Weblog: an Archive of our Newsletters and Sales

Hey Free Rangers, I’m an idiot. Thanks for not pushing back on that. In the chaos it seems our slightly extended pre-Turkey Day hours and very limited Turkey Day proper hours did not make the last note. But those things look like this: Today:             open ’til 9pm...

Hey Free Rangers, Slightly extended hours this week for Turkey Day, but we highly recommend that you get in here early, particularly if you want help with your selections, and you don’t want to see your favorite bottles sold out. We are in the process of putting...

Apologies Free Rangers, For the second e-mail in a week, but we’ve been so slammed that I forgot to mention this week’s FREE in-store tasting, but Derek also added a very cool 5 x 375ml Ridge Pack to the previous sale page, so it’s a win/win if you haven’t already...

Some Days Free Rangers, Your dogs and the carefree joy they exude are very often the only thing standing between me and a criminal charge. Fridays seem to be a thing now. This one, I came outside to see a mom with her two kids that were playing a game where they would...

Hola Free Rangers, We’re officially into holiday tourist season. These aren’t necessarily out of towners, but the sort of folks who only shop in places like this during the last two months of the year and who will often come in two or three (or four or five) times...

Hey Free Rangers, I just voted for Zohran Mamdani, who I believe to be a true progressive. His potential victory will hopefully lead the sea change in NYC government toward social justice in this great(est of all) cities. On the other end of the spectrum, unrepentant...

Hello (hello, hello) Free Rangers, Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me. Is there anyone home? Certainly not here, there, or everywhere. Which leaves us where we are, taking all our words from the books that you don’t read, anyway. Are we men or are...

Where do we go now Free Rangers, Oh, where do we go-o nowww? Wrong answers only. Is that still a thing? I enjoy it. The image that’s presented is conveyed as intended, but the reader is left with a prompt on top of the statement. It’s an implied yes, and- like a tiny...

Oh Damn Free Rangers, It really snuck up this year, or maybe it was already behind us. Has it been getting later and later in the season each vintage, or is this an illusion of context(s)? Should’ve realized from the sideways energy out there recently- and the uneasy...

Spoke too soon Free Rangers, This last Saturday was a long one, not terrible, just a lot. Numbers were solid, our crew was on it as usual, but it was a lot of people to get those numbers, and the most oblivious always seem to wander in toward closing time, as if...