What's New at Seattle's Unique Wine Company?
Unique Wine Company is a distributor based in Seattle, Washington. They don't buy our wines, but as a public service I thought my readers would like to know what's new over at Unique.

Unique has recently acquired several new product lines. These brands include:

  • Fess Parker
  • Mont St-Helena, which inexplicably seems to come from Napa
  • Block 13, which seems to be a sub-brand of Gundlaud-Bundshu. I've always loved the name of that winery.
  • Several new wines from Frontier Imports, including Campo Purisima de Concepcion, Bodegas Aruspide and Bodegas Manuel Piquer. I've never drank any of those wines, so I have no critical insight to offer about any of these Bodegas from trend-setting Frontier Imports
  • most importantly, the fabulous Il Bastardo is back in stock.
In other news....Bert Mason, who started Unique Wine Company in 1981, spent part of his summer on Ohana Island as part of Firefighter Survival. Mr. Mason is a volunteer firefighter and his hobbies include auto racing, model cars and photography.

Unique Wine's web site describes Mr. Mason as "our fearless leader" and has the following revealing quote from the company's founder, explaining why he participated in the Firefighter Survival week:

I have never done anything like it, and need to see how difficult it might be. I have never failed at anything I've attempted!

Unfortunately, Unique's web site does not give any details about what Mr. Mason did on Ohana Island, although they do have a remarkable picture of him in his volunteer firefighter's uniform. I did find more information on Firefighter Survival Week on the ever-useful Firehouse.Com site:

Learn More About Firefighter Survival Week on Puget Sound!

Keep up with all the lastest developments at Unique Wines of Seattle by adding a bookmark to their website:

Click to See More About Unique Wines and Bert Mason!

As a public service, I will be featuring wine distributors from all over America on this site in the weeks to come. What a wonderful way to learn more about America and what makes this a great nation!
- Joe Dressner 12-31-2003 10:58 am
back to The Wine Importer

I think you may be getting some mail regarding legal action being brought against you for some of this!
Be wise...my son...and beware!
- Your mother superior (guest) 1-10-2004 2:58 pm


I hope not.

Everything on this post is on their web site. All I have done is repeat what they have already put on the internet.

But thanks for the warning.

If anyone at Unique Wine is upset about this, they should get in touch with me. I'd gladly take this off.
- Joe Dressner 1-10-2004 4:34 pm


ssssssssh! don't tell the salespeople! they only tell the sales manager who makes long distance phone calls to find out where Unique's funny bone was misplaced! wine here in washington state is a serious business!
- anonymous (guest) 1-10-2004 11:19 pm



- anonymous (guest) 12-02-2004 8:28 am


beware anonymous. things could get real silly for ya. don't slip up.
- overlord (guest) 8-22-2005 12:08 am




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