I’ve been a purchaser of their wines for the past several years. I’ve enjoyed most of their offerings and recently noticed that I’ve stopped receiving emails from them. So I looked on their site to see what was available for purchase. I can’t find their online shop on their website like in the past. I even tried to email them. The email bounces back.
I hope everything is ok. Anybody know what is going on?
Thanks for any insight.
Hi gents,
Been a good run! After ten years, we have decided to focus on drinking wine, not making it. If you are interested in library releases, ping me at loren@wildefarmwines.com
Thanks for the patronage!
Hi @loren.grossman - I just tried to email you and got a bounce back from the server.
email box was full. Sorry!
Loren,
Thanks for letting us know. Good luck in your future endeavours.
Best wishes on whatever is next for you Loren!
On a related note, have been slowly making my way through a bottle of the 2017 Wilde Farm Halcon Syrah, and white tasty on day 1, it transformed into something very special on day 4!
My note:
At this point, I feel I could identify these Wilde Farm Syrahs blind! Light touch with the extraction, effusively aromatic, packed full of wild herbs, peppery green olives, an assertive spicy steminess, and with ethereal yet crunchy-juicy red fruit buried underneath the Mouth-coating powdery tannins. Clearly cool climate Syrah, but the almost CA pinot-like juiciness of the fruit is a clear indication it’s not from the northern Rhone. Perhaps a prickle of VA, but that might just be the stem spice. Unique and tasty. 91
Day 4: Grastrb’s note is very correct - this has developed into something really pure and special. The stemmy herbaceousness is much better balanced and lightly spearmint-y, and it now showcases an incredible purity of red fruit, very Burgundian, perhaps in the direction of Volnay, with its seductive texture, finesse, and tannins like raw silk. Still that hint of VA that provides lift and no distraction. Hard not to smile when drinking this now. Do yourself a favor and give half a bottle of this a few days open and watch it transform. 93-94
Great note! Very kind. Im pretty sure I can tell them blindfolded too! Excited to see what Pax does with Halcon not that it is his monopole.
I think I may need to revisit these wines. The 2017 I remember feeling similar to you with my note around the same time. The 2018 did not seem like it was in a great place.
By chance, The Girl made Osso Bucco last night and I decided to open the 2018 Halcon Elevacion out of cold storage. It took nearly an hour to open up but realized it could have aged longer.
How serendipitous. Like Thomas, I opened a 2017 Wilde Farm Bedrock tonight and was so impressed, I checked the website and saw its been a while since there have been any updates. Searching here revealed the answer, which I’m saddened to hear.
Its been my experience that Wilde Farm wines take a few years to really strut their stuff. I haven’t even touched the Halcon syrah knowing the source material and Pax’s winemaking style, though will remedy that tomorrow.
How do fledgling wineries manage to stay afloat when their wines are built to reward patience?