Gah! I shouldn't, but in for 2. The PS and the CS are just too tempting. The Cab Franc is going to be new to me, though.

For those working on educating their palate, the Petite Sirah is supposed to have aromas and flavors of ollalieberries. You could compare with the Chaucer Olallieberry dessert wines.

superspryte wrote:My tiny wine rack is full. I hide my extras under the futon...

Spoken like a true starving student
(from one who has also had a nicely stocked futon)

Loweeel wrote:
Unlike CS, CF also grows decently on the East Coast, especially VA but to a (much) lesser extent, Lawn Guyland as well.

Yeah, CF must be pretty hearty, because I have actually had a tasty one from Wisconsin!

JesseM3 wrote:In my continued support of wineries that ship to NJ - I'm in for 1.

I think I'm going to order as well, it will be nice to have it shipped to my home instead of to my friend in NY, even if it does take months.

shh64 wrote:I was slow tonight too, I was actually doing work getting prepared for tomorrow and realized my computer said it was after 10 pm already.

Uh huh -- likely story. In actuality, it took you a couple of minutes to log out of Mill's account, log in to yours, and place another order.

Frankly, I am surprised it took you this long to give up your own hopes of being First Sucker in order to re-establish the presence of Mill.

Winedavid39 wrote:and he's not even a labrat!! no philosophical dilemma here..

Don't be fooled. Shh is proving to be one slippery sucker. I think he may have been behind the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping, too (keep your eyes open nallie, things did not turn out so well for poor Bruno).

I'd love to buy 2, but it won't let me ship to Massachusetts, even though Massachusetts is listed as being ok for the first time in months. Is it just a minor mistake, or is MA left out in the cold again?

My hopes are dashed. This stinks. Bad Woot.

Just started my wine class last night - series of seven, two-hour sessions on everything wine. Last night was history...pretty darn cool. Did you know that possibly as early as 6000 BC, people were finding naturally fermented wine (in rock crevices, tree trunks, etc) and drinking? We got to try some of the older varietals...eh, and I will stick to the newer ones, I think.

I am soooo excited about the PS and the Cab Franc. In for one and will cross my fingers that it arrives prior to my wine party in a few weeks.

Cheers!

alukan wrote:Man I am the same way ... I realy can't afford any more if for no other reason than the lack of room. But I know it is just a matter of time before I click the button. Maybe I can restrain myself to only purchase 1 set

Hey, don't worry. When you TURLY can't afford more, then the bank won't let you order more.

Unfortunately, the bank won't let me order these, this week.

lamejames wrote:If anyone ordered the Mandolina quartet last July and enjoyed it you will probably want to give this a try. Lucas & Lewellen are the guys that make Mandolina as well. I've never been disappointed in either of their tasting rooms.

Thanks -- just to rub it in. I love the Mandolina quartet.

Happy B-day Loweel and bhodilee!

NatalieW wrote:Happy B-day Loweel and bhodilee!

Thanks Natalie Bhodi's this week -- I'm still 11 days out

Loweeel wrote:Thanks Natalie Bhodi's this week -- I'm still 11 days out

Ehh, saw the PS and assumed it was this week. Well, you should have it for your B day anyway!

supan0va wrote:I'd love to click that button, but can't. Wife said I'm not allowed to buy wine for a while, as we just found out we're pregnant with our first. Wish us luck!

Congrats supan0va! Any chance you can make the Minnesota get together Saturday? I'd bring a bottle of something NA so your wife could partake too.

Any other Minnesotans out there lurking? Check this thread over on the world of woot wine board to find out more about this weekend's event.

Like so many others, I'm suffering from a little holiday overspending so I need to wait a couple of days to get in on this week's offering. It looks so good. I only hope it's still around!

bwooter wrote:I'd love to buy 2, but it won't let me ship to Massachusetts, even though Massachusetts is listed as being ok for the first time in months. Is it just a minor mistake, or is MA left out in the cold again?

My hopes are dashed. This stinks. Bad Woot.

OH FRIGGG!

jwhite6114 wrote:Hey, don't worry. When you TURLY can't afford more, then the bank won't let you order more.

