So, what are your recent acquisitions?

[Fuzz AI]

On 2/2/2023 at 3:58 PM, Lamboinee said:

Man..... It was someone.... Male .... Age 30-60.... Lives in Aus. Just finished putting solar panels on his house back around December. Talked about grocery stores too. I think he smoked cigars. 

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[potpest]

Few sparkling just arrived

[gormag38]

On 2/3/2023 at 3:41 PM, Nevrknow said:

That Bardstown original is very good

I purchased a bottle of the Origin bottled in bond (black label)....thought it was a SUPER solid bottle, especially for the price. Haven't tried the white labeled bottle though. 

[SirVantes]

Barolo from one of my favourite vintages

and a humbler cousin

 

[RicoIsHere]

These are not recent acquisitions, rather a great find because I truly forgot I had two of these bottles! This is what happens after 55. Oh, I'm 57... 

I'm building a wine room for the wife, and had to move the boxes of whiskey. I decided to get rid of the boxes and was definitely surprised to find them. I cannot remember where I bought them from... 

[Astar20]

Recent pick ups couldn’t even wait to get out the store with my BTAC finds

[M1B]

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[VictorEremita]

I tried a bottle of Spytail. Rum aged in cognac barrels got my attention (combining my two favourite spirits!). However, this is better described as a ready-made cocktail. It has a sugar solution, plus flavouring. It is quite tasty, with a profile in the Old-Fashioned category. But I wouldn't have purchased it (online) if I'd known it had added sugar etc. (This is in the fine print of the physical label, but not in the product descriptions online.)

[Mr.T]

I got lucky at my local liquor store finding this on the shelf!

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[Lant63]

45 minutes ago, Mr.T said:

I got lucky at my local liquor store finding this on the shelf!

This is great juice. Have you tried the port version? It’s my current favorite dram at the moment.


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[Lant63]

May have gone overboard


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[Mr.T]

On 6/13/2023 at 9:38 PM, Lant63 said:

This is great juice. Have you tried the port version? It’s my current favorite dram at the moment.

Not yet! But, I’ll keep an eye out for it…


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[Tdm_86]

Just came in today

[BrightonCorgi]

Picked up a half case of this recently.  Perfect match for any cigar

[Ken Gargett]

13 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said:

Picked up a half case of this recently.  Perfect match for any cigar

good stuff. these days, they have become ridiculously expensive over here. i have a bottle from 1900 i am hoping to take to a tasting in Helsinki. need to find it first.

how recently was yours bottled? 

[BrightonCorgi]

4 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

good stuff. these days, they have become ridiculously expensive over here. i have a bottle from 1900 i am hoping to take to a tasting in Helsinki. need to find it first.

how recently was yours bottled? 

Not sure.  I will check.  Was part of a 60 bottle lot at Christie's I split with some other collectors.  Ever see a Madeira lot that big of the same vintage?  Nope.

[Ken Gargett]

6 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said:

Not sure.  I will check.  Was part of a 60 bottle lot at Christie's I split with some other collectors.  Ever see a Madeira lot that big of the same vintage?  Nope.

no, the ones i bought years ago were mixed. a reasonable number but they sold them in single or double bottle lots. 

[BrightonCorgi]

2 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

no, the ones i bought years ago were mixed. a reasonable number but they sold them in single or double bottle lots. 

It's rare to see 60 bottles of any single wine in one lot; never mind 70+ year old Madeira!

[BrightonCorgi]

On 7/5/2023 at 5:27 PM, Ken Gargett said:

how recently was yours bottled? 

Was not bottle date on the back.  The back label had oxidation that I would guess is early 70's bottling.

[Ken Gargett]

On 7/9/2023 at 3:22 AM, BrightonCorgi said:

Was not bottle date on the back.  The back label had oxidation that I would guess is early 70's bottling.

i have a very old one i got many years ago when they were still quite cheap. from 1864. but the label split and flaked and part fell off. not making this up. it split down the '1864' between 18 and 64. the 18 bit flaked off and was lost. good luck me ever convincing anyone it is not 1964. so the chances of selling it are gone. probably not a bad thing. 

[BrightonCorgi]

2 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

i have a very old one i got many years ago when they were still quite cheap. from 1864. but the label split and flaked and part fell off. not making this up. it split down the '1864' between 18 and 64. the 18 bit flaked off and was lost. good luck me ever convincing anyone it is not 1964. so the chances of selling it are gone. probably not a bad thing. 

If it were 1864, the bottle itself would've been early 20th century at latest.  Those bottles do have non-uniform look and odd tints some times.  The wine itself, that can be hard to tell the difference.  Madeira doesn't seem hard to fake beyond something like 1796 Barbeito.

[Fuzz AI]

Had a 3 day weekend in the Hunter Valley with a couple of the Sydney FOH boys. Did a little shopping while I was up there.

[Ken Gargett]

On 7/10/2023 at 11:53 AM, BrightonCorgi said:

If it were 1864, the bottle itself would've been early 20th century at latest.  Those bottles do have non-uniform look and odd tints some times.  The wine itself, that can be hard to tell the difference.  Madeira doesn't seem hard to fake beyond something like 1796 Barbeito.

i do have the details somewhere. have to dig them out. from memory, more recent than that. but long time since i checked.