texacaliali wrote:sake...keep an eye out. !

Http://sake.woot.com

Yes it works, but of course you already knew that

In before the buzzer!

pcuccaro wrote:I'm with you! Nice winery participation, positive input from folks who have experience with the wines and the coasters are hard to resist. Even though there is no room at the inn, a set of these are headed my way.

I have no room either!! but it didn't stop me from pulling the trigger!! I can't help it... I am addicted to buying good wine!!

jrickards wrote:Ok everyone, I'm going offline for now to head into the winery. I will be on periodically throughout the day.

My dad will probably log on sometime this evening. He is also a critical care nurse and he is doing his life saving duties today.

Hi, I am home from work (ICU at a hospital). I am really amazed at the response and fortunately we had enough wine for everyone, but don't worry we will make more. Good work Jon for filling in during the day. Cheers Jim

kylemittskus wrote:Yes. That is a substantial difference in pH. Are you sure the one was 3.28 for a zin. That sounds really low. Anyway, if those #s are accurate, yes. The difference will be the acidity level in the wine. The wine with 3.28 will be much more zippy, zingy, whatever word you like. It would also cleanse your palate from food, especially fatty food (steak) much much better. Necessary read part 1 and part 2.

Thanks for replying. I went on the Inspiration website for the technical notes and it staes 3.28 PH. However, i enjoyed that wine and did bot find it zingy thpugh i am sensitive to that. I fpund th inspiration jammy and well balanced. In your experoence will this zin be fuller and bolder? Thanks again

jrickards wrote:I see we're bouncing again, so want to respond to the barrel question. For the zins, it's about 60/40 American vs. French and about 70/30 old vs. new. We like one year old French barrels that were used for Pinot (Jim calls it weak red wine) so that not a lot of oak flavor is imparted, but the tight grain helps to adjust the exposure in aging. The new American oak flavors are the ones we like in the zins, but keep it under check with the balance. Thanks to all for your kind words and we hope WW will have us back again. Cheers!

Thanks for getting back! I am not a big fan of overoaked zins so glad to know your approach is to limit exposure to oak flavors. Looking forward to tasting these!

bolligra wrote:In for one. I'll have to wear the moustache over my goatee!

Hi everyone, when you get your mustache and put it on please post it and send it to me so we can post it on facebook. Kind of "Where is Jim's mustache". Cheers Jim

losthighwayz wrote:Thanks for replying. I went on the Inspiration website for the technical notes and it staes 3.28 PH. However, i enjoyed that wine and did bot find it zingy thpugh i am sensitive to that. I fpund th inspiration jammy and well balanced. In your experoence will this zin be fuller and bolder? Thanks again

I haven't had this wine and obviously there's more to the profile than just the pH, but generally, a higher pH will be more towards the "bomby" style than a "food friendly" style. As far as bolder and fuller, of depends on what you mean. The structure will be less, well, structured because the acidity is lower. The fruit may show more for the same reason. For me, it's a time and place thing. Some wines, I drink alone and some are far better with food. From the pH alone, this wine would fall in the former category for me.

Wow I think this shipped today via GSO for overnight delivery Friday.....very nice, cannot wait to try it out!!

bsevern wrote:Wow I think this shipped today via GSO for overnight delivery Friday.....very nice, cannot wait to try it out!!

Thats crazy. Wine.Woot is using GSO now? The quick ship will be nice, but the pickup options are a little more of a pain. I like the fedex office option.

trifecta wrote:Thats crazy. Wine.Woot is using GSO now? The quick ship will be nice, but the pickup options are a little more of a pain. I like the fedex office option.

My bad, the GSO package was from Invino...got my J. Rickards today via FedEx.

Mine is due Friday. Currently, it is somewhere in Wisconsin, winding its' way Eastward in the hands of Fred Ex.

Got mine today!! woot! The mustache coasters are hilarious, I love it. I'll have to get a pic with one of these on, though already having a full beard/stache, not sure how it'll work. I actually thought they were for wine glass markers, haha :D Maybe that's what i'll do instead...

bsevern wrote:My bad, the GSO package was from Invino...got my J. Rickards today via FedEx.

Got mine via GSO

Just opened the first bottle of Old Vine. Hot on the nose at first. Am waiting to take the first taste.

Anyone cracked a bottle open yet? I thought I would in expectation of a woot off soon. Wanted to know if I liked it just in case it is offered again.

J

ThunderThighs wrote:I have to pick mine up tomorrow because darling FedEx person decided not to ring the doorbell but instead tag and run. I was home and awake.

I got the Rookie Driver, who "couldn't find my street address". Although I saw the truck down the street on the next road over, and never saw it come up my hill.
FredEx did paste a helpful map to the box and resend on Monday, though.

jelliott04 wrote:Just opened the first bottle of Old Vine. Hot on the nose at first. Am waiting to take the first taste.

Anyone cracked a bottle open yet? I thought I would in expectation of a woot off soon. Wanted to know if I liked it just in case it is offered again.

J

Had the Old Vine with grilled burgers last night. Yes, a little hot upon opening, but after 45 minutes, this was great. Plan on ordering more from the winery next week.