smagee wrote:Is it just me, or does that picture feel almost deliberately misleading? The raspberry bottle looks the same size as the other two, yet the description states that it's a 500 mL as opposed to the 750 mLs. I suppose it's clever, but it feels a bit disingenuous.

I don't think so. The raspberry bottle looks much more slender than the other two. It is the same height, but just thinner. I think the picture does it justice.

brockb wrote:Yep... $10 a bottle at most places... I don't see the bargain either. I should have bumped last weeks order from 2 to 3. =(

I wish I could find this for 10 a bottle. It's 14-15 everywhere around here. I bought the same trio from woot last year and was very happy with it. I think it's certainly a fair price.

wow this is not a deal

out 2 weeks in a row ... disappointing

superspryte wrote:PPS - I have a job.

Congratulations! It's always a good thing to have a source of income! And coming out of school, with debts looking large...well, sufficient income to cover all of the needs and some of the wants is PRIME!

Now the question: Is it in your field - or at least related?

damightyanteater wrote:Can someone tell me or point me in the direction of a mead primer. I don't really know anything about it. How is it made, best way to consume, maybe even a cheap one that I can find at the speciality spirits store so I know what I'm getting into before wooting this.

thanks in advance.

Mead (IPA: /ˈmiːd/) is a fermented alcoholic beverage made of honey, water, and yeast. Meadhing (ˈmɛ.ðɪŋ) is the practice of brewing honey. Mead is also colloquially known as "honey wine".

Can we get some wineries in here that will ship to NJ??? My Woot Wine stash has dwindled and I would love to stock up again. Every week I get excited to see the new woot wine... then I scroll down to see no NJ on the list. I don't even mind the tediously long delivery times because they haven't been that long.

dakillawoot wrote:Today's my birthday!!!! My 30th, in fact. And all I wanted was my name in lights....


Chaucer's Mead Trio
Current numbers (updated each minute):
First sucker: dakillawoot
Speed to first woot: 0m 10.577s

Last wooter to woot: jasondalke

My friends call me.....the first sucker!!!!!!!!!!!!
(sigh, Im so happy!!!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

inflatablechair wrote:What, no olallieberry?

I enjoyed that olallieberry, so did my mother. Can't wait to try the mead!

mdscholar wrote:Okay, let's review:

1) possibly BRITAIN / British (East New BRITAIN and Ipswich in Great BRITAIN)

2) Physician's friend

3) Parson's pal

Guess: Chaucer's Cellars by Bargetto Winery
Dessert Wines

http://www.bargetto.com/chaucers.shtml

also: http://www.chaucerswine.com/

"The distinct taste of these wines can be enjoyed in the tradition of Medieval England. In the spirit of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, experience these unique wines as a pilgrimage in sensory delight."

The Canterbury Tales had both a Physician and Parson telling tales.

md, your skills never cease to amaze.

Whew, this week's offering makes my decision easy and eases the strain on the wallet. Got no interest in this sort of purchase. Will be easy to wait to see what shows up next week.

HitAnyKey42 wrote:Whew, this week's offering makes my decision easy and eases the strain on the wallet. Got no interest in this sort of purchase. Will be easy to wait to see what shows up next week.

Ditto that.

I keep thinking of Harry Potter and friends at Diagon Alley.

damightyanteater wrote:Can someone tell me or point me in the direction of a mead primer. I don't really know anything about it. How is it made, best way to consume, maybe even a cheap one that I can find at the speciality spirits store so I know what I'm getting into before wooting this.

thanks in advance.

When this was in the woot-off about a year ago now (this very trio), the mead came with mulling spices and instructions. I'd imagine that was standard and will be included with this bunch. The winemaker can verify.

Warm mulled mead is very tasty, particularly on a cold winter night. Not that we've been having many of those lately on the east coast.

iByron

A pass on this week. Would like to see a come again on the Three Rivers Washington Red Mini-Vertical Duo!

hlcueva wrote:Can we get some wineries in here that will ship to NJ??? My Woot Wine stash has dwindled and I would love to stock up again. Every week I get excited to see the new woot wine... then I scroll down to see no NJ on the list. I don't even mind the tediously long delivery times because they haven't been that long.

hl, I'm pretty sure that this is available at Total Wine and I know it's at the PA state stores. Stay here in the forums and read what labrats and the winemaker have to say. If it's agreeable, get thee to ye local wine shoppe and buy it there. Come back and tell us that you've done so.

That's what they call a "soft sale." It doesn't add to wine.woot's bottom line directly, but it does let the winemaker know that being here affects product sales positively and his/her participation is just as important as the offering itself.

iByron

On the shipping instructions it showed 2 and 2. That would be a nice suprise.

