Weblog: an Archive of our Newsletters and Sales
Last chance to choose your own sale!
Sorry for the repeat e-mails Free Rangers, But technical issues aside, the choose your own sale ends at 11:59pm Thursday night!In the name of democracy, choose your own sale!So, for this week’s online only sale, pick whatever you like. Click the link below for 15% off...
Working Link to the Sale!
Free Rangers,It has come to our attention that the link generated in this weeks newsletter was not properly applying the coupon code and enabling the discount. Please accept our appologies for the extra message in your inbox, and find the working link...
Where it’s At: Choose Your Own Sale!
Howdy Free Rangers,First, continued thanks to all of you who actually read these things, and for the e-mails you send in response, and for the kind things you say about them here in the shop. I take great pride and joy in these notes, and writing them...
Chianti Wars, Ominous Notices, and The Bartender’s Cure
Hey Free Rangers, First, it’s not like me to backtrack so quickly on a principled decree, but our dear friend, Allie, on behalf of herself, the importer and distributor for whom she sells, and the winegrowers- Castello di Volpaia- apologized profusely, and sincerely,...
The Bros are Back in Town…
Oh Man Free Rangers,The whiskey bros are back in force. Three times in the last two days, guys came in asking piles of questions including about items they admitted shortly thereafter that they knew hadn’t yet been released in this market, and telling long...
Fear and Bloating in South Central… Italy.
Buon Pomeriggio Free Rangers,I was just about to write something really important. Full of wit and fury. But I’ve forgotten what it was. But fuck that noise. So, I was sitting on a plane high up over the Atlantic (ocean, not avenue), wondering what the hell I was...
Wine and Death (and Space Taxes)
Hola Free Rangers,I promise I didn’t set out to write about death and loss in two consecutive e-mails. Anybody in just about any industry will tell you that it’s crap marketing, but maximizing revenue has never been my strong suit or even a point of...
Terrible Gibberish and Hazmat Proof Kings County Bourbon
Hey Free Rangers, Promise not to dwell on it for more than a moment, as the topic consumed so much of this space for so long, but due to the recent massive spike in infections here in The City, we’ve gone back to masking in the shop, and would very much appreciate it...
Sean Thackrey Library Offer: Part Deux (plus, Rayner’s Cherries)
Hey Free Rangers, Below you'll find the second installment of our Sean Thackrey Library offer featuring Fifi Rosé 2014, Sirius Petite Sirah 2005, and Aquila Sangiovese 2000. If you’d like to read the full story about Sean, his magical wine, and how these particular...
“To lose the power of confrontation is to lose one’s chance at unity.”
Hello Free Rangers, Many of you have asked what has happened to our harrowing tales from the retail floor, and while I’d like to say that the pandemic has mellowed and everyone is kinder and more attentive in here, that is very much not the scenario. As always,...