If like me, this last fall you bit on the on the PC weekend special deal for the 2008 Galardi Terra di Lavoro Roccamonfina @ $49.99 per (amazing price), I’m happy to say that I just checked in my account this morning, the wine is in stock and ready to ship.
The reason I am bringing this up is around December, Garagiste came with an offer for the same wine, and Mr. Jon put a real scare in me by warning consumers who bought this wine at unrealistic prices, might have to wait a long time to actual receive it, if ever. Rather than paraphrase, I cut and pasted the offer below:
2008 Galardi
Dear Friends,
I was going to save this for February of next year but the requests have become so large that it’s not in anyone’s interest to wait. The winery has been hounded by order requests from around the globe and a fervent grey marketing campaign by US retailers has been in full swing since September so time is of the essence (keep in mind, the winery has severely cracked down on the grey marketing of their 2008 – if you are waiting on futures of 2008 Galardi purchased at unrealistic prices, you need to inquire as to the wine’s point of origin and exact delivery date – Galardi has cut-off a number of European sources that sold a boatload of grey market 2008 to US retailers on a pre-arrival basis a few months ago – the wine will not be delivered to the European grey-marketers and they will have to find the wine elsewhere. Where will they find it? I have no idea as 97pt wines do not grow on trees. As most long-term Email List members know, I’m not writing this so you purchase the wine from us, quite the contrary – everyone purchases enough other wine from us year-round – I’m just keeping you in the loop if your hard-earned funds have been given to speculators that will have a very difficult time delivering the wine).
Anyway, the wine is in, and PC definitely delivered at a great price and in a timely manner, Kudos. ![[cheers.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/0/0ff9bfcdb0964982cd3240b6159868fbdf215b1a.gif "cheers"){kind=small}