Casemates QPR Select, a negociant red wine blend, Paso Robles
This wine is a blend of several varieties, with Merlot as it’s driving force. Loads of blueberries, plums and dark fruits abound with an easy drinking palate that draws you back for more.
This red blend is pleasing to the palate and very approachable. It is a Sunday to Saturday wine – great for any day of the week. The use of multiple vintages allows balance in the wine, making it self explanatory. Cherries come through on the nose, carried through by the Merlot. The luscious dark fruits on the palate are toned by a hint of oak. The subtlety of this wine allows for a lot of different food pairings: perfect for a hearty meal of roasted chicken with herbs and veggies, or a classic ravioli dish with ricotta cheese and drizzled with pasta sauce.
The style is meant to be as all encompassing as possible, allowing serious wine drinkers to indulge as well as those drinking for simpler pleasures. It is an “everyday wine” with real depth and appeal. Indeed a special wine for special occasions.
Blend Notes
All of us here at Casemates are proud to present: QPR Select, a wine that is the best you can get (at this cost).
Being a blend of several exquisite(ly cost-effective) varieties, QPR is driven primarily by Merlot & Cabernet (and secondarily by thrift). With a nose of cherries and a palate positively bursting with blueberries, plums, and dark fruits, with just a hint of oak (and frugality) - it is simply amazing(ly impressive, if you see the price tag).
Specifications
Blend: 43% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Sauvignon, 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
Guaranteed delivery by Christmas Eve
Price Comparison
Private label, no price comparison online
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, KS, LA, ME, MD, MA, MN, MO, MT, NV, NH, NM, NY, NC, ND, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WY
Estimated Delivery
Wednesday, December 26th - Thursday, December 27th
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
Casemates QPR Select Red Blend - $20 = 18.18%
@chipgreen I was out all evening at my acting class, and missed out on the case. Don’t know if they’ll add more, but taking no chances; I ordered 6. You can have as many as you want, up to 4. No glasses with the 6-pack, though, alas.
@chipgreen Glad to help. I’m fairly sure they’ll come up with another opportunity to offer the glasses, but the wine, usually once it’s gone, it’s gone. Meanwhile, did you see the email I sent yesterday?
@ddeuddeg
I didn’t… and still don’t after a quick glance at the 2 most likely email accts. Can you whisper me the email address I should look under? Thanks
Thrilled to have my first opportunity as a Labrat for Casemates coincide with the premiere of the first Casemates branded wine! I received the top-secret email yesterday with the stipulation that the information was to stay confidential. I was told that I would receive a “shiner” bottle, as this would be the first ever Casemates wine, called Casemates QPR Select. My first thought was “YES!” and my second thought was “What’s a shiner bottle?”.
FF to earlier today, when I picked up the bottle from my local Walgreens where I had it re-directed (had some Kendric Sangiovese to pick up there anyway so that worked out well). As soon as I got it home I opened the package, curious to see the label.
Oh, so that’s what a shiner bottler is. So much for possibly seeing what varieties of grapes were used or determining which winery was responsible for its actual production. Looks like I will have to do some guessing and speculating, most likely causing myself some embarrassment along the way, haha.
Look
The wine is a translucent ruby color, bordering on light purple. The wine appears clear and free of any sediment when held to the light. It has medium spaced slow-running legs when swirled.
Smell
There is a mix of dark and red fruits on the nose. There is some blueberry and plum but also some candied cherry/strawberry. Rounded out with traces of eucalyptus, clove and vanilla oak. While there is some detectable alcohol, it does not smell “hot”.
Taste
Fruit forward with tart cherry, fresh-picked plum, strawberry and grape jelly. Some mild herbaceousness and/or funk on the midpalate with a little soy sauce and light oak. Medium body with medium+ acidity and juicy mouthfeel. Just a brief hint of spice on the finish with light but pleasant tannins.
Summary
Fruity and quaffable. This is an easy-drinking crowd-pleasing type of wine. If I had to compare it to a previous Woot Cellars wine, Phat Goose and Blitzen come to mind as being similar in style. Another wine I would compare it to is Naked Winery’s Outdoor Vino Rambling Red (in the plastic bottle).
Under-Educated Guesses and Wild Speculations
I am going with some sort of Merlot-Cab blend with lesser amounts of other reds such as Zinfandel, Petite Sirah and/or Sangiovese, etc. Or for something completely different, my second guess would be a GSM blend since it does kind of remind me of Phat Goose.
As for producer… Hahn made the Phat Goose, Ty Caton made the Blitzen… but those are my #2 and #3 guesses. I’m going with Pedroncelli because they have produced a lot of the Woot Cellars wines in the past and as we all know, “Pedroncelli is Italian for QPR”!
@chipgreen QPR=Pedroncelli was an excellent guess. Makes me wonder why they wasted this clever label on this wine, when it would have gone well with Ped. Perhaps you should be on the Casemates marketing team. Nice review. You were spot on. Now, to buy or not to buy?
@jmdavidson1
Thanks - even matched the blueberry-plum nose.
If it helps your decision, I would gladly take 4 bottles and 1 wine glass since this doesn’t ship to OH (ironically). It does have the perception of some sweetness though, which might not be in your wheelhouse. Although, if you’re like me, you can always use more off-dry wines for friends and family. This clocks in just shy of off-dry IMO. Would be interested to see the RS, my guess would be about 8 g/l.
Also, agree about the missed opportunity on the Pedroncelli label. They even have their own Barrel Select, so I was pretty sure QPR Select would be a Ped wine - nothing against Broken Earth Winery, just sayin’…
@chipgreen If I’m buyin’, then that means a definite trip to Chicago. Not sure what the 1 wine glass is in reference to. Should I count my wine glasses? Am I one short?
@jmdavidson1
Haha, no we should have snuck a glass or two from your place though as we forgot to bring Govinos and our hotel had only plastic water cups! But that’s not it, there are 3 Casemates logo wine glasses included with this offer if you buy a case.
@jmdavidson1
I should probably go with Buffalo as we will be there in 5 weeks. But we still plan on visiting Chicago in September! The only thing that could complicate that is we hope to be shopping for or in the process of buying/moving into a home around that time but hard to say what the timeline will be at this point.
@karenhynes This could be like the old days of baseball card trading. I’ll trade you a QPR for a …Ok, let’s talk about it (later). BTW, thanks for the offer. Hope all is well.
people were mentioning QPR Select perhaps should have been used (both in honor of, and practically,) for a Pedroncelli blend. Reasonable, though this stuff is probably awesome QPR.
You know, @WineDavid could keep QPR as a label (line, grouping), but with a different sub-designation. Rather than Select, it could be The Sleeper, or Gran Reserva. It would be a nod to how @pedroncellifam wines typically age shockingly well for such inexpensive wines.
So if @pedroncellifam made a Sangiovese led Tuscan wine meant to age beautifully, and @winddavid sold it really cheap for us, think how awesome that would be. Yes, really fancy bottle, like the current one, be Granne Résérvo, because that looks mysteriously fancy and romance-languaguey (Catalan or Glacian or something? some gypsies in Tuscany? Old Alsatian? what?). And maybe NV for convenience of blender, but a Résérvo needs a year of course, so it could be yeared as 2017ish.
