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Verge Dry Creek Valley Syrah - Two Pack
$49.99 + $5 shipping
Condition: Red
Product: 2 2007 Verge Dry Creek Valley Syrah
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2007 Verge Dry Creek Valley Syrah

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boo server errors... I'm trying to buy, here!

Weird... were woot's servers just broken or does my new router prohibit purchasing and commenting at woot? :-/

PetiteSirah wrote:boo server errors... I'm trying to buy, here!

Same here too.

please voice up if you've been or experieced this winery?

I am a little surprised they went with the Doris Day theme in the write up this time, considering the actual K syrah was offered a while back

Actually, if this wine is from BS (i.e., BD) infested Vineyards, I'll have to pass. That would certainly explain the price...

PetiteSirah wrote:Actually, if this wine is from BS (i.e., BD) infested Vineyards, I'll have to pass. That would certainly explain the price...

How would you know?

ckeilah wrote:How would you know?

Will wait for the winemaker's response. See the write-up.

ckeilah wrote:How would you know?

From reading their website it looks like they practice biodynamic farming preparations on their Unti vineyard, but I didn't see anything about them being certified biodynamic.

PetiteSirah wrote:Will wait for the winemaker's response. See the write-up.

Did you mean the wine.woot write-up, or the winery write-up?

PetiteSirah wrote:boo server errors... I'm trying to buy, here!

Still unable to order.

The writeup in the first post.

Worked for me now ....



Sorry all, maybe if I had checked earlier??


Edit: Darn it!!!!


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Here is some good info on fermenting with wild yeast:

http://www.winemakermag.com/stories/article/indices/43-yeast/758-wild-yeast-the-pros-and-cons-of-spontaneous-fermentation

Personally, I would never do it for more than an experiment. The whole point is to control as many variables as possible to create a fine drink. But that's just me....

LukeDuff wrote:Problem is fixed now. Sorry about the hassle.

Sorry to say, if the "Problem" you refer to is the fact that we cannot order this wine, then it is NOT fixed; at least not for me. I still get the sign saying something went wrong.

LukeDuff wrote:Problem is fixed now. Sorry about the hassle.

Sorry to say, if the "Problem" you refer to is the fact that we cannot order this wine, then it is NOT fixed; at least not for me. I still get the sign saying something went wrong.

... and it also appears that I can't post anymore. :-( The browser window just freezes all red and never progresses to the "adding your post"

ckeilah wrote:Sorry to say, if the "Problem" you refer to is the fact that we cannot order this wine, then it is NOT fixed; at least not for me. I still get the sign saying something went wrong.

... and it also appears that I can't post anymore. :-( The browser window just freezes all red and never progresses to the "adding your post"

It seems to work for me now. But I had to refresh my browser window of the main wine.woot site to get it going.

JOATMON wrote:It seems to work for me now. But I had to refresh my browser window of the main wine.woot site to get it going.

Yes! Suddenly BOTH of my posts went through, and I can now get to the order screen. Thanks woot codemonkeys! :-)

JOATMON wrote:It seems to work for me now. But I had to refresh my browser window of the main wine.woot site to get it going.

Yes! Suddenly BOTH of my posts went through, and I can now get to the order screen. Thanks woot codemonkeys! :-)

Now, can you come help me get VPN working between a Cisco router and an iPhone?

ckeilah wrote:Yes! Suddenly BOTH of my posts went through, and I can now get to the order screen. Thanks woot codemonkeys! :-)

You can say that again. LOL.

I must have had too much w00t wine tonight, I'm seeing double on all your posts.

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ckeilah wrote:Here is some good info on fermenting with wild yeast:

http://www.winemakermag.com/stories/article/indices/43-yeast/758-wild-yeast-the-pros-and-cons-of-spontaneous-fermentation

Personally, I would never do it for more than an experiment. The whole point is to control as many variables as possible to create a fine drink. But that's just me....

Great link, thank you! What's all this about infestation with what?
Here's some more information on what biodynamic farming is.

Scroll down the page then to where they describe this winery. A lot of information on what the winemakers are all about.

Just the beginning:
"Wine Cellars is dedicated to producing expressive Syrah from unique parcels and vineyards throughout the North Coast. Sourcing their fruit from vineyards on the edges of the wild, they strongly believe that organic and biodynamic growers produce better grapes and the best Syrah.

