I send bawhm a text, but I would prefer 3 bottles. I can wait especially since I will be gone most of june.

Anyone tried the ty caton cab on wtso? Looks like a good price point but no ct notes. Thx

knobody wrote:
woot, is there any way to pay the extra for summer delivery? a week on a truck in 32+ degree heat won't make for a happy wine. it's been summer for two months already.

It's not been summer anywhere on this planet for the past 2 weeks, and just above freezing (since Woot doesn't ship anywhere that uses the metric system) is a very good temperature for shipping wine, though you might end up needing to filter out some tartrate crystals.

That said if any of the CT bunch need a bottle or two, let me know, I don't need a full triple order!

guzmantis wrote:Anybody in DC/MD interested in a split?

Check your pm's

liverman wrote:In Germany, a Riesling with this residual sugar level would be a spätlese or auslese wine with 8-10% alcohol (or less).

I mixed some terminology in the above statement and wanted to point it out to those just starting to understand Riesling terminology.

The terms "spätlese" and "auslese" do not directly designate the residual sugar (sugar remaining after the winemaking is complete). They are terms that indicate the minimum ripeness of the grapes used to make the wine by measuring the sugar level in the unfermented grape juice or must (ordered in increasing levels of ripeness):
- Kabinett
- Spätlese (late harvest)
- Auslese (select harvest)
These levels are achieved by leaving the grapes on the vine for longer periods of time. See this picture from Dr. Loosen Vineyards.

If the conditions are correct, berries can be infected by a naturally occurring mold (Botrytis cinerea) which causes the water to evaporate, thereby concetrating sugar, acid and minerals in the shrivelled berries. This infection does not occur to all berries or even every year, so they are usuall reserved to make only the highest quality auslese wines levls avove auslese:
- Beerenauslese (berry selected harvest) or BA
- Trockenbeerenauslese (dried berry selected harvest) or TBA
Pictures of Riesling infected with Botrytis.

That initial sugar can either turn into alcohol or residual sugar - the winemaker chooses the balance with the winemaking techniques. The resulting wine is termed dry (trocken), medium dry (halbtrocken), medium sweet (halbsüss) or sweet (süss) depending on the amount of sugar remaining.

Dr Loosen has a great website with more articles, videos and links where you can learn more about Riesling.

I hope this is useful to those of you just starting to experience this varietal.

Would anybody in the Twin Cities be interested in splitting this?

Last wooter to woot: mike808

SIWBM popped. In for 2. Loved the Triacipidis.

This looks to be great for making white sangria on the poop deck of the frigate. Prepare to be boarded!

Ouch- we are full up on wines, in fact there are still two cases awaiting storage.

I guess it's time to drop the F-bomb into the mix for the summer. I'm in!

sshapiro216 wrote:Would anybody in the Twin Cities be interested in splitting this?

I'll get in! Check your PM's (not too quick - I have to send it first).

Apparently, there are beaucoups Woot Cellars offerings in the offing ... this can ONLY be a good thing.

This one's an odds-on favorite to be a winner for the sweet riesling folks; others have been very, very worthwhile, too.

Got my fingers crossed for some dry rieslings; some crisp, herbal Sauvigons blancs; maybe even a nice, dry rose or two, eh whot?

Summertime and the living is gooooood, of not exactly easy.

Anyone in the north Atlanta area up for a split? I simply do not have the room for five bottles. 2 or 3 is even pushing but I really want to try this.

Anyone in houston willing to part with a bottle? I really want to try this but don't have the budget to order myself right now.

Bouncy bouncy

This is one I will be giving my FedEX and UPS delivery guys to enjoy with their wives. They continue to call me when they are enroute to my place, so I gotta keep them happy.

bkarlan wrote:Bouncy bouncy

Finally, actually amazed it's lasted this long!

msruru wrote:Please explain how you think this wine will compare to the Woot Cellers Triecipedis.

not sure if anyone's answered this, but, the triacipedis 2010 was actually from the same company. I believe it was classified as a dry reisling though. I loved it. I think if you liked that, you couldn't go wrong here, unless you're REALLY sensetive to a little extra sweetness. If this is sweeter, I don't think it would be by much

coynedj wrote:I'll get in! Check your PM's (not too quick - I have to send it first).

PM's checked and responded to! Sorry for the delay... my internet decided to take a break for a few hours.

gooberpeas wrote:not sure if anyone's answered this, but, the triacipedis 2010 was actually from the same company. I believe it was classified as a dry reisling though. I loved it. I think if you liked that, you couldn't go wrong here, unless you're REALLY sensetive to a little extra sweetness. If this is sweeter, I don't think it would be by much

2010 Tri wasn't dry, nor a riesling. It was almost equal parts Riesling/Chard/SB, and like half the residual sugar of this- which is still off-dry.

