OK, so I am on the Quintessa mailing list. Haven’t bought anything since the '02. Today I get an email offer from Quintessa for Flowers SVD Pinots and Chards.
When did they buy them out or become partners?
OK, so I am on the Quintessa mailing list. Haven’t bought anything since the '02. Today I get an email offer from Quintessa for Flowers SVD Pinots and Chards.
When did they buy them out or become partners?
Bill - from a piece in Wines and Vines early January 2009
Huneeus Vintners, the wine company owned by the Huneeus family, which owns Quintessa Vineyards based in Rutherford, has acquired a substantial portion of highly regarded Flowers Vineyards and Winery on the Sonoma Coast.
Walt and Joan Flowers and Agustin and Valeria Huneeus will join their wineries, bringing Flowers into the Huneeus portfolio, which includes Faust, Illumination, Primus and Veramonte as well as Quintessa.
Agustin Francisco Huneeus, Jr., son of Agustin and Valeria, declined to put a value on the transaction or the percentage ownership, saying only, “It’s definitely not a minority interest.”
Tony, thanks for the 411.
Guess they must be hurting as I got a pretty good sized allocation for all the 2007’s. It will be a pass for me though.
I haven’t purchased anything from Flowers since 01. The rate they cycle through winemakers says something to me…
FWIW, I have always assumed that the location had more than a bit to do with that. Giving them the benefit of the doubt and all.
I recently tasted the 07 Flowers Pinot Sonoma Coast and it was a pretty tasty wine.
I’ve always liked Flowers Pinots (the Chards not so much), but the prices simply are out of whack relative to quality. I’m no longer a buyer. Instead I’ve been buying 1er Cru burgs for years now.
I got this offer also…passed/deleted it…didn’t even bother to check allocation, etc…
Got the same email and have never bought any Quintessa or Flowers. Stopped by Quintessa for a tasting about 5 years ago, so I’m assuming they put me on the list from that.
I think I may have signed up for the Flowers list at some point way back. Never got an offer. Then got a Quintessa offer out of the blue last spring and thought, “What the hell?” And now this Flowers one. Odd. All good. It’s too spendy for me.