Did you get any good wine as a gift?

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Originally posted by bman:
Two bottles of 2007 Chante Cigale chateauneuf du pape, which is not a trophy wine, but we liked it a lot when we were in Ottawa a week ago and my son schlepped the 2 bottles, carefully wrapped in his luggage from Ontario to Guatemala - seeing as we get almost no chateauneuf du pape here, much less good and affordable chateauneuf du pape, that raised the Chante Cigale to trophy-wine level!

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Originally posted by Jersey Foodies:
New Laguiole for me also! Woo hoo! And perhaps a little '01 d'Yquem! WOo HOo! Merry Christmas! -mJ

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Originally posted by billhike:
Here is what the girlfriend got me (and she is NOT a wine enthusiast):

2 x 2005 Di Stefano Meritage
1 x 2008 Tamarack Firehouse Red
1 x 2008 Fetish The Watcher Shiraz
1 x 2005 Numanthia Termes
2 x 2004 Vina Mayor Ribera del Duero Reserva

Life is good!

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Originally posted by jqmunro:

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Originally posted by Jersey Foodies:
New Laguiole for me also! Woo hoo! And perhaps a little '01 d'Yquem! WOo HOo! Merry Christmas! -mJ

Nice you gotta let us know how the D'Yquem is if you open it soon.

On another note, we should try and organize a Jersey Offline group. It looks like there are plenty of good people in Jersey to organize something every 3-4 months!

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Originally posted by Estimator:
No wine as of yet but I did get a Laguiole corkscrew.

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Originally posted by jqmunro:
In the Haddonfield area.