2019 Black Zeppelin Petite Sirah, Grenouille Ranch, Calaveras County
Tasting Notes
Big, dark, and aggressive, but not angry or backward enough to require five-to-ten in the cellar penitentiary, as the tannins are well short of biker-bar clearing level. (Floral, spicy, meaty: violent chocolate, Violet Asquith; clove, June Cleaver. Fruit: the blackberry syrup from the International House of Pancakes in Heaven. It’s easy to find: it’s across the street from the Cadillac dealership where Elvis gave Jesus a Sedan deVille as a surprise birthday present, and next to Ahura Mazda.)
Owned by a very old friend indeed, the remote ranch in Calaveras, through which the burbling water of Jesus Maria Creek flows and whence came the Petite Sirah, is rather well guarded, considering that there are only a few hundred vines. There’s a homicidal tractor, an assault fiddle, and a Telecaster, that like this wine has unusual “sus-staining” properties. In other words, it’s dark with a long finish.
Specs
Vintage: 2019
Varietal: 86% Petite Sirah, Grenouille Ranch, Calaveras County; 14% Syrah, Hill of Graceland, Paso Robles
Alcohol: 16.1%
Total Acidity: 7.2 g/L
2019 Wine Club Red Blend
Tasting Notes
Some of you may know that we don’t have a wine club in the conventional sense: fully automatic shipments, expired credit cards, etc. This one is different: the bottle itself is absurdly heavy: it could be a bar weapon. (We got a small stack of it from a grateful winemaker friend in exchange for a few grams of enological dust.) But the wine inside the bottle, ahhhh! A plum growing on a rose bush, coffee, vanilla and … is that deer lure? Never mind. It’s structurally supple - there’s a glycerol/tannin ratio the reciprocal of the Black Zeppelin PS - and it would admirably complement vine-fed venison.
"Wine Club? Listen ya fool, there’s no wine club here except for this bottle of Zeppelin. Ya wanna join it?
Specs
Vintage: 2019
Varietals:
43% Tempranillo, Grenouille Ranch, Calaveras
41% Zinfandel, Woodpecker Vineyard, Paso Robles
16% Syrah, Hill of Graceland, Paso Robles
the latter two allegedly in the swanky subAVA of Willow Creek
Alcohol: 15.7%
Total Acidity: 6.7 g/L
What’s Included
3-bottles:
2x 2019 Black Zeppelin Petite Sirah, Grenouille Ranch, Calaveras County
1x 2019 Wine Club Red Blend
Case:
8x 2019 Black Zeppelin Petite Sirah, Grenouille Ranch, Calaveras County
What do you mean “we”, Kemosabe? In ancient times, long ago, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, the consulting winemaker, assistant cellar sock monkey, and rock band mismanager Stillman Brown of Red Zeppelin infamy, and his footloose and still insufficiently silent mouthpiece and de factoid attorney GD Lewis of Jory Winery, became Zeppelin Winery, and make wines that at least one of them believes are at least more than good enough to have pretty much anything on the label, though certainly not ghost pepper extract. Over the last several years, most of the wines have been from grapes grown by one of our crazier clients who is located in two concocted subappellations of west Paso Robles that split the hidden Hill of Graceland vineyard. Visitors are generally discouraged; if they find us they often become despondent. Sales are almost exclusively to our email list - there is no club to join or quit, just an invitation to a FREE party when the one who isn’t dead yet has a ‘major birthday’. swillyidle@gmail.com. What quality can be put in the bottle by the efforts of the arrogant consultant, the absurdly overworked cellar monkey, and myself (making in all, one) is facilitated by a cluster of factors, but what we can put on the label is often constrained by artwork and by government mandates and forbiddances. That’s why these labels don’t say “30 PROOF” or “Alibi Value 15%” - in visible ink, anyway.
