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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 7:56 pm
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Originally Posted by Madone59
He definitely will, so I will report back. I am picking it up for our office Thursday and we are going it to him next week.
Interestingly enough one of the guys at work gave me a bottle of this last week. I haven't opened it yet but definitely a great gift.. I did use last years bottle to make a manhattan tonite and it was absolutely incredible. Such a great great pour....

Originally Posted by thelark
Since moving to TX earlier this year, I've directed some spend to total wine to hit the highest tier in their rewards program, as those members get first shot at limited releases. Figured it'd give me better odds being new to the area than starting relationships with small stores.

This morning a friend sends me a text asking if I've received my email for their pvw release...I had not. Called corporate to see if it was by state or if there was something wrong and they told me that they weren't receiving any in TX. I was a bit deflated after the call, but then remembered that I'm in CA right now and thought maybe I could pull something off. Called corp back and they told me there was a store about 20mim from my office that had it first come, first serve for grand reserve members. They called the store and added me to their list so I'd be able to buy if there was any left (since I wouldn't have the barcoded email).

Hopped in the car and shot over there...there was quite a line. Fortunately, I made it just in time and was able to grab a pvw15 and orvw. They ran out 2 people after me. Double good luck that I brought a large suitcase that can easily fit the 2 bottles in a box
Awesome.. so grand reserve is 25K points? 10 points/$ spend? We have a total wine here in Baltimore that I really don't visit too much... they used to be Beltway and less corporatey but now they really tow the Total Wine line. They used to just keep all the stuff first come first serve. Most of my PVW20 that I still have is left over from a great haul in 2011/2012 that I had there (well great as in 3 bottles)... now it's all tied into the system... I put most of my spend at a local shop (probably would have been enough to qualify as Grand reserve) but I got to say they really take care of me so I'm happy...

Anyway congrats again; hope you enjoy and great haul. Do they do the same for the Antique collection?

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