Toolbox DCV Sauvignon Blanc 6-Pack
$64.99 (Normally $96.00) 32% off List Price
2008 Dry Creek Valley Sauvignon Blanc
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Summer shipping is in effect so don't worry about your wine.
Every winery needs a separate license from each state which is why your state isn't listed.

I LOVE the picture you guys took. Woot! marketing rocks...looking forward to this sale together!

ThunderThighs wrote:Welcome back! We do have some great photographers.

I'll be promoting this to our fan base and consumers tomorrow. Thanks again, will be a great sale...afterall it's pool-time wine time!

Common' peeps...it's Friday night, I'm watching Golf Channel to get pumped for the US Open, drinking my wine and ready for questions. So shoot!!!

The Toolbox merlot from a little while ago was a pretty big hit at my Memorial Day party, and I do love Sauv Blanc. In for one, even though I really do not have the space for it.

toolboxshaffer wrote:Common' peeps...it's Friday night, I'm watching Golf Channel to get pumped for the US Open, drinking my wine and ready for questions. So shoot!!!

I guess I'll bite and ask a staple question: What's the drinking window on this?

CowboyDann wrote:I guess I'll bite and ask a staple question: What's the drinking window on this?

Hey late-nighter! We made 1,200 cases of the Sauv Blanc...small amount left and it's pool-time white wine season! Great acidity on this so it will drink for another year, but don't think it will last that long in any of my friends fridges ;o)

Please explain to me why I should not be afraid of a twist off cap instead of a cork (or these days plastic cork).

nxlinc wrote:The Toolbox merlot from a little while ago was a pretty big hit at my Memorial Day party, and I do love Sauv Blanc. In for one, even though I really do not have the space for it.

Sweet...good to hear! The SB rocks, just some people don't "get" why we released late. But any snobs can go "F" it...good everyday wine is needed and this is just that! As our mission is: "Serious Wines. Playful Marketing." Thanks for the support of our Merlot ...and SB that you don't have room for ;o)

But what I want to know is, does it come with the tool box in your picture (woot, you don't say anything about it!)

toolboxshaffer wrote:The SB rocks, just some people don't "get" why we released late. But any snobs can go "F" it...good everyday wine is needed and this is just that!

I might buy a woot just because I like your attitude. Let me sleep on it!

SciPunk wrote:Please explain to me why I should not be afraid of a twist off cap instead of a cork (or these days plastic cork).

Have you ever had a "corked" bottle of wine? Crap... 1) not worth my money worrying about the wine holding up 2) it's more cost effective 3) everyone needs a SCREW...hence Toolbox. Fit our marketing and all the above. Also this isn't a "romantic" wine you'll be taking to a Michilin-Star dinner, so no need for romanticism...just drink the stuff and enjoy summer!

CowboyDann wrote:I might buy a woot just because I like your attitude. Let me sleep on it!

This Wooting could get fun as I move into the night...I'm a bit of a sailor when it comes to language but I do have the best of intentions. Hoping you'll sleep on it and try my box....oops, did I say that?

claystorm wrote:But what I want to know is, does it come with the tool box in your picture (woot, you don't say anything about it!)

Nope, doesn't come with my box ;o) Just my wine...ha!

Please tell me im not the only cheap loser asking this but does it come in a tool box? Because that would be cool, and i would buy this merely because i need one and having 6 bottles of wine would help with my "to-do" list!

Hey Katie,
Would love to pop for this as I love a good SB, but as with about half the vintners on here you don't ship to Tennessee. It really seems so crazy because my house is about one mile from the North Carolina border, and a mile and a half from the Georgia and you ship to both of them. Have a good night and hope you enjoy the Open.

offgridmanpolktn wrote:Hey Katie,
Would love to pop for this as I love a good SB, but as with about half the vintners on here you don't ship to Tennessee. It really seems so crazy because my house is about one mile from the North Carolina border, and a mile and a half from the Georgia and you ship to both of them. Have a good night and hope you enjoy the Open.

Sounds like you have a very easy solution. Just order this and have it shipped to a fed ex store just over one of those borders.

