June 2014 Newsletter

 

Dear friend of fine spirits,

Check out our refurbished website. We added info and fixed mistakes. Let us know if you think there’s something wrong or missing: info@nullcaddellwilliams.com.

We had to change servers, and couldn’t transfer the existing account info onto the revised site. We regret that you will have to set up your account again the next time you order. We’re sorry for this. Life on the web….

OK. Here’s news:

Maison Surrenne petite champagne is back in stock. Its price (ouch!) is due to the fact that the underlying grapes are no longer available (snapped up by a big house for the Chinese market) and that this cognac is now bottled out of older and irreplaceable stock. It is very good stuff, richer than the former version.

Check out the new page on the site devoted to “Old & Rare”, namely limited-release brandies from the amazing G-R cellar. 30-year-old brandy? Sheesh. I was there when it was distilled. There’s brandy in it from before we had built the aging cellar: we stored the 1983 barrels at Parducci Winery.

Joe Corley has been working on these new bottlings for three years. Talking straight, if I took a sample of say the barrel 351 to Delamain or Martell and said, can you match this? – there would be a lot of foot-shuffling. This stuff is that good. The official release date is October 1, and we will start taking orders with the September catalogue. The price of Old Havana and Anno Domini will go up modestly, but we’ll honor orders at the current prices through September 30th.

What we have left of Hangar One, bottlings from before the brand was sold that we bought a bunch of – amazing stuff – is on sale for $15/bottle. When this stock is gone, that’s it for the original Hangar One.

Regards/Ansley

 

Ansley Coale, who founded Craft Distillers, writes a newsletter for us every month. To receive our future newsletters/catalog via email or US mail, send us and email.