I only drink bio-sustainable, organic wines whose grapes were harvested by nuns and orphans wearing recyclable habits and eco-friendly clothing, then hand poured into bottles made entirely from recycled glass from PZEV vehicles and blessed by a shaman from the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California. You can REALLY taste the difference."
Casemates is the website that doesn’t sell to Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin. Let’s have some meh crap I don’t want to order on this site
@RdiPr Casemates does ship to the lower 48 states. However, while Casemates handles the logistics (collecting your money, shipping the wine), the actual seller is the winery (Broken Earth). The winery has to be licensed in each state that they care to sell to, which leads to a different ‘open’ state list for each offer.
Without tasting it, I would question how well this 2013 vintage of these grapes have aged - Varietals: Petite Sirah 37%, Grenache 34%, Syrah 20%, Viognier 9%.
On one hand, Red Châteauneuf-du-Pape can age nicely, and uses up to 19 different grape varieties, similar to the grapes listed in this wine, and it is listed as 14.4% Alcohol, which means it might age very nicely! Red Cote du Rhones wines sometimes can also mature nicely.
On the other hand, a lot of wines made from these grapes are often meant to be consumed “sooner rather than later”.
So, this wine might be the best buy in the world, on the other hand, it might be starting to show it’s age.
It would be nice to have independent 3rd party 2020 tasting notes.
@craigthom@j37hr0 You can, at least meh support says so. I think its good until December. I’m hoping I’ll be able to use it that way, but if not, meh, it was still a great deal.
@j37hr0@moonhat@rpstrong not only not licensed, but mail order wine (or other alcohol) is illegal here in Utah. Impossible to get licenses for such a thing. We can’t even have a BevMo or wine in the grocery store. State run liquor only. sigh
@dalekjoe@j37hr0@moonhat I didn’t realize how bad you had it - but it looks like H.B. 157 made things marginally better. [The bill allows you to buy out-of-state wine, but it has to be delivered to a state-run store]
I got a kick out of amendments to section 32B-4-414:
removes the requirement that a person moving the person’s residence into the state obtain department approval before bringing liquor for
personal consumption into the state;
removes the requirement that a person who inherits liquor that is located outside the state obtain department approval before bringing
the liquor into the state
Still can’t have wine (whine) shipped to RI. Maybe I’ll ship it to my parents an hour north of me, in MA, and then drive it back. Big thanks to the Rhode Island-based wine wholesaler lobby for keeping these super modern and sensible laws in place.
@natekimh aww I read a fun novel a couple years back that took place in the finger lakes. It sounded like a gorgeous place! I have a friend in Saratoga Springs, is that close?
Name: 1 Case (12 Bottles) of WFH (Wine For Home) Red Blend
Model: 200805MEHWFHCASE
Condition: New
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2013 Wine For Home Red Blend
Tasting Notes
The strength of the Paso Robles region to offer wonderful blends is clearly demonstrated in this wine. The combination of the fruit profiles from Grenache, Petite Sirah and Syrah really bring this wine to bear. The concentration of flavors creates a powerful presence while still maintaining sophistication and balance. The blend is both well-structured and harmonious. Layers of fruit continue to emerge as the wine opens up, revealing more and more of the wine’s personality.
Viognier is used as the ‘glue’ that binds these varieties together. Its co-fermentation with Syrah adds depth to the texture and produces a seam-less palate that enhances the dark and red fruits offered by each different grape.
The wine is bright and very fruit forward but continues to deliver right through the middle palate. We chose to allow firmer tannins to emerge to assist in ensuring a clean and balanced finish.
Specs
Vintage: 2013
Appellation: Paso Robles, California
Varietals: Petite Sirah 37%, Grenache 34%, Syrah 20%, Viognier 9%
Alcohol: 14.4%
pH: 3.51
Total Acidity: 5.90 g/L
Residual Sugar: 7.00 g/L
About The Winery
Winery: Broken Earth Winery
Owners: Chris Cameron
Founded: 2011
Location: Paso Robles, California
We are a customer-focused team proudly representing Paso Robles & committed to continuing to bolster the high-quality reputation of Paso Robles wines. Broken Earth Winery produces unique wines that are estate grown, harvested & bottled in Paso Robles.
