The Pentagon City store never has anything of interest. I don’t understand it; the DC area is one of the best wine markets in the country. 09 Dom last time I was there, but so far as I know they have never had the 08. And the rest of the stuff they have is mass market
Kailua-Kona store had a full pallet end cap today of 2014 Conn Creek Anthology @ $49.99. Nary a bottle missing, so I took one out of sympathy…I’ve loved the Right Bank Red and Reserve Cab in the past, don’t know this cuvée at all though. Also dropped a full pallet of 2013 Northstar Merlot CV for $29.99.
I picked up a 2017 Domaine Denante Saint Veran,
@ $16.79 made it a great qpr, it drank great tonight w/ Chablis like minerality and bright fruit …I’ll go back for a case of this.
Also they finally broke out of their stunted bubbles offerings and islanded 4 pallets of Mumms Brut Rose @$16.79 , Mumms Brut, and, finally, Roederer Estate Brut for $20.99 (4 cases, yes please!)
I was growing disenchanted with the Kirkland Champagne over the last couple of years so it’s great to have 20 buck options for everyday drinkers other than the plonky Proseccos.
Finally the 08 Dom has landed in ATL. $141.79 plus our county tax which is the lowest in the area. Cumberland store in Atlanta. This is a very good price. I picked up a couple to add to my stash.
Love that line, Jim, and the image of you feeling sorry for the wine. Will be looking for that St Veran, thanks for the tip.
I think you’re thinking of Anderson’s Conn Valley Right Bank and Reserve Cab. Conn Creek is a different producer.
Aurora Village aka Seattle North Costco had Columbia Crest Walter Clore for 15$ yesterday
Aloha Ed
Whoops! I looked up the wines and you are correct.
I’ll assume my mind was in Saint Veran at that point of the night
Jim
Ya, usually things arrive later in Pentagon city. I expect we will get 08 dom quite late. There are some interesting things in the case from time to time, but never that impressive. They do get some fun magnums and double magnums in december though.
But overall I agree, can’t believe we dont get more good stuff
We only have the cheap stuff at the Issaquah Costco, they have to bundle them into 9-packs.
Interesting turn of events! Will be interesting to see what happens in both MTV and RWC for the holidays.
I just want RWC to up their game, its too much effort for me to go down to MTV. I still haven’t been back to MTV to see if they ever sold that Petrus or that 4-pack of Cheval.
RWC did get a whole pallet of 09 Dom, which was nice.
2008 Dom Perignon was at the local Carlsbad location. It was $148+tax. When I found the stack, I thought it was just '09s, but when I looked behind there were plenty of '08s.
Good to know, although disappointing. I won’t undertake the burden of going out there to try to find parking . . .
Kirkland Champagne $19.99 - I picked up a bottle and shared it with my wife who loves champagne.
She said she didn’t care for it, that it didn’t have much going on.
I liked it a little better but it wasn’t distinctive at all. Just smooth and bubbly.
Much prefer the Roederer Estate or the Schramsburg Mirablle Brut Rose for about the same price.
A friend stopped by the RWC store today, they had a 6L Imperial of Chateau Giscours 2016 and a couple other magnums of decent 2016 Bordeaux (I think they were both “2nd wines” but forget).
They didn’t have it at Brookhaven yesterday but had at least 6 bottles at $149.99 at the Peachtree-Dunwoody store yesterday. I took those 6 and didn’t ask whether they have any left.
2017 Stags Leap CS in Commerce, Michigan. 23.99$
Costco here on Long Island does not sell wine, but I asked my daughter in Minnesota to check her Costco for 2008 Dom Pérignon and they had it for $149.99. Higher than some other Costco’s that I am seeing here, but I still asked her to get me a couple.
I think each one has its own wine buyer or wine program. There are a bunch of Costcos around Orange County, largely serving a similar demographic, and yet they vary widely in terms of the quantity and quality of different wines they offer.
Sure, a significant part of it is the same from one to the next (the mid and lower priced supermarket wines), but as far as the kinds of stuff we around here would care about, it varies a great deal from one to the next. There’s no real rhyme or reason to it from the perspective of the customer. You just have to figure out which ones are more likely to offer things of interest, and go to those - and even then, they’ll vary a decent amount from one month to the next in terms of what they have.
You’re getting Conned.
Aurora Village aka Seattle North Costco had Columbia Crest Walter Clore for 15$ yesterday
hope you bought them all