Unfortunately, the bank won't let me order these, this week.

If it were simply up to the bank then no, I wouldn't be ordering at all. The issue is that the CREDIT CARD is not stopping me from ordering more. Luckily though I always pay my credit cards in full every month. Though we'll see how/if that changes once I'm able to find a house I want to buy....THEN you'll see my ordering come to a grinding and painful halt.

jwhite6114 wrote:Don't be fooled. Shh is proving to be one slippery sucker. I think he may have been behind the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping, too (keep your eyes open nallie, things did not turn out so well for poor Bruno).

If that is the case, then I should have a whole lot of wine coming my way this week with mill's and my own...

BTW, good luck tonight.

shh64 wrote:If that is the case, then I should have a whole lot of wine coming my way this week with mill's and my own...

BTW, good luck tonight.

We haven't pondered this, maybe shh is mill? maybe shh is the social mill account and mill is left postless to add to the myth of mill, the most famous wine wooter of all.

bhodilee wrote:We haven't pondered this, maybe shh is mill? maybe shh is the social mill account and mill is left postless to add to the myth of mill, the most famous wine wooter of all.

The "most famous wine wooter" of all reminds me of something...

mill, the red nosed wooter
had a very well stocked cellar.
and if you ever saw him post,
you would even say "hi fellar."

All of the other wooters
used to ask and guess his identity.
They never let poor mill
bask in any wooter anonymity.

Then one foggy Monday Eve
WineDavid PMed him to say:
"mill with your ordering so right,
won't you buy my wine and post tonight?"

Then all the wooters loved him
as they shouted out with glee,
mill the red-nosed wooter,
you'll go down in history!

First sucker: mill
Speed to first woot: 0m 11.983s

Last wooter to woot: lasklinz

All right, all right; you guys have convinced me! --> In for 1!

shh64 wrote:If that is the case, then I should have a whole lot of wine coming my way this week with mill's and my own...

BTW, good luck tonight.

Also, I would expect anyone involved in a 1930's kidnapping to have a nicely stocked cellar by this point -- probably enough to rival RPM's! (oops! Hope I did not seed the plans of another abduction)

Thanks for "good luck" -- I am planning to open a bottle of Poizin for tonight, for celebration. If it turns out to be mourning, it should be strong enough to take care of that, too.

bhodilee wrote:We haven't pondered this, maybe shh is mill? maybe shh is the social mill account and mill is left postless to add to the myth of mill, the most famous wine wooter of all.

But, that would mean to crime committed (other than defrauding woot with multiple accounts). And the thought that nothing nefarious is afoot, is just so disappointing.

Interesting theory, but I reject it in the name of Dick Wolf and Anthony Zuiker!

shh64 wrote:The "most famous wine wooter" of all reminds me of something...

mill, the red nosed wooter
had a very well stocked cellar.
and if you ever saw him post,
you would even say "hi fellar."

All of the other wooters
used to ask and guess his identity.
They never let poor mill
bask in any wooter anonymity.

Then one foggy Monday Eve
WineDavid PMed him to say:
"mill with your ordering so right,
won't you buy my wine and post tonight?"

Then all the wooters loved him
as they shouted out with glee,
mill the red-nosed wooter,
you'll go down in history!

I was saving this for mills return to glory, in light of your song it is only appropriate I respond in kind.

The ballad of mill

Come listen to a story bout a wooter named mill,
POOR oenephile, barely kept his cellar full,
Then one day he was googling the internets
And up from the tubes came the wine.woot

Cabernet to Chardonnay, California Varietea

As much as he woots, mill must be a millionaire,
Kinfolk said mill stay away from there,
Stay up til midnight sunday and buy in sets of three,
Can't you see you're headed down the path of drunken poverty.

Life savings that is,
Destitute, using credit cards.

The Wino's of Woot!!

bhodilee wrote:I was saving this for mills return to glory, in light of your song it is only appropriate I respond in kind.

