This is a public service announcement, not for Adel's, but for you, gentle reader...The world is full of wine shops, but how many times have you wanted to get a bottle with some age on it with impeccable provenance that is for drinking right away and can't find one?
Enter Adel's in the Haight district. For more than 25 years, Adel has been quietly amassing an incredible stash of the world's fine wines for those in the know in the Bay Area. I recently got a private tour of the back room storage area and he has some amazing stuff in there: DRC's, old California Cabs, beautiful Pinots, lovely Rhones from north and south. And Adel has a palate to match his collection. If you are looking for a special something, have him start looking in his computer inventory or browse his admittedly challenged website, and you will find something that matches your mood. I bought some amazing older American Pinots --2001 J. Wilkes and 1998 Belle Pente, as well as a real treasure...a 2001 Cuvée Laurence from Pegau.
The prices are honest and fair, but don't go in there trying to pillage and raid--Adel knows what he has, but many bottles have not been marked up in a while and are priced to move.
The recession is halting a lot of purchasing in the high-end wine market, so there are an unusually high number of ready-to-drink wines at Adel's that he knows he has to move, so get on in there! Tell him the Corkdork sent you and ask to go upstairs to the good room!
Adel's Wine Cellar
17th & Cole Streets
1400 Cole Street
San Francisco
CA 94117
Telephone:
415-731-6319
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