Yumm! Thank you! From a white wine girl, trapped in a red wine world; meade is lovely, and will be thoroughly enjoyed by me! =)

<3

I've had mead before and enjoyed it, but the pomegranate wine from Chaucers left me wanting (more pomegranate and less tomato). Considering there's a few good bottles of mead at my local liquor store for around the same price I'm going to take a pazzzzz on this one.

a lot of different views on this one for both enjoyment and cost. mead at renaissance festivals/fairs is fun. wish this week was a port offering instead (especially a few months after the kent rasmussen sousao woot).

First sucker: dakillawoot
Speed to first woot: 0m 10.577s

Last wooter to woot: uglybastard


I was tempted not to get this, as I've never had mead. Then I remembered a time a long time ago, when I had never had red wine. I went out on a limb and tried it. Our eyes met, and we have been lovers ever since.

In for 1.

Thanks-I was thinking the same thing as hlcueva-not enough ships to NJ, stinkin' legislative jerks. I'd consider this one-I used to be a reenactor, and drinking mead was required. Good stuff.
Nice to know that we can kind of get it around here, even if it means having to actually get away from my computer....

wow....

what a punch to the soft region...what an exciting week last week was!! first, great selection from Pedroncelli...then the wonderful, crazy deal people posted about the wine cooler.....then, the wonderful and crazy woot off(my first) that included new wine for me!! I was really looking forward to getting into work this morning and racking up some more wine.woots.

Sadly...I am going to have to pass..what a shame.

Bought this during a woot-off, I think. Still have one of the meads and one of the raspberries. I'm afraid of the raspberry one. I've had terrible luck with fruit wines before.

Anyway, on to the Mead. Doing this completely from memory. I'll say it's interesting. It is not a fine wine by any stretch, and I suppose it is quite sweet, but here's the important part: if you know what a sweet wine tastes like (think a syrupy riesling) your mind will attribute the sweetness to the wine, and the flavor of the honey will come through, but oddly won't taste sweet. I remember two flavors: sweet (okay) wine, and non-sweet honey. It's interesting, and well worth a shot if you find it somewhere. If it's cheaper to pick up a single bottle locally than buy this woot, go that way. But as far as experience goes, I'm glad I tried the mead, though I suppose I'm not a huge fan.

Of course, I'm no expert, either at tasting or remembering, so this could be so far off the mark it's a euro (monetary humor!).

But trying things is half the enjoyment of wine, I suppose. I'd rather have 60 different wines with 75% of them being not-good, than 60 identical wines that are good.

uglybastard wrote:First sucker: dakillawoot
Speed to first woot: 0m 10.577s

Last wooter to woot: uglybastard


I was tempted not to get this, as I've never had mead. Then I remembered a time a long time ago, when I had never had red wine. I went out on a limb and tried it. Our eyes met, and we have been lovers ever since.

In for 1.

See my post above. Even if you aren't a huge fan, I think you'll be happy you got the mead. The raspberry, I don't really know. I'm still afraid of it. :-)

kramsauer wrote:See my post above. Even if you aren't a huge fan, I think you'll be happy you got the mead. The raspberry, I don't really know. I'm still afraid of it. :-)

I loved the Raspberry and would've bought this if it came with 2 Raspberry, 1 Mead. I didn't find it too syrupy sweet, actually rather lighter then I thought it would be.

I drank one of the bottles of Mead warm, mulled with the spices they sent and it was wonderful, so much so I wish I had done this with the first bottle too.

bmckenna wrote:md, your skills never cease to amaze.

Thanks! And that was getting the first clue somewhat wrong and not reading the Wikipedia article fully. (bay = Astrolabe Bay in PNG, Ipswich = Chaucer's birthplace, also Chaucer wrote a treatise on the Astrolabe).

cjsiege wrote:Congratulations! It's always a good thing to have a source of income! And coming out of school, with debts looking large...well, sufficient income to cover all of the needs and some of the wants is PRIME!

Now the question: Is it in your field - or at least related?

Now you both hopefully can make the San Diego / Temecula Tasting Pt. 2, The Cradle Snatcher Arrives! Although Cj may have to squawk like a Condor?

I created a new thread at:

http://wine.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=1977049&PageIndex=1&ReplyCount=1

Random update:

Overstock.com 28-bottle wine cooler price reduced to $80.99. Reviewed at 4.4/5. Seems too good to pass up, so I ordered one. $1 shipping and $10 2-year platinum protection plan.

sbrady22 wrote:I want badly, but cannot get. FREAKIN' STUPID STATE OF ALABAMA ALCOHOL LAWS. Our state's alcohol board is run by out-of-date, good-ol'-boy-system, low IQ morons.