Not having tasted this, I would expect this to exhibit more of the floral and stone fruit notes (apricot, peach, etc.) and have that nice crisp sweet/acid thing going on, but have less of the buttery/citrus/pineappleness.

And of course be a bit sweeter tasting...

I've been on the fence on buying this wine, since I have to clue what Riesling tastes like or am not an aficionado. Yet I like the label, so...

F-Bomb this!!! I'm in for one.

mawy wrote:Anyone in houston willing to part with a bottle? I really want to try this but don't have the budget to order myself right now.

Sure thing. I sent you a PM.

ThunderThighs wrote:WineDavid watches the temperatures in the various regions and manages the shipments even though we're not technically in summer shipping mode ($7).

There's a recent thread discussing shipping and WD popped in to answer.

Woot! I don't care for summer shipping. I don't like the styrofoam shippers and I haven't had a problem being that I live in MN.

Well if anyone in the Atlanta area picked this up and is willing to part with a bottle or two let me know.

And now a Woot Off! I have no room! This just sucks...

acompdude wrote:Well if anyone in the Atlanta area picked this up and is willing to part with a bottle or two let me know.

And now a Woot Off! I have no room! This just sucks...

I let life (you know, work, family, and other things that dare draw me away from wine.woot) get in the way and forgot about the F-Bomb until this morning. Otherwise, I would have gone in with you on the Atlanta split...maybe next time.

I got this in the mail today!?! Whoa! I'm one pleased wine-wooter. Bicycling home today, but maybe I can fit one bottle in the backpack? :D

Amazing! Only ordered this on Monday, and it just arrived! Thank you Wine Woot! And thank you Three Wine Company, Wine Country Connect, and FedEx. My FedEx guy says he is moving on to another job after this. Hope it's not because I wore him out.

ThunderThighs wrote:WineDavid watches the temperatures in the various regions and manages the shipments even though we're not technically in summer shipping mode ($7).

There's a recent thread discussing shipping and WD popped in to answer.

I hope mine is ok. It was shipped on the 23rd and is sitting in Reno, NV. You know it is warm in NV and it has been hot here.

suzika wrote:I hope mine is ok. It was shipped on the 23rd and is sitting in Reno, NV. You know it is warm in NV and it has been hot here.

Mine is also still in Reno, and I'm hoping that was by design. Originally I think it said it was supposed to be delivered tomorrow. Now it says Friday. I'm in Chicago where it's been upper 80's and 90's for a few days now and Reno is 15 degrees cooler. I don't mind it taking a few days in order to chill in an air conditioned warehouse over the weekend. Eagerly waiting!!!

zenisu wrote:Mine is also still in Reno, and I'm hoping that was by design. Originally I think it said it was supposed to be delivered tomorrow. Now it says Friday. I'm in Chicago where it's been upper 80's and 90's for a few days now and Reno is 15 degrees cooler. I don't mind it taking a few days in order to chill in an air conditioned warehouse over the weekend. Eagerly waiting!!!

Same here. Shows on tracking as in Reno for the entire long weeked. Hope it is having fun there. ;)
It is possible it is in transit from Reno to the next stop - Fedex does not update until it arrives at a stop. We shall see.

Sooo yummy!!

15 minutes ago it got here. I will chill a bottle and try it this weekend, but, man each bottle is warm.

I hope they're fine as I am so excited to try this.

My bottles arrived today. Since I was foolhardy(awesome?) enough to go in for the full amount my total number of bottles ordered was 15. They got shipped as two different packages, one of five and one of ten. Is this going to be part of the new WineWoot shipping experience as well? When there are more than 12 bottles available to buy at once they will be shipped out in two sets?

FedEx messed up the delivery so who knows when it's going to show up....meh.

theomach wrote:My bottles arrived today. Since I was foolhardy(awesome?) enough to go in for the full amount my total number of bottles ordered was 15. They got shipped as two different packages, one of five and one of ten. Is this going to be part of the new WineWoot shipping experience as well? When there are more than 12 bottles available to buy at once they will be shipped out in two sets?

Offers are typically limited to a case so Wine.woot probably does not have boxes for more than a case.

This was excellent tonight and I am not usually a white wine person. Not overly sweet or light. Delicious, to be honest. Very nice, Woot Cellars. Kudos.

cortot20 wrote:Offers are typically limited to a case so Wine.woot probably does not have boxes for more than a case.

That makes sense. The more I thought about it the more I came to the conclusion that some kind of splitting up had to be made.

I'm generally not a white kind of guy, but this stuff is sublime. Is there any way to get more? I suspect not. Can anyone recommend a commercially available Riesling that would be similar?