A great time was had be all….Too bad it is only once a year!!!

Dad

We felt it might be silly, with all of the free tastings that came along with them. We decided on one. While we were getting the Reserve wines at great prices, we were not taking full advantage of everything that they offered, so we did cancel after a year.

I know that it’s not just Bedell that this happens to, and I am sure that there are vineyards that don’t even know it’s happening, thier wines drasticly reduced compared to the tasting room’s price.

Maybe one day that will be fixed and the prices will be a bit more competitive.

In the meanwhile, you want me to go pickup a case of this wine for you in the wine shop and send it to you with great savings.

Cheers, my friend and keep enjoying local wine no matter what the price is!

There is a cost associated with those events and tastings that naturally have to be built into the cost of the memberships I guess, but it doesn’t make sense for me where I am located to necessarily join some clubs because I can’t take part in good stuff like that.

I enjoy buying wines from my local shops becuas I look at it this way, I am supportin my community, my local wine merchant and the vineyard I am buying it from.

Being a member of a wine club does have its benefits, like special releasesa and special events and special tastings that are discounted or free.

Bottom line is this, drink local! Especially the wines you like and love. Glad you can get Bedell at your shop, they seem to be limited at mine.

Don’t get me wrong I love their wines but just feel that the pricing at the vineyard is so consistently out of whack with other outlets that it didn’t make sense that I join their club because most retailers seem to have the wines at a 20% discount even to the club prices.

I continue to enjoy their wines through my local retailer.

The important thing is tha you see it in your wine shop!

And that’s why I am not a member of any wine club except for the NY Cork Club

Thanks for reading and thanks for posting a comment!

I love their wines, was in their wine club, but when I discovered I was getting my wine at the 20% discounted club price(this $18 bottle would be 14.40 plus shipping to my house) and non club members were getting this same bottle, like you, for $12.95 at the retailer, I felt a little like my support was being taken for granted.

I too love the fact that the 07 Shinn F did evolve and cahnge over time, and I be very confident that the 2007 CF from Shinn will be talked about for years to come.

Your one man’s opinion is a very important opinion and thank you for sharing it!

Don’t ask me about the specific flavors that I tasted because I am terrible at that. In what may by a surprise, I felt the Gabby’s Cab Franc was head and shoulders better than the other two, which surprised me because all I keep hearing was how challenging 2006 was. Bedell was very good as well, and I was surprisingly underwhelmed with the Shinn that I have been hearing so much about.

I did find it really interesting though that the Shinn, which I drank over three days, seemed to get better and seemed different with each passing day.

One man’s opinion. SG

Next time dad!

And the chocolate one is good too!

It will be interesting to see how “Port” will be labeled in the future. I have laready seen the transition from Champagne to Sparkling.

In any event, this is huge for the Long Island Wine industry.

I’m not sure your conclusion is 100% accurate. Under law, wineries can blend up to 15% non-Long Island wine into a wine and still label it Long Island (or the sub-AVAs). There are also, of course, rumors that some wineries are “pushing that” a bit, but I’m not sure that it can be proven.

The other thing that is interesting about this is just how many LI producers are behind this initiative given that a few use “Champagne” on their bubbly labels and use “Port” on their fortified dessert wine labels. I think both should be removed from labels here, but will we see that happen?