We would all buy multiple cases (4 max) because of how much we trust and respect @pedroncellifam, and in a few years give them to friends and tell them what we paid, and how Pedroncelli is Italian for QPR and you should try their cab after 8 years etc., and about Casemates etc., (hint hint hint hint hint) And our friends would be like “wow, let me write that down, P…e…d…” And @winddavid loves us so much and I’m sure smells great (sucking up sucking up sucking up) and we love him and Casemates would make millions.
@foxrunner@Lighter Yeah, we saved the jokes mostly for the back label this time around. (Though I consider the name itself a bit of dry humor for those in-the-know.)
@foxrunner I must say, I was a bit surprised when @winedavid asked me to put “Monkey Second Prize” on a bottle of Cab. Does anyone still have one of those?
@foxrunner@pedroncellifam I believe I have one of each. …although I did start blasting through woot.wines last year when I realized that wine in the bottle did me absolutely no good. Wine is meant to be drunk [sic].
Opened with a friend (M) this afternoon, very strange to not have any label on the bottle!
Nice light cranberry color with a pale rim.
Nose of red candied fruit, M said strawberry chew meets cherry candy.
Palate continued with the cherry, sort of a tart Jolly Rancher vibe in a good way, good acidity. My wife said brambly huckleberries. Seems like the hint of residual sugar.
Good acidity, fine polished tannins, uncomplicated mouthfeel, light body and moderate finish.
Served at cool cellar temp, this seems like it would be best there or at a slight chill.
This is a perfect party wine. We really enjoyed it, and it would also be appreciated by non-wine drinkers. It paired well with Dubliner Irish cheddar, crackers, salumi, espresso brownies, and Toscano cherries. (We weren’t messing around!)
Yay! Thank you! Auto-buy for a case. Would buy two but my wine cellar is already overflowing - first world problem, I know. Happy holidays!
/giphy gold-homegrown-zombie
I like the Casemates logo, but it looks pretty cheese-ball on the front label. Thankfully it’s almost free, and I’ve got some cheese-ball friends, so I’m in for one.
@tangopudding The logo is cheese-ball, but proudly calling it QPR isn’t? I think the whole thing is pretty cheese-ball. (Which is why I only got 1 case. )
/giphy cheeseball
@klezman of course! This is a primarily Merlot-Cab blend. All of our grapes are estate grown in Paso Robles, CA. From vine to glass, we grow, produce and bottle all of our wines.
If you’re interested in learning about our terroir on the Central Coast, check out this podcast: https://pasowine.com/estrella-district/
@BrokenEarth there’s a been a few Broken Earth wines that have piqued my curiosity but didn’t ship to IL. This one does, hopefully future offers will too.
@BrokenEarth I’ve known and tasted (and enjoyed) some of your estate wines before. I particularly recall a Petit Verdot a couple years back.
But this wine says “negotiant wine” on the front and “cellared and bottled by” on the back. That means that it wouldn’t be wrong to ask about the provenance of the grapes or whether/how much of the blend was purchased as finished or bulk wine. Compared to how much was estate wine or otherwise grown or vinted by yourselves.
@airynne@GatorFL I’ve been doing that more lately. It’s shorter to get from the Drop-Ship Location to my car than Office to my car and I don’t have my work crap to haul with me.
@CruelMelody I’ll split. Heck, I’d take the other 8 at this price, if no one else is interested. I have a lot of chritmas/new years parties to go to… Heh. I can also order if that makes things easier. I have free shipping…
@mkenny2307 hey, I ordered the case, Chris said he wanted the other eight but im waiting to hear back from him to see if he’s down to just take 4. Thought I’d let you know to keep you in the loop!
@mjlamora@Twich22 how does a FedEx vacation hold work and for how long? Not sure that’s true. I thought wine would get sent back to sender but happy for info to the contrary
@kaolis@Twich22 Based on a comment from a user above (@airynne), it sounds like I just need to be on the ball with FedEx.com once I get that tracking number e-mail.
@kaolis@mjlamora A vacation hold just stops the shipment from completing its delivery until your return date. Usually it gets held at some holding facility mid-transit. There is a maximum length that you can set for a vacation hold, and you have to wait a week or two until you can do another hold. I have used it for wine in the past without problems. You could always call and double check to make sure. If you already have your fed-ex account set up to your address, then you just go to your account and put in the dates you want the hold to be active for. once that time period ends, your packages will continue on for delivery like normal.
@mjlamora@Twich22 Ah, found the vacation hold setting, it’s in my FedEx account, in the FedEx Delivery Manager section. Never knew that was an option, thanks! Another good tool to go along with hold at location.
I may have missed this… but what about RS? I’m primarily a dry reds kind of guy. I can handle a hint of sweetness, but more than a hint is too much for me. I’m struggling to come up with an example… maybe the 2011 InZinerator? I liked that a lot despite a bit of RS, but I was disappointed in the 2012 due to my perception that it was a little sweeter than the 2011. (Note: I don’t know for sure that the 2012 had more RS than the 2011, but it tasted like it did to me.)
@moondigger the R/S is 13.70 grams per liter. There is a very nice acidity paired with an average range of g/l, that gives the wine a very nice balance
@BrokenEarth
That’s probably a bit too sweet for me then. I don’t think I’ve ever had a favorable response to a red with more than 10 g/l RS, even with pH in the 3.5 range. But thanks for getting back to me with the answer.
@BrokenEarth@moondigger
Really? 1.3% RS?
I may need to reconsider my split with @davirom and @merbill, then. That’s nearly 3x my limit for red wine. @chipgreen how much did you perceive any RS in the wine?
Seriously, is this something people do? If someone said they would split, and I pulled the trigger, I would be hell of pissed if they “reconsidered.” Thankfully, I do not deal with people who agree to split and then reconsider.
I looked up the InZinerator specs from 2011 and 2012:
0.8% RS, pH 3.5 (2011) and 3.52 (2012). I thought the sweetness was more noticeable (and less to my liking) in the 2012, and they’re basically the sweetest reds I have been able to say I enjoyed. At nearly 1.4% RS, and a similar pH, this one is definitely outside of my wheelhouse.
That said, I may end up getting a case of it because bottles would make easy gifts for many of my family and friends, who actually prefer a little sweetness.
@davirom@klezman@moondigger
I guessed 8 g/l, as I was assuming that the fruit forward nature of the wine gave it the perception of being sweeter than it actually was but obviously that’s not the case. I did call it “just short of off-dry” in a follow-up post. I think Scott Harvey has said that the level of perception for sweetness is right around 1% for most people so 1.3% definitely moves the needle.
@davirom@klezman@moondigger@ScottW58
Yes, I think that’s the first time I’ve ever used grape jelly for a descriptor of a wine that didn’t have Concord in it.
I don’t recall Scott Harvey saying that (about 1% RS being the threshold for detecting sweetness), but it seems high to me. I say this for two reasons: 1) Because my experience has been different; anything over around 5 g/l (1/2%) definitely carries a hint of sweetness to me. And 2) because the acidity of the wine can affect how sweet a wine tastes. Maybe 1% RS is the threshold for most folks in a red wine at pH 3.5, but less acidic wines taste sweeter even if the RS numbers are similar.
