Rhone Valley Wines

[aldukes]

All the major critics are big on Chateauneuf du Pape right now. Ive noticed increases on bottles from about 8 months ago.

Ive been trying to drink more Cote' Rotie and Cotes Du Rhone lately. I'm having trouble finding some decent midlevel Cornas- any suggestions?

[mosesbotbol]

Originally Posted by aldukes

All the major critics are big on Chateauneuf du Pape right now. Ive noticed increases on bottles from about 8 months ago.

Ive been trying to drink more Cote' Rotie and Cotes Du Rhone lately. I'm having trouble finding some decent midlevel Cornas- any suggestions?

Too bad you weren't in Boston last month. The Rhone sale one store had was a giveaway. Bottles marked at $120 were going for $65.00. Late summer/early fall all Distributors sell off their excess inventory and the big B&M's have a field day selling them. There's a 50 person line to get in on the first day of their sale.

They still have a few, and ton's of 1st cru Burgundy!

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

.... and ton's of 1st cru Burgundy!

Now that's something to cheer about. We're still waiting on most of the 06' Gran Crus out here but have been pleasantly surprised on how fine the Premiers have been. With all the 05 hype (although justified IMHO) there are some finds in 06' that distributers (including me) are having a hard time moving.

Cheers brothers
~Vitis

[mosesbotbol]

Originally Posted by Vitis

Now that's something to cheer about. We're still waiting on most of the 06' Gran Crus out here but have been pleasantly surprised on how fine the Premiers have been. With all the 05 hype (although justified IMHO) there are some finds in 06' that distributers (including me) are having a hard time moving.

Cheers brothers
~Vitis

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