The Official Wine Thread

[Omega Male]

From the OM Wine Access suggestion

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I hope it’s satisfactory?

One of those nights here.

 

[ValidusLA]

I hope it’s satisfactory?

One of those nights here.

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Is this good? I have some of this I got from a vendor.

 

[jbarwick]

I hope it’s satisfactory?

One of those nights here.

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It was tasty and did not last long. Great rec for the wine and for Wine Access. They give you a lot of redeemable codes throughout the year compared to other sites making it a no brainer to buy from. Also, we have had some super cold weather here so they delayed shipping to make sure it arrived ok which other vendors do not do.

 

[ericgereghty]

First experience with an NZ Pinot. Good cherry popper. Nice bit of crispness to it.
As an aside, my tolerance for wine has gotten out of control. I think I could give a proper pitch on a full bottle.

 

[ULCajun]

Anyone get into the WineBerserker day today?
I’m close to pulling the trigger on a couple of things.

 

[brianoh]

^ thanks for putting this on my radar. How do you know what's good? Seems like mostly smaller producers and a bit difficult to navigate

 

[ULCajun]

^ thanks for putting this on my radar. How do you know what's good? Seems like mostly smaller producers and a bit difficult to navigate

Yea it’s a bit of a cluster but I think the point of it is to put some small operations on your radar. There won’t be all that much info on them so I’m just going off of what I read in the sale threads and the reddit discussion on it.
This is my fist year so I’m still feeling it out.

 

[brianoh]

I wish I never saw your post, I ended up buying 2 cases, a 6 pack of olive oil / basalmic from spain and 10 x 10oz dry aged strips. It's just money!

 

[venividivicibj]

I would love to hear more about how you guys evaluate and choose wines. I'm a relative newbie to wine. I mostly drank scotch and armagnac for years (and still do), but since I got into cooking a few years ago I've been trying to pick better wines.

what armagnac producers do you recommend?

 

[venividivicibj]

Anyone get into the WineBerserker day today?
I’m close to pulling the trigger on a couple of things.

Sojourn is solid if you like the Napa/Cali style Pinots.
DiCostanzo is an old-world style (restrained) cab, really good value.
Black Cat/EMH has some really good cabs as well.

 

[Beckwith]

Local (ish) wine store Zachys is have a moving sale. They marked down a whole bunch of bottles to $78 some from $199. I guess they rather we pay for the moving expense by charging us shipping, but could the wine be that solid if going from $199 to $78? I did see some solid names, but those at less of a discount %

 

[ValidusLA]

what armagnac producers do you recommend?

Unfortunately the answer often becomes "Whatever is available?"

Not a ton out there thats easy to get.

In my experience Delord and Laubade are the easiest to find. I've had some Laubade I thought was really excellent and some only so-so.

I've had a few Lacquy I've liked a lot, same with Pellehaut. Both harder to find than Delord or Laubade.

Laubade offers numbered year bottles, which can be interesting to sample (though they are usually all $150+). I've been thinking of picking up my birth year, but judging by the price, it was a bad weather year in Gascony.

 

[venividivicibj]

Unfortunately the answer often becomes "Whatever is available?"

Not a ton out there thats easy to get.

In my experience Delord and Laubade are the easiest to find. I've had some Laubade I thought was really excellent and some only so-so.

I've had a few Lacquy I've liked a lot, same with Pellehaut. Both harder to find than Delord or Laubade.

Laubade offers numbered year bottles, which can be interesting to sample (though they are usually all $150+). I've been thinking of picking up my birth year, but judging by the price, it was a bad weather year in Gascony.

I saw K&L has some barrel strength vintage Laubade- but obviously I’d want to sample at those prices to see which vintages are stronger.

 

[jbarwick]

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[NJE66]

Man, these bubbles from Sugrue kind of kick behinds. €50 and stand its ground against the big house base champagne in the same pricerange. @Omega Male knows what's up