Heads up for a Wine Sale Well-worth Exploring

  • When: October 16 through the 19th.

  • Offered by: vintage wine estates

  • Website:www. vintagewineestates.com

  • Look for daily updates and special offers

  • The deal: over 150 wines offered, with discounts as high as 50%

  • Shipping: free on all case orders (12 bottles)

Background on vintage wine estates:

This company has been acquiring wineries over the last decade and now owns over a dozen real wineries and brands.

The top names are B.R. Cohn, Clos Pegase, Swanson, and Sonoma Coast Vineyards.

Its private labels and brands are best ignored such as Purple Cowboy and Pro-mis-Q-ous.

And it is also responsible for the Game of Thrones wines which are frequently sold on E-Bay.

Here are two teasers of what will be included in this sale

  • 2015 BR Cohn Silver label Cabernet Sauvignon, $15 (usually $25)
  • 2014 Viansa Sonoma Coast  Pinot Noir Reserve for $27 (usually $45)

Insider information:

Though no fan of global wine companies, I am comfortable with this one…so far.

To date, the parent company has maintained the integrity of wineries such as BR Cohn, Swanson, Clos Pegase, Sonoma Coast and Firesteed.

A few wines from Both Swanson and Clos Pegase have been hyped and discounted at vivino, so this is not the one and only online sale opportunity.

Before buying any wine, check out the price at www.winesearcher.com to se if you are getting a genuine deal

Partial listing:

Vintage Wine Estates is a group of winery estates and brands that include Clos Pegase, Cosentino Winery, Girard Winery, B.R. Cohn Winery, Swanson Vineyards, Viansa Sonoma, Windsor Vineyards, Cameron Hughes, Firesteed, Tamarack Cellars, Cartlidge & Browne, Sonoma Coast Vineyards, Middle Sister, Tall Dark Stranger, Pro-mis-Q-ous, Monogamy, Girl & Dragon, Purple Cowboy and a number of exclusive wine brands. 

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Author: robywine, norm roby

My career as a wine journalist/critic began in 1975 when my article about California Petite Sirah was published. My focus remained on California as I edited a monthly wine magazine and then moved on to The Wine Spectator in 1982. Over the following years, my column appeared under the banner of “Stormin’ Norman, and I also wrote articles about wine collectors and wine auctions. Without getting into a year by year bio, let me try to summarize here. During my time with The Spectator which I enjoyed immensely, I taught wine classes at a culinary school and at other venues in San Francisco. Before venturing into wine, teaching was my thing, English Lit and Rhetoric. After The Spectator I was the U.S. Contributor to Decanter Magazine, writing mostly about California, but also expanding into Washington State and Oregon. My Decanter years began in 1992 and after buying a summer home in France in 2000, I traveled throughout France and eventually published articles about St. Emilion, Castillon, Bergerac, Minervois, Roussillon, Luberon, Provence, and Alsace. Also, around 2000, my wife began working for Cousino-Macul in Chile, so we tasted and traveled our way through Chile and, of course, managed to fly over the Andes and explore and taste our way through Argentina. As travel lovers, we have also spent many interesting days visiting the wine regions of Spain, Italy, Portugal, Scicily, Greece, and New Zealand. And to come to a close, I was Director of Winesong, a Charity Wine Auction for 20 years, 1992-2000 that benefitted a local hospital. That brought me in contact with wine collectors and to the auction scene. And finally, I co-authored a book, The Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine published by Alfred A. Knopf. It went through 4 editions and sold over 500.000 copies.

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