Yvon Metras??
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Kevin Roberts
Kevin Roberts
I'm curious as well. I bought a bottle of the 07 Fleurie on the recommendation the proprietor of Caves du Pantheon in Paris in January. Is this being imported again? The details I gleaned were that his wines at one point were brought in (to USA) by Kermit Lynch, but exporting (at least to USA) was too much work for him, so he stopped.
Cheers,
Kevin
Cheers,
Kevin
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
I must agree.
This is one of those cases where I must question what's going on in the supply chain. The going price for these wines in France and the UK appears to be half of what's being asked for them here. It is not inconceivable that I'd pay over $40 for a bottle of Beaujolais, but it'd have to one very, very special bottle.
Mark Lipton
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
Oh, they're still super-pricy here.
I mean, 27 or so; that'd be about $40 at today's rate. Ridicule!
ETA: I used the word "pricy," and then the spelling seemed, uh, dicey, so I looked it up. Apparently, the spelling sans "e" is chiefly British. I do wonder why I tend to reset to those clocks when I am on this side of the Atlantic. My English goes old world.
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I mean, 27 or so; that'd be about $40 at today's rate. Ridicule!
ETA: I used the word "pricy," and then the spelling seemed, uh, dicey, so I looked it up. Apparently, the spelling sans "e" is chiefly British. I do wonder why I tend to reset to those clocks when I am on this side of the Atlantic. My English goes old world.
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C'est naturelle, non? You should hear me when I spend more than a few days in the UK. My own speech begins to sound clipped and harsh to my ears, so I begin unconsciously to stretch my vowels and reproduce the effects of the Great Vowel Shift, resulting in my feeling less like an outsider and more like a poseur.
Mark Lipton
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
It's good to be a poseur. So reposing.
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Mark has a soft metal hammered into him from the back? I'm so confused.
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real thing. Too fucking pricey for a beaujolais, but that definitely is the REAL THING.
Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
Three.
scottreiner
scott reiner
so, what's the deal? does he employ some crazy technique or material that costs a fortune. does he have a new g5 that he needs to fuel?
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
I saw "reposing" and jumped to "repouss". I live in a fantasy world where everything reminds me of something.
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Joe Dressner
Joe Dressner
Thor:
Metras sells to a small importer in Quebec who sells through private importation.
The wines sold by Crush were bought on the European grey market.
Metras has little wine to sell and does not sell directly to America.
The range is quite wonderful.
Metras sells to a small importer in Quebec who sells through private importation.
The wines sold by Crush were bought on the European grey market.
Metras has little wine to sell and does not sell directly to America.
The range is quite wonderful.
Karen Goetz
Karen Goetz
Me too. Cannot resist beaming. Quite apart from current "price/provenance" issue. Of all the Beau-gang that KLynch brought in to the West Coast usa in the late 1990's Metras was most special for me. Note from 1997 Fleurie tasted in 2000 (my last opportunity to taste the wee beastie fella):
Beautiful wine. Quiet nose. Taste was minerals, woodsy spices, red bush fruits; gentle in the mouth, has complexities. A lovely wine. Good w/root (rutabaga) vegetables braised in wine/mushroom stock reduction. A quiet lyrical wine which doesn't have to shout to show its depth.
Cost: $18.95