Cam X Wine Company

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Let’s f’n go!

  • By 2015, the glut was over and the company was in receivership. (It was later acquired by Vintage Wine Estates.) But Hughes has since founded a mail-order steak company, Holy Grail Steak, and is now launching the Négociant Wine Company, featuring wines ranging from $10 to $15 a bottle that will be available soon.*

https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/food-cooking/ive-written-this-wine-column-for-15-years-whats-changedand-what-hasnt-e2800c49?st=V2QKEG&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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Can’t wait!!

Lets go!!

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Subscribed. This will be interesting.

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Just when I was feeling like I should order some more deNegoce I see this and say hmmm… perhaps I should hold off and see what Cam’s going to be offering up first… exciting!

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Purchase a $1000 gift card to be a Founding Member, whew!

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Will be following this

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Definitely hold off on dN for now.

There will be some amazing 2023s coming out from Cameron I’m sure.

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My wife is going to kill me…

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Did anyone get a confirmation email after signing up?

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Nope

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No confirmation for the signup. You do get the confirmation and the gift card email quickly after you sign up as a founder member. As all of us should.
It’s wine from Cameron, and it’s just prepaying $1k of it. Which we all know (unless we live in denial) we will spend in a year.

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Exactly my thought MIkko… I’ve been waiting for the 2023’s to hit and I certainly will trust Cam’s palate and selections over what DN has and is going to be throwing at us.

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That’s why registering as a founder member is a no-brainer.

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The non compete is over let’s fucking go boys

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Ah, I didn’t scroll down previously to see “founder member” status. $1K too steep for me, since I’m more of a window shopper these days, and don’t need $1K of new wine, at least until my existing inventory gets under control. The site does show an image/mock-up of the first wine, Lot No. 01, a 2023 Napa Cab (obviously). Interesting that Cam’s name IS on this label.

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It’s really mind boggling. Within a year, Cam will have cashed out, started a new brand using pretty much the same look, feel, go-to-market, etc, and steal back a big chunk of his old customers. Props to his legal team.

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Not really all that different from restaurant groups opening up multiple concepts. They don’t really compete with each other as much as they compete with the rest of the industry.

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I dunno, it’s pretty badass.

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That Lot #1 will be epic by the way. I might burn my entire $1k on it alone. Even without knowing anything about it. It’s a 2023, and it will be the first lot for the new brand. I bet it’ll be comparable to old “even number” releases.

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I prob bought 75 different lots and not sure I had a bad cab or cab blend. I know this cause there isn’t any bottles I won’t drink. Only dN I’ve ever bought that won’t ever get drank is the Malbec which was N < 20 but I might just not like Malbec wine.