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Pretty sure 2006 Cain FIve is on lastbottle for $45
Yeah all day yesterday was different "mystery" Cain bottles. I picked up a few to try.
I grab one of the 06s on the rec here.
I picked up a few of the 2006 Cain Fives as well.
I opened a 2013 Cain Five tonight. I think I prefer the 2013 Elivette, but the Cain was very good and seems to have plenty of life left in it. I was a little worried based on some reviews I've read of the 2013 Cain Fives that others had picked up on last bottle, but this one was in perfect shape and even benefitted from a couple of hours of air.
I am looking forward to trying the 06.
I opened a 2013 Cain Five tonight. I think I prefer the 2013 Elivette, but the Cain was very good and seems to have plenty of life left in it. I was a little worried based on some reviews I've read of the 2013 Cain Fives that others had picked up on last bottle, but this one was in perfect shape and even benefitted from a couple of hours of air.
I am looking forward to trying the 06.
I would have picked up one or two but have never had Cain and a lot of what I have read is that it's pretty bretty. Is it really that funky of a wine or is that overblown?
I didn't pick up much brett or barnyard, which are the primary complaints I've seen.
Any recs for the Santa Cruz area? I'm heading over in a couple of weeks to do some hiking and have a day set aside for winery visits. I'm currently booked at Mount Eden in the morning and Windy Oaks in the afternoon. Both can be cancelled if there is something better that I'm missing.
Just a pet peeve of mine that no one outside of this board would care about.
Got not 1, but 2 shipping notices that wine will be delivered Friday, when my office is closed for Good Friday. So, after holding it for a couple months even though the weather has been mostly fine, both decided this is the week to ship with the added bonus of attempting delivery on a holiday. I'm continually perplexed by shipping decisions.
Got not 1, but 2 shipping notices that wine will be delivered Friday, when my office is closed for Good Friday. So, after holding it for a couple months even though the weather has been mostly fine, both decided this is the week to ship with the added bonus of attempting delivery on a holiday. I'm continually perplexed by shipping decisions.
JCA1 said:
Just a pet peeve of mine that no one outside of this board would care about.
Got not 1, but 2 shipping notices that wine will be delivered Friday, when my office is closed for Good Friday. So, after holding it for a couple months even though the weather has been mostly fine, both decided this is the week to ship with the added bonus of attempting delivery on a holiday. I'm continually perplexed by shipping decisions.
I also have this pet peeve. I know wineries ship early week to get wine delivered on Friday/before the weekend, but post-Covid my company has been remote work on Friday's so nobody is here to receive. I've tried getting things shipped for Thursday delivery and it's 50/50 if it gets here Thurs or Friday or if they just try to upsell me overnight delivery at a huge cost. As a result I've had to get shipments delivered to the house which is far from ideal for our schedule.
FTAco07 said:JCA1 said:
Just a pet peeve of mine that no one outside of this board would care about.
Got not 1, but 2 shipping notices that wine will be delivered Friday, when my office is closed for Good Friday. So, after holding it for a couple months even though the weather has been mostly fine, both decided this is the week to ship with the added bonus of attempting delivery on a holiday. I'm continually perplexed by shipping decisions.
I also have this pet peeve. I know wineries ship early week to get wine delivered on Friday/before the weekend, but post-Covid my company has been remote work on Friday's so nobody is here to receive. I've tried getting things shipped for Thursday delivery and it's 50/50 if it gets here Thurs or Friday or if they just try to upsell me overnight delivery at a huge cost. As a result I've had to get shipments delivered to the house which is far from ideal for our schedule.
I have a wine bar that receives all my wine now, and this has made life much easier for me, especially since we are there at least once a week. I could almost guarantee a shipment would show up even when I ran to the grocery store after waiting all day for a shipment.
If there is a FedEx or UPS store nearby, you can get it shipped there and pick it up. Also, I think Walgreens will receive wine shipments from FedEx and hold them. If you have to reroute mid-shipment, they will charge you.
