I know as soon as I step out the Hawley Petite Sirah will pop up ......

richardhod wrote:now some culty Napa Cab (Carter something) has crashed the site .

Blocked by mod_slotlimit. More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

That means the database has reached it's limit for connections. They are just over whelmed now that everyone is getting home from work.

mschauber wrote:That means the database has reached it's limit for connections. They are just over whelmed now that everyone is getting home from work.

Edit, sorry, my mistake, that's probably a php setting, not a database..

I got that too, wouldn't load from Firefox, but loaded fine from IE.

bsevern wrote:I got that too, wouldn't load from Firefox, but loaded fine from IE.

It's just a matter of timing.

They seemed to have increased the # of allowed connections. The Carter is still up...

BEWARE Wineshopper shipments: check them carefully. My Buena Vista case came in a bottle short. someone at the warehouse, perhaps. I always check my chipments, and noticed there were only 11 bottles, however hard I looked! Box was sealed, had to be at the other end!

I called them and - to their credit - after offering me a store credit, they agreed straightaway to a cc redund for the bottle concerned. But no "I'm sorry" or "How could that have happened?", which does concern me slightly.

Just bought a nice 03 cote rotie for $18 due to free shipping and a $25 credit (thank you someone here!)

I need a new hobby. I can't afford this one anymore... This Last Bottle marathon is killing me. Thankfully woot is wine free today ;)

mschauber wrote:I need a new hobby. I can't afford this one anymore... This Last Bottle marathon is killing me. Thankfully woot is wine free today ;)

amen

mschauber wrote:I need a new hobby. I can't afford this one anymore... This Last Bottle marathon is killing me. Thankfully woot is wine free today ;)

My plan is when I run out of money, my new hobby will be drinking wine instead of buying it. I figure I've got enough stored up that I can last a few years at least.

redwinefan wrote:My plan is when I run out of money, my new hobby will be drinking wine instead of buying it. I figure I've got enough stored up that I can last a few years at least.

my problem is my hobby is drinking and buying... as my hubby always tells everyone that I am addicted to buying wine!!


Luckily for me, I just got home and haven't been able to check Last bottle all day until now...

I CAN'T STOP BUYING - not good. Last Bottle brings some nice wine to these things. Very hard to resist

I have been intentionally ignoring last bottle since I'm trying not to buy after about 2 cases in the past week and a half. Looks like I've missed some really nice offers, though.

richardhod wrote:BEWARE Wineshopper shipments: check them carefully. My Buena Vista case came in a bottle short. someone at the warehouse, perhaps. I always check my chipments, and noticed there were only 11 bottles, however hard I looked! Box was sealed, had to be at the other end!

I called them and - to their credit - after offering me a store credit, they agreed straightaway to a cc redund for the bottle concerned. But no "I'm sorry" or "How could that have happened?", which does concern me slightly.

Just bought a nice 03 cote rotie for $18 due to free shipping and a $25 credit (thank you someone here!)

I was a bottle short of Chronicle Zin from wine.woot once, they sent me a replacement right away (love wine.woot CS!).

mschauber wrote:I need a new hobby. I can't afford this one anymore... This Last Bottle marathon is killing me. Thankfully woot is wine free today ;)

Have you considered growing mushrooms?

Lots of Turley up today, but I'm not dropping $65 on a bottle of Zin...no matter how much I love it

bsevern wrote:Lots of Turley up today, but I'm not dropping $65 on a bottle of Zin...no matter how much I love it

^ second this. I had a hard enough time dropping $35 on Turley earlier.

And some, even @ $18, seem to last forever.

rjquillin wrote:And some, even @ $18, seem to last forever.

+1

Anyone had the '03 Twenty Bench Cab on Cindy for $12? CT all over the place with users and vintage.

bsevern, your black goose is up for $12...
snagged some

bsevern wrote:Lots of Turley up today, but I'm not dropping $65 on a bottle of Zin...no matter how much I love it

agreed, Zin just not complex enough. $20's about my limit, for wooted Wellington!) OTOH, The Turley PS...

Looks like it's stuck on the 2006 Black Goose Zin because it's trying to charge shipping. Actually got this last time around and if you get a good bottle, it's great, but a lot of bottle variety (from corked, to just OK, to great....weird).

richardhod wrote:agreed, Zin just not complex enough. $20's about my limit, for wooted Wellington!) OTOH, The Turley PS...