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@pmarin
well, whether gamy or not, it’s generally fat-free, so the PS would be preferable. They sure chewed up the estate Vermentino and Zinfandel - we lost over 50%
@mikepav
I once got $.10 of word to be a wine critic in New Mexico - of all places! I don’t know if my recommendations were worth their weight in tartaric acid, but your joke made me slam on the brakes and laugh thanks!
@ZeppelinWinery Love me some Dread Zeppelin. Saw them back in the 90s at the Bottom of the Hill Club. Good times. Now I gotta buy!
/giphy unmoving-provocative-llama
Past buyer, love the juice, linger for every story, auto-buy for bunnies… tho spare me the details if any local rabbits become a juice additive!
/giphy square-discursive-vinegar
Stillman never made a bad wine in his or anyone else’s life. Thanks my cohort-but-occasional friend, and see you in December, I hope, when I’m nearby for 2 months.
@garyzim Hilarious: got the UPS notice that the nectar will be delivered tomorrow. The UPS
Reference Number is:
211008STILL3PK
MON1008SBROWNZEPPELIN2+1
CORRUPT-LONESOME-ART
UPS
Stillman (also know by other names ) has always had a way with words just like he has a way with big, bold wines. Know him from way back in the Jory days.
2019 Black Zeppelin Petite Sirah, Grenouille Ranch, Calaveras County
Definitely Inky, but not jammy … Scored it 90.
PNP - mild tannins, don’t really notice the 16.1% alcohol on nose or taste, nice nose of black fruits (blackberry, black cherry). Not syrupy (if you thought it from IHOP comment in notes).
Used new aerator/decanter (Wine Breather, see pic #2) for second pour. Also kept in glass (2nd pour) for a while while eating a ribeye. Tasty with the ribeye.
Using aerator/decanter, poured it back into bottle 3 hours later from PNP. Sublime at this point (glass from bottle pour), so decant this for around 6 hours for full effect.
Definitely big and dark, but no face smashing tannins as bolder PS. Went well with the ribeye.
@MarkDaSpark Thank you: comment below!
You know plastic would work as well as glass or you might even diminish the TCA in one’s so fucked it that’s winds so afflicted oh Christ in the foothills Apple speech to text Tim cock
50+ years ago, I used to swim in a creek off Jesus Maria Road. There was this amazing tree, some sort of Willow looking thing that; when we stood under it, it rained on us. I always suspected that the roots grew directly into the stream. We called it “The Rain Tree”. Great swimming hole. That being said, it’s nice that the tariff for 3 bottles is reasonable with this offer.
I was lucky enough to be a LabRat for the blend. I opened it a few hours before consumption, but the first taste was really nice.
This is a quite good wine. It was deep purple/maroon in color. It has notes of cherry, fig and plum . The Tempranillo is the predominate note. The Zinfandel is noticeable with some Boysenberry. The tannins are well integrated and quite nice. I paired it with a pizza made in my Ooni oven. It was up to the task.
Definitely a wine that is easy on the palate but complex enough to endure different foods. It had an amazing mouth feel. Will definitely buy some of this wine!
Damn it! I’ve been waiting months to try some of this winery’s wine. Can someone in northern Ohio buy me a case? Im in south eastern Michigan and can come pick it up
Hey, I want to say that I am very happy with the lab rat reviews…One of the greatest wine writers of all time said, addressing winemakers, that if they were thinking about sending samples to bloggers, they should instead hop on their forklift, raise the forks a foot or so, and then drive into a pallet of their best wine. I have tasted with a lot of professionals over the decades, and I can’t say they’re a lot better. I don’t know if you guys publish any reviews outside casemates but I can say: Exceptio Probat Regulam (see Bierce, “Exception”). He had some great remarks about wine as well and I would send him samples except for … well, you know.
OK - it’s time to drive home maybe I can make it in less than an hour. I don’t know how to put pictures up with my iPhone and I have a few… So if I don’t pass out with my face in a bowl of - I’ll see if I can’t post some irrelevant pictures from my laptop.
