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Rijnard van Tonder

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@champagneleclercbriant

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4 months ago

Remarkably, you can get a 2022 vintage of this at a lovely restaurant I've been to in Mâcon for €450 🤯

A couple of months ago I made a reel of London restaurants serving DRC under £1,000. I cautioned it won't stay that way. Today I can't find any under £1,000 anymore.

I know people look at investment grade indexes for wine appreciation (Liv-Ex). That doesn't work for restaurants, it's a different ball game of supply, demand, markups. That's why I knew the DRC price would appreciate drastically in London.

Tap into WineStream to see what I'm learning from wine lists, link in Bio.

#Wine #wineintel #winelover #WineListEngineer

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8 months ago

Quick post found someone enjoying Alsace rieslings I recommend Kreydenweiss and Clos du Val d'Éléon I visited in July.

Unfiltered high acid unhinged. Bear in mind I tried the Clos St Hunes and Frederic Emiles and Deisses and Weinbachs and this was 🚀

Found one on NYC wine lists and for that price it's p. great, you can do so much worse in NYC

if you want info on where to find specific wines like these see bio

#wine

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10 months ago

Plot twist: I built the solution. The free (and only?) wine list checker is now available online. Google for "greenlight wine list checker"

Somms: Try it and see if it helps you. Producers deserve to have their names spelled correctly on your lists ❤️

Competition update: After 30+ days it turns out nobody is able to verify a clean list. Basically every list has issues. "Chardonay" on Michelin listed restaurants 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️

Realized this is so broken it needed a better solution - so I built one. The competition is now closed because checking lists is actually easy now.

#winelist #sommelier #restaurant #winetech #winebusiness #hospitality #somm #restauranttech #wineindustry

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10 months ago

What unforgettable things could you do with $7K?

I'd pick DomP personally. I have a good DomP mentor.

Btw WineStream email goes out tomorrow sign up in bio.

#wine #expensivewine #champagne

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10 months ago

I'm betting $100 that EVERY wine list has errors. Am I wrong? 🍷

Find me a flawless wine list and prove me wrong.

RULES:
✅ 6+ page wine list from a real restaurant/bar
✅ Public link of the place's current list
✅ English only (accents, etc. still required: é, ä, ...)
✅ DM me: place name + wine list link
✅ Up to 2 submissions per day
✅ The place can only be submitted once
✅ Real accounts only (30+ days old, 10+ followers)

Analyzing submissions every 10 days. First flawless list wins $100 (digital gift card). 30-day competition.

Full challenge details in text post ↗️

Tag a friend who thinks they know wine 🏷️

Feel free to share if you think I'm wrong 🤷‍♂️

#FlawlessWineList #WineChallenge #WineListEngineer #Wine #Restaurant

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a year ago

3:35am wine hunt results:
Same Dom Pérignon 2013.
Same street in London.
2-minute walk.

£380 vs £620.

**Save £120 per minute by walking.**

No other tool sees it like this. I built one that does.

Want access? I just opened the waitlist

WineStream Link in bio 👆

#wineintel #winelist #sommlife #wineinlondon #domperignon #winehunt #luxurylife

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a year ago

2020 Diel Nahesteiner Riesling Kabinett, Nahe, Germany 🇩🇪
@schlossgut_diel

If folks were more open to how well these wines "work" there'd be a lot more of them on wine lists 🥲

This was the only Kabi / off-dry one at my local place (and still so representative and yummy and amazing QPR). Maybe the tides will change with more awareness!

-- Geek notes --

Notes: Med+ to high intensity (in contrast with Mosel / Saar which is less intense typically). Rhubarb, light peach / apricot / stone fruit, touch of VA.

Palate is the star: high acid + balance of sweetness. I had trouble finding RS g/L but it's noticeable but not overly sweet compared to other Kabi's, so would put it between 15-30 g/L.

12 eu retail / $22 - $29 US retail -- above average QPR for either of these locations despite price discrepancy.

#wine #whitewine #riesling #wineoclock #winereview #winetasting #nahe #germany

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2 years ago

2022 Dönnhoff Grauburgunder, Nahe 🇩🇪
@weingut.doennhoff

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Grauburgunder AKA Pinot Grigio. A grape that is seldom showy but very drinkable. It is known for having some phenolic bitterness. My first time trying a German style.

Some observations: it misses the copper hue sometimes found in other regions, and has some characteristic chalky / seaspray nose.

Austere but yummy to me thanks to being clean, lean, and crispy. Neither complex nor fruity, but so very clean and precise.

I get the impression Dönnhoff is relatively well-known in the US among German producers and I'm not sure how that happened 😛 I've been told by folks they are a must-visit. Nahe is also a bit of a change of pace from the ever popular Mosel.

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Zesty lemon and seaspray nose, hints of floral and peach. Med- intensity.

Palate is a mix of sour and saline, textural, chalky mouthfeel, and superbly lean. Med acid, med finish. No nonsense and very little fruit in the mouth. Precise wine! 13.5% alc.

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#wine #wein #whitewine #pinotgrigio #grauburgunder #germany #wineoclock #winetasting #winereview

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