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Clearly the answer was...."no"

There's probably something to be said for people being at home affecting their ability to log purchases into CT in a timely manner

First attempt at a brisket on the BGE. Slightly dryer than I would have liked but tasted great.

Michael Bowden wrote: ↑
May 15th, 2020, 6:11 pm

Ethan Abraham wrote: ↑
May 15th, 2020, 2:10 pm
Who currently makes the chezeaux/ponsot wines? Presumably it's the domaine, not laurent?
Laurent is.

Thanks

Who currently makes the chezeaux/ponsot wines? Presumably it's the domaine, not laurent?

Grabbed some of the mousse anecdote. Don't recall tasting it at the big tasting in the fall but I liked their wines.

Amen.

Though then we'll be complaining when they go to roulot pricing or are simply unattainable in a few years.

This thread is excellent and inspired me to order some Goodfellow chards to compare with and also age for future comparison with the Walter Scott's I got a few weeks ago. Great to see multiple winemakers with different strategies and opinions have a respectful and interesting discussion.

Loved this at the Skurnick tasting and picked up some bottles.

I imagine this was less than $100 on release wholesale.

deadhorse Are those the short ribs? Man that looks good [cheers.gif] Yeah basically the thing I smoke the most on the bge. My family doesn't like the mess and difficulty of regular ribs, brisket takes too long, I haven't quite gotten pulled pork down yet...these are easy and take about 5-6 hours. I ...

deadhorse Yeah we’d planned to get the outdoor kitchen and cellar finished this spring but I don’t want contractors in and out of the house until we have a better handle on the covid situation. If you're putting a bge in anyway you could just get it now. AFAIK there's no special built in version, yo...

yeah that's a non-starter; I'll get both BGE and built in gas soon once the kitchen is built but no stop-gaps unless that's what I want to keep long term. Exactly my current setup...bge and Weber gas. Though not built in. Yeah we’d planned to get the outdoor kitchen and cellar finished this spring ...

Don’t have a grill so not an option. Outdoor kitchen delayed by pandemic. Weber kettle costs the same as a bottle of 1er Cru burgundy. Worth every penny and unlike the wine you can sell it when you're done with it. yeah that's a non-starter; I'll get both BGE and built in gas soon once the kitchen ...

If you're going to reverse sear would you guys dry brine the tri-tips with a dry rub? Tri-tips are made to be grilled. Don’t have a grill so not an option. Outdoor kitchen delayed by pandemic. Weber kettle costs the same as a bottle of 1er Cru burgundy. Worth every penny and unlike the wine you can...

Sounds great. Still a few bottles left on envoyer website....

For those in NY & CT, Fleisher’s Craft Butchery carries a Finger Lakes Pasture Raised Chicken that blows the Green Circle Chicken away. We love it. When you order, make sure you get the right one as they also carry Green Circle. Their pork and beef are excellent too. Fleischers lamb is ridiculous t...

I put a bunch of bids on 2017 burgs in the zachys auction a little below retail. Everything went above currently-available retail. Of course there is the "pay a small premium to buy in one place" argument but most were not huge lots. Union square had roumier chambolle for 200 for weeks and it hamme...

I put a bunch of bids on 2017 burgs in the zachys auction a little below retail. Everything went above currently-available retail. Of course there is the "pay a small premium to buy in one place" argument but most were not huge lots. Union square had roumier chambolle for 200 for weeks and it hammer...

As I spent a few hours recently organizing my wine fridge and storage closet, I do realize I appreciate some sort of distinctive marking either on a capsule or on the top of the cork.

I'll specifically interpret this is producers that I COULD have had more of, but didn't, that I was buying when I could have but didn't get enough Obviously I'd love to have some Roumier or Mugnier or Leroy in my cellar but given I got into Burgundy fairly late this wasn't an option. So my list: All...

So besides California and British Columbia, are there any regions where, say, Cabernet and pinot grow within 10-20 miles of each other (and not just as a curiosity)? I guess in the US you have some of this in the finger lakes. Anywhere in Europe?

I have yet to even taste a 17 or 18!

All good suggestions. Falkenstein, weiser-kunstler, Julian haart, Schloss lieser all in mosel-saar often come in under $25. In general spatlese and auslese (ie sweeter) will be more expensive than the kabinett or basic estate wines (dry or just off dry). Donnhoff makes both types of estate wines usu...

Arnot Roberts makes pretty much everything too...Cabernet Pinot, chard, syrah, Gamay, Riesling/sylvaner, zin, trousseau, ribolla gailla. I guess no white bordeaux or Rhone grape!

