We all have some favorite things. I have the misfortune to like things that are not popular. They tend to disappear. I hate that.
The latest one is my favorite brand of wine. Not that I drink a lot of it; 2 glasses of wine with dinner. But, as far as I am concerned it goes well with most everything I usually cook. And it is cheap. I don't see the point of drinking a $20 bottle of wine with a $5 home-cooked meal. Wine is an "accompaniment", not the focus.
But I do enjoy the couple of glasses. So when the local wine shop wasn't selling enough of it to support the shelf space, they were kind enough to special order a few cases at a time for me. I appreciated it. Now they have trouble even getting it from their supplier.
The store is actually a wine/liquor/butcher/deli store and they have great specials each week, so I shop there often anywhere. There aren't many places where you can get filet mignon trimmed and sliced to order for $10.99 sometimes or Delmonico steaks for $8.99. Their deli dept is great, too.
Oddly, they are the only store I know of around here where you can get actually ripe Golden Delicious apple.
But they are having trouble getting the wine (Twisted Cellars brand Old vine Zinfandel).
There is a place in Maryland that gets it, but they don't ship and it is a hour drive away to pick up. There is a store in New York State that will ship, but it's an extra several dollars per bottle. I ordered 8 cases from them 2 weeks ago. And if the local store gets more (usually 4 cases when they can get it), I'll buy all they have. Anything to keep them trying to get it.
I have a large basement that is mostly underground so it stays at 68F. It will keep red wine OK. I wouldn't mind a year's supply, LOL!
I'm down to 1 case. And just tonight I got an email saying I could expect the NY shipment of 8 cases on on Saturday. Which means I have to stay around to sign for the delivery, but that's OK. I leave the house about once a week.
Hurray!
Update: It arrived. I was expecting a call to assure delivery between 2 pm and 6 pm, so I laid in bed after 1 pm fully dressed (I'm a real night owl sometimes and only went to bed the at 8 am), but there was just a knock on the door at 3 pm. I was out and ready to sign for the delivery (the website said I had to) but the the UPS guy said they don't.
But hey, 8 cases of 1.5 L bottles. I'm good for many months!
2 comments:
Ha! My husband and I thought that that only happened to us - that we were the ones with the unusual preferences! At least you've found a source.
Megan
Sydney, Australia
Glad you scored some. I didn't know Twisted had wine, I thought they just had hard cider. I remember how much Iza loved her Twisted box. :)
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