Would love to try some well aged Turley PS!

Shipping is currently being charged on Last Bottle. Just a heads up.
Will send them email.

rjquillin wrote:bsevern, your black goose is up for $12...
snagged some

Did you notice if it tried to charge you for shipping?

I'm waffling...out of the four bottles I've tried, two were great, one was corked and one was just OK.

bsevern wrote:Did you notice if it tried to charge you for shipping?

I'm waffling...out of the four bottles I've tried, two were great, one was corked and one was just OK.

Hadn't noticed, but now that you mention it, and I look at my receipts, I've got ~$0.25 or so shipping on all of them.

Humm...

Ahhh, yes, insurance. Duh.

How long is this supposed to last?
Almost worse than a woot-off.
I should'a got some schrooms and gone to ZZZzzzz....

rjquillin wrote:Hadn't noticed, but now that you mention it, and I look at my receipts, I've got ~$0.25 or so shipping on all of them.

Humm...

How long is this supposed to last?
Almost worse than a woot-off.

The ~$0.25 charge is for insurance, I think you can opt of of that, but if you get a corked bottle or such, I believe you're stuck with it.

bsevern wrote:Would love to try some well aged Turley PS!

indeed! Look at my CT review of the 99 rattlesnake acres (or whatever it's called). It's a little story. First time I really had ever ahd a PS, and suddenly I understood the lure of a new-world approach well-done.

YES...scored a bottle of Pillar Rock 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District!!

I've found 2004 to be a VERY good year for Napa cabs.

In case you missed some of the lastbottle wines head over to:
http://www.acmevineyards.com

Looks like the same people and they are offering free shipping too.

bdlsmoran wrote:In case you missed some of the lastbottle wines head over to:
http://www.acmevineyards.com

Looks like the same people and they are offering free shipping too.

Enabler!

bsevern wrote:YES...scored a bottle of Pillar Rock 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District!!

I've found 2004 to be a VERY good year for Napa cabs.

interesting. Not in dumb period at the moment? also, Johnson thought 04 might not live up to potential, but he's not a CA specialist.
I've been holding my Atlas Peak Howell.Veeders until I thought they'd be safely reopened. likewise some Corison of that period.

bdlsmoran wrote:In case you missed some of the lastbottle wines head over to:
http://www.acmevineyards.com

Looks like the same people and they are offering free shipping too.

Interesting...even takes my lastbottle un/pw

Is that Calstar Pinot any good? Seems like it's been on Invino a LOT.

rjquillin wrote:Enabler!

Don't hate the player, hate the game

richardhod wrote:interesting. Not in dumb period at the moment? also, Johnson thought 04 might not live up to potential, but he's not a CA specialist.
I've been holding my Atlas Peak Howell.Veeders until I thought they'd be safely reopened. likewise some Corison of that period.

Drank several 2004 Napa cabs last year and all were very yummy. YMMV. Had a Bennett Lane that was sublime.

edit: BTW who's Johnson?

bsevern wrote:Interesting...even takes my lastbottle un/pw

Is that Calstar Pinot any good? Seems like it's been on Invino a LOT.

It's been their Zin

2007 Calstar Cellars Alta Zinfandel
Cardanini Vineyard, El Dorado County *Small-Lot Artisanship

bsevern wrote:

edit: BTW who's Johnson?

WIKI

Johnson is known as one of the wine world's most vocal opponents to awarding numerical scores to wine.[3] In the autobiography A Life Uncorked, Johnson also expressed regret over the wine critic Robert Parker's influence on the world of wine, which has in his view moved winemaking in many regions towards a more uniform, bigger and richer style.[5] In 2005 Johnson stated, "Imperial hegemony lives in Washington and the dictator of taste in Baltimore"

bsevern wrote:Drank several 2004 Napa cabs last year and all were very yummy. YMMV. Had a Bennett Lane that was sublime.

edit: BTW who's Johnson?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Johnson_(wine_writer) pocket wine guide is essential reading

bsevern wrote:Have you considered growing mushrooms?

Considered it, yes. But who has the money?

bsevern wrote:YES...scored a bottle of Pillar Rock 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District!!

I've found 2004 to be a VERY good year for Napa cabs.

I opted in for 2 of the 2006 and 2 of the 2004... If I'm spending money I don't have, why not spend a little more of what I don't have ;)