conductor. So if you get a pan that is bigger than your burner (probably 10") it's going to be a pain to get the edges heated up evenly unless you want to heat it in the oven or heat it really slow and move around a lot. Love my 10 inch lodge cast iron but for bigger pans I ...

NYC is trying hard to crack down on Airbnb (most of which are technically illegal) so if you go that route be sure to book with a credit card that has good insurance on it, and maybe book a cancellable backup hotel room.

They are young so somewhat loud is preferable.

OK, here's another one. Booked sepia for the date night dinner. For early dinner with kids, volare or coco pazzo? Or any other recs in streeterville?

Thanks. Sepia sounds up my alley as does elske. Probably get to Frontera for lunch one day with the kids.

Hello Chicago berserkers. Looking for a rec for a dinner for a Sunday night, must be close to the river north/Navy Pier area. A night out for the two of us during a trip with the kids, so nicer/fancier is great, just can't be a prepay or big cancellation fee as it's always a crapshoot whether we ca...

Hello Chicago berserkers. Looking for a rec for a dinner for a Sunday night, must be close to the river north/Navy Pier area. A night out for the two of us during a trip with the kids, so nicer/fancier is great, just can't be a prepay or big cancellation fee as it's always a crapshoot whether we can...

This is why we grill almost every day in summer! Also takeout by us in the burbs generally stinks and is expensive. And the one good Thai place doesn't deliver!

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