Free Phone Notification For Wine Delivery
In a recent post on wine getting overheated in the back of delivery trucks, Jake pointed me to one of his posts over at the Grape Thinking blog that mentions that UPS will provide a courtesy phone call alerting wine buyers that their shipment will arrive the next day.
I think that it is certainly a step in the right direction. The problem I’ve experienced however is that even when I know a shipment is going to be arriving, I often simply can’t be home to sign for it. As a wine consumer myself, nothing ruins my day more than seeing one of those yellow tickets saying I missed a delivery, because I know that my expensive wine will be out in a big brown rolling oven for 24 hours instead of sleeping peacefully in a temperature-controlled storage area.
Nickel and Nickel Pays 4.1 Million for 31 Acre Russian River Valley Vineyard
That works out to 130K per acre, which isn’t too shabby at all. Still, we’re way behind Napa where some land is fetching upwards of 280K per acre.
“We know it’s a lot of money,” said Larry Maguire, a partner in Nickel & Nickel. “We have a lot invested in the single-vineyard [program],” he said. “If you’re in for the long term, you have to control the vineyards.”
I concur, doctor.
UK Nanny State Wants to Change Wine Drinker’s Knickers, Tuck Them In At Night
“We want to target the older drinkers, those that are maybe drinking one or two bottles of wine at home each evening. They do not realise the damage they are doing to their health and that they risk developing liver disease,” a Whitehall source said.
One bottle a night? Per household (which means more than one person, presumably)?
Horrors! Call Nanny 911!
I am encouraged that UPS is listening to our concerns about wine delivery. I wonder if a better solution would be to have UPS offer to hold the wine at their facility so we could drive there to pick it up, eliminating trucks altogether! My UPS facility in Albany, NY is only a 20 minute drive away, so this may bot work for different communities.
Kathleen
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Kathleen, if you call UPS, they will hold your package. At least this is my experience, as with many larger companies, it may vary depending on who you talk to, but I would say that it is worth a try.
Thanks Josh. I would like to add, that the phone call has to be requested by the shipping party. Make sure you let the winery know they can do this at no extra charge, as I’ve found that few are actually aware of it.
not sure how that happened…