Any truth to the fact that the Futures are out now? And, that this is supposed to be their best vintage in a decade? Thank You for any input...

Yes, 2002 Ridge Monte Bello futures are available now, and available through theirweb site . They have held the price again this year at $65.00. However, I have not heard anything about the quality of the 2002 yet, and missed the tasting last weekend at the winery.

The 2000 Futures have been delivered (I have mine). I have no idea about the vintage. If you are talking about the 2002 then Yes, the 2002 Futures are available on the ridge web site at http://www.ridgewine.com/. The prices are as follows:

2002 Ridge Montebello futures:

375 $33 (12)
750 $65 (6)
1.5L $132 (2)
3L $300 (1)
6L $600 (1)

The last column is the quantity that they are sold in.

As luck would have it, I just bought my case of 2002 Monte Bello futures this morning. Thenthis topic showed up on the eBob site. I'm a happy wine-o.

Thanks. Have to do the same this weekend.

RJS,

The Ridge site is interesting, comprehensive, and not just a little bit too busy.
Check it Out.


To buy from them, you'd need to have an address in one of these states, according to their website:

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STATES WE SHIP TO
Alabama*, Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii*, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire*, New Mexico, Ohio*, Oregon, Pennsylvania*, Vermont*, Washington state, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming*.

* Call the winery at 408-867-3233 for more detailed information.
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You pay for your 2002-vintage wine now, you get it in March, 2005.

One good thing about Ridge, though: You know you can trust them to deliver the goods, and the prices are relatively fair.

I clicked on the link in the advertisement and nothing opens. I tried cutting and pasting the listed URL and that didn't work either. We have some South Florifda people here (I'm a part-timer) who might have interest in that.

Another effort by Carmine to make this location work. Another failure.

Went there for dinner last evening. One boo-boo after another.
Wine list. Not one French, German, Italiam etc wine on multi-page list.
Had to select three wines before they found one in stock. Wine fetcher maybe got his experience at Walgreens. Had no idea what Hazyblur was

Service: Had to ask for bread. Had to ask for water. Had to ask for butter.

Only 14 folks in resturant, service was sloooooowww.

Waiter was not too attentive.

Watched waiter at next table take a decanter and fill a poor souls glass to the top. YICKS.

Food was okay, but service was poor and less than acceptable.