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From the same retailer today - "the finest Chablis in Burgundy."

My favorite was an email with a quote "burgundy hit the jackpot in 2015" advertising a white burg.

BTW, talking of apostrophes why do both Sotheby’s and Christie’s have them? Same reason Macy's does: We tend to refer to sellers in the possessive. I suspect it's because, when the company name is a surname, we think of it once having been a person's establishment. It has become force of habit, so ...

I've extolled the virtues of flannery sausage before, but the sicilian sausage is next level great. If you are putting in an order, I highly recommend adding some of they have them in stock.

Was hoping the shafer frohlich would go a bit lower since it wasn't 2019...ah well.

Brian S t o t t e r wrote: ↑
September 20th, 2020, 7:36 am
700 EUR for a 750 mL bottle of Schubertslay Kabinett. Holy...

I liked the auctioneer's comment when the bidding started at 100, "you'll have to bid higher. For 100 you'll get a sip"

400e for the sylvaner. I think. I wish (like in the mosel auction ) the on screen graphic included the name of the wine.

By far the best brisket I've cooked this year (well, only the second. The first was on the BGE and tasted good but was dry). Brisket, onions, carrots, garlic, tomato paste, wine, water, a bit of better than bullion, dijon, soy, cider vinegar. Cooked tightly covered and very low (265) for 5 hours. On...

That's been the case for years.

Jadot’s 1997s are really good and very well priced. My recommendation would be Philip Togni. In a slightly hit and miss vintage, the Togni is not only fantastic for the vintage, but in my top five California wines, period. HDH has a lot (ie 1 lot, not many) of 97 togni in the current auction LOL go...

Mark Golodetz wrote: ↑
September 15th, 2020, 4:24 am
Jadot’s 1997s are really good and very well priced.
My recommendation would be Philip Togni. In a slightly hit and miss vintage, the Togni is not only fantastic for the vintage, but in my top five California wines, period.

HDH has a lot (ie 1 lot, not many) of 97 togni in the current auction

At college, I woke to my mom calling my cell phone to tell me that my dad was ok. Of course, it being 9am in that glorious week between move-in and classes, I was still asleep and had no idea what she was talking about. My father worked in the post office building at Church and Vesey and commuted in...

JWalter wrote: ↑
September 7th, 2020, 7:34 pm
Anyone had the 12 lately?

Yes. Surprisingly open for business. Don't touch the 13 though.

Recork and shake, repeat until no longer spritzy. How does that relate to travel shock beating down a wine's character? Tom Hmm. Good question and one I've never thought about. Usually 2-3 rounds of 5 second shakes is enough for me, have never noticed any degregation. OTOH I consider Riesling to be...

Recork and shake, repeat until no longer spritzy.

2017 RR is a beast. Needs at least a day open to show. Seems like at least feinherb level of sweetness. Will wait at least 5 years on my next bottle.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/0 ... elize.html
This is a classic.

AD Northup wrote: ↑
September 1st, 2020, 1:30 pm
Weird, got the summer sale email the other day but not this...oh well

They have different email lists for different regions, cellar sales, etc. Happy to fwd it..

Lots of sausage in stock now too, as well as pork porterhouse. Between that and the current sale, time to re-stock the freezer post-summer-grilling!

D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑
August 30th, 2020, 10:19 am
Went with the 2019 Schiefergestein this year. No reason why. Just trying it. Will report this fall/winter.

I think Martin posted on an older Schiefergestein right when RP's offer came out...I ended up doing the same!

Currently at rental beach house. Agree with my previous answer. I did bring a knife but slicing tomatoes and zucchini would have been fine with whatever they had. On the other hand, Tupperware (or any takeout container) is worth it's weight in gold. Good grill tongs too.

Seemed like, for the most part, an auction of bottles for drinkers, not collectors. Lots of mixed lots, verticals, etc. No headline cellar or historical provenance. Won two lots at perfectly fine prices but even the ones I lost on did not sell at unreasonable levels.

In my NJ burb the fancy new steakhouse seems to be getting quite a lot of business in their outdoor tent.

Sutton really really hates malls.

Haven't ordered in a few years but have loved all the recent reds I've opened so grabbed a mixed case of 1 chenin to see what it's like these days and the rest reds.

