2018 Desert Wind Ruah Red Blend, Wahluke Slope, WA
94 Points, Gold Medal, Seattle Wine Awards
Tasting Notes
Medium ruby in color, the 2018 Ruah has aromas of blackberry, cassis, licorice, mocha, and a violet lift. The wine opens to darker notes of currant, dark cherry, wild herbs, tobacco leaf, and menthol. This bright, mid-bodied, and harmonious blend showcases energy and balance, with intense red and black fruit flavors and a creamy, rounded mid-palate. It’s a perfect combination of sweet and savory and finishes long with just a touch of wood spice.
Winemaking Notes
The 2018 growing season started slightly cool in the spring, but quickly gave way to warmer temperatures. Throughout summer, the days were warm and sunny, with little rainfall and above-average heat, providing ideal growing conditions. A slight cooling in September and October gave the grapes some extra time to develop more nuanced characteristics. This blend is composed of several lots that were fermented in a combination of stainless steel tanks and open-top bins, and was aged for 30 months in neutral oak and stainless steel.
Vineyard Notes
The Wahluke Slope AVA is located in south-central Washington and is considered one of the warmer regions in the state. Our 480-acre Desert Wind Vineyard is south-facing, with a gradual two percent slope ranging from 800 to 1,000 feet in elevation. The deep, rocky soil allows for excellent drainage, stressing the vines and allowing focused energy on fruit production. The resulting wines are highly pigmented and have excellent tannin structure.
Desert Wind is an immersive wine, food, and entertainment destination in the heart of Washington Wine Country, dedicated to producing world-class wines that celebrate our estate vineyards in the Wahluke Slope AVA. Our southwest-inspired estate is perched on a bluff overlooking the Yakima River in Prosser, Washington, and boasts a large tasting room, overnight accommodations, light kitchen fare, spa services, and ample private event space. Desert Wind’s legacy and acclaimed wines are rooted in family and our sun-soaked Wahluke Slope AVA estate vineyard. Our philosophy on winemaking is simple: Start with grapes that show terrific potential and craft smooth, friendly, world-class wines you can drink every day. We’ve grown a lot since our first vines were planted in 1993, but one thing remains the same - our commitment to creating experiences that bring people together.
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@rjquillin thank you for digging that one up - and re-answering my question. I may need to check my wine refrigerator to see if I bought any from the last offering - that I also may have forgotten!
@Leatherchair No worries.
Had to check my history as well. First got this from GO a couple months before the CM offer, where I added a case and the UPS folks scored three bottles from it.
@rjquillin way to go on taking care of your UPS drivers. Good haul for them. Speaking of history, I didn’t recognize that label, and confirmed I never purchased from last time, so corrected that this time. Cheers
@Leatherchair Not actually a driver, as I’m never home to accept a delivery. My default ship-to is a UPS franchise store, where they don’t charge me that extra monthly fee others complain about, but get bottles instead.
@Leatherchair@rjquillin
Good on you for taking care of them. But assuming you’re giving them $5 or $10 bottles of wine you’re still paying them for delivering your wine, probably more than the $20 a year or $5 per shipment. Fed-ex is free for me.
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: tax and shipping are not included in savings calculations.)
2018 Desert Wind Ruah Red Blend - $20 = 19.99%
Enjoyed this from the first go around and I’m in again for a case. Something different for the rotation (Love the S.O.B. for this reason as well)! These blends bring something to the daily table, and both improve on the next day. I enjoy these more than the recent Pedroncelli/Cheer blend offers.
Living in the Northwest, this was a wine I discovered as a great “default red” in the early 2000s. Yikes that’s 20 years ago. I remember a 2004 vintage in particular that got rave reviews which were well-deserved. These could be had for usually $10-14/btl, back then, which still makes this a very attractive price.
The blend varies each year and is always kind-of a “kitchen sink” blend, unlike more traditional Rhone-style blends which work very well in this region. But are usually priced much higher than this. Wahluke Slope is a good local AVA. A great area to visit for a wine tourist trip also. Disclaimer is: I haven’t tasted this in recent years and definitely not this vintage.