I know this question is sort of answered in the winewoot FAQ, but I live in Texas and am wary of ordering wine now since next week is supposed to be close to 100 degrees. Any specifics from the winery about how you'll be shipping to avoid heat damage?

offgridmanpolktn wrote:Hey Katie,
Would love to pop for this as I love a good SB, but as with about half the vintners on here you don't ship to Tennessee. It really seems so crazy because my house is about one mile from the North Carolina border, and a mile and a half from the Georgia and you ship to both of them. Have a good night and hope you enjoy the Open.

I hope wineries double check the laws. Ours changed a couple of years ago and now we can have wine shipped to TN. Unfortunately, where I am in the state, it would be at least an hour drive to pick it up across a border, and I was going to buy this Woot until I saw this post.

Check out the wine gift set over on home woot!

Hi Katie, Thanks for joining! I really like the philanthropic angle on your enterprise!

I was drinking a '07 Leon Beyer Gewürz (Alsace) tonight - apples, melon, pineapple, honey, juice running down your arm with a gorgeous deep gold hue - so I appreciate a white with some age on it.

I'm always seeking to learn and I am curious about what it was about this wine that lead you to decide to hold it for 3+ years before release (I guess I am taking a leap from your comment that it was recently released in 2012)? Also, did it spend most of that time in the tanks/vats/barrels or whatever you call your stainless steel cans :-) or was some of that time in the bottle? Can you describe the evolution over that time...lit's not often that we run across a SB with some time on it and I am intensely curios how this one has evolved...or maybe since you compared it with a Sancerre, perhaps we should go snobby and talk about the elevage??

Hey - this is what I do when I get up early on a Saturday
Thanks for the info and I enjoy your particiaption on these boards - thanks!

Radinkina wrote:I know this question is sort of answered in the winewoot FAQ, but I live in Texas and am wary of ordering wine now since next week is supposed to be close to 100 degrees. Any specifics from the winery about how you'll be shipping to avoid heat damage?

Woot's summer shipping is in effect so your wine is somehow protected.

I generally do not drink whites, but the Toolbox 2007 Merlot I recently gambled on was incredibly good so I'll give this a shot. Granted, I still have a bottle and a half left, but I've only had it 5 weeks--can't drink it all at once. Yes, half a bottle was opened a few days ago, still has time left.

Also, I've had a few corked wines that were so horrible I had to run to the local wal-mart to get a boxed wine to wash away the taste. (okay, not really; but you get my point) Being corked doesn't qualify a bottle as good. So why should being screwed be bad?

In for a box.

SciPunk wrote:Please explain to me why I should not be afraid of a twist off cap instead of a cork (or these days plastic cork).

Given a choice on the shelf I'll always grab the screw top bottle. Less fuss with a silly screw.

And no corked wine. That's nasty stuff and pretty much ruins the evening for me. You'll now find twist offs in any price range including $$$ imports.

A while back one of the foreign wineries commented during the wine dot woot sale that they only used corks on wine intended for the USA super market trade.

Got the merlot earlier... it went well with Blue Oyster Cult and Thin Lizzy.

Looking for something to compliment Red Rider and Timbuk 3, and thought this might do the trick, so I'm in for a 6-pack.

I am so in need of some pool-time...as well as some wine to go with. So I'm jumping in for 1. I think I might've just got my black square too!
Woothoo!

Would love some info on the wine itself... Sweet? Dry? Flavors? Anyone?

If you're on the fence check out the vintner's voicemail...sold me. In for two...and I may just be in love with Katie Shaffer...

vbaldig wrote:Please tell me im not the only cheap loser asking this but does it come in a tool box? Because that would be cool, and i would buy this merely because i need one and having 6 bottles of wine would help with my "to-do" list!

You're not the first one that asked this! Nope, unfortunatley doesn't come with a toolbox ;o( BUT the wine is a to-do list in itself! Hoping you'll enjoy!

83fxwg wrote:If you're on the fence check out the vintner's voicemail...sold me. In for two...and I may just be in love with Katie Shaffer...

Ha Ha!Thanks....always try to make it fun, but tell it like it is!

