Any Decoy Cabernet Sauvignon?

[RickT]

My last two Celebrity cruises were devoid of Decoy Cab Sauv.   It was listed on the menu but both times I was told it was unavailable.  
If unavailable was there any similar Cab’s available?  I’m on the Edge next month and hoping to find a decent red to drink. 

[DaKahuna]

5 minutes ago, RickT said:

My last two Celebrity cruises were devoid of Decoy Cab Sauv.   It was listed on the menu but both times I was told it was unavailable. 

 

 It was availble on the Millennium in May. 

 

 

5 minutes ago, RickT said:

If unavailable was there any similar Cab’s available?  I’m on the Edge next month and hoping to find a decent red to drink. 

 

You can try these reds.  All but one was covered by the Premium package.

 

 

This was $2.40 (including gratuity) above the Premium package

 

 

 

 

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[jelayne]

Decoy was available on the Edge in late April.  I read on these boards a day or so ago it has been moved back out of the Premium package. 

[Schmoe38]

19 minutes ago, RickT said:

My last two Celebrity cruises were devoid of Decoy Cab Sauv.   It was listed on the menu but both times I was told it was unavailable.  
If unavailable was there any similar Cab’s available?  I’m on the Edge next month and hoping to find a decent red to drink. 

Check your wine menus for these 2 options;

 

1) Silver Ghost Cabernet Sauvignon

2) St Francis Old Vines Zinfandel

 

Both are available by the glass and are covered under the Premium Beverage Package.

 

[jelayne]

6 minutes ago, Schmoe38 said:

Check your wine menus for these 2 options;

 

1) Silver Ghost Cabernet Sauvignon

2) St Francis Old Vines Zinfandel

 

Both are available by the glass and are covered under the Premium Beverage Package.

 

Surprised at the Silver Ghost, it sells for $39 a bottle here.  

[markeb]

11 minutes ago, Schmoe38 said:

Check your wine menus for these 2 options;

 

1) Silver Ghost Cabernet Sauvignon

2) St Francis Old Vines Zinfandel

 

Both are available by the glass and are covered under the Premium Beverage Package.

 

You’ve been lucky. I’ve not seen either of those on a ship, and don’t see them on the menu tonight. But, yeah, those would both kick Decoy’s butt…

[Schmoe38]

6 minutes ago, jelayne said:

Surprised at the Silver Ghost, it sells for $39 a bottle here.  

A lot of this depends on each ship’s availability. If Silver Ghost is not available, I could drink St Francis wine every night and be happy.

 

Just my taste…it may not necessarily be everyone’s.

[Schmoe38]

3 minutes ago, markeb said:

You’ve been lucky. I’ve not seen either of those on a ship, and don’t see them on the menu tonight. But, yeah, those would both kick Decoy’s butt…

Really? What reds are being offered within the confines of the Premium Beverage Package?

[DaKahuna]

15 minutes ago, jelayne said:

Surprised at the Silver Ghost, it sells for $39 a bottle here.  

 

Quite. Someone from Celebrity might read that and take it off the premium package.

 

[George C]

Every celebrity cruise we did had Decoy Cab , including summit in March . Celebrity also had a Chianti Classico which I liked . Last couple of cruises we had a high end suite which gives you a bottle of champagne, I traded the champagne for two bottles of decoy. 

[chuckroast1]

Heh, it wasn't very long ago that the Excelsior was a mainstay of the Classic Package!

[jelayne]

1 hour ago, Schmoe38 said:

Really? What reds are being offered within the confines of the Premium Beverage Package?

Beyond current sailing  is showing these in the app.  Not sure what the strange prices are about.  This is from the MDR.  The Luminae list was not as extensive.

[NMTraveller]

2 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

 

 It was availble on the Millennium in May. 

 

 

 

You can try these reds.  All but one was covered by the Premium package.

 

 

This was $2.40 (including gratuity) above the Premium package

 

 

 

 

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I would try the Grant Burge myself.  However I have never seen it on the menu ...

[George C]

1 hour ago, jelayne said:

Beyond current sailing  is showing these in the app.  Not sure what the strange prices are about.  This is from the MDR.  The Luminae list was not as extensive.

I really like Emmolo merlot , order that a lot.

[cruisestitch]

Had a glass of Decoy last night on Silhouette 

[lydnsyd]

we are just back from sailing on the APEX and had Decoy every night.

Can't remember the cost - we had the premium package

[Schmoe38]

8 hours ago, jelayne said:

Beyond current sailing  is showing these in the app.  Not sure what the strange prices are about.  This is from the MDR.  The Luminae list was not as extensive.

Thank you so much for doing this. 

 

Randy

Edited August 6 by Schmoe38

[zitsky]

@DaKahuna thanks for that wine list and photos.  But don’t we need to discuss what restaurants?  As I hear availability is not consistent.

[DaKahuna]

43 minutes ago, zitsky said:

@DaKahuna thanks for that wine list and photos.  But don’t we need to discuss what restaurants?  As I hear availability is not consistent.

 

 Those were all in Luminae except for the Chanti Classico, which we had in Tuscan. 

 Availability does vary from location to location with Cellar Masters having the widest variet of choices.  However, I drink wine primarily with meals and cocktails at other times so I did not order wine outside a restaurant, with the exception of the occassional glass of champagne in the Retreat Lounge. 

 

 My tried and true method of choosing my wines is to inform the Sommelier that I only drink red wine, that I will be on board for X number of days, I will let her/him know what I am having for my main, and ask her/him to pair a wine for me and I would prefer not to receive the same wine twice. 

 

[canderson]

12 hours ago, jelayne said:

Beyond current sailing  is showing these in the app.  Not sure what the strange prices are about.

$glass, bottle

 

Thanks for posting the list.

[dctravel]

Just got off the Solstice and they had Decoy in the main dining room at the premium package price ($17).

[Nado44]

Decoy was available on the Edge last month (July) in Alaska.

[paulh84]

See if the wine steward can suggest something that isn't Decoy. They should enjoy offering better alternatives and could explaining why. 

 

Most of the bottles pictures above...the MAN Syrah, Vive Malbec, Excelsior Cab are $9 to $10 bottles retail. Those should really be on the classic package. That's lower shelf grocery store wine.

 

[jelayne]

2 hours ago, canderson said:

$glass, bottle

 

Thanks for posting the list.

Duh!!!  can’t believe I didn’t figure that out😱

[jelayne]

25 minutes ago, paulh84 said:

See if the wine steward can suggest something that isn't Decoy. They should enjoy offering better alternatives and could explaining why. 

 

Most of the bottles pictures above...the MAN Syrah, Vive Malbec, Excelsior Cab are $9 to $10 bottles retail. Those should really be on the classic package. That's lower shelf grocery store wine.

 

Should be but aren’t.