I found this question very confusing, because Bordeaux and Burgundy aren't situated particularly close to each other. I think OP is talking more about California, where great Pinot and great cab can grow a few miles apart. Not completely unknown in Europe though. I think Uli Stein makes both Pinot ...

I had a 375 recently of the GK. Really does need another decade but a day open in the fridge gave some good peeks as to what it will be.

I just took delivery of a mixed case. Coravined a glass of the Cuvee Anne chard last night next to a glass of 2016 Boillot Mouchere. I must say they were remarkably similar, probably not surprising given similar abv, both have a bit of new oak, etc. I have limited experience with Oregon chard but th...

I rarely decant, but more for practical reasons. I get home from work (well, whenever that happens again) about 20 minutes before dinner, which is, on a good day, a 20 minute affair. So what's the point? I'll usually pour another glass at the end of dinner and I can follow that a bit once the kids a...

Do Fourrier ever shut down?

not if you've had both. The 08 slays the 12. At least up till now, who knows in 10 years. I have had both in the last year. I thought neither was drinking well but felt like the 12 had more potential. I prefer the 07 for now over either. Maybe I’ll dig some out and do a little tasting. the 08 is f*...

Ethan Abraham wrote: ↑
April 28th, 2020, 2:52 pm
Fair enough pricing on the Vosne village, I love that 08

Apparently others do too...missed on that and the 12.

Fair enough pricing on the Vosne village, I love that 08

Great notes Nice to see a long list of burgs that are not unobtainable for mere mortals.

Jeff Rosenberg wrote: ↑
April 26th, 2020, 11:09 am

Geoff F. wrote: ↑
April 26th, 2020, 10:07 am
Mixed case of 2018 Walter Scott Pinot and Chardonnay
Did I miss the email?

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I'd say the usual is they send you the bottle you ordered and if they want it back, they send you a prepaid shipper for the Chablis.

Fwiw that Chablis is more like a $50-65 wine

Original release or recent late release? (Ie old or new label?)

Glen Gold wrote: ↑
April 20th, 2020, 1:01 pm
Next: Bordeaux futures follow oil futures.

I'm looking forward to being paid to take delivery of bordeaux.

Up to 20 lots now...and there's some Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuge.

The only food I miss during these self isolation times is sushi. And I really, really miss it. We've obviously been cooking a ton and frankly have only ordered in (pizza) twice in the past five weeks. I do miss sushi, but that lack of places that I really enjoy by us makes it an easy pass for me. W...

YLee wrote: ↑
April 19th, 2020, 6:11 am
Not sure what the reason is for no one having h-l village on WS but stores had 'em last year.

Panzer and zachys both have the 17 for $59

Edit - never mind though you.mean hudelot noellat

Barthod bourgogne is very nearly chambolle, runs about $50.

As much as we complain about auction prices, occasionally you can find steals in mixed lots of non-blue-chip producers. Heck even a case of Bruno clair chambolle veroilles hammered for 75/bottle yesterday.

From a recent d'artagnan delivery, roast chicken with potatoes and their mixed mushrooms.

Utterly gutted today. I guess a plebeian git like me will never have the dosh to afford proper Burgundy. Heading back to the cellar for some plonk to drown my sorrows. I really thought with restaurants probably not playing that prices would be coming down some. that will be later. Wines had to get ...

If you don't need to drink drc/Leroy/coche and wanted to pick up some 14/15/16s there were some very nice deals at the end. 16s - gouges prulier for $75, thibault liger belair LSG for 85, groffier sentiers for 120...etc Do those numbers include hammer and tax? Look like good prices. Not tax but yes...

Ding ding ding. Compare the quantities available to auction to the quantities your typical retailer might get. For example 2016 lafarge ducs, two retailers I know got 3 and 6 bottles, respectively. So if a consumer wants to get even a 6-pack he/she can either work multiple retailer connections (and ...

2016 Boillot mouchere 2012 Carlisle two acres A few 2018 rieslings - falkenstein kab feinherb and haart piesporter 05 chezeaux vaucrains. All drinking well...have opened some bottles that will be better in 10 years but weren't showing great now (looking at you 2013 benetiere and a bunch of 2014 burgs)

If you don't need to drink drc/Leroy/coche and wanted to pick up some 14/15/16s there were some very nice deals at the end. 16s - gouges prulier for $75, thibault liger belair LSG for 85, groffier sentiers for 120...etc

Interestingly bidding seemed to calm down quite a bit once "working from home" hours ended.

A. So wrote: ↑
April 17th, 2020, 1:58 pm
Like a friend of mine said, the buying demographic is not part of the 20m US initial jobless claims.

And most.of them are now working at home.

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