Unfortunately I don’t have access to East Coast availability, but I’ll see if I have any notes about Maria’s area.

Many wines come to different regions at different times and most of the time the Order Guide is more helpful than the computer assessing the situation.

Try this: Get a whole bunch of your friends in the area to e-mail Corporate about it at the exact same time. Coordinated group efforts may get someone’s attention a little more effectively than random, single requests.

I’ll keep my ears open and report back.

Maria.

I live in the Bellevue/Redmond WA area. I just called the two stores and here is what I was told.

Redmond: “Oh we only get that once a year and we already had and sold out of the ‘08 in November”. That just can’t be right, could she have been referring to the ‘07?

Bellevue: “Hmmm… the computer has every kind of code listed for this wine. It has a code showing it’s being featured, on order, out of stock and discontinued.” This is a little more promising.

What!?

I guess I’ll be calling or stopping by the store on a regular basis until it arrives.

I just poured my first bottle of the ’08 to a group of friends following a Sauv Blanc tasting. After all that tart acidity, the Gypsy came on really strong and jammy, but once our palates had acclimated to the fruit, it proved a big winner. Doesn’t change in the glass or “open up” as much as previous vintages did, probably because it’s a bit less full in body and intensity, but the flavors are definitely still there. I agree with what’s been said… this is a more versatile wine than the ’07, if slightly less uninhibited.

Here’s to hoping that the whole production run tastes this good!