What ARE you buying, if anything, now?

WINE TALK
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With mailers out aplenty and tons of people passing, what are you buying, if anything, now? Among others, I have passed on Tin Man, Ovid, Jonata, and Arkenstone.

Rather than buying new releases, I am selectively backfilling older Burgundy and Rhones which are at the mid-to lower end, but 100% in the window and not breaking the bank. Essentially, I am trading “greatness” for maturity and lower out-of-wallet cost.

You?

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Done for the year after Copain next week.

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Beaujolais
Red Burgs pre '06
Champagne
Backfilling Bordeaux pre '02
Austrian whites

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Austrian Gruners and Rieslings and artisan whiskey

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Rest of the year:

Copain
Arcadian GCS
Lewelling

…and that’s likely about it, unless i see something really great pop up.

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Trying to be good.

Three wine club shipments (Venge, Surh Luchtel & Jocelyn Lonen)

Spending 4 days in Napa & Sonoma in November. I’m sure I’ll bring back some wine from the trip but not the 11 cases my wife and I brought back last year. I’m making some space but I already have 50+ bottles pending.

Monte

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2009 Beaujolais
2007 Rhone / CdP (if priced right)
Austrian GV

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Alban is the only one I have left on my list for this year

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All the wines you listed are an immediate delete while I laugh at the price.

I have been buying champagne, cali cab and bdx with a bit of age on em.

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Thats a three shot i could live with…

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Corliss remains on my list

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Just waiting on year-end releases from Copain and Bedrock.

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Not buying much these days. But when I am laying out some money, it’s for wines from N Rhone, Piedmont, Burgundy and Champagne…and some Aglianico based wines when I can find them. Trying to balance out my Bordeaux-heavy cellar now that my tastes have evolved to the good stuff [smileyvault-ban.gif]

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+1 for me, that’s it

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I am doing some mailers but mostly picking up relative bargains at auction. Lots of burgandy, '07 Rhone and high end US wines from recent vintages.

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09 Riesling, and various Sparkling wines/Champagne. Still looking for an 09 Beaujolais that I feel for.

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Great minds…

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Still buying the greatest vintage in wine history: 2007 CDP.

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for the rest of the year I’m going to try to only buy my wine club allotments from my usuals … of course, i’ve been trying to do this all year, and have failed miserably.

realistically, it’ll be the wine club allotments along with whatever deals come along that I absolutely cannot pass on. I’m also planning on drawing back a bit on some of the wine club allotments (yes, I’m talking to you and your freaking 15.8%, Lewelling [swearing.gif] ).

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Agreed on the Lewelling - a HUGE disappointment. I didn’t even bother checking the facts on the abv as I just assumed it was reasonable, but NOOOOOO. They have fallen victim of mainstream ‘preferences’, and will, in my estimation, lose a huge chunk of their core customer base as a result.