I have an allocation and it goes live tomorrow at noon eastern. The allocation is $300 per bottle. It says I will be offered 3 bottle boxes and 6 bottle boxes. Also the opportunity to purchase a numbered and etched magnum at $1200 each. I am on the fence on this one.
I love this little excerpt pulled from the full article. This can be found on the Scarecrow website as well. Words and prices in contradiction.
WINE SPECTATOR
MAY 15TH 2008
“A Scarecrow with a soul”
By James Laube
In full production, Scarecrow could produce 4,000 cases, which would please -Lopez if quality can be maintained. He is intent on holding the price at $150. “I don’t want this to be a wine that no one can afford to drink,” he says. “The thing that’s so re-markable about this project is I didn’t know anything about anything, and it’s only lately that I’ve come to appreciate how this came together.” Grandpa would probably be just as amazed.
I stopped buying after the 2007 vintage…it was the right choice for me. While they’re clearly special wines, they’re not worth giving up other great wines at a fraction of the cost to me.
Myriad. Quivet. Rivers-Marie. Cimarossa. Black Cat, and O’Shaughnessy. All great wines under $100. Riverain, Greer, Pott, Outpost, Carter, VHR, Gallica, and many, many others under $200. Is there any reason to spend $300? I love Schrader, but at $225 I am having a hard time justifying paying that with so many other great wines out there.