The ballad of mill

Come listen to a story bout a wooter named mill,
POOR oenephile, barely kept his cellar full,
Then one day he was googling the internets
And up from the tubes came the wine.woot

Cabernet to Chardonnay, California Varietea

As much as he woots, mill must be a millionaire,
Kinfolk said mill stay away from there,
Stay up til midnight sunday and buy in sets of three,
Can't you see you're headed down the path of drunken poverty.

Life savings that is,
Destitute, using credit cards.

The Wino's of Woot!!

Unless Mill is reading in silence, he probably still thinks of himself as an unsung hero.

bhodilee wrote:I was saving this for mills return to glory, in light of your song it is only appropriate I respond in kind.

The ballad of mill

Come listen to a story bout a wooter named mill,
POOR oenephile, barely kept his cellar full,
Then one day he was googling the internets
And up from the tubes came the wine.woot

Cabernet to Chardonnay, California Varietea

As much as he woots, mill must be a millionaire,
Kinfolk said mill stay away from there,
Stay up til midnight sunday and buy in sets of three,
Can't you see you're headed down the path of drunken poverty.

Life savings that is,
Destitute, using credit cards.

The Wino's of Woot!!

bravo.

oooh no. Woot, why do you do this to me?!?! I'm supposed to be cutting back on my spending.... AUGH. Maybe just ONE....

Looks good. I've had Bogle and Concannon PS and liked them, so its about time to try a different one. And I've always wanted to try a CF. I think i'll be in on this before the week is out.

Talyssa wrote:oooh no. Woot, why do you do this to me?!?! I'm supposed to be cutting back on my spending.... AUGH. Maybe just ONE....

You and me both. So much for my New Year's Resolution to not spend so much on wine. :\ Off to a great start! (yeah, that's sarcasm folks)

callalily999 wrote:You and me both. So much for my New Year's Resolution to not spend so much on wine. :\ Off to a great start! (yeah, that's sarcasm folks)

Mine wasn't a new years resolution, but I was doing good all last month with the other deals (don't like chardonnay, don't particularly like champagne and didn't need any for parties), and then they pop up something like this which looks soooo tasty. Even though I already have a cabinet full of wine and I'm averaging like one bottle a week at most.....

Talyssa wrote:Mine wasn't a new years resolution, but I was doing good all last month with the other deals (don't like chardonnay, don't particularly like champagne and didn't need any for parties), and then they pop up something like this which looks soooo tasty. Even though I already have a cabinet full of wine and I'm averaging like one bottle a week at most.....

Just wait until the winemaker and labrats start chiming in. Now personally, I was in at 12:01am so I can't even pretend to have resisted.

Since I missed the labrat cutoff this morning, I will await the labrat reports. I'm an easy sell, though, since I love Cab franc and Petite sirah, though I've never had any from Santa Barbara before.

Often CF has a greener, more vegetal aroma and taste when compared to other reds. Then again, I've had a cab franc with very little of those characteristics (the one that comes to mind was made from WA grapes). I wonder if the winemaker can address this aspect of this particular bottling, and describe what category this cab franc most resemble: a fruity cab sauv, or a something more striking with an olive-green pepper bouquet.

jwhite6114 wrote:Also, I would expect anyone involved in a 1930's kidnapping to have a nicely stocked cellar by this point -- probably enough to rival RPM's! (oops! Hope I did not seed the plans of another abduction)

Thanks for "good luck" -- I am planning to open a bottle of Poizin for tonight, for celebration. If it turns out to be mourning, it should be strong enough to take care of that, too.

I am right there with you on the PoiZin for tonight. Bad luck, jwhite!

In for 1.

Winemaker, Megan McGrath, is running crazy today, so I'm jumping in...
The 2003 Cab Franc is more of a fruit bomb (think blueberry) in this vintage and also makes up 5% of the 03 CS. CF can be more vegital (olive, herbs) in leaner years but 2003 was a big-fruit year in SBCo.

Our 03 CS has all 5 classic Bordeaux varietals: Cab Sauv (83%), Cab Franc (5%), Merlot (5%), Petite Verdot (5%) and Malbec (2%).

