Sandlands - Live!

[Brian_Tuite]

Tiny allocations. Ordered a wished.

[Jeffrey_Neal]

I have dropped most mailing lists, but can’t give up Sandlands or Bedrock. Offered 18 bottles, bought 18 bottles.

[J.Levinson]

Bought what I could, and wish listed some others. Can’t decide if I like his reds or whites better so I get both.

These are one of the few Northern California reds I may buy from 2020.

[RyanC]

Mixed 6-pack — one of each wine. I like them a lot and the pricepoint is great; I just don’t have unlimited space.

[Joe_W_i_n_o_g_r_a_d]

No trousseau again - fires this time. …heartbreak

[K_e_v_i_n_B]

Bummer looks like shipping cost went up quite a bit. almost $7 per bottle to ship 6. Ouch.

[MikeHill]

Bummer looks like shipping cost went up quite a bit. almost $7 per bottle to ship 6. Ouch.

And that’s with them subsidizing shipping costs. Just the world we live in now.

[R_Gilbane]

Order in (as always).

Should make it a rule outlawing complaints against any winemaker who subsizes shipping. Should continue to be open season on the forced 2 day shipping from other producers but let’s not gripe about those who are openly eating cost just to subsidize our own filthy habits.

[NealW]

Took the offered case plus wishlisted reds. Will be first time trying whites from Sandlands but certainly worth a shot at the price point.

Likewise opened the 2019 zin recently and really enjoyed it.

[larry_schaffer]

Order in (as always).

Should make it a rule outlawing complaints against any winemaker who subsizes shipping. Should continue to be open season on the forced 2 day shipping from other producers but let’s not gripe about those who are openly eating cost just to subsidize our own filthy habits.

As I’ve said a few times, shipping wine SUCKS. All of us wish we could ship wines as simple as ‘Amazon Prime’ but it’s just not the way it works. Some wineries like me use a third party shipper to ship outside CA, and though this increases the costs slightly, it’s the only way to operate as a small business who tries to do as much as possible themselves.

I applaud Sandlands for being open and honest about this. Would you rather they raise their prices $7 per bottle and then offer ‘shipping included’? I know some might but that’s generally not how wineries think.

Cheers.

[jeffruggels]

Order in (as always).

Should make it a rule outlawing complaints against any winemaker who subsizes shipping. Should continue to be open season on the forced 2 day shipping from other producers but let’s not gripe about those who are openly eating cost just to subsidize our own filthy habits.

As I’ve said a few times, shipping wine SUCKS. All of us wish we could ship wines as simple as ‘Amazon Prime’ but it’s just not the way it works. Some wineries like me use a third party shipper to ship outside CA, and though this increases the costs slightly, it’s the only way to operate as a small business who tries to do as much as possible themselves.

I applaud Sandlands for being open and honest about this. Would you rather they raise their prices $7 per bottle and then offer ‘shipping included’? I know some might but that’s generally not how wineries think.

Cheers.

I have no doubt. That said, i was going to pick up a couple of bottles, i like wines and even though i am trying to purchase lees, some carignane and cinsault sounded good. But $30 to ship two bottles to socal (for $50 worth of wine) had me stop. Not blaming anyone but it did change behavoir

[Paul_Miller]

Mixed order placed

[Ann_Brown]

Order in (as always).

Should make it a rule outlawing complaints against any winemaker who subsizes shipping. Should continue to be open season on the forced 2 day shipping from other producers but let’s not gripe about those who are openly eating cost just to subsidize our own filthy habits.

As I’ve said a few times, shipping wine SUCKS. All of us wish we could ship wines as simple as ‘Amazon Prime’ but it’s just not the way it works. Some wineries like me use a third party shipper to ship outside CA, and though this increases the costs slightly, it’s the only way to operate as a small business who tries to do as much as possible themselves.

I applaud Sandlands for being open and honest about this. Would you rather they raise their prices $7 per bottle and then offer ‘shipping included’? I know some might but that’s generally not how wineries think.

Cheers.

