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Someone paid over 400 a bottle each for 09, 10, and 14 at hdh this week.....

Italliene (w 24th St) has no corkage Mondays. Anyone been?

In my belly.

Happy to set up an offline in NY and split a few bottles that I purchased/have others bring theirs. Would have to be an odd time around the holidays, unless we pushed to Jan/Feb. I couldn’t do the holidays. Could maybe do Jan, and would happily contribute some bottles. Could be fun and also throw i...

A lot of those chevillons went for much cheaper in Mark's auction (the quantities don't quite match though so I don't think they are reselling those)

A bunch of Willi Schaefer back vintages. But fess up, who took all the spat #5s?

Man I started this thread a long time ago. Drank a lot of 09 Beaujolais with burgers and short ribs at Nicolas Robert. I gather that and le farm are both closed....haven't lived in CT since 2012 though I do work in greenwich occasionally.

Has anyone been to Reverence yet? Been open a few months and I've heard zero buzz about it.

A 25% increase in price due to tariffs will result in a 25% increase in retail price, sometimes somewhat modified by producers and importers (but not wholesalers and retailers) tightening their belts. Wholesalers and retailers, rather than cut margins, will simply steer their customers to wines not...

Happens all the time with German wine....

D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑
October 6th, 2019, 5:33 pm
FWIW, the 2015 was quite electric, if completely primary.

Ditto for. 15 spat I had a few weeks ago

Doug, That is a great note. Really makes me want to try another soon. I have a couple left from a pack I bought on release...for around $60! Wish I had that chance again. Cheers. To be fair one of the few top tier burgs that really hasn't had awful inflation! Its three figures fairly regularly now,...

Dennis Atick wrote: ↑
October 5th, 2019, 8:36 am
Doug,
That is a great note. Really makes me want to try another soon. I have a couple left from a pack I bought on release...for around $60! Wish I had that chance again. Cheers.

To be fair one of the few top tier burgs that really hasn't had awful inflation!

Seems like a nutty price.

Also, wrong subforum.

JYoung wrote: ↑
October 3rd, 2019, 7:24 pm

Ethan Abraham wrote: ↑
October 3rd, 2019, 7:56 am
They've confirmed the timing will not be in the middle of the night!
Did this go out in an email? I got the first email, but never any follow up about a change to the timing.

I emailed Erika, She said plan is 9am Pacific. I imagine they will send something out.

They've confirmed the timing will not be in the middle of the night!

Going to be some complicated situations with the likes of Envoyer. They have multiple shipments of some champagnes and provisionally allocate them. Difficult conversation to say “well you had your wine but you didn’t pick it up, so we gave it to someone else and now you need to pay 25% more when th...

Any suggestions for somewhere in Manhattan for a BYO dinner midweek with reasonable (say, $25) corkage appropriate for an Italian red wine dinner? (Besides Marta, which does fit the bill)

Given that constellation had it all marked at zero I imagine the prices will be good. This is very exciting.

D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑
October 2nd, 2019, 3:50 pm

Alan Rath wrote: ↑
October 2nd, 2019, 3:49 pm
Does anyone know how the tariffs kick in? Like wines already contracted/purchased but not shipped?
If the wines have not been accepted through US Customs prior to the date then the tariffs kick in.

So what happens to retailers that have sold millions of dollars of bordeaux futures...

In that spirit, my local nice store has a semi annual 30% off everything sale. They have a few bottles of 2014 Roumier sitting on the shelf for a while so picked up the last bottle of the 2014 Roumier Les Cras for under $300... I can't say the store is kept as cool as one would hope so will probably...

Picked up some drouhin chambertin beze from the famous golodetz cellar.

R@y.Tupp@+sch wrote: ↑
September 26th, 2019, 12:58 pm

B. Buzzini wrote: ↑
September 26th, 2019, 11:30 am
Since there will be no 2008 Krug...maybe people can justify their Krug $ going for this?
Where did you hear that?

Been discussed a bit on vinous and I've seen elsewhere too. Apparently LVMH didn't want to buy the fruit in 08 in the midst of the crisis.

Russell Faulkner wrote: ↑
September 22nd, 2019, 12:11 pm
260 I think.