Just thought about applying the $20 coupon from the latest Meh wine sale (came in my email today) and lowering the price/bottle of this offering to $5! I’m trying to resist, as my wine consumption for the past 3 months has been zero after losing my senses of taste and smell, and my storage space is full, but I’m hopeful that the taste/smell might return in the coming months.
Just grabbed a case myself. No brainer. I only have 4 or 5 left from the last offer and this juice is fantastic at this price even double this price. Dang should have got 2
We had a piece commissioned for our choral group titled Ruah and last offer I surprised our director with three bottles for Christmas. Of course I had a bottle first to make sure it was worthy of gifting - no worries at all.
had this the last time and it was wonderful. this time around, with the meh coupon, $5/btl is a no-brainer. thanks you guys for a fantastic deal / fantastic wine
I was supposed to get back from Texas Tuesday afternoon. One flight cancellation (due to the forecast for extreme thunderstorms), rebooking in separate flights, we finally made it back home. And that’s why I didn’t have a lab report. Did manage to see the eclipse right during a really fortunate break in the partly cloudy sky.
My cases are scheduled to be delivered one today and one tomorrow. Our local weather will be in the upper 80’s and I assume in a truck it will be much higher. Should I be worried about cooked wine?
Another UPS fail. Please drop these clowns. Random delays and surcharges to redirect drop-off. Like the post above, my wine is cooking for extra ship time at 86F ambient temperatures. So maybe Wednesday? Who knows?
Better yet… Get an ID process arranged so that we are preapproved recipients without a need to “sign-for” delivery.
@PaleMongo I feel your pain. After I posted above both cases had the same status as you. Only today one of my cases finally got an update as out for delivery but the 2nd is still unknown
Meh set delivery expectation by April 25. UPS indicated delivery by April 30th, then May 1st, now UPS says “The delivery date will be provided as soon as possible” What the hey? Did the UPS driver drink all my wine? This is my 2nd request for updates. How many more? Some companies gauge their success by meeting expectations. The Best: Exceed expectations. Please respond
@kparty12@PaleMongo I agree with your phrasing. And if the wine never gets delivered or is buggered in transit then CM will definitely make it right. They always have for me.
I’m just saying that CM can’t do anything with ups while it’s in transit to expedite or otherwise fix the shoddy system that is UPS.
@toddlamp Did you actually refuse the shipment or did they make that up? I’ve had them invent “attempts” to deliver when I’ve been waiting right there.
@klezman I have been checking the tracking status incessantly and noticed this morning that that was the status. Our regular UPS DR ver is pretty cool about waiting around to deliver and we were home all day and I was keenly waiting for the doorbell to ring to sign.
Point is they never came by so I trust that it was obvious damage that included, but not limited to, wine spilling out. I took no part in the decision making no with regards to that delivery. I wrote the support line to see what happens next. Fingers crossed for a replacement but I feel reimbursement is more likely.
Ok, this is so bizarre. First I only got 11 bottles. And in the box I also got some kind of Baseball batting glove and a random piece for some kind of Ryobi tool. I don’t know how to post a picture. But what the heck??
@Mark_L I was thinking maybe ups took a bottle and replaced it with someone else’s stuff and thought I wouldn’t notice? Although BOC also crossed my mind. Completely bizarre.
@jenludwig That happened to me too!!! I didn’t get any gloves or other extras but my box was clearly repacked by UPS and it only had 11 bottles that were so crudely wrapped with almost no packing material for only 11 bottles. And they didn’t think I was going to notice!!! Keep in mind that the view in the pic was the same view I had when I first open the box. No packing material was removed before I took this picture.
@jenludwig@kitkat34@Mark_L A similar thing happened to me minue the add-ons. Only got 11 bottle. Labels were smudged and stained so it was clear that one bottle opened up but UPS thought they could just dump the remaining 11 bottles into a box and deliver it like nothing ever happened.
@jenludwig@kitkat34@Mark_L@toddlamp this is the carrier identifying breakage and manually repacking before delivery. this is NOT how we sent it originally. it’s all done locally and there’s no same way they do it. check in with support if you are short bottles etc. sorry for the ugly pack job!
@jenludwig@kitkat34@Mark_L@Winedavid49 OMG, of course it has nothing to do with Casemates. I have ordered an untold number of cases from you guys and this has never happened. I thought when I said “but UPS thought they could just dump the remaining 11 bottles into a box and deliver it like nothing ever happened” made it clear that it was a UPS’ doing but I’m sorry if that wasn’t clear.
