Thanks! I’ll talk to them again!
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You should be able to re-route to a UPS hub to hold it no problem. The stores are more hit and miss. Some claim they cannot sign for alcohol on anyone else’s behalf.
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This is the way. Although I’ve traded hiding wine from my spouse who thinks I have a spending problem to being shamed by the local FedEx worker who thinks (knows?) I’m an alcoholic.
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It is. I still have a few cases total incoming, various quantities from:
Beta
Carlisle
Fass
Enfield
Kutch
Vincent
Somehow I failed to order Goodfellow, but with space constraints that may be an error I can live with.
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On deck soon…
Sandlands (just got an email from them saying they are to hold off on shipping due to heat)
Aubert
Realm
Pisoni
Turley
Ultramarine
Martinelli
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I’m just glad I don’t get much styrofoam any more!
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Yes, I always ship to may local Fedex HAL when the wine store uses Fedex. If they use UPS, I ship to my local UPS Store where I have a PMB box.
Lately I pay extra for 2-Day, which seems to make care and delivery of boxes more of a priority (to Fedex). Whenever possible on the pricy cases, I also pay extra to insure.
In this recent mess with Saratoga, they shipped regular Fedex ground, which seems to mean the cases travel with the majority of the shipping herd, and I tend to see more problems arise that way.
4th email yesterday to Saratoga - still radio silence on their end. Will call them today.
My beef is more with Saratoga and non-responsiveness than it is with the usual Russian roulette we all play with courriers.
Wow, that’s wild that it happened with a delivery to a FedEx store. That’s a new low.
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Steve. This is the way.
I always have FedEx and UPS hold my packages. Thankfully I have a good relationship with a full time employee at the both stores.
I always give them a bottle every shipping season as a Thankyou. Wine isn’t necessarily their “drink of choice.”……. But I’ve convinced them to pair their Chick-fil-A with a bottle of Champagne/Sparkling wine. 
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I know i’m in the minority here, but I don’t add my wines into CT until they arrive, but based on my emails or order confirmation, I have wines arriving from:
DeNegoce
Once & Future (just arrived) - i bought the Francis Cuvee Library release
Turley
Boich
Sandlands
William & Mary
Bedrock
Rivers Marie
Carlisle
Ultramarine
Fingers Crossed
Beta (not a winner in the Jasud lottery)
Vice Versa
Mayacamas
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I have to put them into pending or I would totally forget what is on the horizon.
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Got Bedrock via UPS and Under the Wire via FedEx today. Or was it the other way around? Either way, kind of funny to get two shipments from the same producer, via different carriers.
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Other way around I think
Not Fall yet in southern Arizona. 100 degrees again today, like most years. To wineries, auction houses, and wine stores: Please do not send us wine purchases into this heat. This happens every fall. Shipping weather for us normally starts about mid-Nov. Thank you.
Had to snag more storage space today. Delivery season is coming
Carlisle
Andremily
20’ BDX
Keever
Aubert
Beta & Jasud
Pride
Robert craig
Saxum
Turley
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Update as of yesterday. Managed to clear 8 cases worth of shipments in overflow storage that have already arrived. Got another 10 cases coming still over the next month of these 
Bedrock
Beta/Jasud
Kelley Fox
Lopa (2021 JJP and Emrich-Schonleber)
Envoyer (variety of Burgs)
Gordon’s (2022 Falkenstein and Keller, some Burgs)
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Always my favorite time of the year
Dalla Valle
Pezzato
Beta
Greer
Vice Versa
Realm
Riverrain
William & Mary
Rivers Marie
Chris Tynan
Bedrock
Roy Piper
Kobayashi
Fait Main
Di Costanzo
Mascot
Misc BDX
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Still a few weeks out here but this is what I got coming.
Christopher Tynan
Fait-Main
Realm
Rhys
Ultramarine
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So far this week have gotten Jean Edwards, Riverain, and Quivira. Bedrock was damaged in transit so they are sending another. Aubert, Realm, Kinsman Eades, Bevan, Greer, and Carlisle coming in hot soon. Seriously need to drink more to make more room in the cellar for the onslaught.
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Too many producers to name and way too much wine and not enough room. Same as everyone else lol.
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