Comments on: Wanna get naked?

By: Rowan

Rowan — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:11:34 +0000

Hi, rowan gormley here.

The good news is that there is more (nearly) free wine.

We have negotiated with some brilliant winemakers for them to give us their wines for free, in exchange for your support.

We have to charge you the duty and VAT, but it is a chance to get some stonking wines for peanuts

Obviously they are hoping that you will go on to support them (in this case by pre-paying £5 a month towards your next order).

As they are small producers trying hard to make a living please dont abuse their good will by taking the free wine and cancelling. Their is nothing to stop you doing that but it would not be a nice thing to do to some nice people.

And whatever you do, please do give feedback on the wines, or on http://www.nakedwines.com/rowan

My personal favourites….Argentinean Block busters http://www.nakedwines.com/winemakers/patricio-gouguenheim-signup.htm

and a brilliant Loire Sauvignon http://www.nakedwines.com/winemakers/joost-de-willebois-signup.htm

Have fun, Rowan

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By: Alastair Bathgate

Alastair Bathgate — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:46:36 +0000

I have just retrieved the email from my spam filter and I am in. I’ll let you know what the wines are like in due course.

By: Alastair Bathgate

Alastair Bathgate — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:31:42 +0000

Gianpaolo

Shame – maybe you could try registering as a producer???

Lizzy – was lovely to meet you. Hope you make it….

I’ve not been confirmed yet by the way…

By: gianpaolo

gianpaolo — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:09:46 +0000

Didn’t get into it , just received the email from them.

By: Lizzy

Lizzy — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:31:33 +0000

Hi Al!
You remember me, I hope. We meet us each other in August, at 1 EWBC.
I’ve signed up, and now I’ll waiting for …something to taste!
When you can/want, etc…
(don’t worry, I’m joking!…)

Lizzy

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Ancora tasting panels, stavolta in UK | Poggio Argentiera — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:23:24 +0000

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By: gianpaolo

gianpaolo — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:14:49 +0000

Hi Alastair,
having an address in UK now of course I’ve applied immediately after having read your post. It’s interesting to me because as a winery I’ve recently done more or less the same thing, giving 6 different wines away to 50 people asking them to comment on their blog (if they had one) and/or at least on my blog. I received about 300 comments from various people and all are available on my blog (good and bad reviews). I think it was a really interesting experience and I commited with doing it at least twice a year for 50 people each (Italy only unfortunately, due to the cost of shipments).
I hope I’ll be one of the chosen ones so I’ll get some wine back
Zonin is now doing the same thing in Italy, following my example.
Check it out: http://www.wineislove.it/tasting-list-ecco-chi-degusta
This is my tasting panel: http://shop.poggioargentiera.com/pagina.asp?lingua=1&idpag=72

By: Alastair Bathgate

Alastair Bathgate — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:17:43 +0000

Sadly, I fear so. However, why not sign up and see? It only takes 3 minutes…

By: dhonig

dhonig — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:42:23 +0000

UK only?