Wish me luck avoiding the Bambi Jihad
@char2na There were 3 different BZs that year! The Hames PS was the showiest early on, but soft- it may have slipped. The others should be fine, though I haven’t had any in 4-5 years…
Thanks for the response. I have 1 Monterey and 2 Central Coast. I have trouble pulling the trigger sometimes on the stuff I really like. It’s a double edged sword.
If you want one of these to take back to the science lab for “research”, let me know.
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2019 Stillman Brown Zeppelin Winery Reds - $30 = 8.32%
@kls_in_MD I already order the 3 bottles but I’m between Baltimore and DC if you ever want to split a case in the future. I would have split a case if I had known someone in the area.
At first I thought the price / bottle was higher than other recent offers (although I haven’t seen the black zep PS offered since I’ve been here) but it’s right in the middle. I also thought I had a bottle of the black zep PS but it’s the Zinfandel! Guess I’m going to have to break out of the wine budget a little bit to get a three pack. OH WELL
Who was that pervert that thought that deer lure meant urine? I suppose if Petite Sirah was a white variety, his attempted snark would have . . . no, it wouldn’t.
I used a mix of apples, with whiffs of vanilla extract and oak barrel shavings.
Next year I’m going with a minefield.
@kawichris650
Been shooting since the 90’s.
While not currently a member, I have been, and when more active was a member of and attended annual https://westernpyro.org conventions in Lake Havasu for their public displays.
Winding down now, and rather miss them.
Somewhere here there is a thread of a San Diego 4th show I worked a few years ago.
@rjquillin
Nice! I’ve never been there, but I have been to conventions in Fargo, Mason City, and Appleton. Years ago I made a multi-break Italian style shell by hand and I’ve made many (small) Girandolas. I also used to help setup the 4th of July show for Dave Anderson (of Famous Dave’s) in Hayward, WI.
Oh my God you guys are controlled pyromaniacs!
I have a question… All other things being equal - which is of course nonsense and question begging but just wing this one: would you prefer to observe a five minute display or a 15 minute display?
I guess it’s just too boring to fly a kite with a wire during a thunderstorm.
@CorTot@ZeppelinWinery
That was the year the company I normally work for ~was not contracted~ for the show. An east coast outfit (Garden State Fireworks) bid lower, and did '13 as well, for free. Overridden safety protocols on their fire control board allowed that one to happen. We, Pyro Spectaculars, were back in '14 and since…
@CorTot@rjquillin@ZeppelinWinery I watched the intro on the Pyro Spectaculars website. Very impressive involvement on your part (in both terrestrial and extraterrestrial displays)!
would you prefer to observe a five minute display or a 15 minute display?
I don’t recall ever having seen or shot a show that was only five minutes.
The 4th shows have been getting progressively shorter as it is, those and NYE are historically the two ‘large’ shows each year and are now down to ~15 minutes, where earlier shows I can remember were closer to 45 minutes.
Quite a few are networked and shoot simultaneously; those with a smaller budget will only shoot a section, or will have a reduced shell count or more economical shells.
Due to changes in regulations (safe areas) where we used to shoot 12" we’re now down to 8" and sometimes only 6" product.
From an operator standpoint, if all is going well, a 15 minutes show feels more like five and is over all too soon, considering the hours (days) it takes to setup.
@bunnymasseuse@PLSemenza@pluthe@sndg All mine have labels and the Wine Club bottles have a dot of red wax on the cork and the Petite Sirah have black wax dots if that helps.
@pluthe
Damn! I just found out about this and I didn’t know that this thread continued after the fireworks display - not a metaphor. The wine was hand labeled by the Immediate Crew. What can I do for you? I can send you labels and you can put them on upside down if you need a reminder of my … um, imperfection?
@bunnymasseuse@PLSemenza@pluthe@sndg The “wine club” bottle is a LOT heavier - almost a pound heavier.
If anyone got 3 unlabeled bottles that are all the same weight… I don’t want to think about it.
@ZeppelinWinery I know what is in the bottles, so don’t need the labels, just as I made do without the abalone shells that missed out making their way into a box long, long ago. Thanks for doing what you do and making tasty things!
1 wine club, 2 shiners. Have you ever been so high that you didn’t notice the lack of labels? We now know the answer. That’s a great day, tip of the cap to Stillman.
@msten I wish I was high instead of stupid! And since I can’t blame a family member or close friend without increased guilt feelings, and I should’ve spotted it anyway … I mean I put the XXXX wax dots on. And they are not microdots.
2019 Black Zeppelin Petite Sirah, Grenouille Ranch, Calaveras County
Tasting Notes
Specs
2019 Wine Club Red Blend
Tasting Notes
Specs
the latter two allegedly in the swanky subAVA of Willow Creek
What’s Included
3-bottles:
Case:
Price Comparison
Not for sale online, $624/case MSRP
About The Winery
Available States
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Estimated Delivery
Monday, Nov 1 - Friday, Nov 5
Stillman Brown Zeppelin Winery Reds
3 bottles for $89.99 $30/bottle + $2.67/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $329.99 $27.50/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
2019 Black Zeppelin
2019 Wine Club
deer lure? really? I’ll eat the venison, but not drink the piss. pass.
@slinger42
Witling with certainty,
Poltroon plausibly.
I think you may not be clear on the obscurity factor of this producer. and how to interpret or at least guess at the meanings therein.
However, venison does sound good. and I would guess it would go well with either of these wines.
@pmarin
well, whether gamy or not, it’s generally fat-free, so the PS would be preferable. They sure chewed up the estate Vermentino and Zinfandel - we lost over 50%
@slinger42
Oh yes, please pass, you don’t want any fine, top grade deer lure! I hear Trader Joes has a fine middle of the road, ready to drink P.S.
It is clever writing. If they have a magazine I might buy it, but at this price… I won’t pass them my bucks (get it?).
@mikepav
thanks!
I once got $.10 of word to be a wine critic in New Mexico - of all places! I don’t know if my recommendations were worth their weight in tartaric acid, but your joke made me slam on the brakes and laugh
I only wish I had come up with that… It was the work of my webmaster, who is also a dairy executive (?!?) … and the singer of Dread Zeppelin.
@ZeppelinWinery Love me some Dread Zeppelin. Saw them back in the 90s at the Bottom of the Hill Club. Good times. Now I gotta buy!
/giphy unmoving-provocative-llama
@ZeppelinWinery Are you serious? TortElvis is your web master?
@lionel47 Yessir.
Past buyer, love the juice, linger for every story, auto-buy for bunnies… tho spare me the details if any local rabbits become a juice additive!
/giphy square-discursive-vinegar
@bunnymasseuse
Vegan, excepting fruit flies!!?!!
@ZeppelinWinery
I hear today is your
We need to buy all the wine!
Stillman never made a bad wine in his or anyone else’s life. Thanks my cohort-but-occasional friend, and see you in December, I hope, when I’m nearby for 2 months.
@garyzim Hilarious: got the UPS notice that the nectar will be delivered tomorrow. The UPS
Reference Number is:
211008STILL3PK
MON1008SBROWNZEPPELIN2+1
CORRUPT-LONESOME-ART
UPS
nice.
Been awhile, I’m in…Happy Birthday (TKS-RJ)
tactile-soggy-chin
@PLSemenza sadly the farm is no more…
No more wine for abalone trade!
Stillman (also know by other names
) has always had a way with words just like he has a way with big, bold wines. Know him from way back in the Jory days.
@collegebob And before Jory there was …
Insta-buy!
/giphy smiley-progressive-mulberry
/giphy movie-theatre-popcorn
Are they watching Graveyard Shift?
One of my favorite SpongeBob episodes!
2019 Black Zeppelin Petite Sirah, Grenouille Ranch, Calaveras County
Definitely Inky, but not jammy … Scored it 90.
