bkrupski wrote:Re: 2007 Tallulah Bald Mountain Syrah

I picked up a pair with credits. I saw it was on wine.woot back in Feb. The comments on CT are somewhat complimentary but the ratings are not extraordinary. Any feedback from wooters that bought it in Feb?

Did I make the right choice?

Did anyone catch the 2007 Tallulah Bald Mountain Ranch up on WTSO yesterday for $14.99 - my cellartracker said I paid about $24 off woot. Not cool to see it $10 cheaper.

dstearl wrote:Did anyone catch the 2007 Tallulah Bald Mountain Ranch up on WTSO yesterday for $14.99 - my cellartracker said I paid about $24 off woot. Not cool to see it $10 cheaper.

Not sure I've seen the 2007 yet on woot, it was the 2006 I got earlier here, but I did pick me up some 2007.

Today on Lot18, 2009 Elevage Raised by Wolves, 2 for $43. Wine Woot still has the best deals.

Anyone know much about the Sokol Blosser up on RLL?
Quite an assortment, both in price and variety.

rjquillin wrote:Anyone know much about the Sokol Blosser up on RLL?
Quite an assortment, both in price and variety.

Haven't looked but have enjoyed many of there Pinot's

rjquillin wrote:Anyone know much about the Sokol Blosser up on RLL?
Quite an assortment, both in price and variety.

What's RLL?

blakewoot wrote:What's RLL?

Rue La La. If you want an invite code, PM me.

rjquillin wrote:Anyone know much about the Sokol Blosser up on RLL?
Quite an assortment, both in price and variety.

I wish the white riesling would be sold separately

Ty Caton 2010 Mendocino George's Riesling on WineSpies for $22/bottle

Anyone had this? I've only tried Ty's reds.

redwinefan wrote:Ty Caton 2010 Mendocino George's Riesling on WineSpies for $22/bottle

Anyone had this? I've only tried Ty's reds.

I am also curious.

Schug 06' Cabernet Heritage Reserve at Bevmo. 2 for $49.99 anyone tried this or other vintages of this? This was the only thing in the 5 cent sale that intrigued me.

cortot20 wrote:Schug 06' Cabernet Heritage Reserve at Bevmo. 2 for $49.99 anyone tried this or other vintages of this? This was the only thing in the 5 cent sale that intrigued me.

They don't have the $80 Arrowood for 2 for $50 this time?

kylemittskus wrote:They don't have the $80 Arrowood for 2 for $50 this time?

Unfortunately no. I think that was a major fluke, but it worked out for us.

Edit: Did you open any of those yet?

Did anyone go for the 2010 Domaine du Grand Montmirail Vacqueyras at WTSO?

bsevern wrote:Did anyone go for the 2010 Domaine du Grand Montmirail Vacqueyras at WTSO?

Thanks for the heads up. Looked like a good wine at a good price, so I bought 4. First time buying from WTSO.

Another $16 WTSO offering, RustRidge Winery Chiles Valley, Napa Valley
Estate Bottled Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 Library Selection.
Not much on CT, except community value $40 and high 80's.
The '03 and '06 are $50 on the RR site.
Wondering if any have thoughts on a budget Napa CS?

rjquillin wrote:Another $16 WTSO offering, RustRidge Winery Chiles Valley, Napa Valley
Estate Bottled Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 Library Selection.
Not much on CT, except community value $40 and high 80's.
The '03 and '06 are $50 on the RR site.
Wondering if any have thoughts on a budget Napa CS?

I was ready to pull the trigger on this and half way through the check out the next deal came up and I couldn't order this :-(

I was at a tasting in Pope Valley a month ago and RustRidge was there. They had some of the best wines at the event hands down, including a fabulous chard, and their cabs were darn good too. I thought this was a steal for an aged Napa Valley cab, hope you guys were able to get in on it.

cortot20 wrote:Unfortunately no. I think that was a major fluke, but it worked out for us.

Edit: Did you open any of those yet?

Not yet. I plan to one day this summer.

bsevern wrote:I was ready to pull the trigger on this and half way through the check out the next deal came up and I couldn't order this :-(

I was at a tasting in Pope Valley a month ago and RustRidge was there. They had some of the best wines at the event hands down, including a fabulous chard, and their cabs were darn good too. I thought this was a steal for an aged Napa Valley cab, hope you guys were able to get in on it.

FYI I ordered some 1997 and 2007 from Lot18 at a higher price - they were both corked, undrinkable - Lot18 gave me full credit, no questions asked, which leads me to believe others had the same issue.

Anyone with a current invino shipping code that they'd care to share?

Lot18 is having more layoffs. Proof that flooding the market with vouchers isn't that great of a business strategy?

http://www.businessinsider.com/layoffs-at-lot18-2012-6

redwinefan wrote:Lot18 is having more layoffs. Proof that flooding the market with vouchers isn't that great of a business strategy?

http://www.businessinsider.com/layoffs-at-lot18-2012-6

That's sad, I think their business model needs some minor tweaks to compete with the other flash sites. They get some good wines, but I think they get killed with the shipping. Initially I thought their new shipping change was good, but now after thinking about going in on a few wines, I find that it was actually a step in the wrong direction.

