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#171
Apr 7 2023 12:21pm
Quote (Hamsterbaby @ 7 Apr 2023 19:06)
I had my birthday about 3 weeks back. My client gave me 3 bottles of Chateau Pavie 2010 :lol:
My most recent damage is

1. La Conseillante 1988 Magnum ( got it really cheap )
2. 2013 Cos D'Estournel
3. 2006 Leoville Las Cases

but my go to bottle will always be this.

Pichon Lalande

https://i.imgur.com/pwmR7w6l.jpg


These look nice and expensive. I’m not that rich to go for old wines and I’m dumb enough to totally get scammed while buying single bottles, so I prefer to stick to lesser known commercially available brands and young ones relying on tips of my French network who sample these by the dozens. After all I’m not investing in wine, I’m drinking it with my steak/lasagna. And to be honest I barely drink anyway.

Quote (Meanwhile @ 7 Apr 2023 19:04)
Cotes du rhone is strong, you better to take it with saucy red meat and all, with bordeau you have a larger panel.
You should try Bourgogne.
White wines can be very interesting with foie gras -Sauterne- or sea food/salmon: -Pouilly- . With a special note for Sancerre young (sea food) or aged (poultry, cheese)


Pouilly Fume and Sancerre are def on my list for whites if I have to pick one up for a dinner. A friend of mine recently imported a crate of this one for me which I really really liked.




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#172
Apr 7 2023 12:26pm
Quote (Malopox @ 8 Apr 2023 02:21)
These look nice and expensive. I’m not that rich to go for old wines and I’m dumb enough to totally get scammed while buying single bottles, so I prefer to stick to lesser known commercially available brands and young ones relying on tips of my French network who sample these by the dozens. After all I’m not investing in wine, I’m drinking it with my steak/lasagna. And to be honest I barely drink anyway.


I usually buy them from my client because I did a lot of movement of funds for him.
The Pavie was a gift.

Those that I listed I got it for less than 100 EURO, because I give discount on FX rates for this client, so in return he give me hefty discounts on some of his wines.
Sometimes about 50%.

:rofl:

I always get drunk every now and then. :lol:

This post was edited by Hamsterbaby on Apr 7 2023 12:28pm
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Apr 7 2023 12:50pm
Quote (Malopox @ 7 Apr 2023 20:21)
Pouilly Fume and Sancerre are def on my list for whites if I have to pick one up for a dinner. A friend of mine recently imported a crate of this one for me which I really really liked.
https://i.imgur.com/TqCjZYC.jpg


Regarding quality: Check if you have "mis en boutelle au chateau" or/and "AOC" (appellation d'origine controlée) and/or "Label rouge" => applies to all food/drink products.
Regarding price: You can get good quality at 15€ /bottle. Even less (ie: a good moulin à vent). On the other hand wasting more than 40€ is very questionable and certainly out of taste reach for the very vaste majority.

/e imho dont buy buy products when not everything is write in french.

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Apr 7 2023 01:06pm
There are two kinds of vodka: tasty and very tasty.
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Apr 7 2023 01:13pm
Quote (Meanwhile @ 7 Apr 2023 19:50)
Regarding quality: Check if you have "mis en boutelle au chateau" or/and "AOC" (appellation d'origine controlée) and/or "Label rouge" => applies to all food/drink products.
Regarding price: You can get good quality at 15€ /bottle. Even less (ie: a good moulin à vent). On the other hand wasting more than 40€ is very questionable and certainly out of taste reach for the very vaste majority.

/e imho dont buy buy products when not everything is write in french.


Yeah I mean it’s fair strategy. I usually stick to 10-30 range. And try to buy in bulk. I don’t drink that often, usually one or two a month max.

Having said that there are great Italian / Spanish wines as well.

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Apr 11 2023 04:44am
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Apr 11 2023 04:47am
Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ 11 Apr 2023 12:44)
https://twitter.com/alextopol/status/1645727967119568898?t=J0okOCfsnnv9JArzvRieYQ&s=19

meanwhile in paris....


meanwhile in Berlin

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Apr 11 2023 05:05am
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Apr 11 2023 05:22am
Quote (Norlander @ 11 Apr 2023 13:05)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIr0OFyPDlk


Imagine if the police take them to the gulag just because they were here
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Apr 11 2023 05:32am
Quote (Meanwhile @ 11 Apr 2023 14:22)
Imagine if the police take them to the gulag just because they were here


militia, mon cher, militia, police is a relic of the bourgeois past
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