September 30, 2007

stormhoek blue monster wine update

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[Me and Microsoft’s Steve Clay­ton enjo­ying the first ever ope­ned bottle of Stormhoek Blue Mons­ter Reserve]
If any­body wants to get their hands on a bottle or two of Stormhoek Blue Mons­ter Reserve, this is how the lay of the land is loo­king:
1. You have to be a mem­ber of the “Friends of Blue Mons­ter” Face­book page.
2. You have to live in the UK and the E.U. [Europe]. Ame­rica will take a wee bit lon­ger while we sort out the impor­ter. We’re hoping to have the first bott­les ready to be ship­ped out by mid-October.
3. You have to be of legal drin­king age, obviously.

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4. They’ll be avai­la­ble only by the half-case [6 bott­les], not indi­vi­dually.
5. Sadly, Stormhoek is just a small wine com­pany, and we can’t afford to give them away. We will sell them at £45 per half-case [£7.50 a bottle]. Free ship­ping is inc­lu­ded in the UK, but not Europe.
6. Though cer­tain peo­ple inside Mic­ro­soft may like what we’re doing, this is not a Mic­ro­soft gig. This is a Stormhoek gig.
7. Yes, red wine will also be avai­la­ble even­tually. Wor­king on it.
8. If you fancy a half-case, please drop us a line at bluemonsterwine@gmail.com. Thanks.
9. And also, a big, huge, mas­sive thanks you to all the groovy cats inside Mic­ro­soft who lent their sup­port to making this hap­pen. Rock on.

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6 Responses to “stormhoek blue monster wine update”

  1. Richard Williams says:
    September 30, 2007 at 4:19 PM

    Trying to wrap my mind around the con­cept of impor­ting wine from South Africa to the Bay area (20 miles from Napa valley-I watched your video) for this rea­son: The energy cost of ship­ping.
    Would you, could you help me sort this out?
    Best regards,
    Franky

  2. Matt says:
    September 30, 2007 at 10:27 PM

    Just have the half-case (or bet­ter yet a full case) tag along with some of South Africa’s other exports such as coal, base metals, leather or fur­ni­ture.
    If you look at it another way, the more wine you purchase, the less energy is used per bottle, and even less per glass. So the more you buy, the less energy is used per bottle. Plus the social bene­fits may out way the socie­tal expense.

  3. Kath says:
    October 1, 2007 at 12:48 AM

    Hey Hugh, you’re loo­king pretty svelte these days!

  4. Keith says:
    October 1, 2007 at 3:12 AM

    Hugh:
    Kath is right. Yep, you’ve lost some weight and you’re toning up. Keep up with wor­king out. It really does pay off.

  5. rox says:
    October 5, 2007 at 12:17 AM

    wai­ting for Stormhoek to come to Canada…

  6. Nikita Polyakov says:
    October 8, 2007 at 4:12 AM

    Wai­ting here in US. can’t wait. love your stuff.
    Nikita Polyakov