PNP - mild tannins, don’t really notice the 16.1% alcohol on nose or taste, nice nose of black fruits (blackberry, black cherry). Not syrupy (if you thought it from IHOP comment in notes).
Used new aerator/decanter (Wine Breather, see pic #2) for second pour. Also kept in glass (2nd pour) for a while while eating a ribeye. Tasty with the ribeye.
Using aerator/decanter, poured it back into bottle 3 hours later from PNP. Sublime at this point (glass from bottle pour), so decant this for around 6 hours for full effect.
Definitely big and dark, but no face smashing tannins as bolder PS. Went well with the ribeye.
Pop 'N Pour:
Wine Breather Aerator/Decanter:
@MarkDaSpark Thank you: comment below!
You know plastic would work as well as glass or you might even diminish the TCA in one’s so fucked it that’s winds so afflicted oh Christ in the foothills Apple speech to text Tim cock
@MarkDaSpark What is that thing the bottle is in, and why?
@MarkDaSpark Thank you for the rattage. I like the upside down bottle trick too.
@rjquillin. The maid hasn’t shown up for 28 years?
@MarkDaSpark nice wine tent! didn’t know that was a thing.
@CorTot @MarkDaSpark LOVE the PS i love you glass touch!
@CorTot @MarkDaSpark @Winedavid49 Tjat decanter is one of my favorites! In and out of the bottle in a simple 180!
@Winedavid49
Thought you might! Miss those February trips!
/giphy ill-dangling-hair
50+ years ago, I used to swim in a creek off Jesus Maria Road. There was this amazing tree, some sort of Willow looking thing that; when we stood under it, it rained on us. I always suspected that the roots grew directly into the stream. We called it “The Rain Tree”. Great swimming hole. That being said, it’s nice that the tariff for 3 bottles is reasonable with this offer.
@FritzCat Not the Willow from Lord of the Rings…fortunately!
@FritzCat @ZeppelinWinery or Harry Potter
2019 Wine Club Red Blend
I was lucky enough to be a LabRat for the blend. I opened it a few hours before consumption, but the first taste was really nice.
This is a quite good wine. It was deep purple/maroon in color. It has notes of cherry, fig and plum . The Tempranillo is the predominate note. The Zinfandel is noticeable with some Boysenberry. The tannins are well integrated and quite nice. I paired it with a pizza made in my Ooni oven. It was up to the task.
Definitely a wine that is easy on the palate but complex enough to endure different foods. It had an amazing mouth feel. Will definitely buy some of this wine!
@vwsmaltz Thank you…Comment below!
@vwsmaltz so much wine but sometimes so little 'za! Looks good! You like that Ooni? I’m close to buying one but haven’t hit the button yet.
@kaolis Absolutely love it. I have the Koda 16 and it’s amazing… Still learning…
@vwsmaltz thanks for the review and the pizza looks excellent.
@kaolis @vwsmaltz @vwsmaltz@ @markdaspark @WCCwinegirl the wine club label is so intra industry funny. Stillman is a very funny human being.
I would have been tempted for a 3 pack; at least my wallet will be happy. Too bad no MI but it makes an easier decision for me.
@a5meiser ditto
Damn it! I’ve been waiting months to try some of this winery’s wine. Can someone in northern Ohio buy me a case? Im in south eastern Michigan and can come pick it up
@deanerino Thanks! I have friends here willing to help. I’m set now!
Hey, I want to say that I am very happy with the lab rat reviews…One of the greatest wine writers of all time said, addressing winemakers, that if they were thinking about sending samples to bloggers, they should instead hop on their forklift, raise the forks a foot or so, and then drive into a pallet of their best wine. I have tasted with a lot of professionals over the decades, and I can’t say they’re a lot better. I don’t know if you guys publish any reviews outside casemates but I can say: Exceptio Probat Regulam (see Bierce, “Exception”). He had some great remarks about wine as well and I would send him samples except for … well, you know.
OK - it’s time to drive home maybe I can make it in less than an hour. I don’t know how to put pictures up with my iPhone and I have a few… So if I don’t pass out with my face in a bowl of - I’ll see if I can’t post some irrelevant pictures from my laptop.
Wish me luck avoiding the Bambi Jihad
@ZeppelinWinery
Make it horizontal; landscape, not portrait.
Just peeked in the cellar and I’ve got a few bottles of 2009 Black zeppelin in there. Think those are drink now?
@char2na There were 3 different BZs that year! The Hames PS was the showiest early on, but soft- it may have slipped. The others should be fine, though I haven’t had any in 4-5 years…
@ZeppelinWinery
Thanks for the response. I have 1 Monterey and 2 Central Coast. I have trouble pulling the trigger sometimes on the stuff I really like. It’s a double edged sword.
If you want one of these to take back to the science lab for “research”, let me know.
@char2na Wowee! Trade? You’d win.
@ZeppelinWinery sure!
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2019 Stillman Brown Zeppelin Winery Reds - $30 = 8.32%
No Kansas shipment again!
Do I split or do I not? Definitely known good!
Ok PDX and any one want 4 or 6?
Anybody in the DMV want to do a 50-50 split? @bunnymasseusse? @Zortapa? @jml326?
@kls_in_MD Looks like Bunny already got some. I’d be in for a split.
@kls_in_MD Lol I’m not sure bunny will split this haul, I’ve been waiting for another offering after @Zortapa hooked us up on the side last time…
@kls_in_MD I already order the 3 bottles but I’m between Baltimore and DC if you ever want to split a case in the future. I would have split a case if I had known someone in the area.
@evmc great! Ill keep ya posted
Would love to get in on this! Anyone in the DFW metro area willing to go halfsies with me on a case??
Another not to be missed offer from S.B. and Zep.
I met the legend, the man, the maniac one year, and try to get everyone hooked on his wine!
/giphy Incredible-zepplin-wine
Hey, where is NH, no representation. boo.
At first I thought the price / bottle was higher than other recent offers (although I haven’t seen the black zep PS offered since I’ve been here) but it’s right in the middle. I also thought I had a bottle of the black zep PS but it’s the Zinfandel! Guess I’m going to have to break out of the wine budget a little bit to get a three pack. OH WELL
Auto-buy.
distracted-distressed-office
Who was that pervert that thought that deer lure meant urine? I suppose if Petite Sirah was a white variety, his attempted snark would have . . . no, it wouldn’t.
I used a mix of apples, with whiffs of vanilla extract and oak barrel shavings.
Next year I’m going with a minefield.
@ZeppelinWinery
I’ve always loved the bouquet lingering in the air after an up-close personal encounter with fireworks mortars after a large show.
@rjquillin @ZeppelinWinery Is that akin to “stone fruit”?
@rjquillin
You might enjoy being a member of the PGI. I was at the show in Fargo in August and it was spectacular.
@kawichris650
Been shooting since the 90’s.
While not currently a member, I have been, and when more active was a member of and attended annual https://westernpyro.org conventions in Lake Havasu for their public displays.
Winding down now, and rather miss them.
Somewhere here there is a thread of a San Diego 4th show I worked a few years ago.
@rjquillin
Nice! I’ve never been there, but I have been to conventions in Fargo, Mason City, and Appleton. Years ago I made a multi-break Italian style shell by hand and I’ve made many (small) Girandolas. I also used to help setup the 4th of July show for Dave Anderson (of Famous Dave’s) in Hayward, WI.
@kawichris650
This really would be better suited for the cyberpub, but…
@rjquillin
I thought the same thing, but wasn’t sure if starting a dedicated thread was necessary. Also, is it “thread jacking” if the offer has already ended?
Wow. That’s a much larger operation than what I’m used to haha.
@kawichris650
I really miss the hand fired shows.
Especially when we had to reload 'cause all the mortars were in use at larger shows.
