rpm wrote:Agree on all of these. I'd add Frogs Leap from Napa. A little pricier, but very elegant. Over the years, I've always considered Dry Creek and Frogs Leap the consistently best non-grassy, classic SBs with reasonably wide availability.

R & PW,
If you get a chance, Handley Cellars (Dry Creek) offered a fantastic SB on a woot a little more than a year ago. Their Gerwurtz & Chard was very good...dry and delightful. I know you have a learned preconception about your Chards, but these wines were excellent.

Can't wait for my delivery...already looking forward to it...have loved all my wellington woots.

TooOldForThis wrote:I would not be surprised if WD looks for woots based on vintner suggestions, and that either PW or SH recommended the other early on.

I was recommended to WD by Vino Nocetto. I became familiar with PW's wines because I purchased them on woot and really liked them. As a winemaker, you have to always drink other peoples wines, or you get used to your own mistakes. I find woot the best place to get a wide variety of wines at the best price. And it's easy.

ScottHarveyWines wrote:I was recommended to WD by Vino Nocetto. I became familiar with PW's wines because I purchased them on woot and really liked them. As a winemaker, you have to always drink other peoples wines, or you get used to your own mistakes. I find woot the best place to get a wide variety of wines at the best price. And it's easy.

Way too easy.

worldofjohnboy wrote:OK, so here's the **approximate** price per bottle for those entering bottles into Cellar Tracker:

2009 Sauv Blanc Sonoma $8.75
2009 Roussanne Sonoma $12.83
2006 Zin Meeks Hilltop $14.58
2006 Syrah England Crest$10.50
2007 Merlot Sonoma $11.67
2007 Cab Sauv Sonoma $11.67
Total: $70.00

Keep in mind that I used current pricing on other vintages from Wellington's website as my "retail cost."

The overall discount came out to be ~42% and change.

awesome. thank you

Anyone else's case not showing shipping information through fedex yet? Bought 8 days ago and hasn't shipped yet?

zcpeanut wrote:Anyone else's case not showing shipping information through fedex yet? Bought 8 days ago and hasn't shipped yet?

Mines sitting right next to yours. waiting for a Fed-ex pick-up.

My case arrives tomorrow. Excited to bust open the box and see all the goodies.

zcpeanut wrote:Anyone else's case not showing shipping information through fedex yet? Bought 8 days ago and hasn't shipped yet?

Same here. "Initiated" on 2/23. Still not picked up.

seaSL wrote:Same here. "Initiated" on 2/23. Still not picked up.

Likewise. I fear my juice is being held hostage.

penguinx0r wrote:Likewise. I fear my juice is being held hostage.

WE WANT JUICE! WE WANT JUICE! Like a messed up version of rugrats or something

don't know how to go back & look at the listing, but the "Roussanne" is definitely a "Marsanne".

what does this mean?! (aside from my cellartracker needs to be adjusted....)

alexa84 wrote:don't know how to go back & look at the listing, but the "Roussanne" is definitely a "Marsanne".

what does this mean?! (aside from my cellartracker needs to be adjusted....)

Same here - got 2 Marsannes. I wonder why it was substituted - did Peter run out of Rousanne?

Can't complain, since I generally prefer Marsanne.

NightGhost wrote:Same here - got 2 Marsannes. I wonder why it was substituted - did Peter run out of Rousanne?

Can't complain, since I generally prefer Marsanne.

I didn' treally like his Roussanne (too round a grape for me) so if I gt Marsanne great! I might even blend them ;)

If not (or even if so) I hve 2 (or 4) bottles of Roussanne to swap...

alexa84 wrote:don't know how to go back & look at the listing, but the "Roussanne" is definitely a "Marsanne".

what does this mean?! (aside from my cellartracker needs to be adjusted....)

http://wine.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=16379

click on "My Account" beneath your username at the top of the winewoot page. then play

NightGhost wrote:Same here - got 2 Marsannes. I wonder why it was substituted - did Peter run out of Rousanne?

Can't complain, since I generally prefer Marsanne.

Same here. I was interested to compare the 2009 Roussanne to the 2008 I already have; but I'm even more excited to try the Marsanne and compare the two varietals.

Everything else is in good order. Thanks again, Peter!

alexa84 wrote:don't know how to go back & look at the listing, but the "Roussanne" is definitely a "Marsanne".

what does this mean?! (aside from my cellartracker needs to be adjusted....)

This means I had a total brainfart when I put in the order to the warehouse. My loss is your gain. We had a smaller quantity of Marsanne available, and now it's much smaller. We're swapping w00t for orders that haven't shipped yet, and I'd also be more than happy to swap with anyone who brings their Marsanne back to the winery. Unfortunately, the cost of shipping 2 Roussanne and returning 2 Marsanne is more than the selling price of the wine, or I'd be in favor of that. Oh well, enjoy my mistake.

penguinx0r wrote:Likewise. I fear my juice is being held hostage.

service@woot.com says: The winery shipping this item has to take changing weather conditions into consideration while shipping. When your order gets out the door, your tracking will update.

edit: guess that means I'm not getting marsanne either ...

SonomaBouliste wrote:This means I had a total brainfart when I put in the order to the warehouse. My loss is your gain. We had a smaller quantity of Marsanne available, and now it's much smaller. We're swapping w00t for orders that haven't shipped yet, and I'd also be more than happy to swap with anyone who brings their Marsanne back to the winery. Unfortunately, the cost of shipping 2 Roussanne and returning 2 Marsanne is more than the selling price of the wine, or I'd be in favor of that. Oh well, enjoy my mistake.