We hope you'll enjoy these wines as much as we have... The '03 CF is coming to you from our library and there is usually only enough PS to make it to the tasting room.

Cheers - Michael H., Dir. Sales & Mktg. - aka LLManyHats

LLmanyhats wrote:Winemaker, Megan McGrath, is running crazy today, so I'm jumping in...
The 2003 Cab Franc is more of a fruit bomb (think blueberry) in this vintage and also makes up 5% of the 03 CS. CF can be more vegital (olive, herbs) in leaner years but 2003 was a big-fruit year in SBCo.

Our 03 CS has all 5 classic Bordeaux varietals: Cab Sauv (83%), Cab Franc (5%), Merlot (5%), Petite Verdot (5%) and Malbec (2%).

We hope you'll enjoy these wines as much as we have... The '03 CF is coming to you from our library and there is usually only enough PS to make it to the tasting room.

Cheers - Michael H., Dir. Sales & Mktg. - aka LLManyHats

OK, my first question: what is the difference between a punch down and a hand punch down? I get the punch down part, but is your winemaker running around with sticky hands (you did say running crazy) ; )

LLmanyhats wrote:Winemaker, Megan McGrath, is running crazy today, so I'm jumping in...
The 2003 Cab Franc is more of a fruit bomb (think blueberry) in this vintage and also makes up 5% of the 03 CS. CF can be more vegital (olive, herbs) in leaner years but 2003 was a big-fruit year in SBCo.

Our 03 CS has all 5 classic Bordeaux varietals: Cab Sauv (83%), Cab Franc (5%), Merlot (5%), Petite Verdot (5%) and Malbec (2%).

We hope you'll enjoy these wines as much as we have... The '03 CF is coming to you from our library and there is usually only enough PS to make it to the tasting room.

Cheers - Michael H., Dir. Sales & Mktg. - aka LLManyHats

I love blueberry! It's one of my favorite flavors to find in wine.

Believe me, there is nobody happier than I am about your having enough PS to offer it to us. How would you describe the flavor profile of your PS? I've had those that are red-fruit oriented (e.g., Concannon, Fife), dark-fruit oriented (e.g., "traditional" PS, Bogle, Markham, KR's Konkoktionz), in-between, like black cherries and black raspberries (Stag's Leap, Guenoc), and coffee/chocolate/creamy (Rosenblum Heritage Clones). It seems like the Ollalieberry taste suggests a dark-fruit profile, but as the resident PSycho, I would appreciate some input from the producer.

Also, what are the aging windows on these wines, particularly the PS? Kent Rasmussen has been on here more than once preaching the virtues of old (15-20+ year) PS, and our resident cali expert RPM has waxed poetic about the delicious case of mid-70's Concannon PS that he got for $60. Do you subscribe to the "two drinking windows" theory (separated by a dumb period from about 8-15 years from vintage) of PS aging?

NatalieW wrote:OK, my first question: what is the difference between a punch down and a hand punch down? I get the punch down part, but is your winemaker running around with sticky hands (you did say running crazy) ; )

Pretty much the same thing. We use a basic tool with a long handle and disc at its base and gently punch-down (submerge) the cap. Since these small lots are many times fermented in smaller boxes (apx 4x4x4), you can reach over the bin or from above to achieve punch-down. It's a good workout and if you have dozens of bins you can give your arms a break by using a pneumatic punch-down device which can be hand held or suspended from an overhead track. If you try to just use your hands you'd fall in head first - not such a bad thing.

Ive been to their wine tasting room in Santa Ynez, and their wine is AMAZING.

JesseM3 wrote:In my continued support of wineries that ship to NJ - I'm in for 1.

I h

JesseM3 wrote:In my continued support of wineries that ship to NJ - I'm in for 1.

I haven't even drunk anything yet and I don't see NJ on the list..what am I missing?

jwhite6114 wrote:
Thanks for "good luck" -- I am planning to open a bottle of Poizin for tonight, for celebration. If it turns out to be mourning, it should be strong enough to take care of that, too.

It will be mourning my friend ... LSU by two TD's, at least

SEC FTW baby