Jeremy Matthew 
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2067
 | | 10-13-2003 10:30 PM |
| part of this months Bubbles tasting,
It retails around $100 NZD
The nose of this wine exhibited good citrus flavour with hints of intergrated yeasty toasty notes. Lovely elegance and tight acids on the palate made this a wonderful wine. Great stuff- 93 points. | | |
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jaimetown
DC area
Wine Labeler
Posts: 3547
| | 10-14-2003 07:07 PM |
| I agree this is a nice elegant bubbly - thanks for the notes Jeremy. BTW, how much does $100 NZD translate into USD? | | | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts: 11243
| | 10-14-2003 07:52 PM |
| Jaimetown - I saw it here yesterday for $34. It wanted to go home but I resisted. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13773
| | 10-14-2003 08:36 PM |
| Jaimetown, 100NZD = about $60USD | | | www.roguefood.com -- www.cellartracker.com | |
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Jeremy Matthew
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2067
| | 10-15-2003 12:20 AM |
| Winetex, thats an awesome price. That equals $50 NZD and is well below the cost price here. | | | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts: 11243
| | 10-15-2003 01:33 AM |
| Jeremy - from Wine Searcher pro it looks like this wine sells from $26 USD and up. This is one that would be easy to do a case discount which is my idea for holiday champagne giving. Last year I gave the Pommery NV which people really liked. | | | |
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Fred
Wine Thief
Posts: 2673
| | 10-15-2003 02:27 AM |
| This is one of my favorite NV's! Tattinger is really a fantastic house. I can typically find this for around 30/btl at costco.
My bro and i recently toasted Hurricane Isabel with a bottle of this. It was quite a site the two of us on the balcony soaking wet with champage flutes toasting a Hurricane! Truely crazy people!
| | | "It's better to have your enemies inside the tent pissing out, then outside the tent pissing in." -- Lyndon Johnson | |
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DdB
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1452
| | 10-15-2003 03:48 AM |
| Fred - maybe crazy, but my kind of people! | | | |
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Jeremy Matthew
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2067
| | 10-15-2003 04:12 AM |
| I second that! | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 442
| | 10-15-2003 09:57 AM |
| 30E per bottle here too! I wouldn't be caught dead paying twice that price for Taittinger NV. No choice, of course, if all the rest of your options are priced at 200% too...  Now, where's that Pelorus when you need it?  | | | |
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KillerB
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1533
| | 10-15-2003 04:19 PM |
| I'm sure the standard NV is not much above £20 here so consistent with Gastro. As for the Pelorus - four bottles remaining  | | | |
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Fred
Wine Thief
Posts: 2673
| | 10-15-2003 05:50 PM |
| heh heh heh... Crazy like a FOX!  | | | "It's better to have your enemies inside the tent pissing out, then outside the tent pissing in." -- Lyndon Johnson | |
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jaimetown
DC area
Wine Labeler
Posts: 3547
| | 10-15-2003 06:04 PM |
| LOL! Jeremy - is non-vintage champagne all relatively expensive in New Zealand? | | | |
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Jeremy Matthew
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2067
| | 10-16-2003 01:01 AM |
| Hmmmm Pelorus yummmm.
In all seriousness though I thinkit has to do with with pricing battles here. NZers have this stupid thought process about Champagne that the more expensive it is the better it must be. We do drink copious amounts of bubbles though.
Other Prices
Bolli- About $60 USD
Veuve- About $55 USD
Piper- About $30 USD
Tait- About $60 USD
Charles Caves- About $35 USD
Krug About $140 USD
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts: 11243
| | 10-16-2003 01:24 AM |
| Jeremy - you guys are getting the shaft on the bubbles pricing. What does it cost to ship from the US to NZ? At the very least we could improve your personal bubbly supply if it is cost-efficient.
Below are your costs vs. mine - on the US east and west coasts these might even be less.
For instance -
Bolli- About $60 USD $40 USD
Veuve- About $55 USD $30-$40 ish USD
Piper- About $30 USD $28 USD
Tait- About $60 USD $34 USD
Charles Caves- About $35 USD$35 for Charles Ellner Brut
Krug About $140 USD $90-130 USD
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Jeremy Matthew
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2067
| | 10-16-2003 04:34 AM |
| Keep in mind that those prices are partly due to an inflated NZ dollar vs the US. At the beginning of the year they were nearer your prices- still more expensive but nearer.
However yeah they suck......
Winetex,
Thank you for the offer but don't worry about my bubbles situation- I drink mostly Kiwi and I have some good vintage Krugs lying in my cellar for those special occasions. | | | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts: 11243
| | 10-16-2003 12:25 PM |
| Jeremy - vintage Krugs = good. We always want to enable another "lover of the bubbles". | | | |
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Jeremy Matthew
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2067
| | 10-16-2003 10:03 PM |
| Oh believe me I am enabled! | | | |
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Rothko
Palm Beach
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5721
| | 01-06-2005 01:53 AM |
| A local store had Taittinger NV for $18.99 a bottle. I sort of did a double-take and decided I could wait and go back tomorrow to re-check the price. But if it is true (and I think it is because all of the bottles had the same price sticker) I think I am going to have to go and stock up. | | | |
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Seaquam
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1141
| | 01-06-2005 03:28 AM |
| Quote:
A local store had Taittinger NV for $18.99 a bottle.
Wow! It's just under C$60 here (about US$46). I'd get a few of those just on general prinicipal.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I see prices like this one posted. | | | |
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