Not really about 50 case productions of Burgs that have gone up 10 fold; but feel free to mention if you would so like. My much mentioned here, refusal to pay $200+ for the 2008 Comtes and now the similarly priced 2012 Dom are the most recent. After a decade of case purchases I stopped buying Bartolo Mascarello Barolo. And I purchased Tignanello since the 2004 vintage but stopped with the 2016s when the price got up to $130. I am sure that there are others. What are yours?
This thread could include wines I would like to buy but stopped buying because they are out of line with my wine buying budget. A bunch of left bank Bordeaux fall in that category for me. But it could also include wines I can afford but stopped buying because they are not worth it. One example of the latter category is the Stonestreet Upper Barn chardonnay which was terrific in the $50-65 range; the 2018 is $150 and definitely not worth it imho.
Basically everything over $100 which now includes (unfortunately) all Mike Smith Cabs and Rivers-Marie Cabs (I don’t find their Napa Valley bottlings to be compelling at $75 either). I did have to splurge on the 2018 MacDonald when I finally came off of the waiting list though. The latest vintages of Reynvaan and Saxum will be the last for them too. Cheers!
I almost posted that tbh. lol. I feel like I can say that because I worked in one for like 4 1/2 years. Every time it was forecasted to snow just a little everyone bought cases and cases.
Grivot is all I can think of at the moment. Sadly, for the most part I’ve started buying more as the prices have increased. I don’t have decades of vintages in the cellar to fall back on, so I figure to stock up now before prices double or triple again from here.