HTownAg98 said:FTAco07 said:JCA1 said:
Just a pet peeve of mine that no one outside of this board would care about.
Got not 1, but 2 shipping notices that wine will be delivered Friday, when my office is closed for Good Friday. So, after holding it for a couple months even though the weather has been mostly fine, both decided this is the week to ship with the added bonus of attempting delivery on a holiday. I'm continually perplexed by shipping decisions.
I also have this pet peeve. I know wineries ship early week to get wine delivered on Friday/before the weekend, but post-Covid my company has been remote work on Friday's so nobody is here to receive. I've tried getting things shipped for Thursday delivery and it's 50/50 if it gets here Thurs or Friday or if they just try to upsell me overnight delivery at a huge cost. As a result I've had to get shipments delivered to the house which is far from ideal for our schedule.
I have a wine bar that receives all my wine now, and this has made life much easier for me, especially since we are there at least once a week. I could almost guarantee a shipment would show up even when I ran to the grocery store after waiting all day for a shipment.
If there is a FedEx or UPS store nearby, you can get it shipped there and pick it up. Also, I think Walgreens will receive wine shipments from FedEx and hold them. If you have to reroute mid-shipment, they will charge you.
I have some off-home storage at a place called Classic Wine. There are 4 locations in Dallas to choose from. One of the perks is the ability to have all my wine deliveries go straight there to a properly cooled environment. They also have tasting events and wine pricing specials as well so it's been well worth that investment.
Redirect FedEx to a Walgreens.
jh0400 said:
Any recs for the Santa Cruz area? I'm heading over in a couple of weeks to do some hiking and have a day set aside for winery visits. I'm currently booked at Mount Eden in the morning and Windy Oaks in the afternoon. Both can be cancelled if there is something better that I'm missing.
If you're a Ridge fan, it isn't too far away from Mount Eden.
txam92 said:HTownAg98 said:FTAco07 said:JCA1 said:
Just a pet peeve of mine that no one outside of this board would care about.
Got not 1, but 2 shipping notices that wine will be delivered Friday, when my office is closed for Good Friday. So, after holding it for a couple months even though the weather has been mostly fine, both decided this is the week to ship with the added bonus of attempting delivery on a holiday. I'm continually perplexed by shipping decisions.
I also have this pet peeve. I know wineries ship early week to get wine delivered on Friday/before the weekend, but post-Covid my company has been remote work on Friday's so nobody is here to receive. I've tried getting things shipped for Thursday delivery and it's 50/50 if it gets here Thurs or Friday or if they just try to upsell me overnight delivery at a huge cost. As a result I've had to get shipments delivered to the house which is far from ideal for our schedule.
I have a wine bar that receives all my wine now, and this has made life much easier for me, especially since we are there at least once a week. I could almost guarantee a shipment would show up even when I ran to the grocery store after waiting all day for a shipment.
If there is a FedEx or UPS store nearby, you can get it shipped there and pick it up. Also, I think Walgreens will receive wine shipments from FedEx and hold them. If you have to reroute mid-shipment, they will charge you.
I have some off-home storage at a place called Classic Wine. There are 4 locations in Dallas to choose from. One of the perks is the ability to have all my wine deliveries go straight there to a properly cooled environment. They also have tasting events and wine pricing specials as well so it's been well worth that investment.
Which Classic do you go to? I am at the one in Frisco.
SupermachJM said:
I would have picked up one or two but have never had Cain and a lot of what I have read is that it's pretty bretty. Is it really that funky of a wine or is that overblown?
It's not a power oak cab fruitbomb. Is there some earthiness? Yes. Overpowering? Not at all.
Would be interested as well. I have a 2007 1.5L I picked up from the marathon I'd be willing to contribute.
OrdAg89 said:txam92 said:HTownAg98 said:FTAco07 said:JCA1 said:
Just a pet peeve of mine that no one outside of this board would care about.
