Weblog: an Archive of our Newsletters and Sales
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,...
Fixed the link! Thackrey Pleiades
Wow, Free Rangers! Sorry about the bad link.Here is one that works! https://freerangebrooklyn.com/pleiades Thackrey Pleiades 3-pack: 1 bottles each XVIII, XIX, and XX @ $99 Thackrey Pleiades 7-pack: 1 bottle each XVIII, XIX, XX, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI@...
The Last of the Big Time Spenders
If you’ve noticed, Free Rangers, Only two photographs hang in the main room of the shop: 1) A rose bloom from a church yard in Bayreuth, Germany, from the day of a dear friend’s wedding. 2) Sean Thackrey listening to a barrel of his Cabernet, at the barn in Bolinas,...