Rancho Tierra Rejada, Spanish for “land of worked earth,” is the original name of the 2,500 acre Paso Robles ranch that is now home to the vineyards of Broken Earth Winery. Our unique wines reflect winemaker Chris Cameron’s committed & passionate approach to all aspects of winemaking. Structure & balance are most critical, each varietal released is an accurate reflection of the style & the region. Broken Earth Winery remains committed to sustainable ideals, and to continuing to bolster the high-quality reputation of Paso Robles wines.
What’s in the Box?
@dagirlgenius Hard to say, but it is probably off-dry at 7% residual sugar and a moderate pH of 3.51. However, the vintage is said to be 2013, so it has a seven year head start in aging, which likely means that this is one reason it is being offered.
#1 It hasn’t sold in the previous seven years. #2 It is likely not a long keeper, so it might be nearing the end of its drinking window. #3 With a somewhat pedestrian label of “WFH,” it seems to be offered as a table wine (i.e., wine for home) and not an especially remarkable vintage/blend, winery/marketing hype above notwithstanding. In other words, if a mediocre wine excites you, well you may just be in luck with this one.
At this price point, I would plan on consuming it in the coming months. Thanksgiving is coming up in a few months and if this is drinkable, it might serve for a table wine then. If not, then you could cook with it, or you could give it as a gift to people, whom you don’t particularly like, etc. Imagine the look on the face of a frenemy, when presented with 11 bottles of wine…
This wine tickles the tongue with subtle hints of cat urine and sea grass while awakening the palate with whispers of cigarette butts and unicorn farts.
@Trinityscrew So in other words they couldn’t sell it on casemates because it sucks so they tried here since they figured the people who knew the difference would already be on casemates??? Either that or sell it to the group that used to buy Boon Farm by the gallon?
@Kidsandliz So in other words I’m being an obnoxious asshole because people trying to make haughty, serious comments about a wine being sold on a site that is based on being mediocre makes me laugh.
And no, I have not tried this wine. My cat urine and cigarette butt comments were made with my tongue wedged firmly in my cheek.
@Trinityscrew oh I know you were being funny. I was just playing off what you said. I was thinking meh sells morningsave “leftovers” here and now casemates sells their rejects here. (Grin)
@dagirlgenius@Jackinga@Trinityscrew I’ve actually tasted all of those in wine before, with the exception of the unicorn flatulence by-product. I’m pretty sure you’re making that unicorn thing up.
Ahhh Paso. Straight up the new napa. I love having spent so much time there! Biddle ranch, tolosa, opolo, eberle, tooth and nail… the wine here is so varied and gorgeous seriously considering this case… or I’ll just head up there!
@mnsblondie I love pronouncing it how the locals do, and then being corrected every time by people who don’t know. “Robe-lays” Nope. Robe-Els. Doesn’t make any sense, but that’s how they say it.
The wine is pretty good given the circumstances. Really it’s meeting me where I am right now, and frankly, it’s nice to not feel judged by my wine. We both know we’re just doing the best we can.
I also like knowing that despite the uncertainty in literally every other aspect of my life right now, I’m not going to run out of wine for the forseeable future. So, thanks Meh.
@Fe2_O3 Not to worry. If Pitney Bowes is involved, you won’t see this wine until about Christmas (maybe this year or maybe next), or just when the first icicles begin to form in Hell.
wondering if anyone got this and what it is like? I skipped it (wine overload, plus was not thrilled with last “QPR” offering). Also try to avoid peak hot season ordering even though they try to do the best they can to accomodate that. But would like to know if anyone received and tasted this. Thanks
Not awful. Will it knock your socks off? No. Is it an easy-drinking “backyard” wine, suitable for BBQ or a pasta dinner? Absolutely. Got what I expected, so am quite happy.
If you like red wine that isnt sweet, you may like this wine. Definitely not the taste if you enjoy sweetness. Not overy bitter, but definitely a great steak and potato wine. I choose to drink it with most dinners however.
I found this better when both chilled and aired for at LEAST 2 hours. As in, I’ll open it when I get off work at 4 if I want it for dinner at 730, stick it in the decanter, and stick that in the fridge. But it mellows out into something pretty nice that way.
