doubled posted:

Looked like a pristine bottle Bomba.  That should drink very nicely.

He bought on release and stored well with in his home cellar in same home the whole time. He's got a great cellar I look forward to helping him deplete

6x 2005 Ducru Beaucaillou

2008 Cristal. $219 a bottle, buy 3 get one free at the Tel Aviv airport. 

robsutherland posted:

2008 Cristal. $219 a bottle, buy 3 get one free at the Tel Aviv airport. 

Wow, that's a screaming deal.

thelostverse posted:

robsutherland posted:

2008 Cristal. $219 a bottle, buy 3 get one free at the Tel Aviv airport. 

Wow, that's a screaming deal.

Jeebus, wish I could get the ‘08s for anywhere near that price right now!

3 X 2017 Maximin Grunhauser Abtsberg Riesling Spatlese

3 X 2017 Markus Huber Obere Steigen Gruner Veltliner

2 X 2016 Domaine de la Solitude Chateuneuf-du-Pape

Martini Asti.I always prefer to eat caviar at lunch. I try to take care of my health that is why I eat caviar every day. usually I buy caviar from a trusted seller.

1964 Tondonia. Gr rioja

1964 Sant’Orsola barolo

2015 Bonelli Chianti classico

2016 Monopole cvne rioja classic blanco

Nice Mimik! The LDH should be stellar!

mangiare posted:

Nice Mimik! The LDH should be stellar!

I hope so. It’s a bit of a crap shoot with older bottles but ullage is very top shoulder or a bit below neck base so fingers crossed.

Andremily rose (2016 and 2017)

4 x 2017 realm the bard

2 x 2017 realm the tempest

2 x 2016 Martinet les excurcons 

2 x 2008 Cims de Porrera Priorat Classic

4 x 2016 Vall Llach mas de la Rosa 

4 x 2004 LdH vina Tondonia Reserva Blanco

csm posted:

2 x 2016 Martinet les excurcons 

2 x 2008 Cims de Porrera Priorat Classic

4 x 2016 Vall Llach mas de la Rosa 

4 x 2004 LdH vina Tondonia Reserva Blanco

Nice pickups, especially the Porrera Classic, which is 100% old-vines Carignan. Did you taste it?

futronic posted:

csm posted:

2 x 2016 Martinet les excurcons 

2 x 2008 Cims de Porrera Priorat Classic

4 x 2016 Vall Llach mas de la Rosa 

4 x 2004 LdH vina Tondonia Reserva Blanco

Nice pickups, especially the Porrera Classic, which is 100% old-vines Carignan. Did you taste it?

We did.  The Mas de la Rosa was the best we tasted.  Vines planted in 1906 100% carignan. Incredible.   

2013 Domaine de Marcoux chaneauneuf du pape-   Bottle King is blowing them out for $15/ bottle.

2016 MacDonald allocation, easiest purchase of the year. 

2011 Element, Riesling, Finger Lakes

2016 Element, Chardonnay, Finger Lakes

2016 La Tunella, Friuli Colli Orientale, Biancosesto

2016 CVNE, Rioja Blanco, Monopole

2016 La Massa, IGT

2015 Rocca Delle Macie, Chianti Classico, Riserva

2017 Red Newt Cellars, Cabernet Franc Rosé, Kelby James Russell

steve8 posted:

2011 Element, Riesling, Finger Lakes

2016 Element, Chardonnay, Finger LakeS

 

Were these at the SAQ?  

csm posted:

steve8 posted:

2011 Element, Riesling, Finger Lakes

2016 Element, Chardonnay, Finger LakeS

 

Were these at the SAQ?  

I figured those would get your attention.  No, we stopped in Geneva the other day on a road trip and went to their tasting room.

steve8 posted:

csm posted:

steve8 posted:

2011 Element, Riesling, Finger Lakes

2016 Element, Chardonnay, Finger LakeS

 

Were these at the SAQ?  

I figured those would get your attention.  No, we stopped in Geneva the other day on a road trip and went to their tasting room.

Good call. That 2016 chard is delicious.  Served it at my rehearsal dinner (the Element folks catered our wedding).   

