Yesterday, picked up six bottles of Concannon Conservancy Crimson & Clover 2012, a red blend (Petite Sirah, Cabernet, Syrah, Zinfandel) that my wife likes, while it was still 37% off at Safeway. Carrying in the six-pack, I thought "damn, this is heavy."...
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Concannon uses special bottles with the Concannon archway in glass for its Conservancy bottlings: they're definitely heavier. So I weighed some other wine and a bottle of the C&C: a difference of 12 oz. per bottle, which is 4.5 pounds for a six-pack: the difference between moderately heavy and really heavy.
- walt crawford
If you're interested, here's the story of the wine (and the Conservancy series--we really appreciate all that protected land to our south): http://www.concannonvineyard.com/legacy...
- walt crawford
(37%? Safeway has sales once or twice a year where all 750ml. wine is 30% off, plus the usual 10% for six or more. In this case, that means the C&C was $7.55 a bottle, which is a *great* price. This time, the sale was for a full month, ending 11/16.)
- walt crawford