@tjg1778 Same winery, different year. Different wine, too.
Blend: 43% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Sauvignon, a remaining blend made up of Petite Sirah, Petit Verdot, Syrah, Grenache
Appellation: Paso Robles
Alcohol: 13.5%
pH: 3.52
TA: 6.10 g/
Bottling Date: September 2016
Very tempting. However, if this is shipped via Pitney Blowes, like everything else, it’ll be stuck in the heat for 20+ days and the wine will ultimately be bad, by time it arrives. If the wine is NOT shipped by Pitney Blowes, I may reconsider, as I’m a sucker for Red blends.
@MrMikenIkes Thank you for the heads up on that. I would hope they would do the same in this case. Little things, I don’t mind being stuck in the 2-3 month loop that is the Pitney Blowes “system” for lack of a better term. But if it’s wine stuck in that same loop… Hulk Smash. ;-D
@forg0ttenclone@MrMikenIkes Casemates is now using UPS for shipping. I’m not sure about this one, but current orders on Casemates use “summer shipping” which is by second day air.
@forg0ttenclone@MrMikenIkes Casemates dropped FedEx last year sometime. Shipments of late have all been UPS. FedEx was better by far as wine could easily be diverted without charge to a Walgreens if one couldn’t be home to receive it. UPS is much harder to deal with in this respect, as they want to charge you to divert. At least that has been my experience with them.
@forg0ttenclone@Jackinga@MrMikenIkes UPS just recently rolled out diverting wine to their “access point” locations like CVS and (I think) Michaels. I have not tried it yet but I know at least one person over on Casemates has.
@accumulator Hey, wait, is that the unicorn farts mentioned earlier in the discussion? You’re not supposed to light them. As a kid, a friend told me about lighting farts and the concept troubled me for months. No, never tried it, though.
@hunter7411 Interesting that we’ve gotten Broken Earth via CM within the past year. Vintner must not have renewed for 2020. Of course, hindsight is always 2020. Kind of like in “Groundhog Day”.
It surprises me that PA isn’t on the blackout list. All our liquor stores are state run and as far as I know we can’t get liquor shipped from anywhere else.
@stazja01 PA opened up a while ago. My casemates order history proves it.
I think since the PLCB started offering its own web-based ordering, it nullified any previous restrictions on mailing alcohol to PA. ENJOY!
@stazja01 Wine is handled differently than liquor for PA. https://www.lcb.pa.gov/Consumers/Pages/Direct-Wine-Shipping.aspx You’re right that liquor still can’t be ordered from out of state, alas. When the state store website was inaccessible and the liquor stores were closed, I was REALLY glad for casemates, lol!
Disappointment. Casemates.com says they can ship to IL. My membership ID from Meh.com shows that it’s the same on Casemates.com. What’s the problem here? Is this a state license issue or just a web flaw? Either you can or can’t ship to IL…
@ajnavarro it’s the winery…every winery has to license to each individual state they want to ship to. That’s why the list is different for each offering on Casemates.
@haskins187 it’s the winery…every winery has to license to each individual state they want to ship to. That’s why the list is different for each offering on Casemates.
Got mine today, not a fan. I can’t even describe the taste, because I never tasted a wine like this before. Might try to make something with it since I am stuck with 12 bottles.
I don’t think of myself as having very snobbish standards for red wine, I am perfectly happy with most $5-8 bottles of wine from Trader Joe’s. However, this wine is undrinkable for me, to be honest. It has a really weird, bad aftertaste and smell (like a rubber hose or something),and I wish I had not purchased this.
2013!? Don’t you have any fresh wine?
Yes! “Bring us some fresh wine, the freshest you’ve got. This year! He doesn’t realize he’s dealing with sophisticated people hear” - Steve Martin
@don only sophisticated people hear?? We yokels are deaf to your comments.
@don Waiter… there are snails on her plate!
/image snails on her plate
@pmarin take them away and bring us those triangle cheese sandwiches you talked us out of
I think today’s product got lost on its way to Casemates…
@shahnm Well PB probably was shipping this to casemates and it went by way of meh. You know. The scenic route.
Don’t we have an entire other site for this? Not that I’m whining.
@CompactDisco There can never be too much wine.
@Barney @CompactDisco Or too much whine?
@Barney @CompactDisco @phonepole There can definitely be too much whine.
Ooh, I have the perfect shirt for drinking this wine.
I only drink bio-sustainable, organic wines whose grapes were harvested by nuns and orphans wearing recyclable habits and eco-friendly clothing, then hand poured into bottles made entirely from recycled glass from PZEV vehicles and blessed by a shaman from the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California. You can REALLY taste the difference."
@Trinityscrew
Or in a pinch, MD 20/20 will do…right?
Casemates is the website that doesn’t sell to Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin. Let’s have some meh crap I don’t want to order on this site
@RdiPr I have gotten Casemates, and I am in Illinois…
@RdiPr I have gotten Casemates, and I am in Wisconsin…
@RdiPr Casemates does ship to the lower 48 states. However, while Casemates handles the logistics (collecting your money, shipping the wine), the actual seller is the winery (Broken Earth). The winery has to be licensed in each state that they care to sell to, which leads to a different ‘open’ state list for each offer.
@rpstrong alright, guess I’m wrong and I’m just bitter because living in Utah I can’t order from casemates, or but anything like this on meh
Can’t beat Trader Joe’s Two Buck Chuck. Meh.
How can I do WFH if I order this WFH?
Without tasting it, I would question how well this 2013 vintage of these grapes have aged - Varietals: Petite Sirah 37%, Grenache 34%, Syrah 20%, Viognier 9%.
On one hand, Red Châteauneuf-du-Pape can age nicely, and uses up to 19 different grape varieties, similar to the grapes listed in this wine, and it is listed as 14.4% Alcohol, which means it might age very nicely! Red Cote du Rhones wines sometimes can also mature nicely.
On the other hand, a lot of wines made from these grapes are often meant to be consumed “sooner rather than later”.
So, this wine might be the best buy in the world, on the other hand, it might be starting to show it’s age.
It would be nice to have independent 3rd party 2020 tasting notes.
Tempted, but wishing there was a 6-bottle option as well. I hate to commit to a whole case, even if it’s a great deal.
@ACraigL me too! I’d do a 6 pack for sure.
God damn it Utah
@j37hr0
Can’t even use our darn pastadrop coupon for casemates either. Good thing pasta drop was hilarious and totally worth it anyway.
Thanks meh for making my goal of buying less meh crap easier tonight.
@dalekjoe @j37hr0 I can’t use my code even if I’m shipping to another state?
@craigthom @j37hr0 You can, at least meh support says so. I think its good until December. I’m hoping I’ll be able to use it that way, but if not, meh, it was still a great deal.
@dalekjoe @j37hr0 what? I thought the pastadrop coupon worked for one casemates order
@dalekjoe @j37hr0 @moonhat It does, but Broken Earth isn’t licensed to sell in Utah.
@j37hr0 @moonhat @rpstrong not only not licensed, but mail order wine (or other alcohol) is illegal here in Utah. Impossible to get licenses for such a thing. We can’t even have a BevMo or wine in the grocery store. State run liquor only. sigh
@dalekjoe @j37hr0 @moonhat I didn’t realize how bad you had it - but it looks like H.B. 157 made things marginally better. [The bill allows you to buy out-of-state wine, but it has to be delivered to a state-run store]
I got a kick out of amendments to section 32B-4-414:
@j37hr0 @moonhat @rpstrong we recently got full strength beer too
Any Lab Rats have a take on this one?
Still can’t have wine (whine) shipped to RI. Maybe I’ll ship it to my parents an hour north of me, in MA, and then drive it back. Big thanks to the Rhode Island-based wine wholesaler lobby for keeping these super modern and sensible laws in place.
@harveydanger You guys got kicked off of our quarantine exemption list, so maybe not a great idea.
@harveydanger @jayrandom Well they could meet at the border and get the box that way… Maybe there is a neutral zone there? (grin)
@jayrandom @Kidsandliz We’ll find a spot in the woods south of Attleboro and bring the wine across like bootleggers.
I’ll stick with the wine of the Finger Lakes Upstate New York. Very beautiful in the fall and dozens of wineries along the lakes.
