Would you order a bottle of wine at Berns that you have lots of at home, just because you like it?

[larry_schaffer]

Here’s my honest question - do most non-wine geeks know about what Berns has to offer with regards to wine? I mean, if you’re in town for a convention and you go there to get a steak, would you have any clue?

Second, I think it’s ‘interesting’ for wine geeks that do know what the list has to offer not to try something that they do not possess - not something I would do but, to some, there is a ‘comfort’ in purchasing what you are familiar with (look at the cellar percentages of ownership of a handful of producers from some on this board, for instance).

Cheers.

[lleichtman]

I recently went to Rekondo in San Sebastian. This place has an amazing cellar. They had lots of stuff I have in my cellar but wines I could not imagine getting anywhere else including a Dauvisson Puligny Montrachet from 1992 and a Lopez de Heredia Tondonia 1974 that were worth the price of admission. Why would I go to a great wine mecca and drink my own wine?

[Nate_Simon]

@Anton D

I know oenophiles that are so crazy they will get a wine they have already had out from their own cellar and take it to a restaurant and insist they be served their own wine, which they’ve already had before! It’s crazy!

Well, you’ve only already had it before until you have it again.

[Jorge_Henriquez]

@John D. Zuccarino

sure … most of you are missing the tasters point … they want a guarantee of excellence, also a mag, also different cellar gives a different aging to the wine, development of the wine is different and you receive a different level of pleasure…then there is the Shenequa factor… if you hit a home run every time with Shenequa and your away from the homestead does she become less attractive in another setting ??? not wanting to settle for anything less you go for Shenequa, away from home too, especially if your in love …they ordered correctly for them … why judge or care what they are drinking… when did you become the wine pope ???

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Salute !!!

The what factor?!?!?!?!

[Chris_Blum]

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[Sarah_Kirschbaum]

@Paul Jaouen

I would say no in the past. Now, maybe. I pretty much drank through all the mature burgs and rhones I wanted there so not so easy to find something now that I would want to try. I might order a wine there today that I also have in my cellar if I know it’s exceptional.

I agree with Paul on this. There are a number of people who believe that Berns is no longer a wine mecca, and that all the old bottles on offer are sadly picked over and what’s left is not exciting. I can see choosing something you know to be great over what you see as third tier risks.

[Nolan_E]

@larry schaffer

Here’s my honest question - do most non-wine geeks know about what Berns has to offer with regards to wine? I mean, if you’re in town for a convention and you go there to get a steak, would you have any clue?

Second, I think it’s ‘interesting’ for wine geeks that do know what the list has to offer not to try something that they do not possess - not something I would do but, to some, there is a ‘comfort’ in purchasing what you are familiar with (look at the cellar percentages of ownership of a handful of producers from some on this board, for instance).

Cheers.

Check out pics on their Yelp profile, lots of people content with grocery store brands.

[Howard_Cooper]

Not sure I have an answer. If I went to Berns and found a mature bottle of Truchot at a reasonable price would I buy it even if I had it at home. Honestly, the answer is probably yes.

[J_a_y_H_a_c_k]

@John D. Zuccarino

@J a y H a c k

I know someone who owns a boatload of Ridge, going back decades. It probably represents more than half of their cellar. They went to Berns last month and when they returned, they proudly announced that they ordered a magnum of Ridge Geyserville. That made about as much sense as if I ordered Carlisle or Saxuam. My trips to Berns have included 1960s Hermitages, 1980s Beaujolais!, 1990s Burgs and a 1977 Dehling Zin, among others. Would you order something you can drink at home off the list at a restaurant. I never would. There’s too much wine to try.

the above is the epitome of wine fascism seriously think about it … the all knowing taster … hummmmmmmmmmm

Shalom !!!

Salute !!!

I missed this post. Wine fascism? John, you meed to stop PWI and make sure you stay on your meds.

[Jorge_Henriquez]

@J a y H a c k

@John D. Zuccarino

@J a y H a c k

I know someone who owns a boatload of Ridge, going back decades. It probably represents more than half of their cellar. They went to Berns last month and when they returned, they proudly announced that they ordered a magnum of Ridge Geyserville. That made about as much sense as if I ordered Carlisle or Saxuam. My trips to Berns have included 1960s Hermitages, 1980s Beaujolais!, 1990s Burgs and a 1977 Dehling Zin, among others. Would you order something you can drink at home off the list at a restaurant. I never would. There’s too much wine to try.

the above is the epitome of wine fascism seriously think about it … the all knowing taster … hummmmmmmmmmm

Shalom !!!

Salute !!!

I missed this post. Wine fascism? John, you meed to stop PWI and make sure you stay on your meds.

How do you ask a fish to stop swimming? A rooster to stop crowing? A bunny to stop humping?

[Scott_Butler]

@Carlos Delpin

My Bern’s strategy is to give a budget to the Somm and let him know region of interest and then let him do the work. I can drink my cellar at home.

This is what we did and it was amazing.

[John_D_Zuccarino]

Jay,

your the one drinking in public on your avatar… … don’t drink, never needed med’s unlike you …

Shalom !!!

Salute !!!

[andy_velebil]

While I would prefer to try things I’ve not had before, I have no issues with someone enjoying what they like. At home or at a restaurant. Some people like variety, some not so much. Both are right.