FWIW, at this point I have already had a lengthy conversation with support and they have already provided a partial refund so we’re all good.
@kitkat34@Mark_L@toddlamp@Winedavid49 mine wasn’t packaged that badly, but it wasn’t normal. One bottle was on top without a top cardboard layer. And I 100% agree, not casemates fault. Just bizarre! I also contacted support, we are still talking but I know y’all will make it right.
@chipgreen@jenludwig@kitkat34@Mark_L@Winedavid49 I would disagree. I don’t know of any box that would be able to handle a bottle breaking, or popping a cork l, and leaking all over. Now you can of course wonder why a bottle would break in the first place but I have ordered 32 cases sonce 2018 and this has been the only one that was damaged. So you are likely correct that it was UPS’ abuse but no cardboard box will be indestructible nor would shipping the wine be financially viable if it were.
Lost and damaged packages are inevitable. My co concern is how any seller handles that situation. Casemates dealt with it quickly and to my satisfaction. I guess YMMV
@chipgreen@jenludwig@kitkat34@Mark_L@toddlamp@Winedavid49
Recently there was a period where the box size (too large) was not appropriate for the pulp tray separators and the contents were not adequately constrained against movement within the box, and damage occurred to the box and contents.
My latest shipments have not presented with that issue.
@jenludwig@kitkat34@Mark_L@toddlamp@Winedavid49
All they would need to do is go back to the boxes they used to use that had trays in them. Of course no box is indestructable but it seems that more and more companies are happy to use the least acceptable packaging that will result in most packages reaching their destination in one piece. Apparently it’s cheaper to refund X percentage of damaged packages than pay more for the boxes that would actually prevent the vast majority of damage. Your increased chance of inconvenience is money in their pockets.
Apparently it’s cheaper to refund X percentage of damaged packages than pay more for the boxes that would actually prevent the vast majority of damage.
That decision is analogous to my brother-in-law’s experience with corporate think. He was VP of Audit for a major national bank and saw his staff cut to almost nothing over the course of a few years. The explanation was that it was cheaper to pay claims for fraud and bank errors than to pay staff to prevent them.
2018 Desert Wind Ruah Red Blend, Wahluke Slope, WA
94 Points, Gold Medal, Seattle Wine Awards
Tasting Notes
Winemaking Notes
Vineyard Notes
Specs
What’s Included
6-bottles:
Case:
Price Comparison
Not for sale online, $300/case MSRP
About The Winery
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Apr 29 - Tuesday, Apr 30
2018 Desert Wind Ruah Red Blend
6 bottles for $49.99 $8.33/bottle + $1.33/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $79.99 $6.67/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
Previous offer:
11/27/23
@ilCesare
and $10 bucks/case less this time around as well
@ilCesare @rjquillin Except the prior offer was for “Desert Wine” !
Enjoyed it as a daily, rotating in for a nice change of pace!
Question for vintner. Is the wine aged in American oak or French oak?
@Leatherchair from the previous offer, where your question was answered…
@rjquillin thank you for digging that one up - and re-answering my question. I may need to check my wine refrigerator to see if I bought any from the last offering - that I also may have forgotten!
@Leatherchair No worries.
Had to check my history as well. First got this from GO a couple months before the CM offer, where I added a case and the UPS folks scored three bottles from it.
@rjquillin way to go on taking care of your UPS drivers. Good haul for them. Speaking of history, I didn’t recognize that label, and confirmed I never purchased from last time, so corrected that this time. Cheers
@Leatherchair Not actually a driver, as I’m never home to accept a delivery. My default ship-to is a UPS franchise store, where they don’t charge me that extra monthly fee others complain about, but get bottles instead.
@Leatherchair @rjquillin
Good on you for taking care of them. But assuming you’re giving them $5 or $10 bottles of wine you’re still paying them for delivering your wine, probably more than the $20 a year or $5 per shipment. Fed-ex is free for me.
@Leatherchair @ScottW58
Oh, absolutely, but it sure feels better with the direct connection.
Also totally agree, FedEx kicks ass over brown for CS.
