Come Over October!
Entering October with some last Summer weather in Boston. The leaves are starting to turn. We are heading to California. Visiting our partners from the Bay Area to San Diego. We are also working on several events (check the list below), and stay tuned – a few are still in the works. We hope you can visit us and taste a wide variety of wines.
Specials this week: living the Summer to Fall transition, we are offering a Dalmatian Rosé bundle (Volarević, Rizman, Terra Madre and Korta Katarina) and a Plavac Mali bundle (Matuško, Stina and Terra Madre), with expressions from mild to bold, to help you enter the Fall in phases. These bundles are at a 15% discount.
Where is CPWI Nationwide?
WA:
- Seattle – this weekend, we are participating with education and donations for the ACAP Foundation Annual Conference in Seattle.
Maine:
- Wine House on Main, Oct. 5, 5:30-7:30 pm, Croatian Wine Masterclass w 5 Wines, 17 Main Street, Kennebunkport – call (207) 467-3462 to reserve your seat.
Massachusetts:
- Margeaux Supper Parlor, November 10, 6:30pm, Porter Sq., Cambridge — Croatian Wine Dinner, a curated multi course dinner will feature 5 paired dishes and wine pours, including Graševina, Malvasia, Babić, Plavac Mali and Prošek, and will be hosted in the Oasis room for an intimate experience. Limited seating. Call (617) 576-2222 to make a reservation.
California:
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Qua O La, San Francisco, 10/15, 5-8pm – we will take over the bar at this fun wine bar with Croatian and Italian roots. Come taste the selection. No reservations.
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Livermore, 10/17 – 11-1 ~ Dalmatia will participate with a tasting of several wines in the Livermore Valley Wine Sip-the-WorldSM event with other member wine regions of the Global AVA, including the host Livermore, Baja California, Brazil, Italy, France and Texas. $45 ticket include attendance with unlimited wine from all regions as well as small bites. Get tickets here.
Reminder about the next Masterclass, focused on Istria, on Oct. 27 at 8 pm Eastern/5 pm Pacific. We will repeat the intro to Croatian regions, then focus on Istrian regions and winemaking as well as taste four wines: two whites – a Malvasia and a blend with Malvasia, followed by two reds – a coastal Teran as well as a Teran from Motovun, which have very different expressions. No purchase is necessary. If you register HERE you will get a link to the Zoom video call, where we always take Q&As; or, if you cannot join us, we send registrants the recording and slides.
If you want to taste the wines along with us during the Zoom, we are offering these four wines as an Istrian Masterclass Bundle at a 15% discount. East Coasters should order by Oct. 15 to make sure they receive the wines in time for the Masterclass. The bundle includes: Damjanic Malvazija, Franković Filiam Blend, Ritoša Teran, Fakin Teran.
Keep up with our events on our website Events page and on our FB page. We hope to see you there!
Shipping Special – $19.95 for 6+ bottles, $14.95 for 12+ bottles
*** Summer Temp Control Shipping Protocol for Southern states ***
Due to continuing late summer temperatures, we are using Temperature Control shipping protocols when appropriate. In some cases, this may delay shipments up to a week,
For some states, such as those adjacent to our fulfillment center in Windsor, CA, as well as some others, if in the Temp Control protocol, orders are packed in thermal protection shipping boxes with ice packs, and are shipped normally via FedEx Ground. The ice packs are effective for up to 3 days. These shipments will experience no delay.
For states in the South US Region in the Temp Control Protocol, we are using our own refrigerated trucks from the warehouse in Windsor to regional hubs. (Unfortunately, FedEx does not use refrigerated trucks for cross-country Ground shipments.) These orders are packed in thermal protection shipping boxes and receive their FedEx label and tracking number at the warehouse, but FedEx does not see them and initiate tracking until the order is handed over to FedEx at the regional hub. There FedEx scans them into their tracking system. Ice packs are inserted into the orders, and they should be delivered locally in 1-2 days.
Our refrigerated trucks leave Windsor once a week, usually on Fridays. Order submission cutoff for these trucks is noon ET on Thursdays. This protocol results in shipping delays of up to a week. If your shipment is being shipped in this manner, the shipping method at checkout will say “Temp Control to FedEx Ground”.
Any orders sent via FedEx 2-Day or Overnight air express (extra charge options that can be selected at checkout) are packed in thermal protection shipping boxes with ice packs, and are shipped normally via FedEx with no delay.
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Our default shipping method is FedEx Ground to most states from our warehouse and fulfillment center in Windsor, California. Orders are typically fulfilled 1-2 business days following the placement of the order, and take 2-7 business days to be delivered, depending on the shipping distance from our fulfillment warehouse in Windsor, California, and whether or not temperature-controlled shipping is used.
We offer 2nd Day Air and Next Day Air as options in some regions for more rapid delivery (check the shipping options dropdown menu when checking out). Extra charges apply.
The list of states to which we ship changes frequently as individual states update their regulations. We currently do NOT ship to the following states:
- Alaska
- Hawaii
- Mississippi
- Utah
Some states have recently changed their regulations which prevent us from shipping directly ourselves to these states. For these states, we use a third party shipper, who picks up orders once a week on Friday. This can add up to a week of shipping time. Currently these states are:
- Alabama
- Kansas
- Illinois
- Maine
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- Wisconsin