Got not 1, but 2 shipping notices that wine will be delivered Friday, when my office is closed for Good Friday. So, after holding it for a couple months even though the weather has been mostly fine, both decided this is the week to ship with the added bonus of attempting delivery on a holiday. I'm continually perplexed by shipping decisions.
I also have this pet peeve. I know wineries ship early week to get wine delivered on Friday/before the weekend, but post-Covid my company has been remote work on Friday's so nobody is here to receive. I've tried getting things shipped for Thursday delivery and it's 50/50 if it gets here Thurs or Friday or if they just try to upsell me overnight delivery at a huge cost. As a result I've had to get shipments delivered to the house which is far from ideal for our schedule.
I have a wine bar that receives all my wine now, and this has made life much easier for me, especially since we are there at least once a week. I could almost guarantee a shipment would show up even when I ran to the grocery store after waiting all day for a shipment.
If there is a FedEx or UPS store nearby, you can get it shipped there and pick it up. Also, I think Walgreens will receive wine shipments from FedEx and hold them. If you have to reroute mid-shipment, they will charge you.
I have some off-home storage at a place called Classic Wine. There are 4 locations in Dallas to choose from. One of the perks is the ability to have all my wine deliveries go straight there to a properly cooled environment. They also have tasting events and wine pricing specials as well so it's been well worth that investment.
Which Classic do you go to? I am at the one in Frisco.
Same
txam92 said:OrdAg89 said:txam92 said:HTownAg98 said:FTAco07 said:JCA1 said:
Just a pet peeve of mine that no one outside of this board would care about.
Got not 1, but 2 shipping notices that wine will be delivered Friday, when my office is closed for Good Friday. So, after holding it for a couple months even though the weather has been mostly fine, both decided this is the week to ship with the added bonus of attempting delivery on a holiday. I'm continually perplexed by shipping decisions.
I also have this pet peeve. I know wineries ship early week to get wine delivered on Friday/before the weekend, but post-Covid my company has been remote work on Friday's so nobody is here to receive. I've tried getting things shipped for Thursday delivery and it's 50/50 if it gets here Thurs or Friday or if they just try to upsell me overnight delivery at a huge cost. As a result I've had to get shipments delivered to the house which is far from ideal for our schedule.
I have a wine bar that receives all my wine now, and this has made life much easier for me, especially since we are there at least once a week. I could almost guarantee a shipment would show up even when I ran to the grocery store after waiting all day for a shipment.
If there is a FedEx or UPS store nearby, you can get it shipped there and pick it up. Also, I think Walgreens will receive wine shipments from FedEx and hold them. If you have to reroute mid-shipment, they will charge you.
I have some off-home storage at a place called Classic Wine. There are 4 locations in Dallas to choose from. One of the perks is the ability to have all my wine deliveries go straight there to a properly cooled environment. They also have tasting events and wine pricing specials as well so it's been well worth that investment.
Which Classic do you go to? I am at the one in Frisco.
Same
Do you come up for the 2nd Friday BYOB? We are usually there.
I've started just biting the bullet to pay for the UPS subscription since they charge to redirect to a UPS store. At least FedEx lets you do that for free but by far most of my shipped wine comes from Last Bottle and they only ship UPS.
That sounds awesome. I'll repost in a few months once we've gotten our newborn under control and see what we can get going. I think it would be fun.
OrdAg89 said:txam92 said:OrdAg89 said:txam92 said:HTownAg98 said:FTAco07 said:JCA1 said:
Just a pet peeve of mine that no one outside of this board would care about.
Got not 1, but 2 shipping notices that wine will be delivered Friday, when my office is closed for Good Friday. So, after holding it for a couple months even though the weather has been mostly fine, both decided this is the week to ship with the added bonus of attempting delivery on a holiday. I'm continually perplexed by shipping decisions.