Went on a bit of a value spree at a local shop. Ended buying two of each, and I think all of them were around 20$ a pop (except for the Rioja which was 35$):

2016 Marietta Arme Cabernet---already had this...pretty delicious for the price. 

2013 Columbia Crest Walter Clore Reserve

2015 Bibbiano Chianti Classico Riserva

2012 La Rioja Alta Vina Arana Gran Reserva

Found a guy with a nice wine cabinet in his garage that he doesnt use as his wife stopped drinking wine. Has a Ferrari and custom Porsche in garage also. He needs more room for cars, I need more room for wine. He just wants it gone and is giving it to me. Bottle Capacity is about 200. My 440 bottle cabinet somehow has over 500 in it. That free wine cabinet is gonna cost me a fortune

Nice Bomba!

Tonight at auction. I was severely outbid on most lots but ended up winning these:

2 x 2002 Bodegas AAlto Ribera del Duero AAlto
2 x 2012 Bodegas El Nido Jumilla El Nido

Yesterday at retail:

6 x 2017 Giuseppi Quintarelli Bianco Secco Cà del Merlo

steve8 posted:

csm posted:

steve8 posted:

2011 Element, Riesling, Finger Lakes

2016 Element, Chardonnay, Finger LakeS

 

Were these at the SAQ?  

I figured those would get your attention.  No, we stopped in Geneva the other day on a road trip and went to their tasting room.

Geneva, Switzerland? Road Trip? Pray do tell 

2016 Bouchard & fils Pommard 

2009 Château Porto Carras Cotes de Meliton 

A used le cache 3100.

Seem to be mainly Piemonte the last while:

2018 Foradori, Manzoni Bianco, Fontanasanta

2016 Poggerino, Chianti Classico

12 x 2015 Georges Vernay Cote Rotie, Maison Rouge

Kagor and several bottles of red semi-sweet wines.

Missed the Boillot offer at Vintages this morning.  Have been busy lately and keep forgetting about the Thursday offers.... Clos de les Moucheres was the only one I was interested in, but would be nice.  Oh well.  There will be others. 

8 x 2016 Viñedos Bernabeleva Vinos de Madrid Bernabeleva Garnacha de Viña Bonita

I bought 6 of these a few months ago and opened the first one last night. I immediately went online and snapped up the remaining 8 bottles available in the USA. (A few retailers have the 2017.)

Elegant, clean and pure, lifted, delicious. And hard to come by, with a production of only 900 bottles.

A house. To be specific, the house my father-in-law built in the mid-50’s and that my wife and her siblings all grew up in. Her mom lived there until her passing in 2017. It sat in a trust since, and this spring my wife and I decided to buy it and keep it in the family. We closed today. There is a lot of reno to be done in stages, and we have two other places to sell. That said we’re happy to have finally decided where our permanent residence will be. It’s a very modest sized ranch but with a full basement and a windowless room that was once a fruit cellar. It will be one again, in a sense.  It is also in a great town with tree-lined streets, a train station, good restaurants, a nice independent wine store, coffee shops, brewpub and a kitchen store with cooking classes - all within easy walking distance. It will be an interesting journey but really looking forward to being able to entertain there at some point. 

billhike posted:

A house. To be specific, the house my father-in-law built in the mid-50’s and that my wife and her siblings all grew up in. Her mom lived there until her passing in 2017. It sat in a trust since, and this spring my wife and I decided to buy it and keep it in the family. We closed today. There is a lot of reno to be done in stages, and we have two other places to sell. That said we’re happy to have finally decided where our permanent residence will be. It’s a very modest sized ranch but with a fill basement and a windowless room that was once a fruit cellar. It will be one again, in a sense.  It is also in a great town with tree-lined streets, a train station, good restaurants, a nice independent wine store, coffee shops, brewpub and a kitchen store with cooking classes - all within easy walking distance. It will be an interesting journey but really looking forward to being able to entertain there at some point. 

Living the dream Bill.

Congrats and just think someday you'll be the old man in the house

bomba503 posted:

Congrats and just think someday you'll be the old man in the house

At 52, I’m well on my way. 

2018 L'Imparfait Negociant Passe-Tout-Grains

2018 L'Imparfait Negociant Maceration

94 Dunn Petite Syrah

91 Barnett cabernet

04 Tantara pinot Evelyn

10 Soliste SB St Andelain

4 x Lions De Suduiraut 2013