Made for connoisseurs by connoisseurs

WINE TALK
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The King of Clubs is neither a King nor a Club. Discuss [whistle.gif]

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Man, nothing says prestigious like some guy telling me it’s prestigious. f*ck off.

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But you have to drink them out of these:

At least if you’re a serious connoisseur (pronounced con-OY-sir)

Also, you have to watch that video over and over again while appreciating the fabulousness of your King of Clubs

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I love that it’s priced at $799… because $800 would just seem way too expensive.

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Cool label - is there a case discount?

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I already posted my thoughts on this topic in the comments section below the linked article.

Bruce

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My favorite line was this:

We went in the opposite direction with less residual sugar . . .

Because a wine with no residual sugar would have been too radical.

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Also, he appears to be the king of man-chest cleavage.
:astonished:
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He only has to sell a few bottles to recoup the fee he paid the PR firm to get that article printed

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I have a demi-famous quote of mine.

“An ounce of pretention is worth a pound of manure”. Seems applicable here maybe?

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What I’ve come to learn, and I guess I’m late to the party, is how a lot of news “articles” are just free marketing for the companies/brands in question. The company or its reps will contact writers to “work with them” on crafting the news article or column. Provide access, some choice photos, and voila, the writer gets to publish some column inches, and the company gets free and easy press. It happens in all industries and shows up in all big names like the WSJ, Washington Post, and Forbes.

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Good Lord. They could have priced it at $199 a bottle and it would have been silly and pretentious for a new entrant, right?
I guess they’re selling an exclusive luxury product as opposed to, you know, a bottle of wine.

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"I’m not a huge fan of pronounced oak; I need a balanced finish.”

And to combat that…

"It spent two years on 100% new French oak.”

[swoon.gif]

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‘pronounced’ is at least 2.1 years, obviously, in new French oak. Duh. Obviously you are not a connoisseur.

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newhere

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Awwww, Kyle…you’re tuurning into a cranky old curmudgeon. To much time spent w/ that HarryOldman guy, I suspect.

I did learn from the article that “over-the-top” is a positive descriptor for a wine. Coulda fooled me.

Tom

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Umm, it spent time ON oak, not IN it. Totally different.

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None of the involved warrant the price - wonder if it’s named to pair with the Ace of Spades the next time rappers are at a club getting bottle service. He’d have better off trying to buy Harlan shiners and putting the label on.

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If only I could find a briefcase and some glasses to complete the set…

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Is this guy the King of douche bags, or what?
I saw this guy on TV a while back and my wife and I both thought he was a DB back then.