@KNmeh7
Wow, dude. a) Mind your own business, b) I posted that long before anybody ordered anything, and c) you don’t know me, so I suppose you have no particular reason to know that I would never leave somebody in the lurch.
@chipgreen@ScottW58
Yeah, that’s one way to take it. But I tend to view those notes as the character of the fruit rather than the perception of sweetness in the wine. Maybe I need to reevaluate that stance!
@chipgreen@moondigger
Yeah, the perception threshold that I’ve seen on the woot boards from multiple winemakers ranged from 0.3% to 0.6%. As a rule, I’ve not enjoyed wines with above about 0.4% RS unless they are meant to be sweet. Case in point, Inzinerator is very much not my bag, at least in the vintages where Scott added Forte. Now a Riesling with blazing acidity and RS in the 2% range is a whole different story…
@chipgreen@klezman
Strangely, I think my tolerance for sweetness in wine is even lower in whites (perceptually, anyway, even if the numbers don’t agree). Case in point: I live only a couple hours away from the finger lakes region in NY state, and have many truly fine Rieslings to choose from, including some that fit your description of blazing acidity and ~2% RS. 2% is semi-dry to me, though it seems some winemakers won’t call a Riesling semi-dry unless it’s at or close to 3% RS. So I have to be careful.
Hermann J. Wiemer is always reliable for me though… their dry Riesling comes in at around 7 g/l and is a truly wonderful wine.
@chipgreen@moondigger Interesting. After much wine tasting in Niagara, I think of it as:
dry - no perceptible sugar
off-dry - barely perceptible sugar
off-off-dry - slightly more than barely perceptible, but not “sweet”
Everything sweeter than that I tend to think of in comparison to the Ontario standards for dessert wines: late harvest, select late harvest, special select late harvest, and icewine. Of course, perceptible sweetness and RS are not the same thing, but I’ve had wines in the 3% RS range that are still in the off-off-dry category to me. There’s also the missing gap between off-off-dry and late harvest, which might fairly be called semi-dry or semi-sweet.
@chipgreen@klezman I have to say when I hear jelly or jam in combination with a good wine for a party I start running not walking not to mention I would not subject my friends or family to that kind of wine no matter what kind of palate they have and probably because I will have to drink it too.
@klezman@ScottW58
As I was drinking it, I was thinking how this was something I would have enjoyed more when I first got into wine and preferred a touch of sweetness and how my palate has evolved to the point that a wine like this is no longer really in my wheelhouse. Then I noticed that the bottle was empty, so I dunno… guilty pleasure?
@Seeds You are probably better off. The last meh wine was trash. This is the same winery. It is like a Bindle of Trash, or a Fuko, or an Instant Regret Kit.
You are happy you ordered, but then you realize what you ordered.
Oh why did I friend you on Facebook!? I’m in the middle of moving and promised I would refrain from purchasing any wine until things settle down…my wife is going to be plesently surprised or pissed. I’m hoping after a glass or three she’ll get over it.
@SkyyPunk@Winedavid49
Looks like the Casemates glasses were a popular and effective perk. I loved the post about buying (3) $30 wine glasses and getting a free case of wine with them! Hope to see the glasses offered again in future Casemates wine deals…
Any chance the glasses will be offered with other sales? Bummer OH was excluded… My wife was pretty ecstatic when I told her about the glasses and the good Merlot Cab blend deal - Nope, no Ohio. What about shipping to my buddy in KY. Double Nope. What about my co worker in IN. Triple Nope.
@jdlantian@smittypap
Some people subscribe to the thread I maintain that’s dedicated to those “How much more am I saving by buying a full case” posts, for that very reason. I don’t always post at 12:01 like Cesare but I post before 1 am more often than not and worst case sometimes post early the next morning.
Not suggesting this is necessarily a good solution for you but others have subscribed in order to get email notices about new offers sooner than the Casemates emails which don’t come out until 24 hrs after the deal goes live.
@jdlantian@msdixon@redjeep0
Just click on the link from my previous post to go to that thread and then click on “Subscribe” underneath the first post in that thread.
@dmers@Twich22 I agree, probably a marketing decision. But the fact remains, the deals come on line at precisely predictable intervals. I never wait for the email to tell me the offer is live. I just look for the new one at midnight Sunday, midnight Tuesday, and midnight Thursday. If there’s going to be a one-day thing every Friday, I suppose I’ll have to add midnight Friday.
Nooooooo! Curse work for making me miss this! I don’t need more wine, but that doesn’t matter. I still would have bought a case if I wouldn’t have sold out first.
Edit: Ok some of those curses for the first Casemates wine can go to no WI in the list. Even if not sold out I’d still be out of luck.
@BrokenEarth I urge you to please do everything you can to get these delivered to the east coast on or before Friday, December 21. I know that for me and I imagine many others, delivery on the 24th will pose some problems. Thanks!
@cdgrimm I’m already planning to have FedEx hold at a location if it’s not delivered to my office by 12/21. I’m giving that a test with a shipment due to be delivered tomorrow when I’m out of the office.
Had a feeling this was going to sell out early. I got far enough in the comments to read a comparison to Phat Goose, and immediately placed an order for a case.
Just a note that, at least for me, the glasses were shipped in a separate package from the case of wine. Probably for the best; less breakage that way.
@rjquillin Yep, and if you go into tracking, one package is about 18 pounds, while the other is much lighter. In addition, the package description for the lighter package indicates glasses.
@JOATMON did you (or others in this thread) order the full case or half case? I ordered the half case, hoping I’d get the glasses (I don’t know how to go back and see the post now, but I remember thinking the glasses might come with the half case) but when I go in to Tracking, I only see a single tracking # and tracked package, so I think my 6 bottles didn’t get me in with the cool kids. Thanks if you reply with any info!
Hi, yes. We originally wanted to include them all in the same package but after some additional testing realized the exposure to breakage was just too high. So yes, two packages.
Good evening everyone from California.
I just received my case along with the glasses. I had to open a bottle and give it a try. To sum it up as quickly as possible, it’s good, and I’m glad I purchased it. Thanks to everyone involved with making this happen! Cheers.
My glasses arrived yesterday in Virginia. Shipped in wine packaging pulp in a half case box they arrived fat and sassy. Stemless with the casemates logo. I didn’t measure the ounceage (scientific term) but they seem about the same as a generic “red wine” glass. Rolled lip and a bit stout. (Relative to other stemless I have.) My wife is much enamored with that sort of glass and overlooked the price even when I mentioned the case of free wine that came with them.
Received my case and glasses, so glad I bought this. Decent wine, quaffable, and a damn good steal for the price. Perfect for the casual Christmas wine drinker (like many of my family) that won’t have to uncork any of my pricier stuff this year. Thanks casemates!
My shipment arrived Thursday just in time for me to take a bottle along on Friday for a drive to my daughter’s place in Omaha. Everybody thought that the QPR was very good. Incidentally, I had put a FedEx Hold At Location for the shipment (as I always do for wine so it will be held at a local grocery store in case no one is home to accept it). The wine ended up being delivered to my home, and the glasses ended up at the grocery store (ID required to retrieve them).
