ddeuddeg wrote:Actually, her post doesn't even claim that much. It merely says "I don't have a left side to my brain."
Could it be there's no right side, either?

HEY!

This I expect from Sparky, but you? *sniffs* I'm hurt

laxdad wrote:Well, I use the Adams "tinkertoy" racks because you can make them any shape you'd like. I have two racks, different shapes, I built a base with feet for each to keep them off the floor. Total of about 250 bottles at any given time.

Thanks!

cheron98 wrote:
Then I use my CellarTracker to tell me which rack each bottle is in, and I can find stuff fairly quickly from there

and Thanks!

Keep them coming!

kdjakubs wrote:If there is anyone wanting this lovely wine in the Portland OR area to Eugene, let me know and you can ship it to me. I am in Vancouver - and a winewootvet . Love to help the community
Email me direct at kerilyn @ comcast. net

Thanks for the offer, but why? We can ship directly to Oregon.

In for 2.. can use the gift bags to gift my remaining toothsteijn hehe.. yuck

Well, I e-mailed service.woot and upped my order to 2. My first case buy ever!

I have been ratted. Slight problem though.

Bottle arrived while I was out doing errands. My wife opened it for me and was in the kitchen. When I got home all excited and rushed in to see it, she thought she was being attacked. Wine and glass everywhere. I soaked some up with a towel and will squeeze and strain it (no glass shards) later. First we have to clean up the mess. Next time, I won't let her read the labels.

Slight eau de dishtowel on the nose at this point. Will make for a difficult lab rat report.

polarbear22 wrote:I have been ratted. Slight problem though.

Bottle arrived while I was out doing errands. My wife opened it for me and was in the kitchen. When I got home all excited and rushed in to see it, she thought she was being attacked. Wine and glass everywhere. I soaked some up with a towel and will squeeze and strain it (no glass shards) later. First we have to clean up the mess. Next time, I won't let her read the labels.

Slight eau de dishtowel on the nose at this point. Will make for a difficult lab rat report.

... best announcement EVER ...

polarbear22 wrote:I have been ratted. Slight problem though.

Bottle arrived while I was out doing errands. My wife opened it for me and was in the kitchen. When I got home all excited and rushed in to see it, she thought she was being attacked. Wine and glass everywhere. I soaked some up with a towel and will squeeze and strain it (no glass shards) later. First we have to clean up the mess. Next time, I won't let her read the labels.

Slight eau de dishtowel on the nose at this point. Will make for a difficult lab rat report.

wacka wacka wacka

cheron98 wrote:... best announcement EVER ...

Best and worst. We all weep for the passing of the vino puppy.

polarbear22 wrote:I have been ratted. Slight problem though.

Bottle arrived while I was out doing errands. My wife opened it for me and was in the kitchen. When I got home all excited and rushed in to see it, she thought she was being attacked. Wine and glass everywhere. I soaked some up with a towel and will squeeze and strain it (no glass shards) later. First we have to clean up the mess. Next time, I won't let her read the labels.

Slight eau de dishtowel on the nose at this point. Will make for a difficult lab rat report.

We are sorry for you lose. Hope the wife is okay to.

polarbear22 wrote:I have been ratted. Slight problem though.

Bottle arrived while I was out doing errands. My wife opened it for me and was in the kitchen. When I got home all excited and rushed in to see it, she thought she was being attacked. Wine and glass everywhere. I soaked some up with a towel and will squeeze and strain it (no glass shards) later. First we have to clean up the mess. Next time, I won't let her read the labels.

Slight eau de dishtowel on the nose at this point. Will make for a difficult lab rat report.

Guess she took the back label too literally:

3) IN CASE OF POLAR BEAR ATTACK
Grasp bottle firmly by neck, break base on solid surface & defend with quick controlled side-to-side slashing movements - not forward thrusts.

Sounds like she missed since you are ok enough to be updating us.

polarbear22 wrote:When I got home all excited and rushed in to see it, she thought she was being attacked.

Did she slash or thrust?
This is the first report I can recall of anyone taking a w00t back label seriously.

pengu1n wrote:Guess she took the back label too literally:

3) IN CASE OF POLAR BEAR ATTACK
Grasp bottle firmly by neck, break base on solid surface & defend with quick controlled side-to-side slashing movements - not forward thrusts.

