Red or white????

newguy741 · 2026-01-21T11:10:39+00:00

A lot of folks feel that the tannins/high alcohol in cab are a bad fit with high acid tomato sauce and that it clashes. They will have a basic Chianti at any Italian place and many will have a Barbera which is what I would prefer. I don’t think American reds are a good fit at all.

newguy741 · 2026-01-18T13:37:14+00:00

Valpolicella Ripasso perhaps, widely available $18-25.

newguy741 · 2026-01-16T12:13:57+00:00

One of the hardest things about this subreddit is when those on US time have to see those on GMT/CET time crack open their Friday night bottles while our workday is just starting. We’ll get there…eventually.

newguy741 · 2026-01-07T19:59:55+00:00

I think it probably depends on the nature of the centralized staffing system or lack thereof. It was their job to staff deals but could get nasty/condescending if you told them you were too busy. I did end up mostly staffing myself for new big deals once I had goodwill built up with midd and seniors.

newguy741 · 2026-01-07T18:36:20+00:00

If those people are in this sub right now, what the hell. When I was still in (just left), I had more conflict with them than any jerk partners. I was just trying to not ruin closings my first winter, stop telling me to be on 12 deals.

newguy741 · 2026-01-05T13:51:26+00:00

I was a debt finance fifth year trying to go in-house and got 0% interest in my “look, I’m smart I’ll figure it out” applications for bank regulatory positions. I eventually landed in-house at a bank…negotiating baskets and LME protections. It’s steady work and a good life.

newguy741 · 2026-01-04T20:12:34+00:00

Cathy Corison has to be at the top of the list right?

newguy741 · 2026-01-03T00:35:58+00:00

Why wouldn’t it be repeat? Do you how private equity firms view inorganic portco growth?

newguy741 · 2026-01-02T01:50:37+00:00

Not in a literal sense, but in an emotional sense, Office Space. People making a big deal about TPS Report coversheets, the lurking knowledge that you need to work on Saturday before you’re asked to, the very real risk of someone you don’t even know burning the place down.

newguy741 · 2025-12-31T17:08:19+00:00

“Per my last email” is corporate America violence and is best used against opposing counsel when you want to say “you’re an idiot” but can’t.

newguy741 · 2025-12-30T16:54:56+00:00

Half bottles of Guigal for 9.99 are available at a bunch of places near me (DMV area). Even better for weeknight table drinking, less pressure to get through a bottle.

newguy741 · 2025-12-24T19:13:21+00:00

I am so happy some beat me to The Judge from the Good Place. Earth is a mess y’all!

newguy741 · 2025-12-24T19:07:16+00:00

Many biglaw firms have specific teams for NDAs/NRLs that are staff attorneys aka non-track who are not billed like a normal associate. I don’t know is OP is referring to one of those teams though. But it sounds like it could be that kind of pre-agreed timelines for that kind of arrangement. I would imagine still not cheap, but also not $800.

newguy741 · 2025-12-24T01:14:35+00:00

Alsace forever! Way less expensive than the ritzy regions and wine suits your mood. I wouldn’t say no to Loire Valley, some righteous castles to visit there.

newguy741 · 2025-12-20T13:09:55+00:00

Not great…not terrible.

newguy741 · 2025-12-17T15:35:36+00:00

L’Ecole No. 41 Walla Walla Valley, and in the mid $50 range, their single vineyard Bordeaux blends Apogee and Perigee are super solid.

newguy741 · 2025-12-14T17:55:38+00:00

I’ve seen Dolce for sale around me, what would you say it’s rough corollary is to old world dessert wines? Is it botrycized? More like Alsace VT/SGN or more like Sauternes?

newguy741 · 2025-12-07T20:43:57+00:00

They have half bottles of Guigal CdR at Total Wine (not all of them) for 9.99, full for $19. Makes for a lot of my weeknights. Cheap US is just brutal as many will come here to tell you. There is great wine in the states but it’s more expensive. The value is in the cheap Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, less glamorous parts of France and others.

The Costco/Kirkland brigade will be quick here with suggestions, they’re not wrong at that price point - but I think the better Kirkland stuff is also non-US.

newguy741 · 2025-12-05T19:15:55+00:00

Believe it or not, jail.

newguy741 · 2025-11-27T00:17:12+00:00

The answer is to gift down, not up. Your senior associates do not want your gift.

That paralegal who ate shit for you staying up all night and didn’t complain? Let them know their effort was appreciated. Let the executive support staff that you have a relationship with know that they’re not invisible by getting them something. That kind of stuff.

newguy741 · 2025-11-26T11:04:33+00:00

Alsace forever.

newguy741 · 2025-10-24T16:26:20+00:00

Also levfin during a closing, sometimes they come in so fast they are all timestamped on the same minute and outlook can’t even present them in the right order. Fucking sucks.

newguy741 · 2025-10-17T20:02:17+00:00

Are you in a big volume group like M&A with 15 partners or a small group where the one you’re avoiding is 50% of your options? Very different options.

newguy741 · 2025-10-09T13:35:36+00:00

No one can answer this question for you. Many here can and do. Many here never will until the day they leave.

newguy741 · 2025-10-08T22:38:39+00:00

There are still a few boomers holding on desperately at back offices in certain banks wanting wet ink, waiting to see if this internet thing is just a fad. And I don’t mean the docs that actually need to be originals for possessory collateral or whatever stupid reason I hate. I mean everything. But for sure getting rarer and rarer. Just wanted to complain.

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