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Legend. I think I might name one of our Berserker Day offerings after this post. This is definitely up there with the helicopter and Screagle thread.

Finally found an Oregon wine in the cellar. It’s a Berserker Day find as well! 2014 Franny Beck Pinot Noir - USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley (12/14/2020) From the first Berserker Day Franny Beck offering. This is really in a sweet spot right now. Light cranberry color with some slight bricking. Nutm...

2015 Franny Beck Pinot Noir Johan Vineyard - Berserker day purchase. Popped and poured at cellar temp. Dark earth, Sweet Asian spices and spicy underbrush on the nose. Nice balance of sweet dusty black cherry fruit and acidity with tannic structure that is resolved but very present. Really in a lov...

Maybe it will show up as a library offering on Berserker Day. Based on tasting this at the winery a couple of years ago, I'm holding on to mine for at least another five years. It seemed like the most age worthy of the line-up, and definitely has whole cluster. Hey Peter, you’re reading my mind! I ...

We hosted a tasting at our house for them a few years ago. Michael and Ally are great people and I love the wines. Most of the pinot is super acidic upon releases so they need some time or fatty food. I opened a young bottle about a year ago and paired it with duck confit, perfect all the way aroun...

2016 Franny Beck Pinot Noir La Chenaie Vineyard - USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills (11/13/2020) Excellent wine. Deep garnet color. Light chambord aroma and a cherry core on the palate. Taste like whole cluster, don't know, but a green stem note and tart finish. Also muted charcoal...

Michael- Thanks for chiming in with additional information. Helps with my own edification regarding vintages and your style. I have a '17 still that I look forward to checking out in time. [cheers.gif] Very cool. The ‘17s are definitely a very different animal. Look forward to seeing your response.

Hey Dennis, just saw your note. Pretty good recognition of what we saw in the ‘16 vintage. Definitely crowd pleaser wines. With our Johan fruit (and La Chenaie), we were moving along on pace with the previous vintage. Sugars and flavors seemed to be moving in the direction I wanted, no real disease ...

Just saying, we considered waxing our bottles when we first started but I read enough hatred for wax here that we quickly reconsidered. Happy with the decision in retrospect

Hi Michael, been wanting to try your wines since last year, several health issues put me off the vino, slowly getting me back in the game. Also trying to keep my buying in check and reduce the cellar. I know you need to sell wine to pay the bills and I hope I can do my part. Been drinking wine for ...

what's the hierarchy between the Franny Beck Blue Label, Johan and La Chenaie? I got a mixed case, so I don't even know the price points. Hey Andrew, great question and appreciate the chance to talk a bit about that. Looks like the price point question has already been answered, but maybe a little ...

Next week we are releasing two new wines and wanted to give everyone a little preview. As our shipping window starts to close, I encourage everyone who hasn't yet taken advantage of our deals to do so. Thank you again to Todd for creating this place for us to do business. It looks like Yamhill Count...

Thanks again to Todd for creating this opportunity for all of us! We are going to keep our discounts in place until we’re able to open our tasting room again, so, the 20% off and free shipping on 6 bottles or more will still be available on our website. We’re also going to be releasing a couple new ...

Andrew K. wrote: ↑April 29th, 2020, 6:18 pm Ordered my case! Thanks!

It did charge me shipping. Also the age verification failed, so I had to email my DL.

Andrew, sorry about that. I’ve fixed the issue and it should be good to go again!

For those who ordered over the last few days, I’m going to get your wines out ASAP. Just know I’m working around racking and preparing for bottling. Long days. Just information for you if you were looking for a shipping notice. Thanks again everyone!

joejolesch wrote: ↑April 21st, 2020, 1:20 pm The ‘16 WV Pinot is so damn good! Kicking myself for being slow on the 12 pack. Going to have to wait a week or two to place the order

Thanks Joe! I agree, that ‘16 WV is pretty damn good. Got tour order today and will do my best to get it out this afternoon.

champagne.gif **NEW OFFER** champagne.gif I'm running out of inventory so need to change this up a bit. The first part of the offer remains! The new pack is called "Shelter In Place" Pack . Only $342 which includes free shipping (no further discount) 4 x '16 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 4 ...

Michael - delicious 2016 Willamette Pinot! My dad enjoyed my 6 ft pour so much he went in for a case as well. :) Ha! That’s awesome. I got a wave of Virginia orders over the past week, sounds like I found the source. On a side note, my wife and I lived in Winchester while she was doing rotations in...

Nate M wrote: ↑April 19th, 2020, 11:21 am Thanks Michael! Easiest order ever! Will let you know thoughts when they are here!

Awesome, Nate! Appreciate the order

PeterH wrote: ↑April 17th, 2020, 9:48 pm My wife doesn't like it when the wine is delivered, but she doesn't mind at all when the cork is popped.

Bingo

ChrisMcElligott wrote: ↑April 14th, 2020, 5:03 pm Got mine today. Look forward to giving them a try.

Chris, glad to get you some wine! Appreciate the follow up email and glad we got things worked out!

Just a reminder for California orders interested in wine, send me an email at michael@frannybeck.com with what you’d like. I got a couple questions about that this week. Also, you can PM me.

Hey Mike, glad you’ve been enjoying the wines and again, you’re note is spot on. Love the recognition of balance most of all. Above all else, that’s the goal with my wines, independent of vintage. I will tell you, that orange rind quality you called out is classic Johan Vineyard. I always find that ...

Last night we opened up a bottle of the 16 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. Started out tight, once opened up excellent. We had another Pinot Noir we like already open, did not compare and made for disappoint as it's a staple for us. We had it with grilled quarantine burgers, and baked sweet potato fr...

