RAFFLE SALES HAVE ENDED, LIVESTREAM VIA ZOOM AT 4PM, LINK BELOW
Livestream raffle drawing will be held Jan 26, 2024, at 4:00 pm Pacific Twitch link will be added later, which you can click and watch in a separate tab or watch right here inside the thread.
Based on the huge success and popularity of last year’s ‘unicorn’ raffle, I’m excited to run it again, with a ‘unicorn’ bottle Grand Prize, 35 First Prizes, and a way for everybody to win…read on…
A raffle with a livestream broadcast, over $10,000 in prizes
Cuchi Cuchi COCHE!!
GRAND PRIZES: On the guidance of few Berserkers, I have purchased a pristine bottle of 2020 Domaine Coche-Dury Meursault Caillerets, valued at $3000.00 (photo below). While MOST of us may not be able to afford this bottle, and some of us (like me) would be afraid to drink such a bottle, who among us wouldn’t LOVE the opportunity to WIN it for $25!!?? Photos/media of the wine below. Express shipping directly from JJ Buckley and insurance are paid by Wine Berserkers as part of the raffle, and if you live in a state where the shipping restrictions prevent you from receiving it, we’ll figure it out, no worries. CONFIRMED AS OF 1/22/24 - TWO Unicorn bottles, TWO Grand Prizes!
FIRST PRIZES: 35 (thirty five) JJ Buckley gift cards valued at $100 each. 20 will be reserved only for NEW JJ Buckley customers (see below how this increases your chances of winning - those who haven’t ordered in 5 years will be considered ‘new’ as well!), the remainder for any raffle entrants. No limit on how many you can win, as it will be a randomized number draw.
ADDITIONAL PRIZES:
- TWELVE 4-packs (16 Repour units each prize) of Repour Wine Saver in 12 separate prize drawings (with free shipping in the contiguous US only)
- Three bottles of 2017 Biggio Hamina Caroline from Holmes Gap vineyard 750ml, valued at $300, shipped to the winner.
- 1.5L 2015 Herencia Altes La Peluda
- Cocktail Infusion Packs from CJF Selections/Grassl
STRETCH GOALS FOR CHARITY AND FUNDRAISING: Once I get to 225 tickets sold, the proceeds will be donated to charity. The charity will be to my wife’s favorite charity - Love146 (www.love146.org) - working to end child trafficking. This way, even if you don’t win one of the amazing prizes in the raffle, you DO win by contributing to two worthy causes, so no raffle ticket goes to waste and everybody wins a ‘consolation prize’. Last year we contributed $4000 (!!!) to Love 146.org through this raffle, including a match from me and others!. An overview of what the organization does can be found here:
I actually had the opportunity to meet with two of the Love146 associates in person just days ago - I met Ramona (who some of you might remember from the video ‘thank you’ she sent us after last year’s raffle donation) and we snapped a photo after a wonderful conversation about all the incredible things the charity is doing to stop human trafficking, including working with young kids directly, through their health classes in school, in a 5-week program to help identify what ‘trafficking’ means and how their lives, and those of their friends, might be affected.
HOW TO ENTER: RAFFLE ENTRIES CLOSED!!! Each raffle ticket is $25, and you can enter as many times as you want. Each $25 raffle ticket received by me is one spot in the raffle. You can pay via (deleted), and IF YOU ARE A NEW CUSTOMER OF JJ BUCKLEY YOU MUST TELL ME IN THE NOTES. Your chances of winning are greater if you are a new customer, as there will be fewer in that group from which I will select, and JJ Buckley will audit all entries to confirm. The ‘new customer’ separate draw pile is only for the gift cards - for the Grand Prize all raffle entries are joined into one group. Send your raffle ticket payments (any quantity, do NOT have to be separate transactions, i.e. if I receive $50 I know to enter you twice, and you will be assigned two raffle ticket spots/numbers, etc.). (payment options deleted) I will also post a full list of ticket purchasers, as I did last year, so you can directly reference your own name after purchasing tickets.
ENTRY DEADLINE: All raffle ticket purchases MUST be completed by NOON Pacific on Jan 26, 2024. Any purchases thereafter will be refunded/returned.
BONUS: If invited by the Grand Prize Winner, I will happily fly out to join you and your circle of wine friends for the event, should you allow me to taste this unicorn juice
You do not have to be present on the livestream (which will be streaming on Zoom, so I can be on screen live plus show you the raffle random drawing, to assure honesty and legitimacy!) to win, I will contact you if you are not, but let’s all drink some BerserkerDay wines and make this a party! I will post the complete list of winners as I have done in the past. The livestream will feature a chat function, and I’ll do my best to man it for those who need it, but for the rest of the Berserkers on the livestream, chat about what BerserkerDay wines you are drinking.