@natekimh people disappear in the finger lakes
@natekimh Long Point Winery, East side of Cayuga Lake!
@natekimh Ever been to Forge Cellars? Incredibly delicious Rieslings!
@natekimh The winery we liked best when we visited a couple of years ago was Heart & Hands, also on the east shore of Cayuga. Awesome Pinot Noir.
POPSOCKETS! SPA KITS! POLLY POCKETS! AWESOME!
@natekimh aww I read a fun novel a couple years back that took place in the finger lakes. It sounded like a gorgeous place! I have a friend in Saratoga Springs, is that close?
@moonhat nope thats A bit farther east just north of albany. Beautiful area there as well!
@DoggyDov I know! Im one of them!
So… when will these ship?
@warrencparker maybe they’re waiting for the heat wave to end
Get us all drunk will ya
@Stallion …why else would we be on this site?
A new casemates wine debuting on meh. What could go wrong?
/giphy mediocre-workable-engine
Specs
2013 Wine For Home Red Blend
Tasting Notes
Specs
About The Winery
Winery: Broken Earth Winery
Owners: Chris Cameron
Founded: 2011
Location: Paso Robles, California
What’s in The Box
Price Comparison
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Friday, August 14th - Monday, August 17th
So is it sweet or nah?
@dagirlgenius Hard to say, but it is probably off-dry at 7% residual sugar and a moderate pH of 3.51. However, the vintage is said to be 2013, so it has a seven year head start in aging, which likely means that this is one reason it is being offered.
#1 It hasn’t sold in the previous seven years. #2 It is likely not a long keeper, so it might be nearing the end of its drinking window. #3 With a somewhat pedestrian label of “WFH,” it seems to be offered as a table wine (i.e., wine for home) and not an especially remarkable vintage/blend, winery/marketing hype above notwithstanding. In other words, if a mediocre wine excites you, well you may just be in luck with this one.
At this price point, I would plan on consuming it in the coming months. Thanksgiving is coming up in a few months and if this is drinkable, it might serve for a table wine then. If not, then you could cook with it, or you could give it as a gift to people, whom you don’t particularly like, etc. Imagine the look on the face of a frenemy, when presented with 11 bottles of wine…
We really need a LabRat evaluation to say more.
That’s my take on this juice. YMMV.
@dagirlgenius @Jackinga This post makes me laugh.
@dagirlgenius @Jackinga Here’s my take on it.
This wine tickles the tongue with subtle hints of cat urine and sea grass while awakening the palate with whispers of cigarette butts and unicorn farts.
@Trinityscrew So in other words they couldn’t sell it on casemates because it sucks so they tried here since they figured the people who knew the difference would already be on casemates??? Either that or sell it to the group that used to buy Boon Farm by the gallon?
@Kidsandliz So in other words I’m being an obnoxious asshole because people trying to make haughty, serious comments about a wine being sold on a site that is based on being mediocre makes me laugh.
And no, I have not tried this wine. My cat urine and cigarette butt comments were made with my tongue wedged firmly in my cheek.
@Trinityscrew oh I know you were being funny. I was just playing off what you said. I was thinking meh sells morningsave “leftovers” here and now casemates sells their rejects here. (Grin)
@dagirlgenius @Jackinga @Trinityscrew mmm. Unicorn farts are delicious
@dagirlgenius @Jackinga @Trinityscrew I’ve actually tasted all of those in wine before, with the exception of the unicorn flatulence by-product. I’m pretty sure you’re making that unicorn thing up.
/mehstalker casemates
WV says, this deal Suxxxs. So there!
If it’s there, I missed it-- volume? 750ml?
Also, is this like, sweet? Dry? Somewhere in between? I don’t know anything about anything relating to red wine.
@harveydanger its dry blend of syrah[also known as shiraz) and viognier.
@harveydanger i’m no wino but i know enough from the blends listed, they are all on the dry side. looks tasty from the description
@harveydanger At 7g/l ? Yeah, you’ll notice the sweetness.
@natekimh Thank you!
This looks nice - and a good Viognier on sale at Casemates, I think we’re set for another 48 days in the bunker …
/giphy provocative-noble-toothbrush
Ahhh Paso. Straight up the new napa. I love having spent so much time there! Biddle ranch, tolosa, opolo, eberle, tooth and nail… the wine here is so varied and gorgeous
seriously considering this case… or I’ll just head up there!