Way over estimate. I guess not surprising if there was in general low excitement for 2018.

Anyone know what the schafer frohlich ba went for (17)?

Picked up a few lots yesterday at reasonable prices. Got outbid in the last day or two on all the chevillon and birthyear Bordeaux I was bidding for.

Sad to report Bar Uchu (not the Sushi part) has closed. I LOVED that place. So bummed. These small restaurants open with great young chefs and it works for awhile because they do not need to do much business to avoid losing money but then they realize you can never make money with an 8-12 seat rest...

Flatiron

Frozen Flannery

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Picked up my wife at EWR yesterday, zero traffic around the terminals. Good luck with that at LGA!

Man the trimbach CFE didn't even have a bottle count on it and I missed....fess up who bought 2 cases? Happy with some of the other stuff though, excellent prices.

Also, true story, last year they missed my email for some reason but to make it up offered a similar wines at similar discounts.

Yes...I like Newark. Terminal C has its annoyances (not much regular seating, lots of high barstool type things...annoying with kids) but it's bright and even on Christmas and spring break weeks lines aren't too bad.

We have 27" double wall oven with a warming drawer which seems a good size, have never had anything not fit. We get a ton of use out of the warming drawer, though I wish it opened slightly deeper as you have to tilt a half sheet to get it in. Other things I really like in my kitchen: separate full-s...

Rich Salsano wrote: ↑
August 30th, 2019, 9:50 am

Ethan Abraham wrote: ↑
August 30th, 2019, 7:37 am
I'm going to let you all in on a secret....lamb saddle from flannery.
Just ordered a couple.......

Somehow our dinner of 4 adults and 3 little kids finished a 2.5 lb one. Salt pepper and 10-year-old rental house rosemary, olive oil, for about 1 hr on indirect heat in a 350ish grill.

I'm going to let you all in on a secret....lamb saddle from flannery.

Anton D wrote: ↑
August 26th, 2019, 2:36 pm

Dale Bowers wrote: ↑
August 26th, 2019, 2:34 pm
Nathan must be a hoot at parties.
I think I've been behind him on various roads and interchanges.

"The speed limit is 55 MPH, so I can drive in the left hand lane at precisely that speed. Anybody going faster is a scofflaw."

In NJ we call those people "Pennsylvania drivers"

this does not stop the merchant from charging the credit card processing fee (which can happen to be ~3%) to you So send a wire transfer when dealing with merchants who impose that fee. If you want the wine and you don't want the fee, you can do without the points. There's some downside in peace of...

Interesting. Maybe it's different for in person transactions? I know I've certainly done transactions at the previous night exchange rate.

Your card must have a 3% fx fee. Visa, MC, and Amex all use an fx rate calculated the night before that is fixed for the whole day, they use (nearly) the same rate in either direction - ie they don't charge you a spread. The issuing bank may or may not charge a 3% few. Not this also means if you hav...

As others have noted, Shun has fantastic food. The duck seems to be getting a lot of attention but the Wagyu ribcap from Snake River Farms did it for me. You know a meal is good when the perfectly cooked lobster is the worst course (not that it was bad at all!). OK, actually the amuse of tofu and cu...

Sutton Inn is closed.

97 jadot grands ech
83 l trapet chambertin
And boo to whoever swiped the heitz lochardet Chevy out of my cart as I was checking out!

Looking forward to it!

Shun quoted $75, one bottle max. Wine list seems to have huge variation in markups (anywhere from the usual 2.5-3x to much higher. Some bargains at the super high end below auction prices).

I am curious what a lot of fourriers would taste like together....I've had a few Gevrey and 1ers and I'm not convinced if the 1er are that different.

My wife and I will be in New York for a semi-impromptu one night trip in two weeks. Too late to get reservations at the big name places but we're really not looking for a pricey multi-course extravaganza. We're really just looking for a good dinner and a nice night out. Any suggestions, preferably ...

Hudelot 16
Pycm 17 (though Le banc is worth the small upcharge - small at my local store at least)
08 leroy Blanc

Based on recent news reports you might be able to make a deal with the winery!

Do you have to present the bottle at the airport to get the vat back?

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