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Our cats got me a Father's Day present. Yea me. $250 gift certificate at my favorite local wine shop. Which was having a 30% off sale



I think I did pretty nicely for $250. The best bottle is probably the David Arthur. The bottle I will probably enjoy the most is the Titans from Peay. Saw a 2001 Chateau Y'qem Imperial. This wine received a perfect 100 from WS and keep in mind an Imperial is six litres or the equivalent of eight bottles. The predicted drinking window is from 2012 to 2100. Cost? 8.4k.

Your cats were probably concerned about the uncertainty of the upcoming election. If HOPE and CHANGE carry the day, the Imperial would have been a bit out of their reach, new tax increases and all.

Those cats are smarter than I thought!

Man, I would love to own that Imperial. I don't think I could bring myself to ever open it though.

The Aviation is an underappreciated and undermade drink. A tip of my hat to you, sir Huntsman.

While recipes may differ, here's one for those of you willing to track down the elusive creme de violette.

The Aviation

* 2 oz Gin
* ½ oz Lemon Juice
* 2 tsp Maraschino liquor (such as Luxardo or Stock)
* 1 tsp Creme de Violette

Shake, strain, enjoy.

This thread may not be geared toward these type of questions. But have any of you tried Svedka Vodka before? It is supposed to fill the void between Absolut and Grey Goose in quality and price. I have to say, and tell me if you think I am crazy, but I happen to enjoy Svedka a lot more than Grey Goose.

Nothing really special, just some summer drinkers. An interesting note though, the MacMurray is as in "Fred". He started a vineyard and it is still in production.



Also, my new burlwood wine key came in!



Hunts: The three generations is a nice drinker IMO. Goes great is cocktails.

it is acceptabele but honestly fro the price to quality ratio fro me it lacks they are better marsk than tres fro the the same price opr slightly more and there are equal tequilas for consiberally less.
for example milagro reposado costs less and i find it to be superior

Scarphe:

I would compare the Milagro "silver" to the Three G, not the reposado. But I agree, Milagro is a lesser known brand (for now) and is a better value for the price. I have been drinking Milagro for several years and pick up the blanco or "silver" at Sam's Club for $20. They also have some premium tequilas that also give excellent value.

I used to drink El Jimador reposado, but they have most of their agave fields wiped out several years ago, and stopped being 100% blue agave. That used to be the best $20 tequila on the market IMO.

agreed sorry for comparing un reposado with a blanco. I should have compared it with that. But my experience with blancos is limited i prefer Añejo or if i am in in bar i will accept reposado. if you want to trya a truly great tequila try the don julio 1942.

Read a good number of suggestions for it, even here, so it caught me by surprise when I finally saw the first bottles being carried in my area: