Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Labeler
Posts:3668
 | | 11/06/2007 4:32 PM |
| vintner select chard, merlot, and cab. 47, 75,and 85 dollars respectively.
This might be my first pass on a Pride mailer. Gotta cut down.... Also, buying a new car on Saturday factors in. | | | |
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David Spriggs
Grape Sorter
Posts:310
| | 11/06/2007 4:38 PM |
| Thanks for the "heads up"! I'm buying them all. I have yet to be disappointed with any of Pride's vintner select wines. Even the 2000 Pride "Wind Whistle Vineyard" Merlot was good!    -Dave-  | | | |
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Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts:9210
| | 11/06/2007 9:59 PM |
| | I am passing, if anyone wants my 4 bottles of each (or any) let me know ASAP. | | | |
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jeffkahn
Happy Valley, PA
Grape Sorter
Posts:395
| | 11/07/2007 9:18 AM |
| Eric - mind sharing why the pass?
I ended up getting 3 Merlots and 3 Cabs. Expensive, especially with shipping, but Pride was one of the first wines that clicked for my wife and me so it is a sentimental favorite.
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Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts:9210
| | 11/07/2007 9:33 AM |
| | Jeff, I find that I have just tired of Pride wines, they just don't interest me any longer. They're well made, but I find them unexciting is all. That and the cellar is overflowing! | | | |
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Randy Wigginton
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5484
| | 11/08/2007 12:00 AM |
| | Cellar is overflowing, but passing on the vintner select merlot is impossible here. Not going for the chard, and only one cab... but the merlot is a must. | | | |
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kpak
Alaska
Wine Thief
Posts:2950
| | 11/12/2007 6:59 PM |
| I'm undecided.Â
And also in the 'out of room' category, but also may consider a couple bottles of the merlot.
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The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits...
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shaferguy91
Germantown TN
Wine Bottler
Posts:3424
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Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Labeler
Posts:3668
| | 11/13/2007 5:36 PM |
| | Pass, bought a Lexus instead. | | | |
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Randy Wigginton
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5484
| | 11/14/2007 2:21 AM |
| Wow... I thought my cellar was full...  Â I can only imagine how hard it is to get a lexus in there... 
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Quinn_cab
Grape Sorter
Posts:239
| | 11/14/2007 8:28 PM |
| | My first Pride pass in years. I will continue to order the Reserves which I believe are a relative bargain in their peer group (along with KL reserves and Quilceda), but as I trim down mailer purchases their other offerings have been pushed out for me by wines like KL, Bressler and Monte Bello. | | | |
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Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Labeler
Posts:3668
| | 11/15/2007 12:21 PM |
| Posted By Randy Wigginton on 11/14/2007 2:21 AM Wow... I thought my cellar was full... Â I can only imagine how hard it is to get a lexus in there...
Hehehehehehe
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Marco
Barrel Filler
Posts:1044
| | 11/15/2007 7:46 PM |
| Passed Pride for the first time and I am reluctant to order the regular Merlot when it is offered.Â
It is likely that in years past the grapes now used for the VS Merlot went into the regular bottling, therefore the quality of the regular bottling may be diminished. Is this correct?
I'll continue to order the Mountain Top bottling, it has never disappointed. | | | |
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Randy Wigginton
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5484
| | 11/16/2007 9:06 AM |
| | This was for the mountain top merlot, unless I completely misunderstood. Vintner select is the designation for the "special" merlot. | | | |
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Elkiholic
New Hampshire
Grape Fermenter
Posts:467
| | 11/26/2007 4:24 PM |
| | They are one in the same. Mountain Top was the old name. Using the Vintner's Select brand across the wine portfolio (Chard/Merlot and now Cab) | |
Mike Coutu
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