Ouch. As a good friend of mine learned, not all Annes are alike.

I hope your shortage isn't too painful.


Regards,

NG

2 Marsannes in my shipment to VA as well. My first Wellington Woot. Looking forward to it.

edit; My mistake, D’ONTSPILLE LE BLACK was my first Wellington.

SonomaBouliste wrote:This means I had a total brainfart when I put in the order to the warehouse. My loss is your gain. We had a smaller quantity of Marsanne available, and now it's much smaller. We're swapping w00t for orders that haven't shipped yet, and I'd also be more than happy to swap with anyone who brings their Marsanne back to the winery. Unfortunately, the cost of shipping 2 Roussanne and returning 2 Marsanne is more than the selling price of the wine, or I'd be in favor of that. Oh well, enjoy my mistake.

This makes me wish mine had gotten out the door earlier. I'd also be thrilled to have one of each!

This was my first wine woot and my girlfriend and I are very happy. The Syrah goes down unbelievably smooth. I don't regret the buy, very impressed.

I got marsanne in lieu of rousanne too. What's up with that? I am a big fan of rousanne and was looking forward to trying this one.

Same here, oh well people say that its good. Also the box that my case was shipped in was very beat up and the top was coming off. All the bottles seem to be safe, but a bit dusty. The guy at the Fedex store where I picked it up said that the box is so bad that they really shouldnt have shipped it in it. Hopefully everyone else's wine got there ok.

seaSL wrote:service@woot.com says: The winery shipping this item has to take changing weather conditions into consideration while shipping. When your order gets out the door, your tracking will update.

edit: guess that means I'm not getting marsanne either ...

I am not sure how much the weather conditions change but I am only a 7 hour drive away and still haven't gotten my order yet.......

The first post has been updated with the alternate information.

Cesare wrote:The first post has been updated with the alternate information.

clearly that was all I was concerned with

I guess I'm a lucky one, then? Anyone care to educated me on the difference between a Roussanne and a Marsanne (or really what either is)?

oh, and thanks Peter!!

p.s. I'm loving the Sauvignon Blanc right now - lately I've had some pretty crappy ones (<--- opinion-based description) and this style is right up my alley! wish there was more....

I got the '09 Marsanne as well. Peter, if you see this message and get a chance to reply, would you please post some of the usual tasting notes / drinking window / pH / etc. information for those of us who received it.

I got the Marsanne as well (VA). I liked the 2008 Rousanne from a few months ago, and though I was excited to compared, I'm more than happy to give the Marsanne a go.

cascade2k wrote:This was my first wine woot and my girlfriend and I are very happy. The Syrah goes down unbelievably smooth. I don't regret the buy, very impressed.

They're not all this good (Woot wines/deals, not Peter's wines- I've never been disappointed by his wines).

I got the Marsanne as well- looks like I'll just have to pick up another case in the next Woot-off to get the Roussanne (one of only three white wines I've ever liked!).[sarcasm]Life is so hard.[/sarcasm]

Winedavid39 wrote:Thanks Peter. We are planning on sending an email to those effected (500+). We also share some blame for not catching it sooner. I think i'd feel differently if it were another winemaker, but Peter is as earnest as they come. We'll likely give some options, but i'm hoping folks will go with the flow on this.

Open to more discussion here.

thanks,

I already have earlier vintages of both the Roussanne and Marsanne in my cellar. I'm happy to have either.

This was a mixed case deal, so I would find it hard to believe that anyone bought this only to get 2 bottles of Roussanne. I’m just grateful that Peter continues to sell us his excellent wines at such good prices on Woot. And so willingly shares his knowledge with us too!

Got the Marsanne as well. I would have taken either, as both are new to me. Looking forward to it. I want to echo that if Peter could post the same info for the Marsanne as he provided for the Rousanne, it would be appreciated. Thanks.

Still no movement on my order per fedex. Can someone update on when the rest of the shipments will go out?

I'm trying to be patient ...

Got my case today (South Texas). . . Interested to see the Marsanne-- I have had the Roussane, so this adds another grape to my Century Club (tho' I find it hard to believe I haven't tried one somewhere . . .).

Anyway -- glad to have the wine (any my KR PS 6 pack finally came today - FedEx guy just looked at me...) -- my Kunde mixed case is gone & I was looking for a good mix.

Still waiting (patiently) here in So Cal for my first ever purchase of a case of wine (at one time). According to my call to Fed Ex just now, it has not been shipped yet and the status remains at the shipment label only being printed on February 23.

klezman wrote:This makes me wish mine had gotten out the door earlier. I'd also be thrilled to have one of each!

Same here from what I'm reading...

time2testit wrote:Still waiting (patiently) here in So Cal for my first ever purchase of a case of wine (at one time). According to my call to Fed Ex just now, it has not been shipped yet and the status remains at the shipment label only being printed on February 23.

I don't know if they're just holding all the Socal orders, but I'm getting really tired of waiting. It's been 12 days now! Sheesh.

I received my order on thursday, right now I'm drinking the Zin, delicious. Worth the wait.

Eastcoastmary wrote:I received my order on thursday, right now I'm drinking the Zin, delicious. Worth the wait.

East Coast! Zin! Bottle shock! No!!!