I believe you meant "morans", right?
:-)

eric9tx wrote:Random update:

Overstock.com 28-bottle wine cooler price reduced to $80.99. Reviewed at 4.4/5. Seems too good to pass up, so I ordered one. $1 shipping and $10 2-year platinum protection plan.

I ended up buying two of these. The ppb (price per bottle) of storage is unbeatable.

Imagine4vr wrote:I loved the Raspberry and would've bought this if it came with 2 Raspberry, 1 Mead. I didn't find it too syrupy sweet, actually rather lighter then I thought it would be.

That's comforting. Room temp or chilled?

kramsauer wrote:That's comforting. Room temp or chilled?

Raspberry chilled on a hot summer day ...

iByron wrote:hl, I'm pretty sure that this is available at Total Wine and I know it's at the PA state stores. Stay here in the forums and read what labrats and the winemaker have to say. If it's agreeable, get thee to ye local wine shoppe and buy it there. Come back and tell us that you've done so.

That's what they call a "soft sale." It doesn't add to wine.woot's bottom line directly, but it does let the winemaker know that being here affects product sales positively and his/her participation is just as important as the offering itself.

iByron

It also lets the winemaker build up his mailing list so he can spam you with junk mail: http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=1698593

Not gonna lie but I saw this and had a flashback to my shower...

One of my co-workers got my wife and I a nice set of glasses and then gave us the proverbial wine bag. I was thinking "Wow how good has this got to be!"

To my amazement, it was a bottle of Apple Wine from Amish Country down south. I have never tasted anything more repulsive in my life....

Keep the apples in cider and my Thanksgiving Pie - not fermented and in a bottle!

Dare I say the same about the raspberries?

Respectfully..... I'm out for the week.

I can always hope that next week WD has a great offering for my 34th this Friday.

Imagine4vr wrote:Raspberry chilled on a hot summer day ...

Thanks. I'll keep it around until it gets hot again here in Houston.

So count on about a week.

Corrado wrote:
The reality of any sweet carbonated beverage is that someone's done some mucking around with the process. A mead WANTS to be dry (as does a hard cider). Sweetening is accomplished by killing off the live yeast cells and then either adding sugars directly or by diluting with unfermented juices (i.e. off-dry/sweet hard ciders).

The best meads & ciders I've had have been more like an Extra Dry sparkling wine and less like a Fresca.

So, if you had to pick a hard cider, would it be Strongbow or Blackthorn?...Or something completely different?

Jerry559 wrote:So, if you had to pick a hard cider, would it be Strongbow or Blackthorn?...Or something completely different?

I like Scrumpy's. Hard to find in the states.

I like them crisp and tart.

Corrado wrote:
The reality of any sweet carbonated beverage is that someone's done some mucking around with the process. A mead WANTS to be dry (as does a hard cider). Sweetening is accomplished by killing off the live yeast cells and then either adding sugars directly or by diluting with unfermented juices (i.e. off-dry/sweet hard ciders).

The best meads & ciders I've had have been more like an Extra Dry sparkling wine and less like a Fresca.

So glad to hear someone else feels this way. When NC got high grav beer, I thought most of it tasted like liquid sugar coated donkey butt. You can simply tell when a brewer (I'm sure meaders can fall into this category too) is trying too hard to force alcohol production in a high tolerance yeast, and fails. The residual sugars coupled with the high gravity makes for, imho, a product that exists simply to get people messed up, instead of taking advantage of the specific flavour characteristics. My experience with this is almost solely beers and ciders. I feel I know the brewer is doing this when the beer name is something along the lines of "6 Feet Under Ale" or "Have One And Drive Stout." These names are fictitious, but you get the idea...

Loweeel wrote:Q for the Barghetto folks:

I know these are NV, but are they the same "batch" as the last offering, or a different batch? How long will they keep?

To: Loweel and other interested Mead fans

CHAUCER'S MEAD is produced with a 10.5% alcohol level. Hence, it is meant to be consumed within one year of purchase. If the alcohol level was higher, we would expect it to keep it fresh honey flavors for longer.

Yes, it is from a different batch from the last offering. We hope you will enjoy this bottling. One thing that Mead lovers will note is that as the wine ages the fresh honey flavor becomes more of a bready, yeasty profile. Some may enjoy that flavor sensation, some may not.

Salute!

Marty Bargetto
President, Owner Cellars
Cellars