Bought from before (but bought again yesterday):
Wine Check
EMH
Match
Purchased from producers never tried before:
Jemrose (today, when I saw it extended)
Balius
Lagier Meredith
Sandler
Kendric
Jean Edwards
Congruence
Intended on purchasing but got shut out:
12c
On the fence but didn’t purchase (and thankful these haven’t been extended):
Joseph Swan
Keating (that case offer was SICK!)
Tercero (was considering two cases!)
Chester’s Anvil
Akouma Zoume
Down to Earth
Weygant
etc etc (there were several others as well)
As it is, I left with 5 cases of wine (plus the Wine Check).
I was really on the fence about the Zepaltas, a few months from now I’ll wish I had at least picked up a sixer. Just hate not knowing for sure what’s in the offer I guess.
Stopped by Holdredge to pick up my 2 4-packs and since he’s such an “A++++++++++++ Guy” I rounded it out to a case. Plus Sophia poured me some “True” and “Rolling Thunder”. Different ends of the flavor spectrum with the True being very pretty, cranberry driven, light bodied and the Rolling Thunder being black fruit driven and ripe but still fairly light on its’ feet. Now I get to pay a return visit for some True in the near future.
With Rhys hitting this week, I had to be a bit restrained. I bought a case each of the Zepaltas and Tercero Grenache Blanc and three bottles of the Halcon Vineyards Alturas Syrah.
I’m in a bit of a moratorium right now, esp. from Cali wine, having recently passed on Copain, Rivers-Marie, and Kutch offers and canceling my Windy Oaks membership. I own more than enough Cali wine for the next 15 years - assuming it will last that long. And I probably will buy the Rhys offer this week.
So as it was mostly Cali centric, I did pass on the vast majority of this.
But I did have to go w/ 2 Patty Green Ana 3 packs, and a mixed case of Foreau from Rob Panzer at Down to Earth.
Long time lurker, first time purchasing on Beserker Day! Made up for lost time with:
Jean Edwards
Sandler
Helioterra
Vincent
Kendric
Siduri
I’m a Pinot Noir lover and I felt like I was a kid in a candy store today! There were others I wanted and didn’t get to in time (Loring Spray, Black Cat), but this was a great bunch, all but one new producers to me. Can’t wait for the weather to get warmer to try them out!
So much for my 2012 SIWBM…
Thanks to Todd and all the producers for their wonderful deals today.
Boxes are piling up at the office today Holdredge, Sandler, and another I’m guessing is probably Jemrose. This is about the time the guys in the shipping & receiving dept start asking if I need to go to a meeting or something