Here is a new project for him
It’s 2021 but retails for $50
I’ve had a bottle and enjoyed
I’ve met RB and he said he may slow down on a few years. Guess we shall see
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“I tell them (the winery owners) to enjoy the their rewards,” the rewards being a gracious lifestyle. “You’ll lose a lot of money until you sell and then you’ll make a lot of money,” he says with a sly, knowing smile.
- Thomas Rivers Brown (winemaker)
Or, You can save a few million bucks and join our new wine club. - Also TRB
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Wine Industry saying I remember from the 1980’s:
Q. How do you make a Small fortune in the wine business??
A. Start with a Large fortune……
My corollary:
Either, quit while you’re ahead. Or, never start in the first place?
I happily quit at age 52, after starting with nothing. No regrets here.
Many of my wine industry clients were long on money, and, short on time.
Soooooo, build an egotistical winery, perhaps with your name on the label?
Signing the wine labels is such a fun and great ego trip.
More fun than just (signing the back) cashing the monthly rent checks from your Walmart/K-Mart shopping centers….?
Don’t get writers cramp and enjoy the fancy booze 
! 
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Lot 218 has been hanging around so long, they need to do a case sale. I’m in for $179 a case.
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May 2024! And only $10 more than your price point 
But yes - they should do another one. I can’t imagine how much of this Cam must have bought…
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I 
entrepreneurship;
The steaks were just cut and should be ready to ship out next week.
Cheers!
Cameron Hughes
Founder
Cam sells 2 of my 3 favorite things.
I can grow my own 3rd thing 
for free.
Happy Friday to all. Meatless here tonight. 
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Happy Friday.
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Yikes?
Is waiting the hardest part?
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Boo….
Yeah, I’m interested in the style, but not a white-label wine at that price point.
Could someone go to the COLA Registry and pull up the label for TTB ID 24219001000640 dated 8/15/24. For unknown reason I can no longer pull up the bottle label data. It looks like this will be a true shiner from Robert Craig Winery. Thanks
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@Stan_E, the labels are not currently pulling up for me either, but I do see what you are saying, see the picture below. There was also a second Cab Sauv filed on 7/23/24 that showed this RC address below as well!
Well, at least I know it isn’t a bug with my laptop. I saw that also, but hadn’t been keeping track of the RC releases. I think there have been 2 of them so far and assumed this was the second. Thanks for checking.
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What makes you say that? Couldn’t they bottle barrels that didn’t make the first cut?
The big difference here is who filed the paper work! Typically, they show the below as the Registrant (and they used to show Martin Ray Winery for a good year, I believe). But here for the first time that I have seen, someone at Robert Craig Winery filed the paperwork for this wine (above)! I wonder what it means?
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I didn’t say anything about the quality. To me a true shiner is from the winery who bottled it for sale, laid it down, then later made a business decision not to label it and/or move it somewhere else. When I see post-Cam DN push a shiner, who knows where it came from. Last I looked on WineBusiness.com they had over 60K CASES of shiners for sale, the majority of which are from producers that specialize in producing shiners AND have generic corks. I think historically (pre-Martin Ray) DN purchased barrels of wine and bottled it. Federal regulations are pretty specific on listing who bottles a wine.
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Looked in to that RC filing , its for lot 504, which is a blend of 54% Napa and 46% Sonoma grapes. Thats not a wine RC makes but something Martin Ray does.…
If I were to venture guesses here:
Lot 497 - RC Diamond Mountain
Lot 498 - RC or MR Napa Cabernet
Lot 499 - RC Howell Mountain Cabernet
Lot 500 - MR Rutherford Cabernet
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Boo again…
What’s typical barrel aging for a Pinot? If this wine is “in stock and ready to ship” and is a 2023, that means it’s only been in the barrel for 10 months or so. I’m sort of noticing a short aging trend here on these new wines, maybe others have already…
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Joyce Vineyards Gabilian Pinot Noir is 10 months in barrel, so perhaps it is normal for this terroir with less fruit.
Chalone Vineyards is 9 months (and I think this might be Lot 485: 2021 Chalone Estate Pinot Noir, Chalone)
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Just a heads up to anyone who still buys from CH wine or has in the past. Got an email today that their points program is ending September 26th. I dont think this a good sign for them.
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