I also have this pet peeve. I know wineries ship early week to get wine delivered on Friday/before the weekend, but post-Covid my company has been remote work on Friday's so nobody is here to receive. I've tried getting things shipped for Thursday delivery and it's 50/50 if it gets here Thurs or Friday or if they just try to upsell me overnight delivery at a huge cost. As a result I've had to get shipments delivered to the house which is far from ideal for our schedule.
I have a wine bar that receives all my wine now, and this has made life much easier for me, especially since we are there at least once a week. I could almost guarantee a shipment would show up even when I ran to the grocery store after waiting all day for a shipment.
If there is a FedEx or UPS store nearby, you can get it shipped there and pick it up. Also, I think Walgreens will receive wine shipments from FedEx and hold them. If you have to reroute mid-shipment, they will charge you.
I have some off-home storage at a place called Classic Wine. There are 4 locations in Dallas to choose from. One of the perks is the ability to have all my wine deliveries go straight there to a properly cooled environment. They also have tasting events and wine pricing specials as well so it's been well worth that investment.
Which Classic do you go to? I am at the one in Frisco.
Same
Do you come up for the 2nd Friday BYOB? We are usually there.
I've been a few times, but not for a while. Too many things going on first part of this year.
cecil77 said:
Redirect FedEx to a Walgreens.
Wine.com allows you to select a Walgreens for delivery when you order. Super easy. I wish Last Bottle, WineSpies, etc., would do the same.
As others have said, if you leave home for five minutes or have to go to the bathroom at any point during the day, that's when the delivery dude will show up.
Last Bottle now let me ship to a UPS near my house for the first time during the most recent marathon.
East Dallas Ag said:
Would be interested as well. I have a 2007 1.5L I picked up from the marathon I'd be willing to contribute.
I missed that bottle during the marathon. Have the '06 and '13 vintages
People think I'm an idiot or something, because all I do is cut lawns for a living.
A Malbec that I'm pretty sure no one here has in their cellar.
Whooo Buddy
Hell yeah!
QBCade said:
Whooo Buddy
So, this was much more even a fight than I thought. I was thinking that the CLMHB would be outshined easily by CM, but CLMHB was actually preferred slightly until the steak came. Overall, CM was the winner, but very close.
HTownAg98 said:
A Malbec that I'm pretty sure no one here has in their cellar.
not to be confused with a caipiroska which is a Brazilian caipirinha made with vodka and not cachaca.
Happy Easter yall
My wife and I just wrapped up a short but sweet two day trip to Napa.
Tastings:
Realm
Maybach
Macdonald (with a 1997 Yquem)
Dinner wines
2023 Roy Piper cab
2006 Cristal
2006 Leoville Las Cases
1992 Dunn Howell Mountain
Good times!
Edit to add: we found a new cafe in St. Helena for breakfast/lunch called Under-Study. It's next door to (and affiliated with) Press. They had really good pastries and as a bonus for my wife, they had Krug by the glass. It was a cool spot so we went back for a light lunch and got a lot of the small bite apps as our meal. Everything was really well done. We'll definitely go back next time and maybe try one of their cooking classes.
Tastings:
Realm
Maybach
Macdonald (with a 1997 Yquem)
Dinner wines
2023 Roy Piper cab
2006 Cristal
2006 Leoville Las Cases
1992 Dunn Howell Mountain
Good times!
Edit to add: we found a new cafe in St. Helena for breakfast/lunch called Under-Study. It's next door to (and affiliated with) Press. They had really good pastries and as a bonus for my wife, they had Krug by the glass. It was a cool spot so we went back for a light lunch and got a lot of the small bite apps as our meal. Everything was really well done. We'll definitely go back next time and maybe try one of their cooking classes.
Press is great! Went there for our engagement dinner. Glad they're expanding into some more concepts!
Had dinner at De baca in College Station on Sunday evening. They had a nice bottle of il poggione on the wine list.
We haven't tried that one yet, but I was impressed with the Casa Mangiare list when we were there a few months ago. They had a good selection of barolo and barbaresco with some age on them at prices that were reasonable.
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