Tasting Notes
Casemates QPR Select, a negociant red wine blend, Paso Robles
This wine is a blend of several varieties, with Merlot as it’s driving force. Loads of blueberries, plums and dark fruits abound with an easy drinking palate that draws you back for more.
This red blend is pleasing to the palate and very approachable. It is a Sunday to Saturday wine – great for any day of the week. The use of multiple vintages allows balance in the wine, making it self explanatory. Cherries come through on the nose, carried through by the Merlot. The luscious dark fruits on the palate are toned by a hint of oak. The subtlety of this wine allows for a lot of different food pairings: perfect for a hearty meal of roasted chicken with herbs and veggies, or a classic ravioli dish with ricotta cheese and drizzled with pasta sauce.
The style is meant to be as all encompassing as possible, allowing serious wine drinkers to indulge as well as those drinking for simpler pleasures. It is an “everyday wine” with real depth and appeal. Indeed a special wine for special occasions.
Blend Notes
All of us here at Casemates are proud to present: QPR Select, a wine that is the best you can get (at this cost).
Being a blend of several exquisite(ly cost-effective) varieties, QPR is driven primarily by Merlot & Cabernet (and secondarily by thrift). With a nose of cherries and a palate positively bursting with blueberries, plums, and dark fruits, with just a hint of oak (and frugality) - it is simply amazing(ly impressive, if you see the price tag).
Specifications
Price Comparison
Private label, no price comparison online
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, KS, LA, ME, MD, MA, MN, MO, MT, NV, NH, NM, NY, NC, ND, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WY
Estimated Delivery
Wednesday, December 26th - Thursday, December 27th
Casemates QPR Select Red Blend
6 bottles for $54.99 $9.17/bottle + $1.33/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $89.99 $7.50/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
NV Casemates QPR Select
So excited!
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
Casemates QPR Select Red Blend - $20 = 18.18%
@chipgreen plus 3 glasses of casemates logo wines for a case.
@chipgreen @Winedavid49 any glasses come with the 6 pack?
@chipgreen @Winedavid49 A case comes with casemates logo glasses?
@chipgreen @klezman yes, 3 of them. None with the 6 pack.
@chipgreen @klezman
@Winedavid49 You must have done some extreme arm twisting on this one.
@chipgreen Looks like no shipping to OH, but you’ll be in Buffalo in a month or so. Could have it shipped here, no strings attached.
@chipgreen @klezman @Winedavid49 If the idea is that we’re splitting cases, why 3 glasses and not four? That’s going to be an awkward conversation…lol.
@ddeuddeg
I would like to get 4 bottles and a wine glass, would that work? We could look for an additional Casemate if needed…
@chipgreen We’ll make it work. I’ll get back to you.
@ddeuddeg
Much appreciated! I could be persuaded to take 6 but I would prefer 4.
@ddeuddeg
Yikes! Cases sold out already… maybe they will add some more?
@chipgreen @ddeuddeg would be nice if they added more. I just logged on to buy
@chipgreen I was out all evening at my acting class, and missed out on the case. Don’t know if they’ll add more, but taking no chances; I ordered 6. You can have as many as you want, up to 4. No glasses with the 6-pack, though, alas.
@ddeuddeg
I’d be happy with a 3-3 split. Bummer about the glasses, hopefully they will be offered again in the future. Thanks for buying!
@chipgreen Glad to help. I’m fairly sure they’ll come up with another opportunity to offer the glasses, but the wine, usually once it’s gone, it’s gone. Meanwhile, did you see the email I sent yesterday?
@ddeuddeg
I didn’t… and still don’t after a quick glance at the 2 most likely email accts. Can you whisper me the email address I should look under? Thanks
There better be some Christmas mice for this one.
Casemates QPR Select
Thrilled to have my first opportunity as a Labrat for Casemates coincide with the premiere of the first Casemates branded wine! I received the top-secret email yesterday with the stipulation that the information was to stay confidential. I was told that I would receive a “shiner” bottle, as this would be the first ever Casemates wine, called Casemates QPR Select. My first thought was “YES!” and my second thought was “What’s a shiner bottle?”.
FF to earlier today, when I picked up the bottle from my local Walgreens where I had it re-directed (had some Kendric Sangiovese to pick up there anyway so that worked out well). As soon as I got it home I opened the package, curious to see the label.
Oh, so that’s what a shiner bottler is. So much for possibly seeing what varieties of grapes were used or determining which winery was responsible for its actual production. Looks like I will have to do some guessing and speculating, most likely causing myself some embarrassment along the way, haha.
Look
The wine is a translucent ruby color, bordering on light purple. The wine appears clear and free of any sediment when held to the light. It has medium spaced slow-running legs when swirled.
Smell
There is a mix of dark and red fruits on the nose. There is some blueberry and plum but also some candied cherry/strawberry. Rounded out with traces of eucalyptus, clove and vanilla oak. While there is some detectable alcohol, it does not smell “hot”.
Taste
Fruit forward with tart cherry, fresh-picked plum, strawberry and grape jelly. Some mild herbaceousness and/or funk on the midpalate with a little soy sauce and light oak. Medium body with medium+ acidity and juicy mouthfeel. Just a brief hint of spice on the finish with light but pleasant tannins.
Summary
Fruity and quaffable. This is an easy-drinking crowd-pleasing type of wine. If I had to compare it to a previous Woot Cellars wine, Phat Goose and Blitzen come to mind as being similar in style. Another wine I would compare it to is Naked Winery’s Outdoor Vino Rambling Red (in the plastic bottle).
Under-Educated Guesses and Wild Speculations
I am going with some sort of Merlot-Cab blend with lesser amounts of other reds such as Zinfandel, Petite Sirah and/or Sangiovese, etc. Or for something completely different, my second guess would be a GSM blend since it does kind of remind me of Phat Goose.
As for producer… Hahn made the Phat Goose, Ty Caton made the Blitzen… but those are my #2 and #3 guesses. I’m going with Pedroncelli because they have produced a lot of the Woot Cellars wines in the past and as we all know, “Pedroncelli is Italian for QPR”!
Thanks to Casemates, @Winedavid49 and @ariannaWCC for the opportunity!
I nailed the blend but failed miserably at guessing the producer…
@chipgreen QPR=Pedroncelli was an excellent guess. Makes me wonder why they wasted this clever label on this wine, when it would have gone well with Ped. Perhaps you should be on the Casemates marketing team. Nice review. You were spot on. Now, to buy or not to buy?
@chipgreen Nice Rat review Dave. I would have guessed the same since the wine was called QPR!!! Enjoy the upcoming Holidays!!
@jmdavidson1
Thanks - even matched the blueberry-plum nose.
If it helps your decision, I would gladly take 4 bottles and 1 wine glass since this doesn’t ship to OH (ironically). It does have the perception of some sweetness though, which might not be in your wheelhouse. Although, if you’re like me, you can always use more off-dry wines for friends and family. This clocks in just shy of off-dry IMO. Would be interested to see the RS, my guess would be about 8 g/l.
Also, agree about the missed opportunity on the Pedroncelli label. They even have their own Barrel Select, so I was pretty sure QPR Select would be a Ped wine - nothing against Broken Earth Winery, just sayin’…
@Boatman72
Thanks and same to you!
