i know, most people either love or hate it. but who is buying? $30 pre-release. i'm in for 3, possibly 6. it's the "new" tbird. i've given up pinot noir and started drinking whites.

also offered:
05 estate viognier verna's $20
05 estate viognier SRH $22
04 estate chardonnay SRH $26

AND
04 estate pinot noir SRH $28
04 estate pinot noir indegene $42
04 estate pinot noir high density $46
04 estate pinot noir terraces $52
04 estate pinot noir carrie's $52
03 estate syrah SBC $20

The small lot pinot mailer went out some time ago. If anyone is interested, they probably shouldn't dawdle.

-Al

Just slightly off topic, but I did find one useful thing about those oversized, waxed bottles that Melville uses for their small lot pinot wines.

I was putting away a case (6 Terraces & 6 Carries) onto the top of my wine storage locker. About 8-9 feet in the air. Of course I needed to adjust the ladder a bit, so I balanced the case 1/2 way into the locker (stupid). As I moved the ladder the whole box tipped a bit and before I could jump up to catch it, two bottles fell out, hit the ladder and landed on the cement floor below.

There was shattered wax and a mangled top on one of the Carrie's bottles, and chards of glass from the heavy base of one of the Terrace's. Amazingly, although the bottles look beat up, there was no leakage!

So, I brought those two bottles home to try out in a few weeks. I can't believe how lucky I was. The sound of bouncing bottles on cement is not pleasant!

-J

i went in for 6. i'm stocking up whites for the summer.