In for 12. This is a good red blend. Enjoyed the November 2023 offering; excited to get more, especially at this price. Powerful-lying-curve.
@winedan Excited for you to get more as well!
/giphy unarmed-clairvoyant-phoenix
/giphy intangible-carnivorous-mulberry
Super good. A little spice. Medium body. Great Tuesday Wednesday Thursday wine. Likely even better with food.
Not wildly rich. Not wildly complex. Balanced. Extremely enjoyable. I grabbed a case. Insanely great considering the price.
Just walked through the door of my house 18 minutes ago after 12 hours of traveling/fights.
It’s midnight where I am now. Forgive the quick review.
Smooth, dark fruit, cherry, spice, tart finish, wee bit of smoke on the nose.
Will be my go to table wine. I bought a case. Currently enjoying it now with a drive-thru del Taco crunchy Taco and it works pleasantly.
Eating some queso nachos now with this wine. Tobacco leathery wood ish vibes happening. Fun and nice.
@connorbush
Taylor from Desert Wind here - thanks for the kind words! We also love it as a weekday pizza wine
@DesertWindWine Welcome Taylor
badge so others can recognize you.
working on getting you a
What is your function there?
@rjquillin Thanks! I’m the sales/marketing director
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: tax and shipping are not included in savings calculations.)
2018 Desert Wind Ruah Red Blend - $20 = 19.99%
So cheap I can’t resist.
/giphy psychedelic-loyal-company
Same here.
/giphy toothless-nutritious-mimosa
Enjoyed this from the first go around and I’m in again for a case. Something different for the rotation (Love the S.O.B. for this reason as well)! These blends bring something to the daily table, and both improve on the next day. I enjoy these more than the recent Pedroncelli/Cheer blend offers.
@irenegade Glad you have enjoyed it!
/giphy judgmental-terrestrial-news
Still have a lot from the last offering but definitely enjoyed it.
At $7 a bottle /case this and the solid comments say buy and drink now !
@outdoorslife
/giphy unfair-heartsick-cardinal
Living in the Northwest, this was a wine I discovered as a great “default red” in the early 2000s. Yikes that’s 20 years ago. I remember a 2004 vintage in particular that got rave reviews which were well-deserved. These could be had for usually $10-14/btl, back then, which still makes this a very attractive price.
The blend varies each year and is always kind-of a “kitchen sink” blend, unlike more traditional Rhone-style blends which work very well in this region. But are usually priced much higher than this. Wahluke Slope is a good local AVA. A great area to visit for a wine tourist trip also. Disclaimer is: I haven’t tasted this in recent years and definitely not this vintage.
Just thought about applying the $20 coupon from the latest Meh wine sale (came in my email today) and lowering the price/bottle of this offering to $5! I’m trying to resist, as my wine consumption for the past 3 months has been zero after losing my senses of taste and smell, and my storage space is full, but I’m hopeful that the taste/smell might return in the coming months.
@Mark_L Thanks for hanging in there with CM while you are not consuming.
@Mark_L Unlike you I couldn’t resist.
@toddlamp I haven’t totally written it off (yet).
@toddlamp I caved. If nothing else, I can pass it on to my kids.
/giphy floral-tiny-conjurer
/giphy green-lanky-smell
nominated-teal-coil I caved even tho I have no room 18 bottles already on the way
$6.67/bottle AND good reviews! Holy guacamole. I’d buy 2 cases if I weren’t on a SIWBM (which I’m failing miserably at).
/giphy glib-muffled-group
Just grabbed a case myself. No brainer. I only have 4 or 5 left from the last offer and this juice is fantastic at this price even double this price. Dang should have got 2
@smoothie72 It’s an easy one to grab for any occasion! Glad you’ve enjoyed!
/giphy deadly-benevolent-discovery
I’m a sucker for good, cheap wine. In for two cases!
/giphy offensive-frantic-mime
We had a piece commissioned for our choral group titled Ruah and last offer I surprised our director with three bottles for Christmas. Of course I had a bottle first to make sure it was worthy of gifting - no worries at all.
Got another case.
@woopdedoo The gift that keeps on giving!
@DesertWindWine In addition to my case, I decided to send a six pack to the person who composed the piece.