@chipgreen If I’m buyin’, then that means a definite trip to Chicago. Not sure what the 1 wine glass is in reference to. Should I count my wine glasses? Am I one short?
@jmdavidson1
Haha, no we should have snuck a glass or two from your place though as we forgot to bring Govinos and our hotel had only plastic water cups! But that’s not it, there are 3 Casemates logo wine glasses included with this offer if you buy a case.
@chipgreen Because who else could rat this bottle, of course! Nice job!
@chipgreen Let me know if you want ddeuddeg to buy (see his post) or me.
@jmdavidson1
I should probably go with Buffalo as we will be there in 5 weeks. But we still plan on visiting Chicago in September! The only thing that could complicate that is we hope to be shopping for or in the process of buying/moving into a home around that time but hard to say what the timeline will be at this point.
@chipgreen you pretty much nailed it. Impressive job! Can’t wait for my shipment now…
@chipgreen Works for me and makes more sense…JD
@chipgreen @jmdavidson1
JMD I bought a case if you want some…
@karenhynes This could be like the old days of baseball card trading. I’ll trade you a QPR for a …Ok, let’s talk about it (later). BTW, thanks for the offer. Hope all is well.
Capitol Region / ADKs NY - anyone want to split?
@Thumperchick Maybe, does the Old Forge/Inlet area of ADKs work?
In for a case.
/giphy obsolete-handy-parent
Limit 2? Pffft. Now what am I supposed to put in my time capsule?
You had me at “includes PS …”
/giphy numberless-unforgiving-breakfast
@MarkDaSpark I call shenanigans. They had you at “wine”, and it was more than a done deal when they told you it was “Casemates Wine”.
@klezman
Nope. Not at Wine.
Haven’t been buying much, it has been about 2 per every other month.
And it was at PS, didn’t notice it was a Casemates until AFTER I decided to buy. But that was icing on the cake!
YAZZZZ! HOLIDAY WINE! 2 cases on auto-buy.
/giphy tranquil-muffled-fire
Thanks @WineDavid49!!
NO MI??? WTF? BOOOOOOOOO
/giphy novel-united-map
/giphy heartsick-kind-day
Got my case…didn’t want to risk a sellout
Just write sucker on my forehead
/giphy rigid-delicate-wombat
No Ohio and yet Chip is a rat? What’d I miss?
@scott0210 Ain’t that the darn truth.
My order # seems oddly appropriate:
/giphy overjoyed-ignorant-drink
I’m going to have to start storing wine at my future Missouri home, but this one will be coming to Illinois first.
/giphy casual-neanderthal-carbon
Don’t you know I have too much wine in the house, as if that is possible?
/giphy trivial-neutral-pleasure
Well, can’t pass up this offering. Not certain that it is our favorite blend but at that price PLUS 3 Casemates glasses how can we not?
/giphy deeply-measured-kiwi
/giphy sharp-prosperous-tub
@rrutl248 I don’t understand what is happening here but I need to see the infomercial this was taken from
/giphy appealing-bickering-dinner
Made even more appealing (and better qpr) with a coupon!
/giphy honorable-aloof-grog
A Casemates private label? Good rattage? And the ultra bonus- Casemates wine glasses? It’s a trifecta!
/giphy foolish-seductive-corsair
OOPS, SORRY. WE CAN’T SHIP THIS TO CT.
Seriously?!
Which is odd, since I’ve ordered from Broken Earth Winery before.
Related: OOPS, SORRY. WE CAN’T SHIP THIS TO MI.
wtf??
@oppsie second that
@oppsie THIRD THAT
@oppsie Agreed. Fourth that
@oppsie yeah, 5th this.
@oppsie 6th!!! Damnit!
@oppsie I completely missed this offer, but why no Michigan love? 7th this.
so much grumble, so few answers.
So much for my lack of space imposed moratorium…
/giphy vivid-wacky-alarm
First Casemates offering and no shipping to CT? I want my money back
/giphy nondescript-morose-scone
/giphy loved-outlandish-experience
/giphy frothy-omnipotent-nerve
A merlot-cab blend? And casemates custom label and wine glasses?
/giphy descriptive-animated-police
people were mentioning QPR Select perhaps should have been used (both in honor of, and practically,) for a Pedroncelli blend. Reasonable, though this stuff is probably awesome QPR.
You know, @WineDavid could keep QPR as a label (line, grouping), but with a different sub-designation. Rather than Select, it could be The Sleeper, or Gran Reserva. It would be a nod to how @pedroncellifam wines typically age shockingly well for such inexpensive wines.
So if @pedroncellifam made a Sangiovese led Tuscan wine meant to age beautifully, and @winddavid sold it really cheap for us, think how awesome that would be. Yes, really fancy bottle, like the current one, be Granne Résérvo, because that looks mysteriously fancy and romance-languaguey (Catalan or Glacian or something? some gypsies in Tuscany? Old Alsatian? what?). And maybe NV for convenience of blender, but a Résérvo needs a year of course, so it could be yeared as 2017ish.
We would all buy multiple cases (4 max) because of how much we trust and respect @pedroncellifam, and in a few years give them to friends and tell them what we paid, and how Pedroncelli is Italian for QPR and you should try their cab after 8 years etc., and about Casemates etc., (hint hint hint hint hint) And our friends would be like “wow, let me write that down, P…e…d…” And @winddavid loves us so much and I’m sure smells great (sucking up sucking up sucking up) and we love him and Casemates would make millions.
Right everybody?
@PatrickKarcher I must say I was a bit surprised by the English translation for our brand name on this bottle. After all Pedroncelli is Italian for…
Does anyone miss the Woot Cellars tongue in cheek humor on the bottle? The packaging is a little MEH.
Very much. I almost skipped this one because of the common looking wine bottle lable. The survey made me look more closely.
@foxrunner @Lighter Yeah, we saved the jokes mostly for the back label this time around. (Though I consider the name itself a bit of dry humor for those in-the-know.)
@foxrunner I’m with you on that!
@dave Yeah, definitely an ironic, if accurate, naming.
@foxrunner I must say, I was a bit surprised when @winedavid asked me to put “Monkey Second Prize” on a bottle of Cab. Does anyone still have one of those?
@foxrunner @pedroncellifam I still have one of those…and one of the first Monkey Prize bottles as well!
@dave @foxrunner @Lighter Or perhaps just a bit off-dry.
@foxrunner @pedroncellifam I believe I have one of each. …although I did start blasting through woot.wines last year when I realized that wine in the bottle did me absolutely no good. Wine is meant to be drunk [sic].
@dave @Lighter May we see the back label?
@dave @foxrunner @Lighter I wish we could see all the back labels.
@dave @InFrom @Lighter AGREED!
@foxrunner @Lighter All right, sure. Here you go. SPOILER ALERT for anyone wishing to wait until they get the bottles to read the back:
@dave @winedavid49 @foxrunner @InFrom @Lighter agree big time on better pics and including back label
Can we get casemates wine glasses in states you can’t buy this?
@therealsutano Agreed, those of us in Ohio who can’t bootleg would love this opportunity with a future wine…
/giphy calamitous-likely-spring
/giphy perceptive-assuming-clover
had to get tricky since no MI shipping, but I made it happen.
