Corrado's

[Boatboy24]

Boatboy: Are you a fan of Aesop??

Just trying to make you feel better. I guess that's no longer needed.

 

[sour_grapes]

Boatboy: Are you a fan of Aesop??

Well, you KNOW I am, right?

But, yeah, that was pretty fitting for Jim's comments!

 

[ColemanM]

Little late to this party, but, congratulations John. Glad you're getting some grapes!!

 

[JohnT]

I normally deal with Corrado's exclusively. Been doing this for 20+ years. Although the drive is longer, I am looking forward to seeing what Gino Pinto's is like. I expect that it is a mega-store much like Corrado's.

They seem to have excellent customer service. They (Gino Pinot) actually called me yesterday to confirm that they have my grapes. They really gave me a warm-fuzzy feeling.

Anybody want to weigh-in here? What were your experiences with Gino Pinto??

 

[sour_grapes]

They really gave me a warm-fuzzy feeling.

Let's hope your grapes are not warm and fuzzy!

 

[cintipam]

Hi John

Very glad things are working out for you. It's frustrating when you miss a season.

Why don't you start a new thread about Gino Pinto's so that others considering trying them will have an easier time finding the info about them?

My spring juice bucket source did not email the info to me, so I missed out. I know the usual guy who was in charge of the list moved on to open his own home made beer store, but Listermann's did fall California buckets without him and I bought some. I have to drop in to see what happened.

Pam in cinti

 

[pgentile]

I have only made two purchases from Gino Pinto's, juice buckets in the fall and the Carmenere lugs last week, the Pinot Grigio and Sangiovese buckets have already turned into good wines although the Sangiovese needs a bit more aging. The Carmenere is coming along fine.

I don't know what Corrado's is like but Gino Pinto has everything for wine making scaled all the way down to home wine making and all the way up to commercial. Customer service has been top notch. Plus they also have a lot of Italian food imports, olive oil, cheese, etc.

I like Procacci Bros a little better here in Philly, they have a barrel tapped of their own wine and good italian cheeses, meats and bread to consume while you are waiting for your order. But they only have grapes and buckets for the California harvest.

Hope you have a good experience.

 

[JohnT]

Sounds great. I can pick up something to munch on during the return trip.