They take a minimalist approach in the cellar. Native yeasts contribute to what they call the Wild Stamp... It’s their intention to let Syrah shine, and the best Syrah comes from places off the beaten path, where vines are influenced by entire ecosystems... "

and more

I found just one review, a rather pretty blogger with a good nose and some good descriptions of the taste.

A mini-review which likes the "funky dirt on those backberries".

I wonder if the winery will send 10% of their woot takings to Feed America?

richardhod wrote:I found just one review, a rather pretty blogger with a good nose and some good descriptions of the taste.

A mini-review which likes the "funky dirt on those backberries".

I wonder if the winery will send 10% of their woot takings to Feed America?

Looking through a review or ten there, it certainly seems as though that reviewer gets a lot of bottles for free from the various wineries.

Clearly she does a lot of wine-related travelling, and as such is probably either professional or semi-professional.

I appreciate her attention to what the enclosure is, and her reviews are fairly short, which is also nice.

Suprised to see corks instead of twist tops. Being all they put the wine through.

PetiteSirah wrote: That would certainly explain the price...

It's not any more expensive then the recent offerings of B Cellars, Corison, Ty Caton, Torii Mor....just to name a few.

Unless you figure that Syrah is a cheaper grape to grow or perhaps that the Dry Creek area is less expensive to grow and bottle grapes than at the wineries listed above??

I'm just trying to understand this statement...

Very excited to give this fine juice a try. Sounds rather different. I have 6 gallons of wine fermenting in my basement right now. I was commenting to my wife last night that our basement smells like a winery! I am available and would love to be a rat on this one.

In for one. After reading a few reviews about this winery, I couldn't pass up trying it. Love a big Syrah with a great NY Strip.

Would love to rat. :-)

Thanks for the offering Woot, very excited to try it.

Again, too high alc content = me no buyee Maybe next time, 13.5 and lower= DEAL DONE

have a nice day

so how would this compare to the hudson carenos syrah's?

Krugsters wrote:It's not any more expensive then the recent offerings of B Cellars, Corison, Ty Caton, Torii Mor....just to name a few.

Unless you figure that Syrah is a cheaper grape to grow or perhaps that the Dry Creek area is less expensive to grow and bottle grapes than at the wineries listed above??

I'm just trying to understand this statement...

What our good friend PS is trying to say is that he, like several others around here including me, think that Bio-Dynamic farming is a marketing ploy not backed by scientific evidence of its efficacy. Or as has been expressed so eloquently in other threads... BD = BS.

PS votes his lack of support for BD wines by not buying any marketed as such.

ps... PS I saw that you were trying to buy this and :o figured you hadn't read the write up yet...

spdrcr05 wrote:What our good friend PS is trying to say is that he, like several others around here including me, think that Bio-Dynamic farming is a marketing ploy not backed by scientific evidence of its efficacy. Or as has been expressed so eloquently in other threads... BD = BS.

PS votes his lack of support for BD wines by not buying any marketed as such.

I'm also thinking that I'm in the same boat. Read the article and didn't get much out of it. But I do love syrah,

boaz38 wrote:Again, too high alc content = me no buyee Maybe next time, 13.5 and lower= DEAL DONE

have a nice day

Alcohol is the fun in wine. I do not think it's dependent because some of the paso wines do not show the heat in it. (ex. Red Zeppelin)

spdrcr05 wrote:What our good friend PS is trying to say is that he, like several others around here including me, think that Bio-Dynamic farming is a marketing ploy not backed by scientific evidence of its efficacy. Or as has been expressed so eloquently in other threads... BD = BS.

PS votes his lack of support for BD wines by not buying any marketed as such.

ps... PS I saw that you were trying to buy this and :o figured you hadn't read the write up yet...

That I understand but I don't understand the comment about the price.
It is no higher than previous woot offerings.

I can understand, although not agree, PS dismissing it on principle, but he also brought in price as well. If it were, say $10 more a bottle than what's usually up than I'd see his point.

I suppose this should go over to the Discourse thread....

Krugsters wrote:That I understand but I don't understand the comment about the price.
It is no higher than previous woot offerings.

I can understand, although not agree, PS dismissing it on principle but he also brought in price as well. If it were, say $10 more a bottle than what's usually up than I'd see his point.

I am with ya on this Krugsters. I am hoping we can get some valid notes on this wine. I understand principal but I thought we were all about the wine here. As for price compared to all the other BDs out there is a great price relatively. I have found nothing but good reviews on the web. So here's to principal and leaving more for me!