The other day i search the web for Tokaji and find a store nearby that has some. When looking at the available Tokaji's i find nothing interesting, but a few lines above "other" sweeties are listed. I have a glimpse look and suddenly see "Henriques & Henriques" and my curiosity rises as i see "Bual" and "Garrafeira" and finally "1954" and "1957".
Then, looking further right (where the prices are) i see "EUR 44,-".
Hmmm - i guess you can imagine my thoughts: "is it true or mistyped, if not: my precious - it's all mine".
Giving the guy a call and asking him if he has bottles in stock (not asking ybout pricing) and hearing a "1 bottle each" was nice. Then i drive over to his store and when i finally wanted to pay and ask him for the price (not having done that before, as i didn't want to give him a chance to check pricing on the web) he answers.
Well, you guessed it: the price of course was not the EUR 44,-. To make it more thrilling i will tell you: he said EUR 61,- since he made new prices. I was actually happy, but didn't want to show and suggested meeting half way, his reply EUR 50,- which was obviously fine for both of us.
Guess that's my first good deal (winesearcher shows USD 200 ex tax and above), but i'm afraid that it'll stay my last.
Finally - or almost - made a good deal? H&H Bual '54 & '57
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Re: Finally - or almost - made a good deal? H&H Bual '54 & '57
a very good deal indeed....to bad he didn't honor the internet price..that would have been a steal 
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