I also have a labrat bottle, and will be tasting it today at 3pm with a friend. Look for some tasting notes to follow around 4pm EST.
Opened with a friend (M) this afternoon, very strange to not have any label on the bottle!
Nice light cranberry color with a pale rim.
Nose of red candied fruit, M said strawberry chew meets cherry candy.
Palate continued with the cherry, sort of a tart Jolly Rancher vibe in a good way, good acidity. My wife said brambly huckleberries. Seems like the hint of residual sugar.
Good acidity, fine polished tannins, uncomplicated mouthfeel, light body and moderate finish.
Served at cool cellar temp, this seems like it would be best there or at a slight chill.
This is a perfect party wine. We really enjoyed it, and it would also be appreciated by non-wine drinkers. It paired well with Dubliner Irish cheddar, crackers, salumi, espresso brownies, and Toscano cherries. (We weren’t messing around!)
All in all a very nice wine for the price.
…and sold out while I was at rehearsal tonight before I could order a case. Lol.
Yay! Thank you! Auto-buy for a case. Would buy two but my wine cellar is already overflowing - first world problem, I know. Happy holidays!
/giphy gold-homegrown-zombie
/giphy lucky-comical-rib
Now for the abuse from the kids for getting more wine…
/giphy gnarly-dense-structure
Which also seems like a good wine tasting review.
Why not? for $7.00 a bottle (assuming the glasses are worth a buck apiece or so), it’s good to have on had for parties…
Woohoo! Thanks for the coupon code!
/giphy appetizing-nostalgic-quail
/giphy heartbroken-amethyst-daisy
NO WI!?!? WTF MATE? muy mal bah humbug
No shipping to WI? That’s disappointing.
@mb1973 …where in WI? - I’m in the Twin Cities and wouldn’t mind sharing…
Also @sosptuba
@mb1973 If that walrus below was doing a facepalm, that would be appropriate to this post!
@rtjhnstn Why? If you’re referencing the post above mine, we posted within seconds of each other.
@zrona Milwaukee area unfortunately.
/giphy patient-rewarding-walrus
I like the Casemates logo, but it looks pretty cheese-ball on the front label. Thankfully it’s almost free, and I’ve got some cheese-ball friends, so I’m in for one.
@tangopudding The logo is cheese-ball, but proudly calling it QPR isn’t? I think the whole thing is pretty cheese-ball. (Which is why I only got 1 case.
)
/giphy cheeseball
BAH! I so wanted to get this. But no IA.
Finally an offering I want to buy! …but no OH
Snagged the 3 glasses, oh and the QPR too.
Got’a support WD & CM!!!
/giphy proficient-toothy-blackberry
Couldn’t resist- in for a case. Hosting both sets of parents for the holidays so a case should be enough… for me!
/giphy bleary-purring-lemming
Cheers… Broken Earth Winery here! We are happy to have put together this wine for Casemates, and we hope you all enjoy it!
@BrokenEarth Any possibility of telling us where the wine actually came from? Vintage breakdown?
@BrokenEarth
Thanks! I hope Santa brings you more ship-to states for Christmas!
@klezman of course! This is a primarily Merlot-Cab blend. All of our grapes are estate grown in Paso Robles, CA. From vine to glass, we grow, produce and bottle all of our wines.
If you’re interested in learning about our terroir on the Central Coast, check out this podcast: https://pasowine.com/estrella-district/
@chipgreen what a wonderful gift that would be!
@BrokenEarth there’s a been a few Broken Earth wines that have piqued my curiosity but didn’t ship to IL. This one does, hopefully future offers will too.
@BrokenEarth I’ve known and tasted (and enjoyed) some of your estate wines before. I particularly recall a Petit Verdot a couple years back.
But this wine says “negotiant wine” on the front and “cellared and bottled by” on the back. That means that it wouldn’t be wrong to ask about the provenance of the grapes or whether/how much of the blend was purchased as finished or bulk wine. Compared to how much was estate wine or otherwise grown or vinted by yourselves.
@klezman none of this wine is bulk. 100% of the grapes were sourced from our own vineyard in Paso Robles. Hope this answers your question!
@BrokenEarth Yes it does! Thank you!
/giphy jumpy-vivid-ice
Can we request delayed shipping for those that will be out of town around the holiday?
@airynne i’m sorry, no. alternative address perhaps?
@Winedavid49 That will work. Thanks!
@airynne You can have the shipment held at a FedEx location too. Super easy to redirect and it’s free.
@airynne @GatorFL I’ve been doing that more lately. It’s shorter to get from the Drop-Ship Location to my car than Office to my car and I don’t have my work crap to haul with me.
Any SoCal people willing to split? I would take between 3 and 6 and only request one glass. . .
@davirom Yeah, that’s a possibility for us. Hard to totally pass on the inaugural Casemates wine. But I definitely don’t need a case.
@klezman Do you want to go 6 and 6 or are we looking for another mate?
@davirom @klezman So don’t need it, but I’ll take 4 and a glass.
@klezman @merrybill Adam, if a 3 way split is OK with you, I will order. I have the coupon and free shipping
@davirom @merrybill Yes, a 3-way split is what I was looking for in any case. Thanks.
@klezman @merrybill Ordered
@davirom @klezman Sounds good to me. Damn the RS! Full speed ahead!
In for the three $30 glasses… must be the expensive logo. Looking forward to the free case of wine.
I love broken earth. Was there earlier this year and joined the wine club. Plus I have to buy any casemates label. In for a case.
@Twich22 we love having you as a Wine Club member, and are so glad that you’re able to try this Casemates label too
Anyone in PDX wanna split? I’ll take 4…
@CruelMelody I’ll split. Heck, I’d take the other 8 at this price, if no one else is interested. I have a lot of chritmas/new years parties to go to… Heh. I can also order if that makes things easier. I have free shipping…
@cbrehman @CruelMelody I’ll take the other 4 if you pulled the trigger
@mkenny2307 hey, I ordered the case, Chris said he wanted the other eight but im waiting to hear back from him to see if he’s down to just take 4. Thought I’d let you know to keep you in the loop!
@CruelMelody sounds good! Either way works for me. Thanks!
Have plans to leave town in the middle of this shipping window. Our destination state is not included so can’t have it shipped there.
What happens if nobody’s home to sign for the delivery? Can I somehow specify a green light to leave it on the porch?
@mjlamora if you put your address on a vacation hold then they won’t deliver it until you get back!
@Twich22 This is lovely. Thank you, and done.
@mjlamora @Twich22 how does a FedEx vacation hold work and for how long? Not sure that’s true. I thought wine would get sent back to sender but happy for info to the contrary
@kaolis @Twich22 Based on a comment from a user above (@airynne), it sounds like I just need to be on the ball with FedEx.com once I get that tracking number e-mail.
@kaolis @mjlamora A vacation hold just stops the shipment from completing its delivery until your return date. Usually it gets held at some holding facility mid-transit. There is a maximum length that you can set for a vacation hold, and you have to wait a week or two until you can do another hold. I have used it for wine in the past without problems. You could always call and double check to make sure. If you already have your fed-ex account set up to your address, then you just go to your account and put in the dates you want the hold to be active for. once that time period ends, your packages will continue on for delivery like normal.
