Always fun to trade wine with like minded collectors. I know trading wine isn’t as big in the wine world as the beer world but I know people are definitely swapping fun wines together. Amazing way to share wine with others. Sometimes you get extra of a certain wine and you know someone else got extra of a wine you liked. Just wine collectors appreciating each other’s taste and sharing fun wines for everyone to try.
Just recently traded some gonon st Joseph for Keller abstde. My friend wanted some more gonon and i wanted more Keller! We both had extra and everyone left happy!
Also a grand cru swap of 16 dujac clos st Denis for 16 dujac clos de la Roche through Instagram.
Country squire alfert and I swapped 13/12 juge. He had no bottles of 13 so now he has a bottle! Helping out a friend!
I was the other end of the Dujac trade mentioned above, and it was a first for me. I got to know C Fu, which was great, and got a bottle I missed out on upon release. Maybe time for a “Swap Meet” section?
Doug & I have always traded wines around this time of year just as a fun way to share something unique and special. Last year he traded me a 2015 Carl Lowen 1896 and I traded him a 2014 Domaine Roulot Monthélie. Each year it’s fun to try to find/select something that will be enjoyed or expose him to a new producer. I’ve always enjoyed the trading and it’s been VERY fun to pick and get something new or unique.
Ha. He had spotted some 16 Keller abstde at his local retailer. He knew i was a fan and he wasn’t. I asked him to pick it up for me. He asked if I’d rather trade some 16 gonon for it.
My cost on the gonon was $65/$69 which was just about the same price combined as cost of one of the Keller.
Win win for everyone. No shipping involved to Maine
My best trade ever back in the day was two bottles of 1998 Brunel CNdP Cuvée Centenaire — this was a very hyped wine on release — for a bottle of 90 Ramonet Ruchottes and a bottle of 93 Mugneret Clos Vougeot. I admit that I bought the Centenaire, for which I had a source at a good price, purely as trade bait.
Ummmm. That doesn’t qualify as “lately” I suppose.
Traded an '85 Mouton and a 05 Giacosa Falletto for a Hibiki 17 recently; I think the other guy got the better end of that bargain, especially since it was a Japanese bottling and only 700ml, which was not mentioned at the time.
Also a grand cru swap of 16 dujac clos st Denis for 16 dujac clos de la Roche through Instagram.
Curious why, Charlie, I have some of the former and have heard good things about it, tried and didn’t love or just wanting to diversify?