Hard to resist given the price and all the rave reviews in here!
/giphy unmoving-dazzling-office
@neuroticsilence Michael Scott approved, it’s a fact
Oh well, there goes my wine budget for the month. 3 orders in three weeks. In for a case.
/giphy meticulous-wimpy-beef
had this the last time and it was wonderful. this time around, with the meh coupon, $5/btl is a no-brainer. thanks you guys for a fantastic deal / fantastic wine
/giphy warped-nuclear-truck
I was supposed to get back from Texas Tuesday afternoon. One flight cancellation (due to the forecast for extreme thunderstorms), rebooking in separate flights, we finally made it back home. And that’s why I didn’t have a lab report. Did manage to see the eclipse right during a really fortunate break in the partly cloudy sky.
/giphy harsh-open-amusement
My cases are scheduled to be delivered one today and one tomorrow. Our local weather will be in the upper 80’s and I assume in a truck it will be much higher. Should I be worried about cooked wine?
@toddlamp no. Unless they show up hot to the touch or leaking.
Another UPS fail. Please drop these clowns. Random delays and surcharges to redirect drop-off. Like the post above, my wine is cooking for extra ship time at 86F ambient temperatures. So maybe Wednesday? Who knows?
Better yet… Get an ID process arranged so that we are preapproved recipients without a need to “sign-for” delivery.
Another day lost. Looks like this will be baking over the weekend.
… whatever that means.
@PaleMongo I feel your pain. After I posted above both cases had the same status as you. Only today one of my cases finally got an update as out for delivery but the 2nd is still unknown
Will this shipment survive the weekend? Or is it coming at all. UPS is weak sauce.
San Pablo: the Bermuda triangle of California.
Meh set delivery expectation by April 25. UPS indicated delivery by April 30th, then May 1st, now UPS says “The delivery date will be provided as soon as possible” What the hey? Did the UPS driver drink all my wine? This is my 2nd request for updates. How many more? Some companies gauge their success by meeting expectations. The Best: Exceed expectations. Please respond
@kparty12 once ups has the package there’s not much that CM can do.
@klezman @kparty12 Disagree. The product sale includes delivery. Sale incomplete otherwise. I’m in the same circumstance.
@kparty12 Your order shipped on 4/25 and tracking shows a delay in transit. I’m responding to your support message now.
@kparty12 @PaleMongo I agree with your phrasing. And if the wine never gets delivered or is buggered in transit then CM will definitely make it right. They always have for me.
I’m just saying that CM can’t do anything with ups while it’s in transit to expedite or otherwise fix the shoddy system that is UPS.
My order was/is delayed due to a train derailment!
@por944sche One of my cases made it but the other still stays “The delivery date will be provided as soon as possible.”
Well f&*k; “Damage Reported
The receiver refused, the package appeared to be damaged. UPS will notify the sender with the details.”
/giphy no-wine-for-you
@toddlamp Did you actually refuse the shipment or did they make that up? I’ve had them invent “attempts” to deliver when I’ve been waiting right there.
@klezman I have been checking the tracking status incessantly and noticed this morning that that was the status. Our regular UPS DR ver is pretty cool about waiting around to deliver and we were home all day and I was keenly waiting for the doorbell to ring to sign.
Point is they never came by so I trust that it was obvious damage that included, but not limited to, wine spilling out. I took no part in the decision making no with regards to that delivery. I wrote the support line to see what happens next. Fingers crossed for a replacement but I feel reimbursement is more likely.
@toddlamp I’m sure it’ll be a refund unless they happen to have extra sets on hand. Bummer.
It arrived a week later than estimated, and arrived hot. Over 90 degrees. Have not tried yet. I am hoping it’s not cooked!
@gherreman The bulk of the wine or just the neck or just the outside temps?
@gherreman @klezman
Spin it anyway you want either way not acceptable ymmv
Ok, this is so bizarre. First I only got 11 bottles. And in the box I also got some kind of Baseball batting glove and a random piece for some kind of Ryobi tool. I don’t know how to post a picture. But what the heck??
@jenludwig A mixup with a Woot Bag of Crap?
@Mark_L I was thinking maybe ups took a bottle and replaced it with someone else’s stuff and thought I wouldn’t notice? Although BOC also crossed my mind. Completely bizarre.
