G-man, if you feel the place is reputable and the bottle looks to be in good condition . . . hunker down with 2-3 friends, get some food and split it. I would find it tough to pass up an oppurtunity to try a legendary wine like that for half of the best retail price. If you werent so far I'd fly up and split it with you.
Boy, that would be a hard call to make. As jburman said, if you could trust in the provenance of the bottle, it would be difficult to pass up such a "bargain".
Originally posted by mneeley490: Ditto. However, if I somehow did, I'm sure that shortly after I returned home, my life would come to a very quick and violent end.
Same here, except my demise wouldn't be quick. Long and painful.
g-man: I say take one for the team!
---------- "Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shame. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams . If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
- Jack Handy
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Originally posted by jburman82: G-man, if you feel the place is reputable and the bottle looks to be in good condition . . . hunker down with 2-3 friends, get some food and split it. I would find it tough to pass up an oppurtunity to try a legendary wine like that for half of the best retail price. If you werent so far I'd fly up and split it with you.
Definitely on the right track. Announce this to 3 other of your wine geek friends and each cough up $200. I'm thinking this is a win/win for everyone and a pretty easy sell amongst your group of friends.
I've had the 1982 Lafite, and IMO, its not worth the tariff! Thick rich juice is still overpowered by a very backward and astringent tannic finish.
Okay, one of my bottles leaked so I opened the 1982 Lafite in 1995. I found this wine was so astringent I marked it to try again in 2012. Now I find that the WA recently reduced the score to 97+ (June 2009) down from the former rating of 100 points, and said it still needed 5-8 more years of cellaring to reach maturity. Maybe, maybe not!
Perhaps this wine is worth $800 to someone, but not me.
Originally posted by Lakersguy: Well, it's a mute point if my wife is there.
Does this mean she should shut up and let you buy it?
-------------------- "One may dislike carrots, spinach, beetroot, or the skin on hot milk. But not wine. It is like hating the air that one breathes, since each is equally indispensable."
Marcel Ayme`
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What do you mean by "They won't let you buy it and take it home?" I read that as meaning if you order the bottle, they insist on your having it at the restaurant. I can't speak to wife related consequences, but if I wanted the bottle and the choice was between have it there or not at all, I'd arrange a special dinner there and have the bottle!
One reason they may insist on that is to prevent someone from buying it, taking it home, then claiming it was a bad or bogus bottle after leaving the premises.
The only reason I questioned the original meaning is because of a story I read a couple of years ago. I don't remember the where and what, but a manager at a high end restaurant was recounting in an interview about having a bottle they once refused to sell. I want to say it was a '45 or '61 Bordeaux, but it was several thousand dollars for the bottle. Someone came in for lunch when the wine director wasn't there and ordered the bottle. The manager came out and told the customers that it was a very special bottle they had had cellared for years. When it was opened, he wanted the wine director to be there, and for it to truly be an occasion in all respects. As such, he declined to serve them the bottle at that time, instead inviting them back for a dinner at their convenience, on the house with all due preparations, to enjoy with the bottle purchase. He said they were gracious, but never came back.
Jim That's, RedLoverJim to you
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