I have no doubt. That said, i was going to pick up a couple of bottles, i like wines and even though i am trying to purchase lees, some carignane and cinsault sounded good. But $30 to ship two bottles to socal (for $50 worth of wine) had me stop. Not blaming anyone but it did change behavoir

I am in the same position. Wanted to buy 2-3 wines (just don’t have cellar room for more) but the shipping was almost as much as the wine. Can’t do it (which is likely good because i have way too much wine). Makes me think i need to look more locally for wine to avoid these shipping costs.

[Jim_Hanlon]

Thanks for the head’s up on this. Did anyone else besides me fail to receive the advance email and the email opening orders? Thanks to being tipped off by this thread, I was able to log in and order. But I’d like to let the winery know and am curious whether this happened to anyone else before I reach out to them.

[Tom_G_l_a_s_g_o_w]

Thanks for the head’s up on this. Did anyone else besides me fail to receive the advance email and the email opening orders? Thanks to being tipped off by this thread, I was able to log in and order. But I’d like to let the winery know and am curious whether this happened to anyone else before I reach out to them.

One time I unsubscribed, probably a fumble fingers with the iPhone email unsubscribe button.

[Douglas_Breen]

I got a six pack. I look at prices as a whole. 6 bottles were $220.76. 2 Mataro, 2 Napa white blends and 2 cinsault for under $37 each including shipping and tax. Sandlands has done a good job in keeping their prices reasonable since the start. Thank you!

[larry_schaffer]

As I’ve said a few times, shipping wine SUCKS. All of us wish we could ship wines as simple as ‘Amazon Prime’ but it’s just not the way it works. Some wineries like me use a third party shipper to ship outside CA, and though this increases the costs slightly, it’s the only way to operate as a small business who tries to do as much as possible themselves.

I applaud Sandlands for being open and honest about this. Would you rather they raise their prices $7 per bottle and then offer ‘shipping included’? I know some might but that’s generally not how wineries think.

Cheers.

I have no doubt. That said, i was going to pick up a couple of bottles, i like wines and even though i am trying to purchase lees, some carignane and cinsault sounded good. But $30 to ship two bottles to socal (for $50 worth of wine) had me stop. Not blaming anyone but it did change behavoir

I am in the same position. Wanted to buy 2-3 wines (just don’t have cellar room for more) but the shipping was almost as much as the wine. Can’t do it (which is likely good because i have way too much wine). Makes me think i need to look more locally for wine to avoid these shipping costs.

As most of you know by now, it will ALWAYS cost you more to ship just a few bottles vs 6-12 of them - it’s just the efficiencies of scale at play here.

I also think that if you purchased 2 or 3 bottles that were $50 or $75 or $100 each, you would feel different - Sandlands is at a ‘disadvantage’ because their price points are so low. Interesting . . .

Cheers

[Jeremy_C]

I really should have refrained from ordering, but…I really appreciate the low alcohol and distinctive flavors these wines have. In for six, now just need to find the space.

[RyanC]

I got a six pack. I look at prices as a whole. 6 bottles were $220.76. 2 Mataro, 2 Napa white blends and 2 cinsault for under $37 each including shipping and tax. Sandlands has done a good job in keeping their prices reasonable since the start. Thank you!

Agree. Old vines, interesting wines, small production, made with soul, and priced for weeknights. Total no-brainer. Along with Ridge Monte Bello, the only CA list that remains for me.

[Ann_Brown]

I have no doubt. That said, i was going to pick up a couple of bottles, i like wines and even though i am trying to purchase lees, some carignane and cinsault sounded good. But $30 to ship two bottles to socal (for $50 worth of wine) had me stop. Not blaming anyone but it did change behavoir

I am in the same position. Wanted to buy 2-3 wines (just don’t have cellar room for more) but the shipping was almost as much as the wine. Can’t do it (which is likely good because i have way too much wine). Makes me think i need to look more locally for wine to avoid these shipping costs.

As most of you know by now, it will ALWAYS cost you more to ship just a few bottles vs 6-12 of them - it’s just the efficiencies of scale at play here.

I also think that if you purchased 2 or 3 bottles that were $50 or $75 or $100 each, you would feel different - Sandlands is at a ‘disadvantage’ because their price points are so low. Interesting . . .

Cheers

This. Exactly. Economies of scale are working against me buying small numbers of bottles of lower priced wines. It is indeed interesting. I take it as the universe telling me i own too much wine. Perhaps i need to participate in the cellar reduction thread….