Thread: Surprise tasting

On Sat, 1 Aug 2009 15:45:55 -0700 (PDT), Robb in Austin
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Howdy all,
>
>Been a while since I've been around these parts, thanks to TW for
>dropping newsgroups.
>
>The Mrs and I were out shopping today and stopped in to one of the
>local retailers to see what they were sampling.
>To our great surprise, they were pouring high end wines to promote the
>30% off anything over $30 bottle sale.
>
>I did not take notes, but here is what we had. All for free! (Well,
>not counting what we walked out with. )
>
>2005 Twomey Napa Merlot
>2006 Stag's Leap Artemis
>2006 Caymus Napa Cab
>2006 Dunn Napa Cab
>2005 Opus One
>2006 Duckhown Napa Cab
>2006 Beaucastel CdP
>2004 Heitz Napa Cab
>2002 Cristal
>
>Needless to say, my jaw hit the floor. They also had the high end room
>open for perusal where I proceeded to slobber over any and
>everything: Sassacia, Gaja, all 5 1st levels, box of 3 different
>vintages of Dom, etc. They even had a ginormus bottle of Ch. d'Yquem
>for $5K. Sitting on the floor!! Probably a Methuselah or a Salmanazar
>size.
>
>Enjoy! I just had to brag to someone who could appreciate what I just
>went through.
>Robb in Austin
And to think that I accused Dale of having too easy access to goodies
in his wine stores.
Joseph Coulter
Joseph Coulter Cruises and Vacations
www.josephcoulter.com