@mjlamora @Twich22 Ah, found the vacation hold setting, it’s in my FedEx account, in the FedEx Delivery Manager section. Never knew that was an option, thanks! Another good tool to go along with hold at location.
I may have missed this… but what about RS? I’m primarily a dry reds kind of guy. I can handle a hint of sweetness, but more than a hint is too much for me. I’m struggling to come up with an example… maybe the 2011 InZinerator? I liked that a lot despite a bit of RS, but I was disappointed in the 2012 due to my perception that it was a little sweeter than the 2011. (Note: I don’t know for sure that the 2012 had more RS than the 2011, but it tasted like it did to me.)
@moondigger I want to know about this as well…
@moondigger the R/S is 13.70 grams per liter. There is a very nice acidity paired with an average range of g/l, that gives the wine a very nice balance
@BrokenEarth
That’s probably a bit too sweet for me then. I don’t think I’ve ever had a favorable response to a red with more than 10 g/l RS, even with pH in the 3.5 range. But thanks for getting back to me with the answer.
@moondigger of course! We’re happy to answer any questions you may have
@BrokenEarth @moondigger
Really? 1.3% RS?
I may need to reconsider my split with @davirom and @merbill, then. That’s nearly 3x my limit for red wine.
@chipgreen how much did you perceive any RS in the wine?
@BrokenEarth @chipgreen @davirom @klezman @moondigger
I think he mentioned grape jelly so I imagine he perceived it…a lot
@BrokenEarth @chipgreen @davirom @klezman @moondigger “I need to reconsider my split?”
Seriously, is this something people do? If someone said they would split, and I pulled the trigger, I would be hell of pissed if they “reconsidered.” Thankfully, I do not deal with people who agree to split and then reconsider.
@BrokenEarth @chipgreen @davirom @klezman
I looked up the InZinerator specs from 2011 and 2012:
0.8% RS, pH 3.5 (2011) and 3.52 (2012). I thought the sweetness was more noticeable (and less to my liking) in the 2012, and they’re basically the sweetest reds I have been able to say I enjoyed. At nearly 1.4% RS, and a similar pH, this one is definitely outside of my wheelhouse.
That said, I may end up getting a case of it because bottles would make easy gifts for many of my family and friends, who actually prefer a little sweetness.
@davirom @klezman @moondigger
I guessed 8 g/l, as I was assuming that the fruit forward nature of the wine gave it the perception of being sweeter than it actually was but obviously that’s not the case. I did call it “just short of off-dry” in a follow-up post. I think Scott Harvey has said that the level of perception for sweetness is right around 1% for most people so 1.3% definitely moves the needle.
@davirom @klezman @moondigger @ScottW58
Yes, I think that’s the first time I’ve ever used grape jelly for a descriptor of a wine that didn’t have Concord in it.
@chipgreen @davirom @klezman
I don’t recall Scott Harvey saying that (about 1% RS being the threshold for detecting sweetness), but it seems high to me. I say this for two reasons: 1) Because my experience has been different; anything over around 5 g/l (1/2%) definitely carries a hint of sweetness to me. And 2) because the acidity of the wine can affect how sweet a wine tastes. Maybe 1% RS is the threshold for most folks in a red wine at pH 3.5, but less acidic wines taste sweeter even if the RS numbers are similar.
@chipgreen @davirom @klezman @moondigger @ScottW58 Mmm, Manischewitz, whatta wine!
@KNmeh7
Wow, dude. a) Mind your own business, b) I posted that long before anybody ordered anything, and c) you don’t know me, so I suppose you have no particular reason to know that I would never leave somebody in the lurch.
@chipgreen @ScottW58
Yeah, that’s one way to take it. But I tend to view those notes as the character of the fruit rather than the perception of sweetness in the wine. Maybe I need to reevaluate that stance!
@chipgreen @moondigger
Yeah, the perception threshold that I’ve seen on the woot boards from multiple winemakers ranged from 0.3% to 0.6%. As a rule, I’ve not enjoyed wines with above about 0.4% RS unless they are meant to be sweet. Case in point, Inzinerator is very much not my bag, at least in the vintages where Scott added Forte. Now a Riesling with blazing acidity and RS in the 2% range is a whole different story…
@chipgreen @klezman
Strangely, I think my tolerance for sweetness in wine is even lower in whites (perceptually, anyway, even if the numbers don’t agree). Case in point: I live only a couple hours away from the finger lakes region in NY state, and have many truly fine Rieslings to choose from, including some that fit your description of blazing acidity and ~2% RS. 2% is semi-dry to me, though it seems some winemakers won’t call a Riesling semi-dry unless it’s at or close to 3% RS. So I have to be careful.
Hermann J. Wiemer is always reliable for me though… their dry Riesling comes in at around 7 g/l and is a truly wonderful wine.
@chipgreen @moondigger Interesting. After much wine tasting in Niagara, I think of it as:
dry - no perceptible sugar
off-dry - barely perceptible sugar
off-off-dry - slightly more than barely perceptible, but not “sweet”
Everything sweeter than that I tend to think of in comparison to the Ontario standards for dessert wines: late harvest, select late harvest, special select late harvest, and icewine. Of course, perceptible sweetness and RS are not the same thing, but I’ve had wines in the 3% RS range that are still in the off-off-dry category to me. There’s also the missing gap between off-off-dry and late harvest, which might fairly be called semi-dry or semi-sweet.
@chipgreen @klezman I have to say when I hear jelly or jam in combination with a good wine for a party I start running not walking
not to mention I would not subject my friends or family to that kind of wine no matter what kind of palate they have and probably because I will have to drink it too.
@chipgreen @ScottW58 You’re not wrong…
@klezman @ScottW58
As I was drinking it, I was thinking how this was something I would have enjoyed more when I first got into wine and preferred a touch of sweetness and how my palate has evolved to the point that a wine like this is no longer really in my wheelhouse. Then I noticed that the bottle was empty, so I dunno… guilty pleasure?
@chipgreen @klezman Hey man I understand I’m a big fan of guilty pleasures
No CT shipping for a casemates holiday wine? That’s sad, I always enjoyed the holiday wine Woot offerings.
@Grabeck989 sorry! CT it tough.
@Winedavid49 I don’t doubt it. CT does its best to push business and law abiding citizens away.
Why not
/giphy gray-honored-smile
cant wait to see how the glasses look like… I like that surprise because i loved the final wine.woot t-shirt.
Whelp. Ordered 15 mins before getting the coupon code. Hopefully there’s some more good stuff before the end of the year!
@james what coupon code?
@james @sollyemmy Me too, but im sure WD will want so more of my money before the year is over !!
@sollyemmy I think it was emailed to everyone with VMP…
These is another code if you look on their FB page
In for 1!
/giphy thirsty-golden-bite
@snapster I know you’d prefer to sell to everyone, but I’m upset so fuck you
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@Seeds You are probably better off. The last meh wine was trash. This is the same winery. It is like a Bindle of Trash, or a Fuko, or an Instant Regret Kit.
You are happy you ordered, but then you realize what you ordered.
@KNmeh7 that helps, thanks!
/giphy traceable-spontaneous-jasmine
In for a case and now my mother has “your wine is still here” to use as further ̶g̶u̶i̶l̶t̶ motivation to visit.
