Benchmark sale

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Looks like their shipping cost went up A LOT recently, especially to the East Coast. Ugh. [soap.gif]

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$45
Blain Gagnard Chassagne Montrachet Blanc Clos St. Jean
Buisson Charles Volnay 1er Cru Champans
Yvon Clerget Meursault Les Chevaliers
Ferrando Carema (White Label)
Francois Rousset Martin Vin de France Les Vignasses
Pierre Guillemot Savigny Les Beaune Les Narbantons
Marguet Coteaux Champenois Pinot Noir Ambonnay
Xavier Monnot Volnay Clos des Chenes
Morey Coffinet Chassagne Montrachet Rouge Clos St. Jean
Sociando Mallet
Waris Larmandier Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Particules Crayeuses
Vajra Barolo Coste di Rose
Domaine des Roches Neuves (T. Germain) Saumur Blanc (Clos de) l`Echelier

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Agreed! But Benchmark has always been on the high side for shipping, especially low bottle counts. Buy a case or forget about it. Thatā€™s also why I didnā€™t even check the $15 or $25 bin.

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I dunno, 175/case for ups ground is more than just high

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yeah this is the thing that has Benchmark crossed off my list. Great people, good selection, occasionally good prices . . . ridiculous shipping costs

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Ok, thatā€™s nuts. Suggestion, if you care: they seem to be defaulting to this Weship temp control right now. Maybe ā€œhold and consolidateā€ and ship ground in a month? It seems to be a big difference.
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Great shipping prices to CA

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$55
Lucien Boillot Gevrey Chambertin Les Corbeaux
Chimney Rock Cabernet Sauvignon Ganymede Vineyard
Chimney Rock Elevage Red
Misc Joseph Colin St. Aubin
Deutz Blanc de Blancs
Giulia Negri Barolo Serradenari
Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino
P. Labet Beaune Clos de Dessus de Marconnets Blanc
P. Labet Beaune Clos de Dessus de Marconnets
Labet Beaune Coucherais
Leflaive et Associes Rully 1er Cru Blanc
Misc Massolino Cru Barolo
Markus Molitor Saarburger Rausch BA GK 375ml
Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Vine Hill Ranch
Christian Moreau Chablis Blanchots
Marc Morey et Fils Chassagne Montrachet Morgeots Blanc
Marc Morey et Fils Chassagne Montrachet Les Vergers
Thierry Pillot Volnay Les Santenots

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I snagged some of these. Thanks for the legwork. I guess Iā€™m also lucky to be located where ground shipping for 6 bottles was $13 (though I do have to pay sales tax too). The Clerget low WSPro for any vintage is $69.

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Finally I might be able to use the AMEX $50 off $250 at Benchmark wine.

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THanks for the reminder! [cheers.gif]

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$75

Louis Boillot Pommard Les Fremiers
Domaine de la Taille aux Loups Montlouis Romulus
Domaine des Croix Beaune 1er Cru Greves

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Sure thing!

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I gotta echo hating the browsing for these things. thereā€™s not even a good way to navigate back to the screen where you can choose a new bin. at least have a drop down at the top of each page for selecting a new bin or something.

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12x 2018 Avennia Gravura @$25. GSO shipping to NoCal $17.

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$100

Aldo Conterno Barolo Cicala
I Vigneri Salvo Foti Palmento Di Caselle
Marguet Champagne Les Bermonts

Tapping out now, lol

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I havenā€™t found shipping to be overly expensive. They charge me $50 a case more or less.

I do hate the bin sale format.

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There were some great deals in the $15 and $25 bins very early on, but mostly single bottles. About 50% of the items I added to my cart had sold by the time I came to check out, but I still got a fairly decent haul.

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I clicked on 2-3 bins and then got tired. Prices arenā€™t cheap enough to force all this clicking. I actually started looking for the highest priced items instead of the lowest priced items neener

What were prices before the bin sale on:
16 Salt Vine Cab $250
08 Au Bon Climat Pinot $275
15 Verdet Damodes $175
13 Beta Montecillo $175

Thank you for the person who pointed out $50 AMEX credit which I just used to pick up a couple bottles of 2018 Roy Piper Cab that I was going to buy anywayā€¦ thank you! [cheers.gif]

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Mine must have expired, maybe thatā€™s good.