Ian H wrote: ↑April 6th, 2020, 5:00 pm Order placed for some 2016 Johan. Excited. Also waiting for my coupon code for the discount on a helicopter ride to Screagle which I understand was part of the offer.

Screagle coupon code will be forthcoming. Stan and I are working out the details

The offer was so good, I ordered it twice. Ok, so one of the orders was by accident but I am not disappointed. We hosted a tasting at our house a few years ago with Michael and Ally and it was a great time. I absolutely love the wines, just need more space in the cellar. Paul, I was listening to a ...

A sheep farmer wants to drive his stinky, dented pickup truck to Franny Beck Winery .* We, too, just had a chance to try the 2016 WV PN. I can’t match the excellent TN above. My TNs are usually, “Oh Fook that’s good!” or the opposite. Anyway, we decanted this wine for about a half hour before divin...

I was thinking about all the BD11 participants and wondering how they were managing. I think this is a terrific idea and I put some orders in last night. I'm hoping that you can keep this forum going for a while, because I think we're in for the long haul. Sheila, I just saw Northam instituted a st...

Just an update on shipping for the most recent orders: Most went out on Friday and the remaining and newest orders will ship out this week. If anyone needs to update their shipping address, please email me directly or send me a PM. Thanks again to everyone whose been so generous!

Michael, I love the shout out for Marie Courtin. One of my favorite Champagne producers too, bottle after bottle. I too love the Chardonnay bottling called Eloquence. It was one of the best Champagnes I had in 2019. Will have to taste your wines sometime...never tried them. Thanks for posting, too....

My wife and I are currently drinking only domestic producers for the year, but...
Marie Courtin (esp the Eloquence Blanc de blanc), Foillard, Maison Harbour (need to order more, Nick) are always in the ready.

Thanks so much to everyone that’s so generously sent in orders! Just a reminder, Californians can email me at michael@frannybeck.com to place an order. Cheers all!

Patrick T a y l o r wrote: ↑March 21st, 2020, 8:38 am
Michael, would you mind if I posted this (slightly edited) to my forthcoming Cellartracker tasting note?

Sounds good to me, go for it

Updated offer with 20% discount and free shipping on 6'ers. Have at it people

Hey Patrick, I appreciate the idea that the '16 WV is a nice cross between CA and OR. Just a little note on that wine in general and that vintage specifically: My goal with that particular blend is to really show you what the vintage gave us each year. In 2016 we were moving along very similarly to ...

Mike, that is an awesome note on the wine. I'm going to have to put you on payroll when I send out release letters! Thank you for the honest eval on the wine, could't ask for a better response to one of my wines

Paul’s wines are killer! The Alturas we’ve opened recently are without question the best domestic Syrahs I’ve had (Also, the Mourvèdre is absolutely fantastic!) Looks like the word is out and reminds me that I need to order some more.

Updated

Thanks again to Todd for having his finger on the pulse of whats going on in our country as a whole and our industry more specifically. Good man! I'll make our Franny Beck offer very easy: NO CODE NEEDED! 20% on 2 bottles or more with Free Shipping on 6 bottles or more to the continental 48 or champ...

Nick T. wrote: ↑March 12th, 2020, 7:04 am I just want to say thank you to Michael and Franny Beck for their great customer service over a slight little mistake that was made. That is all.

Hey Nick, we always want to make sure everyone is happy with their orders. Just because we got it wrong doesn’t mean we can’t make it right!

C Chen wrote: ↑February 21st, 2020, 12:59 pm Jealous of you all! Eager Californian here waiting for mine to arrive. Can't wait to pop a bottle!

Hey Curtis, look for an email later today about California shipping next week. It shouldn’t be, but shipping to CA requires a little more work on my end. The wine is still good, though!

Thanks so much to everyone! We had a blast!

For those still following this thread, look for a shipping email in the week. I'd like to ship 2/14 or 2/21 with the option to change if weather gets nasty again.

Last chance, folks!

Dave McIsaac wrote: ↑January 28th, 2020, 7:15 pm Trying to buy a '"Vintage Pack" of your LC, and would love to try a couple of your chards - link didn't work for the Vintage

Huh, not sure? I know this sounds ridiculous, but can you refresh you browser and try again?

We’ll keep it going a little longer

Karl_O'Donoghue wrote: ↑January 27th, 2020, 1:38 pm ordered a few. thanks

Hey Karl, thanks for the order! What a crazy day, hope you pick up a whole bunch of cool wines

Dusty Gillson wrote: ↑January 27th, 2020, 1:33 pm Picked up a Pinot Noir showcase! Thanks so much!

Thanks Dusty! The Ohio contingency is strong

RickieM wrote: ↑January 27th, 2020, 1:24 pm I'm in California so I sent an e-mail just now to place an order. Thanks!

Hey Rickie, just sent you a follow up. Look forward to getting some Franny Beck into tour hands! Cheers!

Keith Koshk!n wrote: ↑January 27th, 2020, 12:50 pm Just purchased a Chenaie 4-pack. Looking forward to trying these!

Thanks Keith, that La Chenaie multi vintage pack is the sleeper of Berserker Day. Enjoy!

Paul Hiyake wrote: ↑January 27th, 2020, 7:29 pm100

Hey Paul, thank you so much for helping to support the Berserker Community! The ‘14 Johan may be my favorite wine aromatically that I’ve made. Super floral and flinty with lots of baking spice, orange peel and delicate fruit on the palate. Enjoy, man, it’s a good one!

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