Cool. I've had the Knight's Valley Cab plenty of times before but I've never seen a Reserve bottle like that one.
I tried to buy some SL Artemis last week with the fires going on. I'm at my wine store, guy calls the distributor, he says don't worry I've got a plenty. Next day, calls back to say all gone.
Yeah, I'm sure it's just the rush to get as much as possible, even though there's plenty there. Kinda like a hurricane or snowstorm drives people insane at the grocery store.
Wow, that's pricey for the Artemis. I got a few several weeks ago from Total Wine for $47. I'll have to see what the price there is today. edit: Check out totalwine.com They usually ship them, and you can get them for 47.97$ as of this writing.
Northern California grape growers begin to face smoke taint damages http://www.sfgate.com/wine/article/...owers-begin-to-face-12327957.php?t=dc97fd1a61
Treated myself to a 2013 Gigondas out for lunch last week (small glass only - its over £50/bottle). It was superb with boeuf bourgignon.