Gypsy Dancer
 

Thursday night in a restaurant, my wife and I had a bottle of 2004 Gypsy
Dancer pinot noir from the central Otago in NZ. The wine had a good nose
and was quite spicy and fruity. On Dale's scale I would give it at least a
B+. The restaurant price was $48 US. When I spoke to the owner/sommelier
about it, he said he got the last cases allocated to Arizona, and he would
not be able to get any more because the winery was going out of business.
Can you, Lord St Helier, or any other Kiwi confirm or deny that for the NZ
facility? They also have an Oregon winery. I went to their web site this
morning and there was no indication of any such disappearance. I am
interested in acquiring some of the Otago wine for home consumption if
possible. TIA.
--
Don Eagle
To reply personally, drop the Latin "not more"

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On Jan 19, 1:30�pm, "Donald Eagle" > wrote:
> Thursday night in a restaurant, my wife and I had a bottle of 2004 Gypsy
> Dancer pinot noir from the central Otago in NZ. �The wine had a good nose
> and was quite spicy and fruity. �On Dale's scale I would give it at least a
> B+. �The restaurant price was $48 US. �When I spoke to the owner/sommelier
> about it, he said he got the last cases allocated to Arizona, and he would
> not be able to get any more because the winery was going out of business.
> Can you, Lord St Helier, or any other Kiwi confirm or deny that for the NZ
> facility? �They also have an Oregon winery. �I went to their web site this
> morning and there was no indication of any such disappearance. �I am
> interested in acquiring some of the Otago wine for home consumption if
> possible. �TIA.
> --
> Don Eagle
> To reply personally, drop the Latin "not more"

Winesearcher is showing cheapest of '04 Otago at PrimoVino in CO, at
$28. So $48 in a restaurant was a very fair price!

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"Donald Eagle" wrote ........
>
> Can you, Lord St Helier, or any other Kiwi confirm or deny that for the NZ
> facility? They also have an Oregon winery.
> I went to their web site this morning and there was no indication
> of any such disappearance. I am interested in acquiring some of the Otago
> wine for home consumption if possible. TIA.


NEWS - PLEASE NOTE DATE:

Posted: Thursday, August 24, 2006


Gary Andrus' New Zealand Winery Placed in Receivership

Founder of Pine Ridge and Archery Summit saw debts mount and exchange rates
shift over two small vintages

New Zealand winery Gypsy Dancer, owned by American vintner Gary Andrus, has
fallen on hard times.

The Bank of New Zealand has placed Andrus Family Trust NZ Holdings in
receivership, due to large outstanding debts, and appointed an accounting
firm to sell off the wine company's assets.

WHK Cook Adams, in Queenstown, is handling the sale of the Central Otago
winery, its three Pinot Noir vineyards (which total about 70 acres), 800
cases of bottled wine and 26,000 liters of wine in barrel.

Andrus' Gypsy Dancer property in Oregon is not affected by the New Zealand
proceedings.

Andrus founded Pine Ridge in Napa Valley in 1978, and launched Archery
Summit in Oregon in 1993. He sold his shares in those wineries in 2001, then
in 2002 he bought property in New Zealand and a Pinot Noir vineyard in
Oregon to start his Gypsy Dancer label.

The first vintage of Gypsy Dancer from Central Otago was 2003.

Ironically, Andrus' troubles come after a vintage he called "one of the six
or seven best in all my years of winemaking." The fledgling vineyards
suffered severe frosts in 2004, while the following year brought cold, wet
weather during the critical flowering period, resulting in another
shortfall. Each of those two vintages only yielded a few hundred cases of
Gypsy Dancer. In 2006, 3,000 cases were produced, but along with that
increase came a rise in the value of the New Zealand dollar against U.S.
currency.

[End]

St.Helier's Note: Have not seen this label in NZ for nearly two years now,
so I would suggest that you grab what you can, as there will be no more!

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In article >,
"Donald Eagle" > wrote:

> Thursday night in a restaurant, my wife and I had a bottle of 2004 Gypsy
> Dancer pinot noir from the central Otago in NZ. The wine had a good nose
> and was quite spicy and fruity. On Dale's scale I would give it at least a
> B+. The restaurant price was $48 US. When I spoke to the owner/sommelier
> about it, he said he got the last cases allocated to Arizona, and he would
> not be able to get any more because the winery was going out of business.
> Can you, Lord St Helier, or any other Kiwi confirm or deny that for the NZ
> facility? They also have an Oregon winery. I went to their web site this
> morning and there was no indication of any such disappearance. I am
> interested in acquiring some of the Otago wine for home consumption if
> possible. TIA.

The story I read confirms that the New Zealand Gypsy Dancer is going out
of business but I went to wine tastings in September and New Years of
Gypsy Dancer wines and the Oregon winery itself is not going out of
business. The make some of the best Pinot Noir in Oregon.

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"st.helier" > wrote in message
...
> "Donald Eagle" wrote ........
>>
>> Can you, Lord St Helier, or any other Kiwi confirm or deny that for the
>> NZ facility? They also have an Oregon winery.
>> I went to their web site this morning and there was no indication
>> of any such disappearance. I am interested in acquiring some of the
>> Otago wine for home consumption if possible. TIA.
>
>
> NEWS - PLEASE NOTE DATE:
>
> Posted: Thursday, August 24, 2006
>
>
> Gary Andrus' New Zealand Winery Placed in Receivership
>
> Founder of Pine Ridge and Archery Summit saw debts mount and exchange
> rates shift over two small vintages
>
> New Zealand winery Gypsy Dancer, owned by American vintner Gary Andrus,
> has fallen on hard times.
>
> The Bank of New Zealand has placed Andrus Family Trust NZ Holdings in
> receivership, due to large outstanding debts, and appointed an accounting
> firm to sell off the wine company's assets.
>
> WHK Cook Adams, in Queenstown, is handling the sale of the Central Otago
> winery, its three Pinot Noir vineyards (which total about 70 acres), 800
> cases of bottled wine and 26,000 liters of wine in barrel.
>
> Andrus' Gypsy Dancer property in Oregon is not affected by the New Zealand
> proceedings.
>
> Andrus founded Pine Ridge in Napa Valley in 1978, and launched Archery
> Summit in Oregon in 1993. He sold his shares in those wineries in 2001,
> then in 2002 he bought property in New Zealand and a Pinot Noir vineyard
> in Oregon to start his Gypsy Dancer label.
>
> The first vintage of Gypsy Dancer from Central Otago was 2003.
>
> Ironically, Andrus' troubles come after a vintage he called "one of the
> six or seven best in all my years of winemaking." The fledgling vineyards
> suffered severe frosts in 2004, while the following year brought cold, wet
> weather during the critical flowering period, resulting in another
> shortfall. Each of those two vintages only yielded a few hundred cases of
> Gypsy Dancer. In 2006, 3,000 cases were produced, but along with that
> increase came a rise in the value of the New Zealand dollar against U.S.
> currency.
>
> [End]
>
> St.Helier's Note: Have not seen this label in NZ for nearly two years now,
> so I would suggest that you grab what you can, as there will be no more!
Thanks for the updates from all. I had not seen the early post from 2006.
As far as gettimg any, that is unlikely as Arizona's laws make it very
difficult for anyone outside to ship to me, and the restaurant told me they
bought the last of the AZ allocation. Nevertheless, I will check with a
large retailer here to see if he can get any.

The Oregon product may be equally good, but I have not had it, and the
winery's suggested retail price is nearly double that of the NZ PN. We
particularly liked the spiciness of the Otago bottling.

--
Don Eagle
To reply personally, drop the Latin "not more"