@mnsblondie I love pronouncing it how the locals do, and then being corrected every time by people who don’t know. “Robe-lays” Nope. Robe-Els. Doesn’t make any sense, but that’s how they say it.
/giphy blythe-lengthy-rattlesnake
No need to wine about all of the state laws.
The wine is pretty good given the circumstances. Really it’s meeting me where I am right now, and frankly, it’s nice to not feel judged by my wine. We both know we’re just doing the best we can.
I also like knowing that despite the uncertainty in literally every other aspect of my life right now, I’m not going to run out of wine for the forseeable future. So, thanks Meh.
Without information on sulfites, I can’t order. Wine with too many sulfites kills my taste buds for an hour.
@KlfJoat Drink enough that you’ll pass out for an hour. Win, win.
Is it okay to ship wine during the summer?
@Fe2_O3 Not to worry. If Pitney Bowes is involved, you won’t see this wine until about Christmas (maybe this year or maybe next), or just when the first icicles begin to form in Hell.
@Fe2_O3 Casemates now ships via UPS (from California, not Texas); with two day delivery during the summer.
wine from home
The last pic says it all. In for a case.
/giphy vocal-abundant-thistle
@ThunderChicken Oh Lafawnduh! I’ll see you in my dreams!
@wickhameh I guess you could say things are gettin’ pretty serious
(no… seriously… stupid local liquor laws…)
hmmm… well “Red Blend” may be a bit of a stretch.
BTW that’s NOT how you make a Rosé
don’t drink wine, so I guess not meh.
According to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board , you can get up to 36 cases per year from direct wine producers.
Screw you guys!
I’m going home (to Illinois).
@zachdecker
Good question, was supposed to be here within the last 3 days, hasn’t shipped yet.
wondering if anyone got this and what it is like? I skipped it (wine overload, plus was not thrilled with last “QPR” offering). Also try to avoid peak hot season ordering even though they try to do the best they can to accomodate that. But would like to know if anyone received and tasted this. Thanks
Not bad. Might be more of a 2nd or 3rd bottle wine but definitely drinkable.
Not awful. Will it knock your socks off? No. Is it an easy-drinking “backyard” wine, suitable for BBQ or a pasta dinner? Absolutely. Got what I expected, so am quite happy.
If you like red wine that isnt sweet, you may like this wine. Definitely not the taste if you enjoy sweetness. Not overy bitter, but definitely a great steak and potato wine. I choose to drink it with most dinners however.
I found this better when both chilled and aired for at LEAST 2 hours. As in, I’ll open it when I get off work at 4 if I want it for dinner at 730, stick it in the decanter, and stick that in the fridge. But it mellows out into something pretty nice that way.
Either Meh has a profit on staff, or they just got seriously lucky with the name.
@hchavers Well they are definitely motivated by Prophet.
Is this the QPR from a while back? Different label?
@tjg1778 I found the QPR a bit sweet.
@peabs007 @tjg1778 Queen’s Park Rangers?
@tjg1778 Same winery, different year. Different wine, too.
@peabs007 @tjg1778 I did too. (Found it sweet). WAsnt a fan.
Very tempting. However, if this is shipped via Pitney Blowes, like everything else, it’ll be stuck in the heat for 20+ days and the wine will ultimately be bad, by time it arrives. If the wine is NOT shipped by Pitney Blowes, I may reconsider, as I’m a sucker for Red blends.
@forg0ttenclone they usually ship wine via FedEx (at least when I’ve ordered from casemates)
@MrMikenIkes Thank you for the heads up on that. I would hope they would do the same in this case. Little things, I don’t mind being stuck in the 2-3 month loop that is the Pitney Blowes “system” for lack of a better term. But if it’s wine stuck in that same loop… Hulk Smash. ;-D
@forg0ttenclone @MrMikenIkes Casemates is now using UPS for shipping. I’m not sure about this one, but current orders on Casemates use “summer shipping” which is by second day air.
