1998 Remirez de Ganuza Reserva

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Hi SusieQ,

I would have added both Eau Claire Wines and Royal City Liquors to the list but I decided not to because I have some concerns about the temperatures in their stores. My preference is always to purchase high-end wines from stores that have temperature controls in them... especially wines like 82 Haut-Brions, 61 Petrus, 89 Margaux, 96 Leroy, 95 Lafite, etc.

At Eau Claire Wines... often times, the sunlight from above falls directly onto some of their wines. It's probably not a huge problem (since most of these wines are built to be drunk earlier rather than later...) but I'm not all that apt to recommend folks to them for this reason.

There's also a big wine/liquor store up on 16th Avenue NE... but I cannot recall the name of the store. They often have some nice wines there. And, the room temperature is more on the cool side, which scores big points in my book as far as high-end wines go!

If you're flying... there's a nice little wine store located in the airport terminal. Sorry, I can't recall the exact name (???Cloud 9???) of the store. Back a few years ago, I found/ purchased a case of older Bordeaux from them at an (amazingly) GREAT price... a real BARGOOON! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

Lastly, Center Street North also has a nice wine room where the temperature is controlled for high-end wines. I've purchased from them in the past as well...

So many wines... so little time!

Cheers