Since I first said I wanted to stop buying these I have purchased an additional 18 bottles of Wine Access private label, and another 5 cases of De Negoce! Based on our current rate of consumption, it is going to take me roughly 4 years to drink all of these, assuming I drink nothing else.
It is my favorite so far (other than one or two bottles of the Yesterday) and has had zero bottle variation.
One very easy solution for this…
Drink more.
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Just picked up a case of ‘16 Smith-Madrone Riesling at $22/pop all in. Case price is $25/ea, then 10% wine club discount = $270 on the case + $14.31 tax here in VA. After Amex $20 off $200, price per bottle is ~$22 delivered.
Wine club sends drinkable wine - I’m “meh” on the value of the club itself, but certainly not outraged - but the 10% off every order is the kicker for me — just have to pick and choose when they have something priced well vs. using it as an excuse to just buy something to use the discount.
2017 Joseph Phelps Innisfree
Baby isignia?? Anyone have any experience in this bottling or vintage ? Just popped up on wine access
Popped a Commission right off the truck - it’s really good. Well balanced with very bold flavors, blue and black fruit with a touch of baking spice, leather, and vanilla. Super smooth integrated tannins with a long finish. Wish I bought more of this.
6 people I know drank this and they all liked it as well. First thing they said was “very smooth”.
Yeah, I was happy to see it pop up again on my offers, but then saw the de facto 10% off. Not enough to motivate a buy.
Well it’s another 10% off which isn’t compelling on its own but you can use promos with it, so if you have a $50/200 or $50/150 laying around now you’re cooking with gas. Just gotta make sure your out the door, charged to AMEX total is $200+ of course, to trigger the $20/200 statement credit.
All of those 50/150 promotions I have seen have been just for new customers. Are you aware of some that existing customers can use?
I got my 4 Yesterdays Oakville, 2 bedrock and 4 Concept Album (16). Just sitting on the Yesterdays to come around. May try one at Christmas.
Yes, and its not that great…hard pass…
Lol, why? If you are lucky, only 1/4 maybe turn out to be good.
Well Im hoping 4/4 but the real reason is to let them get over shock.
Since there are many reports of really good bottles, the shock is done. Now, the bottle variation, which is the main issue here. That doesn’t help with age. No amount of aging will help with average bottles. So say you wait a few years, open your first one and it taste meh, what do you do? Open another?
Re: yesterday - But why would you want to open a 2018 cab now that turned out to be good quality but not ready to drink? It’s very likely not going to be ready even with tons of air. I’d rather wait and open a couple if one is bad as a result of bottle variation. Yeah, there’s a potential waste of cellar/cooler space for bad bottles, but that’s the lesser of two evils in my mind.
Glad to hear people are liking the Commission. Grabbed 3/4 case.
John
FWIW, the current offer for Kinfolk - the quote clearly identifies the source as Dominus ( Lisa Perrotti-Brown quote for the 2016 vintage). I’m passing, I’ve got enough private label stuff for a while.
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- referral code is in my head. 30/100 and 50/200s and a 20% off your entire order are all game for existing customers.
How do existing customers access those codes?