@forg0ttenclone @MrMikenIkes Casemates dropped FedEx last year sometime. Shipments of late have all been UPS. FedEx was better by far as wine could easily be diverted without charge to a Walgreens if one couldn’t be home to receive it. UPS is much harder to deal with in this respect, as they want to charge you to divert. At least that has been my experience with them.
@forg0ttenclone @Jackinga @MrMikenIkes UPS just recently rolled out diverting wine to their “access point” locations like CVS and (I think) Michaels. I have not tried it yet but I know at least one person over on Casemates has.
@forg0ttenclone I think there have been only three wine offerings from meh before this one. I ordered the first two and both came via UPS.
Ah no MI, of course (whine). Guess I have to wait for something else to come along. Good thing I have plenty of wine already.
@a5meiser Weird. I live in MI and ordered this a while ago and didn’t have an issue. It came via UPS.
@a5meiser @olsmeister Different winery on that one. Availablility depends on whether the winery has a license to ship to your state.
This will go perfectly with the 60 pounds (and counting) of penne pasta that I dropped on my friends…
/giphy moist-unanswered-tortilla
@accumulator Hey, wait, is that the unicorn farts mentioned earlier in the discussion? You’re not supposed to light them. As a kid, a friend told me about lighting farts and the concept troubled me for months. No, never tried it, though.
Why can’t they ship to Illinois?!?!? What garbage is this as Illinois can have wine shipped.
Edit: Looking at the no shipping list, its like they told the Midwest to F off
@hunter7411 Talk to your legislators, they’re the ones who make the laws.
In '05, Illinois created a “winery shipper’s license” that allowed an out of state winery to ship,
Which means that the winery has to keep track of how much you’ve bought or potentially face a Class 4 felony. Who needs the grief?
See News-Gazette for more details.
@hunter7411 Interesting that we’ve gotten Broken Earth via CM within the past year. Vintner must not have renewed for 2020. Of course, hindsight is always 2020. Kind of like in “Groundhog Day”.
@hunter7411 Anyone who can cut through the BS of shipping retail alcohol into Kansas is not effing around.
Interestingly though, I have yet to find a liquor store, grocer, or restaurant who will deliver alcohol WITHIN the state.
It surprises me that PA isn’t on the blackout list. All our liquor stores are state run and as far as I know we can’t get liquor shipped from anywhere else.
@stazja01 PA opened up a while ago. My casemates order history proves it.
I think since the PLCB started offering its own web-based ordering, it nullified any previous restrictions on mailing alcohol to PA. ENJOY!
@stazja01 Wine is handled differently than liquor for PA. https://www.lcb.pa.gov/Consumers/Pages/Direct-Wine-Shipping.aspx You’re right that liquor still can’t be ordered from out of state, alas. When the state store website was inaccessible and the liquor stores were closed, I was REALLY glad for casemates, lol!
@ACraigL Good to hear about wine anyway.
@Jamileigh17 The week they shut everything down I drove over the border and stocked up :| Thankfully not that far from here.
@Jamileigh17 @stazja01 Total Wine in Delaware ftw!
Disappointment. Casemates.com says they can ship to IL. My membership ID from Meh.com shows that it’s the same on Casemates.com. What’s the problem here? Is this a state license issue or just a web flaw? Either you can or can’t ship to IL…
@ajnavarro it’s the winery…every winery has to license to each individual state they want to ship to. That’s why the list is different for each offering on Casemates.
Why not CT? Everyone ships wine to CT. Keep your stupid wine for jerks. Who needs it anyway?
@haskins187 it’s the winery…every winery has to license to each individual state they want to ship to. That’s why the list is different for each offering on Casemates.
12 days and counting since ordering …
My wine has shipped!
Got mine today, not a fan. I can’t even describe the taste, because I never tasted a wine like this before. Might try to make something with it since I am stuck with 12 bottles.
I bought 3 cases of Pedroncellii, red, white,and rose…ALL EXCELLENT. So, I took a chance on this WFH red blend…in a word, AWFUL!!!
I don’t think of myself as having very snobbish standards for red wine, I am perfectly happy with most $5-8 bottles of wine from Trader Joe’s. However, this wine is undrinkable for me, to be honest. It has a really weird, bad aftertaste and smell (like a rubber hose or something),and I wish I had not purchased this.