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Wine Till Sold Out (WTSO) – Value Wines At Your Doorstep
I’m sure you saw in my prior posts mention of QPR – Quality Price Ratio. I like wine in general – but being able to achieve high QPR makes it even more enjoyable. One of the best ways to reach high QPR is to buy wine online. Wine-searcher is the best tool I know to find the wine online, but when it comes to buying wine it is hard to beat Wine Till Sold Out, or WTSO (you can now find them also on Facebook). What I like about WTSO is price (of course), simplicity, reliability and service. They do respond to your e-mails, and answer your questions! The reason I emphasize that is because when you deal with “value” businesses, often you have to give up on some of the elements, like service, for instance – and WTSO is pleasantly different. Information on the web site is simple, easy to understand and comprehensive, and wines are available on, well, first come first serve basis – yep, I missed a few wines are dearly regretted.
Just to give you an idea of what WTSO can bring you, I decided to collect the e-mail notification during one week (week of November 15th), so here is the information in the form of the table:
| Date | Time | Wine Name | Rating(s) | Original Price | WTSO Price | Min # ofBottles | % off |
| Nov 15 | 12:02a | Andre Farjon La Deveze Cotes du Rhone 2007 | $19.99 | $11.99 | 4 | 40% | |
| Nov 15 | 12:50p | Charles Heidsieck Brut Champagne Reserve Rose NV | WS93, WE92 | $79.99 | $49.99 | 2 | 38% |
| Nov 15 | 3:01p | Bodega LuzDivina Amigo Baloiro Beirzo Mencia 2005 | RP 91, W&S90 | $30.00 | $13.99 | 4 | 53% |
| Nov 15 | 4:19p | Miguel Torres ‘Salmos’ Priorat Red 2007 | W&S91,WS90 | $39.99 | $23.39 | 3 | 42% |
| Nov 15 | 7:33p | Juslyn Vineyards Vineyard Select Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 |
RP91 | $84.99 | $49.99 | 1 | 41% |
| Nov 16 | 12:02a | Champagne Charles Ellner Cuvee De Reserve Brut NV |
WS90 | $49.99 | $29.99 | 3 | 40% |
| Nov 16 | 11:49a | Reserve du Chateau Croix Mouton Bordeaux Superieur 2009 by Michel Rolland and Jean-Philippe Janoueix | $23.99 | $12.99 | 4 | 46% | |
| Nov 16 | 4:18p | Robert Storey Cellars Napa Valley Pinot Noir 2007 by Bill Knuttel | JHN92 | $31.99 | $17.99 | 4 | 44% |
| Nov 16 | 8:47p | Soos Creek Wine Cellars Artist Series #7 Columbia Valley Red Wine 2007 |
ST89, RP90 | $35.99 | $17.99 | 4 | 50% |
| Nov 17 | 12:01a | Il Palazzone Brunello di Montalcino 2003 | RP90 | $90.00 | $39.99 | 2 | 56% |
| Nov 17 | 12:00p | Valsanzo Vina Sanzo Reuda Verdejo 2009 | RP89 | $19.99 | $10.99 | 4 | 45% |
| Nov 17 | 3:31p | Flora Springs Winery & Vineyards Trilogy Napa Valley Red Wine 2006 |
RP90,JHN92 | $65.00 | $32.49 | 3 | 50% |
| Nov 17 | 9:32p | St. Supery Vineyards & Winery Elu Napa Valley Red Wine 2003 3.0L Double Magnum | W&S90,WRO92 | $350.00 | $159.99 | 1 | 54% |
| Nov 18 | 12:03a | Coelho Winery Paciencia Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2007 |
WS89 | $35.99 | $14.99 | 4 | 58% |
| Nov 18 | 10:55a | Bodegas Y Vinedos Recoletas Vendimia Seleccionada 2004 | RP90 | $40.00 | $19.99 | 4 | 50% |
| Nov 18 | 1:34p | Feudi di San Gregorio Serpico Irpinia Rosso IGT 2003 |
WRO92,TWN92, RP92+ | $80 | $37.99 | 3 | 53% |
| Nov 18 | 6:03p | I Greppi Greppicante Bolgheri, DOC 2007 | WS92,RP90 | $29.99 | $19.99 | 4 | 33% |
| Nov 19 | 12:01a | Tom Eddy Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 | JHN94 | $90.00 | $39.99 | 2 | 56% |
| Nov 19 | 1:03p | Benessere Vineyards Napa Valley Estate Sangiovese 2006 | JHN90+ | $45.00 | $15.99 | 4 | 64% |
| Nov 19 | 4:01p | Gonfrier Freres Chateau de Lyde Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux 2009 | $17.99 | $10.99 | 4 | 39% | |
| Nov 19 | 8:02p | Portal del Montsant Santbru 2007 | RP93 | $47.99 | $23.00 | 2 | 50% |
| Nov 20 | 12:02a | Maroon Winery Spring Mountain District, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 |
$45.00 | $19.99 | 2 | 56% | |
| Nov 20 | 8:42a | Warwick Estate Professor Black Stellenbosch Sauvignon Blanc 2009 |
WS90 | $12.49 | $12.49 | 4 | 50% |
| Nov 20 | 1:07p | Altesino Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli DOCG 2003 | RP91, WS90 | $149.99 | $59.99 | 2 | 60% |
| Nov 20 | 5:05p | Chateau Bizard Serre de Courrent Cotes du Rhone 2007 | $34.99 | $19.99 | 4 | 43% | |
| Nov 20 | 6:55p | Saintsbury Lee Vineyard Carneros Pinot Noir 2007 | WS93 | $49.99 | $29.99 | 4 | 40% |
| Nov 21 | 12:03a | Feudi di San Gregorio Serpico Irpinia Rosso IGT 2001 |
WS94, RP92+ | $100.00 | $49.99 | 2 | 50% |
| Nov 21 | 11:35a | Domaine Fond Croze Cuvee Romanaise Cotes du Rhone 2007 | RP91 | $18.99 | $12.99 | 4 | 32% |
| Nov 21 | 12:47p | Casali di Bibbiano Argante Toscana Red Blend 2006 | WS91 | $44.99 | $18.99 | 3 | 58% |
| Nov 21 | 4:03p | St. Supery Vineyards & Winery Elu Napa Valley Meritage 2004 | TWN92 | $64.99 | $34.99 | 3 | 46% |
| Nov 21 | 5:50p | Domaine Drouhin Arthur Dundee Hills Willamette Valley Chardonnay 2007 | IWR91, WS91, ST90 | $55.00 | $19.99 | 3 | 64% |
To give you an idea about ratings: WS stands for Wine Spectator, RP = Robert Parker, WE = Wine Enthusiast, ST – Stephen Tanzer, WRO = Wine Review Online, TWN = The Wine News, JHN = Jonathan H. Newman. Min # of bottles column specifies minimum number of bottles to buy to get free shipping, which I never saw exceeding 4. Time column specifies the exact time when WTSO e-mail arrived to my mail box.
If you will scroll through the table, you will see that during one week, 31 different wines from California, Oregon, France, Spain, Italy and South Africa had being offered. The discounts ranged from 32% to the 64%, and wine ratings had being the range of 89 – 94.
Is WTSO The place to get all your wines? Of course not – you can’t beat good wine store, such as Cost Less Wines I talked about before. However, combination of QPR and good service definitely should put WTSO on your short list of places to buy the wine from. Happy hunting!
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