BREAKING NEWS: Symington's open a direct to consumer website in USA

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Wed Aug 21, 2019 4:17 pm

The Symington's have just started a retail direct to consumer website where you can order wines, Ports, Madeira and even their olive oil. You want rare large formats, yup they got it. Older stuff ex-cellars, yup got it. Madeira and magnums of older Madeira's, got that too. The only thing not yet listed are the 2017 VP's, but those should be listed in the coming week or so from what I was told. Talk about a place where you can find some awesome cool things!! Well done Sym's

--Right now they can only ship to California residents, but that should expand in the near future.

http://www.vintageandfinewines.com

Eric Menchen · Post by **Eric Menchen** » Wed Aug 21, 2019 5:44 pm

Andy Velebil wrote:--Right now they can only ship to California residents, but that should expand in the near future.

If only I knew someone in California to ship to

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Wed Aug 21, 2019 5:48 pm

Eric Menchen wrote:
Andy Velebil wrote:--Right now they can only ship to California residents, but that should expand in the near future.
If only I knew someone in California to ship to

I wonder who those could be

Post by **Glenn E.** » Wed Aug 21, 2019 8:03 pm

Andy Velebil wrote:
Eric Menchen wrote:
Andy Velebil wrote:--Right now they can only ship to California residents, but that should expand in the near future.
If only I knew someone in California to ship to
I wonder who those could be

Beware the storage fees! I hear there's a hefty "in kind" payment necessary.

Eric Menchen · Post by **Eric Menchen** » Wed Aug 21, 2019 8:40 pm

Glenn E. wrote:Beware the storage fees! I hear there's a hefty "in kind" payment necessary.

On a more serious note, I thought some of the prices were reasonable, e.g. the 1968 Blandy's. Some seemed less so compared to what I've paid in the past, but I didn't do current price look-ups on these.

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Wed Aug 21, 2019 9:01 pm

Eric Menchen wrote:
Glenn E. wrote:Beware the storage fees! I hear there's a hefty "in kind" payment necessary.

On a more serious note, I thought some of the prices were reasonable, e.g. the 1968 Blandy's. Some seemed less so compared to what I've paid in the past, but I didn't do current price look-ups on these.

The prices were very reasonable given a lot of the bottles are very difficult, if not impossible, to get and they are all ex-cellars. Can't get better provenance than that, so worth a small premium.

Moses Botbol · Post by **Moses Botbol** » Thu Aug 22, 2019 6:01 am

Wow, some of the prices "were up there" IMO.

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Thu Aug 22, 2019 7:13 am

Moses Botbol wrote:Wow, some of the prices "were up there" IMO.

You think all prices are up there my friend. LOL. Where else you getting a mag of old Madeira or larger formats of older Ports in the states?

Eric Ifune · Post by **Eric Ifune** » Thu Aug 22, 2019 4:57 pm

Does this compete with Premium Port Wines? Or are the companies integrated?

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Thu Aug 22, 2019 5:07 pm

Eric Ifune wrote:Does this compete with Premium Port Wines? Or are the companies integrated?

PPW is a wholesale import company. This is a retail Symington project. So there’s no issue. It’s similar to the EU folks who can buy from the Lodges in Gaia and have them shipped home. Now those of us State side can essentially do same.

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 2:09 am

Following up. It looks like they now ship to states other than just California.

Mike K. · Post by **Mike K.** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 4:49 am

Andy Velebil wrote:Following up. It looks like they now ship to states other than just California.

That's a good sign.

It there a list of the states they do ship to? Every state other than CA I tried in their shipping drop-down said they don't ship there

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:00 am

Mike K. wrote:
Andy Velebil wrote:Following up. It looks like they now ship to states other than just California.
That's a good sign.

It there a list of the states they do ship to? Every state other than CA I tried in their shipping drop-down said they don't ship there

I saw the new drop down list, which wasn't there before, and assumed they were now doing so. Clicking a bunch of random ones just now after you mentioned it, I get the same results as you mention. Perhaps they are getting close since they're starting to list them now?? I'll reach out and see what I can find out.

Scheiny S · Post by **Scheiny S** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 5:53 pm

Blandy's is a Symington brand?

David Spriggs · Post by **David Spriggs** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 7:43 pm

I believe that the Symington Family has exclusive rights to import to the USA. So it will be in their portfolio.

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