Good Morning Wooters! I'm up and ready for questions...heading to an SF Giants ballgame today (v.s. the Rangers for any of you Texas wooters!) but I'll still be checking in on the boards chatting with you all! Hopefully with no angry comments when we get a "W" back from you all...cheers!

offgridmanpolktn wrote:Hey Katie,
Would love to pop for this as I love a good SB, but as with about half the vintners on here you don't ship to Tennessee. It really seems so crazy because my house is about one mile from the North Carolina border, and a mile and a half from the Georgia and you ship to both of them. Have a good night and hope you enjoy the Open.

Just as another Wooter said, I suggest you ship to a FedEx store or location just over the border. I've broken many rules in my life, but some of the BS wine rules out there aren't worth busting and loosing my wine license. Hopefully you can just send in close proximity to your location over the border!

toolboxshaffer wrote:Good Morning Wooters! I'm up and ready for questions...heading to an SF Giants ballgame today (v.s. the Rangers for any of you Texas wooters!) but I'll still be checking in on the boards chatting with you all! Hopefully with no angry comments when we get a "W" back from you all...cheers!

Okay this comment alone might have convinced me to go in on this wine.

vmforrest wrote:Would love some info on the wine itself... Sweet? Dry? Flavors? Anyone?

What is this vommiting unicorn? Any who..dry, not sweet. We picked a bit earlier than usual and the area we sourced from is very cool and damp in the mornings. Honestly very similar in style to a Sancerre. Mineralistic, grassy but nice hints of stone fruit. It's not an overwhelming Sauv Blanc like many of them out there that are "in your face" with powerful fruit. This is dry but elegegant just like those from Loire Valley. Easy to drink....one or two!

maurakid wrote:I am so in need of some pool-time...as well as some wine to go with. So I'm jumping in for 1. I think I might've just got my black square too!
Woothoo!

Great...indeed a pool-time wine! You'll drink 'um down pretty easy I promise.

Toolbox: can u answer liverman's questions above? Thanks!

Radinkina wrote:I know this question is sort of answered in the winewoot FAQ, but I live in Texas and am wary of ordering wine now since next week is supposed to be close to 100 degrees. Any specifics from the winery about how you'll be shipping to avoid heat damage?

While I am not the winery, I have ordered a crap ton of wine from woot during the hot months with reckless abandon and never received cooked wine. I live in Tucson, AZ which gets pretty hot, but I just have the wine held for pickup at a FedEx location.

liverman wrote:Hi Katie, Thanks for joining! I really like the philanthropic angle on your enterprise!

I was drinking a '07 Leon Beyer Gewürz (Alsace) tonight - apples, melon, pineapple, honey, juice running down your arm with a gorgeous deep gold hue - so I appreciate a white with some age on it.

I'm always seeking to learn and I am curious about what it was about this wine that lead you to decide to hold it for 3+ years before release (I guess I am taking a leap from your comment that it was recently released in 2012)? Also, did it spend most of that time in the tanks/vats/barrels or whatever you call your stainless steel cans :-) or was some of that time in the bottle? Can you describe the evolution over that time...lit's not often that we run across a SB with some time on it and I am intensely curios how this one has evolved...or maybe since you compared it with a Sancerre, perhaps we should go snobby and talk about the elevage??

Hey - this is what I do when I get up early on a Saturday
Thanks for the info and I enjoy your particiaption on these boards - thanks!

Well said, well said! There was a great amount of acidity in this wine, in a good way. And frankly we could have released it earlier but I prefer letting some of that "fuzz" mellow out a bit.

In regards to the fruit/nuanices itself: We did pick it a bit earlier, but the natural "habitat" was very cool and damp,so the fruit took on to its location. The vineyards were quite granite/rock based and with the wet mornings they soaked it in...just like those big reds that have eucyliptis (sp?) trees growing around them tend to soak in those characteristics.
I think we just felt that the wine had such good balance and was holding up so great that we'd let it mellow out a bit and it did. More well rounded now. The acidity held up like we thought. The wine was purley stainless steel fermented and aged for 8 months - no oak. Then bottled and held....we released it late last year. I think it could hold up for another year quite honestly. I am just a huge fan of steely, ocean-dune, mineralistic, "dirty" in a good way SB's - not in your face fruit forward Sauv Blancs. Don't get me wrong, there is great fruit there, but it's not over powering like some vintners get...hope that helps!