That’s likely because it’s ech and also ech was much weaker in past years. 07 and rsv are drinking fantastic atm. I’d rather have 07s for current drinking than most vintages besides 99-02. No doubt RSV would show better. But for my first bottle I still might go to a better vintage. I had an 03 RSV ...

I'll be happy to pay corkage once I start going back to NYC restaurants, even the places that usually waive it for us.

Boillot had a great CC in 11 too. PC sold a bunch of it (and actually delivered it!).

Any recs for outdoor dining in Manhattan for a date night type place? A friend recommended l'appart in le district but that's about as far from my northern jersey abode as you can get. Preferably somewhere with a more enclosed outdoor area. Not NYC but Cafe Matisse in Rutherford has a beautiful gar...

Any recs for outdoor dining in Manhattan for a date night type place? A friend recommended l'appart in le district but that's about as far from my northern jersey abode as you can get. Preferably somewhere with a more enclosed outdoor area.

Not OWC but the cardboard inserts from shippers become various construction projects for my kids - cars for their stuffed animals, etc.

I just got an offer on the 2018s - QbA - $72 Kabinett - $132 Spatlese - $238 Auslese - $839 To put it into greater context, here is the offer I received on the 2015s back in 2016: QbA - $44 Kabinett - $75 Spatlese - $145 Auslese - $456 I'm sorry but these prices are comical. Is anyone buying? I gue...

Haven't seen any notes from anyone yet. In general it seems like an auslese year so mostly bought WS auslese and GKA.

I feel like the confounding thing, and why this type of thread always pops up, is that if you are the type of person who posts in this board the chase is half the fun, and, even if you could afford it, paying a consultant to go build a huge cellar for you just sounds so... boring

Marcus Dean wrote: ↑
July 26th, 2020, 12:48 pm
happens a bit in Burgundy when a new Generation takes over, off the top of my head..
Fourrier
Arnoux-Lachaux

Were old Fourrier much less friendly?

Have gotten a few cases of Barolo (couple lots later last night) for solid pricing. I was working this morning and told my assistant to win the '85 Sassicaia for me as long as the pricing was reasonable -- obviously she and I have a different interpretation of what constitutes a "reasonable" amount...

Not really any more. At least in NYC restaurants are so spread across platforms that it no longer covers enough of the options.

The estimates I saw were well in line with how the wines were trading. The particular wines I was most interested in are niche and thinly traded (not sure I've ever seen them at auction) and went for crazy amounts. Except for the first few cases of 2007 Ca'Mia, Brovia really busted out too (maybe f...

Yeah those ferrando lots went high too!

With those levels on the Burlotto, is it fair to say the top is in? The "Everything Bubble" is beyond silly and I suspect some folks are going to get detonated, though those buying at these levels probably have no ceiling and are entirely price agnostic. I do, however, have a case of the 2006 Monvi...

Averaging about 2.5 lots per minute.

Even Aldo Conterno is trading well.

$600 per for 2013 burlotto monvig. OK then....

Quick math tip just divide case price by 10 and that's bottle price. Makes it really easy! Their interface is so good, wish others used it.

I just opened the basic 18 Tinto. Maybe a bit more earth than your tasting note but otherwise fairly similar. Could use a bit more acid/tension but for under $20 this is ridiculously good.

Glasses. I basically just grill on vacation. As long as they have some sort of steak knife set I'm golden.

Opened this one today. Still seemed pretty nicely on the "crunchy red fruit" spectrum to me. A bit of a savory note too sure. Agree that it doesn't need any more aging but it's pretty darn tasty now esp at cellar temp. Reminded me a bit of some of the older anthills I've been opening recently.

While I agree Kermit Lynch can charge what he wants, and of course we can voice our displeasure, I am curious how you would actually make this work? There is obviously a secondary market happy to pay $5k, so if Kermit isn’t getting the profits, who should? Well in many cases, nobody. Otherwise ever...

Thanks for the notes. I had the 17 champ Salomon rouge the other day and immediately ordered more. Also a bit of wood in that one but not overwhelming and very balanced.

If you want to vomit in your mouth read their IG post from two days ago about burgundy prices.

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