The Schnook Game

But, shouldn't the action be under the table instead of on the open streetcorner?

(And they sounded a bit like twins: had a hard time distinguishing the voices)
 
A reasonable facsimile of this conversation took place a few years ago in Los Angeles with a wall street wine consultant as a third party and we ended up with Austrian wine in our store up the kazoo.
We've got a load of Finnish wine we're trying to get rid of at this moment. I think Brad Kane "tipped" us off to this fine juice.
 
originally posted by Lou Kessler:
Ancient ConversationA reasonable facsimile of this conversation took place a few years ago in Los Angeles with a wall street wine consultant as a third party and we ended up with Austrian wine in our store up the kazoo.
We've got a load of Finnish wine we're trying to get rid of at this moment. I think Brad Kane "tipped" us off to this fine juice.
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Regrettably, the wall st wine consultant is still waiting for his cut.
 
A famous auction house emailed a brag today: The Fall season started off in strong fashion here in New York City with a 100% sold sale realizing $2,516,806 on the gross against a pre-sale high estimate of $2,404,565. It seemed like old times as bidders competed ferociously from all over the world via absentee bids, over the phone, live in the room and live over the internet.

I guess the economy is recovering.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
I guess the economy is recovering.
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It's trickle down economics. All that bailout money has finally made its way to the wine auctions. Wonder how Ferarri sales are doing?
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Not schnooking, but nearly.A famous auction house emailed a brag today: The Fall season started off in strong fashion here in New York City with a 100% sold sale realizing $2,516,806 on the gross against a pre-sale high estimate of $2,404,565. It seemed like old times as bidders competed ferociously from all over the world via absentee bids, over the phone, live in the room and live over the internet.
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That's good for them but I never understood why certain wine consumers are always happy when these auctions have 'strong' results. Is that because the more money in wine the more money for investment in future wine production? I wouldn't think so since this is an auction and producers don't see the money. Perhaps these consumers like to see the value rising for their own wine that they may potentially sell.
 
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