Snooth Talk: Wayne Gretzky Estates

Wine Talk

: Wayne Gretzky Estates - Napa 2005; Posted by ccarpita, May 12, 2008.; Details for Wayne Gretzky Estates Napa; http://www.gretzkyestatewines.com/

"...every bottle you enjoy helps less-fortunate kids participate in playing, watching and learning from the world's best game." - Wayne Gretzky

I understand this wine isn't available in stores, how are we supposed to help the children? The picture of Gretsky on the web page belies the fact that he made a living kicking the crap out of people. Awesome.

543 1245: Reply by mark, May 13, 2008.; Gretzky was way more of a finesse player than a bruiser. In fact, they called the back of the net his "office". He would skate around back there and feed pucks to players in front of the net with absurd accuracy. That's not to say he didn't score plenty of goals himself.

275 92: Reply by Sung, May 13, 2008.; Hey! How did you put the details for the wine on your talk entry again? I forgot.
And Wayne Gretzky? I have this weird idea in my head about sports people promoting wine and colognes. I always feel like it'll either smell or taste like sweat. ha!

215 233: Reply by ccarpita, May 13, 2008.; @Sung: some people would be falling over themselves for Gretsky's sweat. Anyway, the wine detail link is in here because I went to a wine detail page and clicked "Start the Discussion", below the label image. That is how you make a wine-specific topic!

275 92: Reply by Sung, May 13, 2008.; keke, thanks for the instructions.
yeah...i'm not into other people's sweat. but won't fault anyone if they do.

385 823: Reply by HondaJohn, May 13, 2008.; This peaked my interest ... I took a look through the website and found that the Napa Cab is only available in the US. It seems that it cannot be purchased in Canada.

As for the Mr. Gretzky aka 'The Great One' ... he was a artist on the ice. He could do things on other player could do and make it look easy. I hated him growing up because he would destroy and ridicule the teams I cheered for. In terms of greatness in a sport he is the equivalent of Pele, Tiger Woods and Micheal Jordan. Now, I look back and appreciate that I got to see the player that will simply be referred to the greatest ever in hockey.

Now if his wine lives up to what he did on the ice, I'm being 10 cases!

7 5: Reply by Thecuvee, Sep 23, 2008.; Well, the wine is available online...visit http://www.thecuvee.com also available is his other varietal grown in his backyard... in Beamsville, ONT - 07 Merlot, 07 Chardonnay, 07 Meritage, Vidal Icewine and Shiraz Icewine.

2517 1746: Reply by Gregory Dal Piaz, Sep 23, 2008.; Cool site Thecuvee. So what's hot from Ca. these days?

226 286: Reply by adamlevin, Sep 23, 2008.; Thecuvee, Snooth is actively looking to add retailers to the site. Snooth is a global site, so if you can ship around the world, or just around the corner, there's a place for you here.
Please go to http://www.snooth.com/partners and click on "click here to validate" to get started.

385 823: Reply by HondaJohn, Sep 23, 2008.; @thecuvee ... any chance of getting Fielding Estate on your distribution? Any BC labels like Burrowing Owl or Laughing Stock?

7 5: Reply by Thecuvee, Sep 23, 2008.; In response to Adamlevin..... Im looking to partner with this site for sure, as we're the largest Source for Canadian wines ....on the net!