In case anyone was wondering whether Black Kite or Turley made stronger bottles, put your money on Black Kite. I went downstairs thinking I would spend a few minutes and finally put away the 6 bottles of Turley I kept from the last mailer. Of course the bottle shape of Turley completely suck ass and I have about 3 places I can put them. One of those places is the top shelf of my Vinotemp where I already have some Black Kite pinot sitting (also relatively poorly shaped bottles, but not as bad as Turley). Well of course the sh*tty Turley bottle goes sliding off the top shelf almost as soon as I put it there. In my hands is a bottle of Black Kite so when I go to “catch” the falling bottle - smash goes the Turley right into the Vinotemp. WTF?!?!?
I HATE these f*cking bottles. An entire bottle of wine splattered out among about 100 bottles of wine that actually fit into normal storage space. What started as a 5-10 minute project turned into 1 1/2 hours of wiping down bottles and the inside of the Vinotemp (note my post time and that I live on the East Coast). Not to mention there are shards of glass everywhere and my hands are covered in cuts and stained red.
I was on the fence for the last Turley order - not entirely b/c of the bottles but because I “discovered” Carlisle zins and the value just didn’t seem to be there. Needless to say I have place my last Turley order after this fiasco.