New semi do-it-yourself shop

[hotwine]

Went by the store again today and asked a few more questions. Turns out they do offer "estate" (single-vineyard) grapes; and it's OK to recycle your own bottles. The owners are now thinking about the idea of a customer bringing in his own juice (from another vendor, like Brehm); they hadn't considered that idea, so it's not currently in their business plan. I ordered their estate French Syrah from their catalog (they know nothing about it, I just made a $200 roll of the dice) and gave them a stack of tasting note forms for them to start building a cellarbook. My juice should arrive in a week to 10 days. We'll see wha hoppens...