Sounds like she missed since you are ok enough to be updating us.

I broke down weeping, so she was safe and stopped waving the bottle.

polarbear22 wrote:I have been ratted. Slight problem though.

Bottle arrived while I was out doing errands. My wife opened it for me and was in the kitchen. When I got home all excited and rushed in to see it, she thought she was being attacked. Wine and glass everywhere. I soaked some up with a towel and will squeeze and strain it (no glass shards) later. First we have to clean up the mess. Next time, I won't let her read the labels.

Slight eau de dishtowel on the nose at this point. Will make for a difficult lab rat report.

I am a professional skeptic and I have to say that I doubt the veracity of your report. I find it too much of a coincidence that your lovely bride would attempt to attack you, PolarBear, in the manner suggested on the label. I think it more likely that:
1) you have not been ratted, or
2) the wine does not, in fact, have a nose of dish towel.
Care to come clean?

dayoff53 wrote:I am a professional skeptic and I have to say that I doubt the veracity of your report. I find it too much of a coincidence that your lovely bride would attempt to attack you, PolarBear, in the manner suggested on the label. I think it more likely that:
1) you have not been ratted, or
2) the wine does not, in fact, have a nose of dish towel.
Care to come clean?

I showered it off, so yes I am clean.

dayoff53 wrote:I am a professional skeptic and I have to say that I doubt the veracity of your report. I find it too much of a coincidence that your lovely bride would attempt to attack you, PolarBear, in the manner suggested on the label. I think it more likely that:
1) you have not been ratted, or
2) the wine does not, in fact, have a nose of dish towel.
Care to come clean?

Spoilsport!!!!!

jawlz wrote:Spoilsport!!!!!

Yes, I believe I can admit to that as well. Professional skeptic AND spoilsport. A man cannot but accept his nature.

Corrado wrote:Surprised this is still going! I think the only woot.wine to NOT sell out has been the costly-for-one-bottle-of-woot-wine Polyphemus (which I would gladly violate the SIWBM to pick up again). Production must be well over 1000 cases.

1230 cases would equate to a nice, round 50 barrels of wine (TS offering was 40 barrels). That would mean 2460 "woots."

My prediction is for a bounce around 2PM EST and sellout by 6PM EST.

Perhaps the results from the last record breaker dazzled them with $$$ possibilities and they vastly ramped up production. See below.

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS134900+20-Oct-2008+BW20081020

woopdedoo wrote:The question: What seems to work best as far as method of organization - and accounting for the likelihood of adding (and subtracting) from the inventory?

For those that care to review and or continue this discussion, I was bored and copied everything over to Corrado's original wine rack thread. At least unless anyone thinks I should put it elsewhere.

tomatillo wrote:Perhaps the results from the last record breaker dazzled them with $$$ possibilities and they vastly ramped up production. See below.

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS134900+20-Oct-2008+BW20081020

A 2005 vintage? I'd love to see WD's crystal ball. Just don't FedEx it to Polarbear!

Torps wrote:In for 2.. can use the gift bags to gift my remaining toothsteijn hehe.. yuck

I tried to give it away, they opened it, tasted it, and gave it right back. snortz!

wow, this was a close call... I usually check wine.woot religiously -- but I'm on vacation this week (woot!) and I just didn't think about it until last night.... and Immediately ordered one, without even getting the wife's blessings first.... I then waited for her to arrive home... I told her what I had done, and then she asked me "why didn't you buy two?"

gotta love her.... (and yes I quickly fired off and e-mail and upped my order)

In for 2!

Daystar wrote:I tried to give it away, they opened it, tasted it, and gave it right back. snortz!

I'm curious.
Are we seeing critical comments from people who are not generally thrilled with the varietal, or is the issue Sangiovese lovers who did not like that particular offering?

My first woot!

I've been lurking on woot forever. Finally decided to hop on the bandwagon with a case of the EHP. The humor and gift bags made the decision to buy a case. Hell, even if it's carp wine, the novelty of the bottle and gift bag makes it worth $10!

in for 2!

