The description on this wine sure sounds like Sandhi. At $15.30 on case purchases, it’s a steal if it is…
Lot 699 is sourced from some of the best vineyards in the AVA, and comes to us from the cellars of one of the more famous names in the California wine and restaurant industry (you’ll know whose wine it is when you pull the cork).
Made in a beautiful Burgundian style, this is a Chard that will blow you away with how much flavor and complexity it delivers. Cellared three years in the bottle, this wine is absolutely singing right now, and yours for less than half the original price!
I’d be surprised but not necessarily floored. Perhaps it’s Sanford? Would make more sense . . . Or Foley? Just thinking of others in the area that are widely carried in restaurants . . .
That’s a pretty crazy deal indeed - and I certainly stand corrected. Wondering if this was stuff that was owned by Terroir before selling to Sandhi that they are just trying to cash in on? This is ‘different’ than the Sandhi 2014 Sta Rita Hills Chardonnay, which is showing 13% alcohol vs. 12% for this (though they could put either on the label and still be ‘legal’).
used to offer “free shipping” but now we offer 1cent shipping just to steer clear…I do think its technically verboten but suspect the bureaucrats know it won’t pass legal muster.
I believe the free shipping thing is someone’s cautionary interpretation…and so far not more than that. It’s illegal (for a TTB/ABC licensed entity) to give alcohol away for free. The worry is using free in ‘free shipping’ would invoke that law/regulation. But tasting rooms give free tastes, and no one’s charging 1 cent for that.
My understanding is that if you are a retailer in CA you can’t give free samples/alcohol. If you are a producer or wholesale representative then it is OK. Can’t speak to the shipping issue but I have bought wine that was both shipped free (or included) and 1 cent shipping.
Hi Dan - shoot an email to info@chwine.com and tell them your off the Berserker board looking for the $15.30 case price…they know your sending this and will help get the order processed as I am out of the office.