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B16 (you heard me): My expensive wine story. I was at a work dinner with a price ceiling, and when it was determined we were way under the ceiling

Posted by rollo Mar 9 '21, 20:15

one of the higher ups decided to order a $650 bottle of wine to close the gap and so we all got a swig. Tasted like a cave.

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mel took me to London and Paris for a milestone bday. - Diva Mar 10, 06:06
When I worked in diamonds there were some Nights. Almost the only thing I miss is the expense account. -- nm - mafic Mar 10, 05:48 1
- If anyone knows what a cave tastes like... -- nm - oblique Mar 10, 05:49
I once had a medium priced bottle of wine where the tasting notes included "barnyard". -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 03:50 1
- Another good fighting wine is Melbourne Old and Yellow, which is particularly heavy and should be used only for hand-to-hand combat. -- nm - con_carne Mar 10, 04:11
I've had some generous tastes of a $400 bottle of whisky, and its less expensive relatives. -- nm - . Mar 10, 00:50
I don’t know what caves taste like. -- nm - Mop Mar 9, 21:21 1
- Dank. Grit. Moist. Guano. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 21:31
Was at a holiday lunch ages ago and was offered an $80 snifter of cognac for "dessert". - zunk xometimes Mar 9, 20:33 2
- Many years ago a local county official faced a hearing over his expense account. One item in question was for entertaining a group to lunch at - Meg Mar 9, 21:34 1
  - a 'bottle' for 100? how could it possibly be that cheap, or was this 30 years ago? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 9, 23:28

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