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help with decant time for 1980 fonseca
Posted: 17:11 Thu 24 Jul 2008
by g-man
I've seen comments about not one for the cellar.
Should I just pop and serve,
or will it still do good to decanter for 4 + hours?
or even 20+ hours?
F80? Four to six hours decanter time should be enough.
Posted: 17:15 Thu 24 Jul 2008
by jdaw1
F80? Four to six hours decanter time should be enough.
Posted: 12:57 Fri 25 Jul 2008
by Alex Bridgeman
Four to six is the sweet spot in my experience also.
Posted: 17:04 Fri 25 Jul 2008
by g-man
Ty for the advice..
so I'm probably goign to decant this around 4-5pm jdaw1.
Posted: 23:18 Fri 25 Jul 2008
by g-man
!!!! MY FONSECA GOT DAMAGED IN SHIPMENT!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
no fonseca for the party tomorrow =*(
Damaged? Heat damage, or physical broken-bottles damaged?
Posted: 23:23 Fri 25 Jul 2008
by jdaw1
Ouch!
Damaged? Heat damage, or physical broken-bottles damaged?
Posted: 23:26 Fri 25 Jul 2008
by g-man
broken bottles =*(
An entire case of twelve? Wow!
Posted: 03:02 Sat 26 Jul 2008
by jdaw1
An entire case of twelve? Wow!
Posted: 03:06 Sat 26 Jul 2008
by g-man
apparently there was a big spillage, leading to fed ex not delivering.
you … won’t be out of pocket
Posted: 03:16 Sat 26 Jul 2008
by jdaw1
Which means, at least, that you can’t be blamed and therefore won’t be out of pocket. Even if you are disappointed.
Re: you … won’t be out of pocket
Posted: 03:48 Sat 26 Jul 2008
by g-man
jdaw1 wrote:Which means, at least, that you can’t be blamed and therefore won’t be out of pocket. Even if you are disappointed.
yes very true, i'd be out the 50$ shipping tho I would imagine...
and the lost pleasure of having 15 pounds of pork followed by 2 1980 Fonsecas.
=(
Posted: 19:02 Mon 28 Jul 2008
by SushiNorth
Very sad. One big mistake made during shipping: The styrofoam packers should be placed in a sealed bag -- such as a clear garbage bag -- so that broken bottles don't leak from the box (glass won't puncture the bag as it's trapped in the styrofoam).
I am a little curious though, what happened to the other bottles?
Posted: 19:31 Mon 28 Jul 2008
by mosesbotbol
Wow, I am yet (thankful) to see a broken bottle in a styro-shipper.
Generally, I do not recieve shipments in the summer. Heat is too much of a gamble for me outside of overnight's.
Posted: 00:29 Tue 29 Jul 2008
by g-man
it was shipped out from chicago at 71 degrees with a pit stop in indianopolis at 73 degrees...
It reached new york at 79 degrees F ...
but shipped back due to breakage at 83 degrees F.
I find out about the other bottles tomorrow.
Posted: 19:51 Tue 29 Jul 2008
by g-man
auction house just called.
one bottle shattered on the trip into multiple pieces.
5 bottles got heavily stained but in good condition.
6 bottles still in perfect condition.
Re:
Posted: 00:26 Wed 06 Aug 2008
by DRT
g-man wrote:auction house just called.
one bottle shattered on the trip into multiple pieces.
5 bottles got heavily stained but in good condition.
6 bottles still in perfect condition.
I do hope you have given them a reduced offer to take these "damaged goods" off their hands
(seriously, it's worth a try)
Re: Re:
Posted: 15:24 Wed 06 Aug 2008
by g-man
DRT wrote:g-man wrote:auction house just called.
one bottle shattered on the trip into multiple pieces.
5 bottles got heavily stained but in good condition.
6 bottles still in perfect condition.
I do hope you have given them a reduced offer to take these "damaged goods" off their hands
(seriously, it's worth a try)
yea they credited me back the broken bottle, upgraded the shipping, refunded my shipping cost and gave me a bigger credit line for the next auction (dunno how that's a benefit but hey i guess it's something)