@rjquillin
We might have to revive that San Diego thread if you can find it. I did a quick search, but it didn’t pop up.
Oh my God you guys are controlled pyromaniacs!
I have a question… All other things being equal - which is of course nonsense and question begging but just wing this one: would you prefer to observe a five minute display or a 15 minute display?
I guess it’s just too boring to fly a kite with a wire during a thunderstorm.
@ZeppelinWinery I prefer the longer shows but that video of an entire display going off in 15 seconds in San Diego on accident is pretty awesome
LEGOS! EGGOS! STRATEGO! AWESOME!
@CorTot @ZeppelinWinery
That was the year the company I normally work for ~was not contracted~ for the show. An east coast outfit (Garden State Fireworks) bid lower, and did '13 as well, for free. Overridden safety protocols on their fire control board allowed that one to happen. We, Pyro Spectaculars, were back in '14 and since…
@CorTot @rjquillin @ZeppelinWinery I watched the intro on the Pyro Spectaculars website. Very impressive involvement on your part (in both terrestrial and extraterrestrial displays)!
@CorTot @Mark_L @ZeppelinWinery
I don’t recall ever having seen or shot a show that was only five minutes.
The 4th shows have been getting progressively shorter as it is, those and NYE are historically the two ‘large’ shows each year and are now down to ~15 minutes, where earlier shows I can remember were closer to 45 minutes.
Quite a few are networked and shoot simultaneously; those with a smaller budget will only shoot a section, or will have a reduced shell count or more economical shells.
Due to changes in regulations (safe areas) where we used to shoot 12" we’re now down to 8" and sometimes only 6" product.
From an operator standpoint, if all is going well, a 15 minutes show feels more like five and is over all too soon, considering the hours (days) it takes to setup.
@CorTot @Mark_L @rjquillin @ZeppelinWinery
I still argue that’s #workingasintended
I just received my wine. No labels on the Black Zeppelin Petite Syrah?
@pluthe both of mine have labels but it wouldn’t be the first time stillman has sent out unlabeled wine
@deadlyapp @pluthe mine got delayed and is supposed to arrive tomorrow, will see what mine look like.
Mine arrived today after a delay that kept them in UPS’s clutches over the weekend. No labels on either bottle of presumably Black Zeppelin…
/giphy melodious-baffled-walrus
@pluthe, @sndg Mine showed up on the 21st all labels accounted for, go figure
@PLSemenza @pluthe @sndg same here, no #wineclub grab bag of what bottle is what?
@bunnymasseuse @PLSemenza @pluthe @sndg All mine have labels and the Wine Club bottles have a dot of red wax on the cork and the Petite Sirah have black wax dots if that helps.
@pluthe
Damn! I just found out about this and I didn’t know that this thread continued after the fireworks display - not a metaphor. The wine was hand labeled by the Immediate Crew. What can I do for you? I can send you labels and you can put them on upside down if you need a reminder of my … um, imperfection?
@sndg arrrggghhh!
@bunnymasseuse @PLSemenza @pluthe @sndg The “wine club” bottle is a LOT heavier - almost a pound heavier.
If anyone got 3 unlabeled bottles that are all the same weight… I don’t want to think about it.
@ZeppelinWinery I know what is in the bottles, so don’t need the labels, just as I made do without the abalone shells that missed out making their way into a box long, long ago. Thanks for doing what you do and making tasty things!
@pluthe @ZeppelinWinery
The threads seldom die, they just get buried.
1 wine club, 2 shiners. Have you ever been so high that you didn’t notice the lack of labels? We now know the answer. That’s a great day, tip of the cap to Stillman.
@msten I wish I was high instead of stupid! And since I can’t blame a family member or close friend without increased guilt feelings, and I should’ve spotted it anyway … I mean I put the XXXX wax dots on. And they are not microdots.
@ZeppelinWinery or are they?
Fixed it.
@msten LOL
Wishing I got more
@conesville so good.
@conesville @Winedavid49 @msten
especially those painters tape labels.