The Official Wine Thread - Page 971

Originally Posted by audiophilia 


Our server explained that a guy came in Friday with a girl. He was an oil gazillionaire playa and ordered up these two beauts. $3K. He bought out the bottles as the owner of the restaurant wanted to save them. They cost him $45 bucks a piece in '86!
As they opened the Lafite, the oxidation (?) made the wine splash out or something; about an ounce. The punter didn't seem to mind.

Originally Posted by gomestar 

http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/vandals-destroy-prized-brunello-di-montalcino-wine/
Soooo RIP Soldera vintages 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.

Originally Posted by Cary Grant 

Hope not but I'd almost bet that it is another winemaker or relation.

Originally Posted by gomestar 

http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/vandals-destroy-prized-brunello-di-montalcino-wine/
Soooo RIP Soldera vintages 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.

Soldera has been a strident critic of many of his fellow Brunello producers, some of whom have been advocating different blends and aging processes using French oak that are geared toward appealing to contemporary tastes. Soldera has said that any such techniques are just proof that his competitors have "bad wine" to begin with. Rumor has it that this latest act of vandalism may stem from a 2008 scandal in which Soldera may be seen as to blame for the indictment of several of his rivals for illegally blending unauthorized grapes into their Brunello.

In total, some 62,600 liters, or 84,000 bottles, of Case Basse di Soldera were destroyed, covering vintages from 2007 to 2012

No bottles were stolen, adding to the evidence that the crime was not motivated by theft or monetary gain