| Hello Free Rangers,Did a week just happen? Since the last one of these? I can’t keep up. Strange days out here at Windswept Fields. A week of volatile energy and complete jackassery came to a head on this last hurried humid 60 degree December Saturday. Anything someone can do to obstruct traffic and work flow, inhibit sales, cause us extra work for no benefit to them, or just plain be rude and condescending had occurred by 4:18pm, and I arrived after 3:30pm. The crew tells me it began minutes after opening. The work per dollar and questions per purchase were well beyond any previously known measure. Hopefully you all know that we’re always happy to discuss at length any of our products that interest you. The barrage of cumbersome questions to which I refer were more like this: “Do you have Lambrusco? Do you have half bottles of Lambrusco? WHY DO YOU NOT HAVE ANY HALF BOTTLES OF LAMBRUSCO?” With the incredulous exasperation of a man assuming that every decision made in this building is solely and wholly to ensure that we don’t carry the one size of the one bottle he is after. Or, “Oh, it’s $129 a bottle, do you have any Blanton’s at the regular price?” And, “Why can’t I have cold bottles now for my party that’s tomorrow?” Or from the guy actively FaceTiming, “What’s with the ‘no cellphone’ policy?” Even in years where business isn’t as brisk as it was during the same season in the Before Times, the people who only shop for booze in the last two months of the year, and demanding ill-informed tourists, become the largest demographic to come through our beleaguered doors. And this foul year of our lord, 2021, is no different. But the Saturday crowd was extra special (though Monday’s gave them a run for their money). Luckily that dark day also saw a fairly high dog to human ratio, and several times talking with you lovely regulars and spoiling your doggo friends with treats and scratches helped us wriggle free of complicated entanglements such as those that produced the questions above. Thank Dog for you, and for them. Times have been trying. To do what I have no idea.As we’ve done a number of sales with, and have been touting the quality of, Brittan Vineyards Pinot Noir for years, many of you already know the name. For those who don’t, Robert Brittan pulled up stakes from Napa and purchased one of the last great parcels of land in Willamette before the French showed up in force and doubled the price of prime wine growing real estate. In the early 2000-teens, they really hit their stride and have been turning out some of the highest quality Pinot Noir per dollar of which we are aware on Earth. And we’ve looked. Their 2018s just rolled though the door, possibly their best to date, and we again grabbed that 10 case price allowing us to offer you deep discounts, to celebrate the arrival. Try a single bottle of Brittan Pinot Noir Estate 2018 at $35 (usually $39), or grab a deeper discount on a 6-pack at $174 (usually $234). We also received a smaller number of the reserve level Brittan Pinot Noir Basalt 2018, and can offer you a mixed 6-pack including 4 x Estate and 2 x Basalt at $216(usually $276). As an added bonus, each 6-pack gets one FREE Magical Mystery bottle from my personal collection (which could be literally anything)! (!) Click here for the hidden sale page (!) Brittan Piniot Noir Estate 2018 sale: $35 retail: $39 6-pack Brittan PN Estate 2018 sale: $174 retail: $234 + FREE Mystery Bottle Mixed 6: 4 Estate, 2 Basalt ’18 sale: $216 retail: $276 + FREE Mystery Bottle *** This week only, as supplies last! *** *** No other discounts apply! *** Until Next Time, Jack Proprietor Free Range Wine & Spirits P.S. Free Range E-mail Archive |