This is after asking wifey last night if she was cool with buying these for us to use at holiday parties and/or give as gifts. She, being pragmatic, of course said "no". Guess I accidentally found my credit card info already plugged in, and uh, tripped and hit the gold button by mistake. Ooops!

Good thing I'm shipping them work!

tomatillo wrote:I'm curious.
Are we seeing critical comments from people who are not generally thrilled with the varietal, or is the issue Sangiovese lovers who did not like that particular offering?

I thought the toothstain to be a tremendous value and am very familiar with sangiovese. It's nicely balanced, has bright acidity and isn't a booze/fruit bomb. I think, perhaps sadly, people expect the NO WIMPY WINES mantra to accompany their w.w. purchases.

Clever, tricky wife. She put the real EHP into a decanter and put some of my homemade wine into the bottle for "realism".

I'll be able to post a full labrat report later today.

still no bounce Tuesday at 10am? w.t.f? must have a buttload of this ...

polarbear22 wrote:Clever, tricky wife. She put the real EHP into a decanter and put some of my homemade wine into the bottle for "realism".

I'll be able to post a full labrat report later today.

bwaha.

canonizer wrote:I thought the toothstain to be a tremendous value and am very familiar with sangiovese. It's nicely balanced, has bright acidity and isn't a booze/fruit bomb. I think, perhaps sadly, people expect the NO WIMPY WINES mantra to accompany their w.w. purchases.

You are so right - if anyone has any toothsteijn to give away - please give it to me!!

MarkDaSpark wrote:Finally found it!!!!

Where did you find this baby photo of Brock Lesnar, new UFC champ?

canonizer wrote:I thought the toothstain to be a tremendous value and am very familiar with sangiovese. It's nicely balanced, has bright acidity and isn't a booze/fruit bomb. I think, perhaps sadly, people expect the NO WIMPY WINES mantra to accompany their w.w. purchases.

I agree with you. I thought the Toothstjen was a very nice bottle of wine, with good fruit, even better balance, and easily comparable in quality to an $18-22 Chianti. It's very much a food wine. I had a bottle at lunch a few weeks ago with my partner who, though no connoisseur, drinks quite a bit of Italian wine. He was very impressed with it, especially the PVR.

polarbear22 wrote:Clever, tricky wife. She put the real EHP into a decanter and put some of my homemade wine into the bottle for "realism".

I'll be able to post a full labrat report later today.

magic - on so many levels

I have been ratted! yah! I just got the knock on the door. While I am by no means a wine expert..I will do my best to give you a good report. My husband is in Iraq and won't be much help, so I am having a good friend come over for their insights too....

Gotta go in for one since it's still around! Woot!

polarbear22 wrote:Clever, tricky wife. She put the real EHP into a decanter and put some of my homemade wine into the bottle for "realism".

I'll be able to post a full labrat report later today.

The great thing about being a skeptic is you are so frequently disappointed!
Looking forward to your report!

canonizer wrote:I thought the toothstain to be a tremendous value and am very familiar with sangiovese. It's nicely balanced, has bright acidity and isn't a booze/fruit bomb. I think, perhaps sadly, people expect the NO WIMPY WINES mantra to accompany their w.w. purchases.

My problem was it lacked complexity and was just a very thin wine that IMO lacked flavor. I dont like fruit bombs either. That in itself is keeping me from getting any of this although I'm awfully tempted. I just dont want to end up w/ another 6 bottles that I will use to cook w/. With my luck this will be a magnificent wine that I miss out on, watch!

dayoff53 wrote:The great thing about being a skeptic is you are so frequently disappointed!
Looking forward to your report!

I was interrupted before I finished that thought, then lost track. I meant to say that the great think about being a skeptic is that you are so SELDOM disappointed. Especially when it concerns carp you read on the internet... <g>

dixbry wrote:I have been ratted! yah! I just got the knock on the door. While I am by no means a wine expert..I will do my best to give you a good report. My husband is in Iraq and won't be much help, so I am having a good friend come over for their insights too....

your husband is awesome, congrats on the rattage, I hope he's back soon and you can enjoy a couple bottles together.