@jenludwig @Mark_L ha, was the box damp and/or stained? Was it a new batting glove?
@kitkat34 new glove and new whatever the ryobi part was. Box wasn’t damp or stained
@jenludwig That happened to me too!!! I didn’t get any gloves or other extras but my box was clearly repacked by UPS and it only had 11 bottles that were so crudely wrapped with almost no packing material for only 11 bottles. And they didn’t think I was going to notice!!! Keep in mind that the view in the pic was the same view I had when I first open the box. No packing material was removed before I took this picture.
@jenludwig @kitkat34 @Mark_L A similar thing happened to me minue the add-ons. Only got 11 bottle. Labels were smudged and stained so it was clear that one bottle opened up but UPS thought they could just dump the remaining 11 bottles into a box and deliver it like nothing ever happened.
@jenludwig @kitkat34 @Mark_L @toddlamp this is the carrier identifying breakage and manually repacking before delivery. this is NOT how we sent it originally. it’s all done locally and there’s no same way they do it. check in with support if you are short bottles etc. sorry for the ugly pack job!
@jenludwig @kitkat34 @Mark_L @Winedavid49 OMG, of course it has nothing to do with Casemates. I have ordered an untold number of cases from you guys and this has never happened. I thought when I said “but UPS thought they could just dump the remaining 11 bottles into a box and deliver it like nothing ever happened” made it clear that it was a UPS’ doing but I’m sorry if that wasn’t clear.
FWIW, at this point I have already had a lengthy conversation with support and they have already provided a partial refund so we’re all good.
@jenludwig @kitkat34 @Mark_L @toddlamp hah, thanks for the follow up. yea, they get funky when something goes wrong. thanks for the support!!
@kitkat34 @Mark_L @toddlamp @Winedavid49 mine wasn’t packaged that badly, but it wasn’t normal. One bottle was on top without a top cardboard layer. And I 100% agree, not casemates fault. Just bizarre! I also contacted support, we are still talking but I know y’all will make it right.
@jenludwig @kitkat34 @Mark_L @toddlamp @Winedavid49
It has plenty to do with Casemates. Crappy boxes used to ship the wine do not stand up to the abuse by UPS.
@chipgreen @jenludwig @kitkat34 @Mark_L @Winedavid49 I would disagree. I don’t know of any box that would be able to handle a bottle breaking, or popping a cork l, and leaking all over. Now you can of course wonder why a bottle would break in the first place but I have ordered 32 cases sonce 2018 and this has been the only one that was damaged. So you are likely correct that it was UPS’ abuse but no cardboard box will be indestructible nor would shipping the wine be financially viable if it were.
Lost and damaged packages are inevitable. My co concern is how any seller handles that situation. Casemates dealt with it quickly and to my satisfaction. I guess YMMV
@chipgreen @jenludwig @kitkat34 @Mark_L @toddlamp @Winedavid49
Recently there was a period where the box size (too large) was not appropriate for the pulp tray separators and the contents were not adequately constrained against movement within the box, and damage occurred to the box and contents.
My latest shipments have not presented with that issue.
@jenludwig @kitkat34 @Mark_L @toddlamp @Winedavid49
All they would need to do is go back to the boxes they used to use that had trays in them. Of course no box is indestructable but it seems that more and more companies are happy to use the least acceptable packaging that will result in most packages reaching their destination in one piece. Apparently it’s cheaper to refund X percentage of damaged packages than pay more for the boxes that would actually prevent the vast majority of damage. Your increased chance of inconvenience is money in their pockets.
@jenludwig @kitkat34 @Mark_L @rjquillin @toddlamp @Winedavid49
So, wait… Casemates is using different boxes now? If so, I will retract my previous post.
@chipgreen
That decision is analogous to my brother-in-law’s experience with corporate think. He was VP of Audit for a major national bank and saw his staff cut to almost nothing over the course of a few years. The explanation was that it was cheaper to pay claims for fraud and bank errors than to pay staff to prevent them.
@chipgreen @jenludwig @kitkat34 @Mark_L @rjquillin @toddlamp
The winery shipped this offer directly from the Washington winery. Not our warehouse. This is occasionally done with. Northwest wineries.