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'05 Giacosa Falletto Barbaresco Asili up now for $100.

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Damn… [head-bang.gif] …wish I did not see this …
had to grab couple…

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Smokin’ deal for '05 Asili Giacosa @ $99. Nabbed some. Best WS price is $145.

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I also poached a few of these, and a couple of the '05 Barolo twofers in October.

Perhaps it’s better not to look a discounted horse in the mouth, but… who can explain why these wines were offered here, and in sufficient quantities that I’m pretty sure they stayed up for quite a few hours in each case?

If you watch this & other flash sites for a while, most offerings fall into a handful of obvious cases:

  • price corrections for stuff which understandably didn’t sell at its opening retail ask
  • fire sales when a producer changes importers
  • bottlings and producers offered by a flash site every vintage, usually for a modest discount vs. regular retail

But why all this Giacosa on 'tso?

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Have bought lots of great stuff at ridiculous prices over the years. Have no idea why and how they can it. I have bought several vintages of Petrus from them at unreal prices. Go figure.

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How does Premier Cru offer similar deals?

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Q: What do you get when you breed an elephant with a rhinoceros?
















A: Elephino.

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I would have gone with rhinophant.

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I’ve not heard of this Platinum Member status, but I’ve called them a few times looking for wines that they offer on a regular basis and they’ve taken my order. They even sent me an inventory list of stuff they had post-Magnum Madness one time showing stuff that was left. They’re pretty accomodating there.

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Update: I asked Customer Service and I’m now in the Platinum club. Apparently, all you have to do is ask.

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I just picked up some more of the Montaudon 2002 champagne which is a steal at $29 delivered with minimum of 4.

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Managed to score some of the two-pack Veuve Clicquot magnums before it went away quickly. The two pack was one magnum of the VC Yellow Label and one magnum of the Brut Rose for $189.99 delivered. While VC isn’t my favorite champagne, it’s hard to argue with that deal.

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'12 Keating Zinfandel Buchignani Vineyard are up there now for $20.

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January 20th for something that sounds a lot like a LBW marathon. Combined orders and free shipping.

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What if someone has a marathon sale and nobody shows up?

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Jonathan H. Newman would be 97 points on that.

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I bought some Joly Coulee Serrant

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More Giacosa for me.

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Virginie Alandraud and Ornello.

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And then it was over…
Didn’t see much, if anything.