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When Price is No Object: Drinkable Father's Day 2011 Gifts
By HSimas(view all posts by HSimas)
at 8:58AM Wednesday June 1, 2011
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Yes, you read that title correctly. This may seem an odd topic for a
money-saving blog. But after writing about the least expensive wine
gifts for dear old dad two years in a row, it occurred to me that not
everybody is looking to economize this time of year. Maybe you and your
siblings are pooling your resources. Maybe you recently got a big
promotion at work. Maybe you just think Dad deserves something extra
special this year, cost be darned. Whatever the case, the following
gifts are sure to delight Dad and his palate and make for a very Happy
Father's Day!
What's that? These gifts aren't rich enough for your
blue blood? Well, I'm stumped. Unless...you could always check out the Napa Valley Register Classifieds and buy Dad his own vineyard!
Be sure to follow me on Twitter @SavingsHSimas for wine and food tips that are generally speaking much more economical than what I have discussed here.
Dom Perignon
Dom Perignon is one of those names that just screams quality. Even people who know nothing about wine or Champagne know the name Dom Perignon. Those who know a lot about wine and Champagne know that Dom Perignon actually lives up to its name--it is delicious stuff! I have seen current vintages at (shhhh!) Costco for $99. A more average price would be $125 or so.
And special bottlings of Dom abound. If Dad is an art lover as well as a Champagne lover, he is sure to appreciate the 2002 Dom Perignon Andy Warhol Tribute Collection adorned with a neon label instead of Dom's traditional green. The average online price for a Warhol bottle is about $140. Dom Perignon Rose will run you a few hundred dollars more than non-Rose. My favorite extra-special Dom Perignon bottles are the Oenotheque "wine library" editions. I've had the opportunity to taste a few vintages, which are aged an extra five years before release. The flavors are amazing, much more complex than the already outstanding Dom Perignon vintage bottles. You can get a 1995 or 1996 Oenotheque for around $300.
Dom Perignon is one of those names that just screams quality. Even people who know nothing about wine or Champagne know the name Dom Perignon. Those who know a lot about wine and Champagne know that Dom Perignon actually lives up to its name--it is delicious stuff! I have seen current vintages at (shhhh!) Costco for $99. A more average price would be $125 or so.
And special bottlings of Dom abound. If Dad is an art lover as well as a Champagne lover, he is sure to appreciate the 2002 Dom Perignon Andy Warhol Tribute Collection adorned with a neon label instead of Dom's traditional green. The average online price for a Warhol bottle is about $140. Dom Perignon Rose will run you a few hundred dollars more than non-Rose. My favorite extra-special Dom Perignon bottles are the Oenotheque "wine library" editions. I've had the opportunity to taste a few vintages, which are aged an extra five years before release. The flavors are amazing, much more complex than the already outstanding Dom Perignon vintage bottles. You can get a 1995 or 1996 Oenotheque for around $300.
Johnnie Walker Blue
What's more special than a bottle of the rarest and most expensive blended whiskey in the Johnnie Walker portfolio? How about an engraved bottle of the rarest and most expensive blended whiskey of the Johnnie Walker portfolio! The base price for a bottle of Blue on the Johnnie Walker website is $225. The cost for my three-line engraving was $18. You could also get Dad a magnum (1.75L) for $550. But really, at that point, aren't you just showing off? If your father is such a whiskey connoisseur that Blue is too pedestrian for him, Johnnie Walker is still selling their limited edition King George V Blue Label bottle, "handcrafted from rare whiskies produced only in distilleries that operated during the reign of King George V (1930-1936)" for a cool $679.
What's more special than a bottle of the rarest and most expensive blended whiskey in the Johnnie Walker portfolio? How about an engraved bottle of the rarest and most expensive blended whiskey of the Johnnie Walker portfolio! The base price for a bottle of Blue on the Johnnie Walker website is $225. The cost for my three-line engraving was $18. You could also get Dad a magnum (1.75L) for $550. But really, at that point, aren't you just showing off? If your father is such a whiskey connoisseur that Blue is too pedestrian for him, Johnnie Walker is still selling their limited edition King George V Blue Label bottle, "handcrafted from rare whiskies produced only in distilleries that operated during the reign of King George V (1930-1936)" for a cool $679.
A Cult Cab
If you have never heard the term "Cult Cab" before, allow me to introduce you to one of the most obnoxious concepts in all of winedom. There is a teeny tiny percentage of wine producers in Napa that specialize in teeny tiny productions of big huge wines, usually Cabernets or red blends. Those wine producers sell their wine to a teeny tiny mailing list for, say $250 a bottle. Then at least half the mailing list goes and sells their allocation to their local store for a profit, who in turn sells it to you for a much bigger profit. If you are not on the mailing list, you can easily end up paying $750+ by the time the bottle makes its way to your hot little hands. The nickname these wines have earned is Cult Cab.
Are these wines good? Sure, they are great. Are they worth hundreds and hundreds of extra dollars a bottle simply because the producer made so little of it? Well, that is in the eye of the beholder, aka the person holding the credit card. If you think your dad will enjoy a prestige bottle like a Cult Cab, some names to look out for are Harlan Estate, Scarecrow, Colgin and the grand-daddy of all Cult Cabs, Screaming Eagle.
If you have never heard the term "Cult Cab" before, allow me to introduce you to one of the most obnoxious concepts in all of winedom. There is a teeny tiny percentage of wine producers in Napa that specialize in teeny tiny productions of big huge wines, usually Cabernets or red blends. Those wine producers sell their wine to a teeny tiny mailing list for, say $250 a bottle. Then at least half the mailing list goes and sells their allocation to their local store for a profit, who in turn sells it to you for a much bigger profit. If you are not on the mailing list, you can easily end up paying $750+ by the time the bottle makes its way to your hot little hands. The nickname these wines have earned is Cult Cab.
Are these wines good? Sure, they are great. Are they worth hundreds and hundreds of extra dollars a bottle simply because the producer made so little of it? Well, that is in the eye of the beholder, aka the person holding the credit card. If you think your dad will enjoy a prestige bottle like a Cult Cab, some names to look out for are Harlan Estate, Scarecrow, Colgin and the grand-daddy of all Cult Cabs, Screaming Eagle.
Be sure to follow me on Twitter @SavingsHSimas for wine and food tips that are generally speaking much more economical than what I have discussed here.
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