PS - Guess we better use those vouchers up soon....you never know.

angryprez wrote:FYI I ordered some 1997 and 2007 from Lot18 at a higher price - they were both corked, undrinkable - Lot18 gave me full credit, no questions asked, which leads me to believe others had the same issue.

That's a shame, as they do make some nice wines. I got some of their 2005 Cab from WTSO and it's been fine.

IMHO one big plus about wine.woot is the wine comes directly from the winery, vs WTSO and Lot18, who I know source a lot of their wine from distributors, so the provenance could be questionable. Unfortunately they think nothing about shipping your wine across country during a heat wave in the middle of the summer in an unrefrigerated UPS/FexEx truck :-(

For any that missed out on the Buena Vista Ramal 2007 PN that richardhod posted earlier, it's back on WS for $14...

rjquillin wrote:For any that missed out on the Buena Vista Ramal 2007 PN that richardhod posted earlier, it's back on WS for $14...

Well damn, unfortunately it looks like the wine.com voucher I got from RLL does not work on WS. I was going to pick up some this.

Also looks like RLL has some of the same Gilbert that we had in a recent woot-off, and at [edit: nearly] the same price. Now that's a change for RLL.
PM if you need an invite.

rjquillin wrote:For any that missed out on the Buena Vista Ramal 2007 PN that richardhod posted earlier, it's back on WS for $14...

I was going to post about this also! I bought some a couple of months ago based on the recommendations here, and I thought it was very good. And it's $1 less then the previous time! I'm going back for more.

rjquillin wrote:Also looks like RLL has some of the same Gilbert that we had in a recent woot-off, and at [edit: nearly] the same price. Now that's a change for RLL.
PM if you need an invite.

Hmmm, I've still got free shipping there for a couple of days. Am I right in assuming that the orders on RLL will go through the same summer shipping standards we get here on Woot?

redwinefan wrote:Hmmm, I've still got free shipping there for a couple of days. Am I right in assuming that the orders on RLL will go through the same summer shipping standards we get here on Woot?

One could only hope...

Anyone tried the Syrah?

rjquillin wrote:One could only hope...

Anyone tried the Syrah?

I might go in on the Allobroges. The blend sounds interesting, and it gets the best scores of the three on CT.

redwinefan wrote:I might go in on the Allobroges. The blend sounds interesting, and it gets the best scores of the three on CT.

IMHO it's very good

redwinefan wrote:Hmmm, I've still got free shipping there for a couple of days. Am I right in assuming that the orders on RLL will go through the same summer shipping standards we get here on Woot?

I gave RLL a call. The containers are shipped with a cooling agent inside.

I am thinking about going in on the Allobroges.

Decisions....

kittymac wrote:I gave RLL a call. The containers are shipped with a cooling agent inside.

I am thinking about going in on the Allobroges.

Decisions....

Nice data point.
Based on the comments re: Allobroges and some WW Syrah and Left Bank comments, and that I missed the earlier woots, grabbed a few of the combo pak. Cheaper than three of each.

kittymac wrote:I gave RLL a call. The containers are shipped with a cooling agent inside.

I am thinking about going in on the Allobroges.

Decisions....

As long as they don't come with this cooling agent:

rjquillin wrote:Nice data point.
Based on the comments re: Allobroges and some WW Syrah and Left Bank comments, and that I missed the earlier woots, grabbed a few of the combo pak. Cheaper than three of each.

Grabbed a combo pack also. I couldn't make up my mind, so 1 combo pack it is.

For you PS lovers out there:

WTSO has Christopher Creek Winery Sarah's Vineyard Russian River Valley Estate Bottled Petite Sirah 2005 @ $14.99/bottle

I don't know nuthin' about this winery or wine, but I know there are PS lovers among us...

liverman wrote:For you PS lovers out there:

WTSO has Christopher Creek Winery Sarah's Vineyard Russian River Valley Estate Bottled Petite Sirah 2005 @ $14.99/bottle

I don't know nuthin' about this winery or wine, but I know there are PS lovers among us...

If anybody gets a bunch I'd be happy to take a bottle off your hands.

liverman wrote:For you PS lovers out there:

WTSO has Christopher Creek Winery Sarah's Vineyard Russian River Valley Estate Bottled Petite Sirah 2005 @ $14.99/bottle

I don't know nuthin' about this winery or wine, but I know there are PS lovers among us...

At 14.99, seems worth taking a risk on. Although, I'm a little suspicious when WTSO sells wine without having their in house guy pimp them with his own ratings.

bsevern wrote:
Did anyone go for the 2010 Domaine du Grand Montmirail Vacqueyras at WTSO?

blakewoot wrote:
Thanks for the heads up. Looked like a good wine at a good price, so I bought 4. First time buying from WTSO.

This arrived yesterday and this evening I impatiently drank a bottle. It was excellent. I will be buying more wine from WTSO! Much wider selection of European wine than woot - although I sorely miss the depth of discussion and context.

blakewoot wrote:This arrived yesterday and this evening I impatiently drank a bottle. It was excellent. I will be buying more wine from WTSO! Much wider selection of European wine than woot - although I sorely miss the depth of discussion and context.

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