dangolf18 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Attended James' event in SF this afternoon. Tasted around 140 Italian wines...Barolo, Brunello, Chianti Classico, etc. A lot of great great wines. Tried the Bibi Graetz Colore 2009 which retails for $800...honestly I preferred the Bibi Graetz Toscana Testamatta 2011 which sells for only $109.99. Anyway, wish I could've talked to Suckling a bit about cigars, but it was a big event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaDisco Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Da-yum! Where'd they hold that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hohenthal Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 ... only $109.99. ... It's all relative, isn't it? God bless, enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brutusthebuckeye Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Was James speaking in a phoney Italian accent the whole time.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangolf18 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Most of the wines were not $100+. Range was $20-$180 (save the $800, which they only made 900 bottles of). There were some great Barolo in the $35-$60 range. The leap from $60 to $100+ wasn't entirely that noticeable. Trying 97-100 point wines was real treat though. Here are a few good values I saw. Cusumano Sicilia Tenuta San Giacomo Sagana 2012....95 points and $39.99 Casaloste Cianti Classico 2010..92 points and $23.99 Ciacci Piccolomini Brunello 2010..94 points and $42.95 Livio Sassetti Brunello 2010...100 points and $54.99 (!!!!!) Siro Pacenti 2010...100 points and $84.99 My favorite: Elio Grasso Barolo Runcot Riserva 2007 and 2008...both $129.99 and 98 and 99 points Roberto Voerzio Barolo Fossati Case Nere Riserva 10 Anni 2004...98 points $180+ Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino 2010 100 points and $118.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangolf18 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Da-yum! Where'd they hold that? It was at the General's Residence at Fort Mason. Was James speaking in a phoney Italian accent the whole time.. Haha. No actually his Italian was pretty good. His accent could use a little work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlohaStyle Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Sounds like a great event... you really tasted 140?? wow! I'm a big fan of Italian reds and especially Brunello, would love something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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