Hi all. I’m in Monterey Bay & Carmel-by-the-Sea for the next week on my honeymoon and really would love to buy a case or at least a few bottles of nice ageable wine to commemorate this trip.
I’ve got all the restaurants down - we have Passionfish tonight, Aubergine tomorrow(so stoked for d’Yquem by the oz!), The Bench on Thursday, and Casanova Saturday… I just don’t know where to really go to buy something fine & potentially shipping.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
No limit fine wines is around there.
Sounds like a great lineup of restaurants you’ve chosen. Aubergine had some really fun gems when we went in 23. I’d second Michael on No Limit Fine Wines. You might reach out ahead, peruse the site and have them pull some bottles for you? Broad, high quality selection and great folks on that team.
If you mean local, I like Bernardus. Crowd pleasing and somewhat age able
Report back about Carmel when you’re done! Staying there in the fall! Where are you staying?
Delivery from K&L?
Wow this place looks great, but unfortunately it looks a bit too far out of the way for us. We really wanted to go in-person to shop 
We are south of Carmel near the Highlands!
Passionfish was amazing. We split a half bottle of Matrot Meursault '22. It was rich with lemon pith, peach, white flowers, and seashell minerality. The highlight of the meal was definitely the grilled shrimp entree. Perfectly balanced and the sauce was truly exceptional.
The Cheese Shop in the plaza
Right next to the cheese shop is Wrath and they have some of the better Pinots for the shops in the area.
Definitely checking this out today!!
Congrats Alexander. Nepenthe & lunch or dinner @ The Post Ranch Inn. Both have great wine lists, and both will be unforgettable. Booking is key at both, and at Nepenthe tell them it’s your honeymoon & get a window table (ditto Post Ranch if you go, get a cliff/glass side table.) (the view is partic important @ Nepenthe. Don’t be shy @ Post Ranch & def try & walk the grounds a bit to check it out, incl the cliffside infinity pool behind the resto.) The Nepenthe list is online, and some deals still abound. The extraordinary deals @ Post Ranch Inn are long gone (impeccably stored 30+ year old grand cru burgs for a song), but I’m sure the list is still good, if now prob pricey. The hack @ Post Ranch since they have raised prices is to go at lunch - and really enjoy the whole experience.
Edit to add - Looking @ the Post Ranch list, while they have very, very considerably raised prices (looking only @ Burg) for the expected status-chasers/label whores, there are still some amazing deals!)
I Brand makes some ageable wine. Carmel Valley.
Thanks Theo. We were actually just looking at Nepenthe for our Friday drive to Big Sur, so your tips re: booking are very very appreciated!
Second The Cheese Shop.
I third the cheese shop. Cheese in the front and they have good wines in back