AND IT BEGINS!! Planning for BerserkerDay 13 (Jan 27, 2022)

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Ok, I signed up. I have high hopes that a certain producer is participating this year. (I’ve been meaning to get around to signing up anyway, but this is as good an excuse as any.)

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Ah hell, I spend (waste?) a lot of time here. I have monopoled.

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We are a newbie winery. How can we get involved?

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Count me curious, what are the benefits (deals and perks) of MC?

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Might be touching on BerserkerDay a bit during our Zoom social tomorrow evening, if anyone’s interested

https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3393025#p3393025

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Initiation is a b!tch

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All you GCC and Monopole Cru folks need to buck up and make the obvious next step in your wine drinking careers… go professional so you can become a Berserker Business!! [cheers.gif]

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I’m a sucker for a good deal…
Easy convincing to Monopole up to support this site.

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I’m not quite a full on lurker, but how would one go from their GCC to Monopole membership if they wanted to upgrade? I missed some Flannery stuff and a few wine deals I would have liked. The forum is great and it serves as an amazing, somewhat non-biased, free for all reference for great wine. I was in Finger Lakes in August and stopped by Kemmeter because of what I read on the forum and that was a great time.

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Under your username, upper right, ‘my memberships’

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The costs associated with having a wine business so you can be a Berserker Business is definitely more than the GCC or Monopole Cru costs! :slight_smile:

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I’ll be starting the process of setting everything up this week, and will still be able to take a few choice suggestions on whom else you think should participate as a seller. Send me email or a PM with the info.

Gonna be a busy month!

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Hi Todd,

Can you please post us noobs a link to the Berserker Day “How To” ZOOM?
I have rooted around like a truffle pig [snort.gif] , but came up empty. Assume I am looking in the wrong places…

Much grass,
Esteban

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I’m pretty sure the Zoom Todd is referring to was one geared toward participating wineries/companies. Separate and apart from that, there have been a few Zooms with some wine producers or other board members that have taken place during the pandemic, those can be found here: https://wineimport.discoursehosting.net/t/wine-berserkers-zoom-sessions-master-thread-sticky-published-recorded-videos/160404/1

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Steve, I can give you a private BD tutorial before the event.

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Esteban,

Are you referring to a ‘how to’ for those BUYING from the offers? As Rodrigo mentioned, the zoom sessions I typically do are training for those selling, so they know how to do the posts correctly and accurately. If you feel there’s a need to do it for buyers, which I hadn’t considered, I can do that! Basically you just read the forum, scan the offer, and BUY!

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Is there a place for sellers to start posting drafts of their offerings?

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The forums have not yet been created - very soon - lots to do this week! Sellers will be notified once it’s ready to roll.

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Hi Steve-
It really is quite self-explanatory…even I can figure it out!
Best bets:

  1. Look at last year’s offers to get an idea for how it works (though, again, each offer is self-explanatory). BerserkerDay 12 (Jan 27, 2021) "The Black Friday o - WineBerserkers
  2. Join Grand Cru (which it looks like you did).
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just read this poem byBerserker Patrick Taylor. it about sums it up

[media]‘Twas the Night before B-Day

‘Twas the night before B-Day, when all through the house,
I quietly tiptoed around like a mouse;
Retrieving the C-notes I’d hidden with cheer,
Because Wine Berserker Day soon would be here;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
With nary a clue of the financial dread;
Their college funds emptied, allowances slashed,
The mortgage refinanced to pull out some cash;

Embracing the dough, I fell into a dream;
The kind where you know things are not what they seem;
It started out weird and was prob’ly illegal;
I’d stolen a chopper bound for Screaming Eagle!

The moon turned to morn as I sat down the bird,
Got ready to log in and type the password;
When what to my wondering eyes did appear,
But a middle-aged man drinking Zin from Fred Scherrer,

With a thick head of hair that’s receding a pinch,
I knew in a moment he must be Todd French.
More rapid the offers and auctions he posted,
And he whistled, and shouted, and practically boasted:

“Now Simpson! McIsaac! K0rz€nk0 and Shurman!
Get used to the smell of your credit cards burnin’!
Grand Cru Crü and lurkers, heed my siren call:
Berserk away! I say, Berserk away all!”

As soon as Todd spoke in his sonorous voice,
I knew I was faced with a Faustian choice:
Jump headlong into the Berserker abyss,
Or maintain the prospect of marital bliss?

What happened next, well, I cannot really say,
Except that I got rather carried away;
The Oregon Chard, NorCal reds near Eureka,
The caviar, ribeyes, and Spanish paprika;

Most everything seemed to be calling my name;
This reverie was a most dangerous game,
Because, although I am the king of my castle,
If I buy more stemware, my ass’ll be Grassl;

And then, in a twinkling, the whole thing was over;
The offers sold out, and the reck’ning drew closer;
I’d done pretty well, just a few things were missed;
But I need a good lawyer, ‘cause my wife is pissed!

The whirlybird ready, the dream nearly done,
I looked back at Todd and the red setting sun;
And I heard him exclaim as I flew out of sight,
“Happy B-Day to all, and to all a good night!”[/media]

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