Because?
/giphy ostensible-blissful-guitar
Any WNY folks out there looking for a split. If so, chime in.
Oh why did I friend you on Facebook!? I’m in the middle of moving and promised I would refrain from purchasing any wine until things settle down…my wife is going to be plesently surprised or pissed. I’m hoping after a glass or three she’ll get over it.
Curses! Cases are sold out. That’s what I get for forgetting to refresh in the morning
Edit: double curses: no shipping to Michigan
@SkyyPunk wow that was quick!
@SkyyPunk
Hmm, maybe they should have just given 2 wine glasses per case and made more cases available.
@chipgreen @SkyyPunk glasses weren’t the limiting factor.
@SkyyPunk @Winedavid49
Well, then congratulations on the sellout!
@chipgreen @SkyyPunk @Winedavid49
No duh, that was quick for a ww, err, cm, offer.
Major, and costly, underestimation of the demand it would seem.
@chipgreen @SkyyPunk thanks!
@SkyyPunk @Winedavid49
Looks like the Casemates glasses were a popular and effective perk. I loved the post about buying (3) $30 wine glasses and getting a free case of wine with them! Hope to see the glasses offered again in future Casemates wine deals…
Well…yes…I was going to order a case, but now I am NOT going to order. Any. Bummer.
Any chance the glasses will be offered with other sales? Bummer OH was excluded… My wife was pretty ecstatic when I told her about the glasses and the good Merlot Cab blend deal - Nope, no Ohio. What about shipping to my buddy in KY. Double Nope. What about my co worker in IN. Triple Nope.
Just got my email 5 minutes ago, looks like I missed the case
@jdlantian @smittypap
Some people subscribe to the thread I maintain that’s dedicated to those “How much more am I saving by buying a full case” posts, for that very reason. I don’t always post at 12:01 like Cesare but I post before 1 am more often than not and worst case sometimes post early the next morning.
Not suggesting this is necessarily a good solution for you but others have subscribed in order to get email notices about new offers sooner than the Casemates emails which don’t come out until 24 hrs after the deal goes live.
@chipgreen Great tip. Thanks!
@jdlantian Oy yes! This is the first time that it’s happened to me too - horrified to miss out on this of all things. Great tip @chipgreen
@chipgreen @jdlantian @msdixon how dibI subscribe to that thread?
@jdlantian @msdixon @redjeep0
Just click on the link from my previous post to go to that thread and then click on “Subscribe” underneath the first post in that thread.
@chipgreen @msdixon @redjeep0 thanks for the tip, subscribed!
Dangit! Your email has GOT to start coming out earlier!
@smittypap I agree. Is there some limiting factor that causes the delay or is it a conscious decision? Sorry if this has been asked before.
@dmers It’s likely a marketing decision.
@dmers @Twich22 I agree, probably a marketing decision. But the fact remains, the deals come on line at precisely predictable intervals. I never wait for the email to tell me the offer is live. I just look for the new one at midnight Sunday, midnight Tuesday, and midnight Thursday. If there’s going to be a one-day thing every Friday, I suppose I’ll have to add midnight Friday.
@ddeuddeg @Twich22 Thanks for the responses. Not my preference, but oh well.
This sold out before I even saw the email!!!
Well dammit. Picked the wrong day to be busy.
@mwfielder Yeah, sometimes life happens…
@mwfielder
If only you knew someone who bought a case and might share!
@MarkDaSpark hmmm, sense a whiskey trade!
@mwfielder
You sense wrong! My niece got me one already! I mentioned that.
@MarkDaSpark Oh yeah! Well, we might find something else to share.
So what are we supposed to do all day with no wine offer? Go over to gourmet.woot, where there’s a woot-off going on? I know, bfd.
Nooooooo! Curse work for making me miss this! I don’t need more wine, but that doesn’t matter. I still would have bought a case if I wouldn’t have sold out first.
Edit: Ok some of those curses for the first Casemates wine can go to no WI in the list. Even if not sold out I’d still be out of luck.
@BrokenEarth I urge you to please do everything you can to get these delivered to the east coast on or before Friday, December 21. I know that for me and I imagine many others, delivery on the 24th will pose some problems. Thanks!
@cdgrimm I’m already planning to have FedEx hold at a location if it’s not delivered to my office by 12/21. I’m giving that a test with a shipment due to be delivered tomorrow when I’m out of the office.
/giphy highfalutin-perennial-whistle
/giphy lofty-flaky-wafer
Had a feeling this was going to sell out early. I got far enough in the comments to read a comparison to Phat Goose, and immediately placed an order for a case.
Not a fan of broken earth. Can’t put my finger on it but there is something in their wines that is particular to their style.
@losthighwayz so you skipped the first CM offer!?
@losthighwayz @rjquillin
Just a note that, at least for me, the glasses were shipped in a separate package from the case of wine. Probably for the best; less breakage that way.
@JOATMON With a single case order, I got two tracking numbers. So, likely as you suggest, separate packaging.
@rjquillin Yep, and if you go into tracking, one package is about 18 pounds, while the other is much lighter. In addition, the package description for the lighter package indicates glasses.
@JOATMON @rjquillin And one says, adult must sign! That’s the 3rd clue! Now I’ll sit down in my thinking chair and think, which one is the wine?
@JOATMON did you (or others in this thread) order the full case or half case? I ordered the half case, hoping I’d get the glasses (I don’t know how to go back and see the post now, but I remember thinking the glasses might come with the half case) but when I go in to Tracking, I only see a single tracking # and tracked package, so I think my 6 bottles didn’t get me in with the cool kids. Thanks if you reply with any info!
@slipperyp Only the cases had the three glasses.
Hi, yes. We originally wanted to include them all in the same package but after some additional testing realized the exposure to breakage was just too high. So yes, two packages.
@Winedavid49 Lacking styro, and just in pulp, I’d think 11 +3 would have shipped fairly well.
But thanks for taking the hit in shipping.
Good evening everyone from California.
I just received my case along with the glasses. I had to open a bottle and give it a try. To sum it up as quickly as possible, it’s good, and I’m glad I purchased it. Thanks to everyone involved with making this happen! Cheers.
My glasses arrived yesterday in Virginia. Shipped in wine packaging pulp in a half case box they arrived fat and sassy. Stemless with the casemates logo. I didn’t measure the ounceage (scientific term) but they seem about the same as a generic “red wine” glass. Rolled lip and a bit stout. (Relative to other stemless I have.) My wife is much enamored with that sort of glass and overlooked the price even when I mentioned the case of free wine that came with them.
Received my case and glasses, so glad I bought this. Decent wine, quaffable, and a damn good steal for the price. Perfect for the casual Christmas wine drinker (like many of my family) that won’t have to uncork any of my pricier stuff this year. Thanks casemates!
My shipment arrived Thursday just in time for me to take a bottle along on Friday for a drive to my daughter’s place in Omaha. Everybody thought that the QPR was very good. Incidentally, I had put a FedEx Hold At Location for the shipment (as I always do for wine so it will be held at a local grocery store in case no one is home to accept it). The wine ended up being delivered to my home, and the glasses ended up at the grocery store (ID required to retrieve them).
This was a house favorite wine! Is there any way to order more / will you be offering this again?