Best Value under $50

[Navydoc]

This thread reminded me how much I miss being able to buy wine at Costco (or the supermarket, convenience store etc.) Damn Maryland State Stores. Do you guys know how much of a pain in the ass it is to be an alcoholic in this state?

Oh, and my favorite deal under $50 is 12 months of Xbox live for $49.99. Shooting my friends is such great stress relief.

[sdrealtor]

Doc,
Use the Internet for wine. You can find great deals on whatever you like and they can ship it to you. You can find better deals than Costco and recoup shipping costs that way.

This is the best site I know for finding deals on quality wines.

http://www.wine-searcher.com/

Cheers

sdr

PS I love threads like this. There are so many smart and cool people who regularly prowl here. You can good insight into just about anything around here.

[sdrealtor]

Doc,
Use the Internet for wine. You can find great deals on whatever you like and they can ship it to you. You can find better deals than Costco and recoup shipping costs that way.

This is the best site I know for finding deals on quality wines.

http://www.wine-searcher.com/

Cheers

sdr

PS I love threads like this. There are so many smart and cool people who regularly prowl here. You can good insight into just about anything around here.

[sdrealtor]

Doc,
Use the Internet for wine. You can find great deals on whatever you like and they can ship it to you. You can find better deals than Costco and recoup shipping costs that way.

This is the best site I know for finding deals on quality wines.

http://www.wine-searcher.com/

Cheers

sdr

PS I love threads like this. There are so many smart and cool people who regularly prowl here. You can good insight into just about anything around here.

[sdrealtor]

Doc,
Use the Internet for wine. You can find great deals on whatever you like and they can ship it to you. You can find better deals than Costco and recoup shipping costs that way.

This is the best site I know for finding deals on quality wines.

http://www.wine-searcher.com/

Cheers

sdr

PS I love threads like this. There are so many smart and cool people who regularly prowl here. You can good insight into just about anything around here.

[sdrealtor]

Doc,
Use the Internet for wine. You can find great deals on whatever you like and they can ship it to you. You can find better deals than Costco and recoup shipping costs that way.

This is the best site I know for finding deals on quality wines.

http://www.wine-searcher.com/

Cheers

sdr

PS I love threads like this. There are so many smart and cool people who regularly prowl here. You can good insight into just about anything around here.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Navydoc]This thread reminded me how much I miss being able to buy wine at Costco (or the supermarket, convenience store etc.) Damn Maryland State Stores. Do you guys know how much of a pain in the ass it is to be an alcoholic in this state?

Oh, and my favorite deal under $50 is 12 months of Xbox live for $49.99. Shooting my friends is such great stress relief.[/quote]

You’ll get over it, Navydoc. You just didn’t follow the correct transfer sequence. I moved here (Annapolis) from Pennsylvania. Now that’s a pain in the ass for which you’ll have to consult a proctologist. They sell wine and hard liquor at State Stores. However, if you want beer, you have to go to a quaint little business called a “beer distributor”. I don’t know about now, but when I lived there, drive-in windows weren’t permitted.

Back to the State Stores: They really ARE state stores. The state owns them, state employees “run” them (after a fashion), and even worse…state employees decide what’s sold there. So choice of neighborhood isn’t just about keeping up with the Joneses. It’s about being able to get a wine other than Almaden chablis, Boones Farm, or Manischewitz Concord Grape. At Thanksgiving and Christmas, they usually carry a full complement of Gallo wines (or, as I prefer to call them, Gall-O).

So, count your blessings, Navydoc. Maryland at least has individually-owned wine stores, and some of them have selections that are quite good. Many have staff that know a little somethin’-somethin’ about wine. And they can be fairly competitive in price (another little problem with the Pennsy system. I used to hate having to pay top dollar for my Mateus rose.)

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Navydoc]This thread reminded me how much I miss being able to buy wine at Costco (or the supermarket, convenience store etc.) Damn Maryland State Stores. Do you guys know how much of a pain in the ass it is to be an alcoholic in this state?

Oh, and my favorite deal under $50 is 12 months of Xbox live for $49.99. Shooting my friends is such great stress relief.[/quote]

You’ll get over it, Navydoc. You just didn’t follow the correct transfer sequence. I moved here (Annapolis) from Pennsylvania. Now that’s a pain in the ass for which you’ll have to consult a proctologist. They sell wine and hard liquor at State Stores. However, if you want beer, you have to go to a quaint little business called a “beer distributor”. I don’t know about now, but when I lived there, drive-in windows weren’t permitted.

Back to the State Stores: They really ARE state stores. The state owns them, state employees “run” them (after a fashion), and even worse…state employees decide what’s sold there. So choice of neighborhood isn’t just about keeping up with the Joneses. It’s about being able to get a wine other than Almaden chablis, Boones Farm, or Manischewitz Concord Grape. At Thanksgiving and Christmas, they usually carry a full complement of Gallo wines (or, as I prefer to call them, Gall-O).

So, count your blessings, Navydoc. Maryland at least has individually-owned wine stores, and some of them have selections that are quite good. Many have staff that know a little somethin’-somethin’ about wine. And they can be fairly competitive in price (another little problem with the Pennsy system. I used to hate having to pay top dollar for my Mateus rose.)

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Navydoc]This thread reminded me how much I miss being able to buy wine at Costco (or the supermarket, convenience store etc.) Damn Maryland State Stores. Do you guys know how much of a pain in the ass it is to be an alcoholic in this state?

Oh, and my favorite deal under $50 is 12 months of Xbox live for $49.99. Shooting my friends is such great stress relief.[/quote]

You’ll get over it, Navydoc. You just didn’t follow the correct transfer sequence. I moved here (Annapolis) from Pennsylvania. Now that’s a pain in the ass for which you’ll have to consult a proctologist. They sell wine and hard liquor at State Stores. However, if you want beer, you have to go to a quaint little business called a “beer distributor”. I don’t know about now, but when I lived there, drive-in windows weren’t permitted.

Back to the State Stores: They really ARE state stores. The state owns them, state employees “run” them (after a fashion), and even worse…state employees decide what’s sold there. So choice of neighborhood isn’t just about keeping up with the Joneses. It’s about being able to get a wine other than Almaden chablis, Boones Farm, or Manischewitz Concord Grape. At Thanksgiving and Christmas, they usually carry a full complement of Gallo wines (or, as I prefer to call them, Gall-O).

So, count your blessings, Navydoc. Maryland at least has individually-owned wine stores, and some of them have selections that are quite good. Many have staff that know a little somethin’-somethin’ about wine. And they can be fairly competitive in price (another little problem with the Pennsy system. I used to hate having to pay top dollar for my Mateus rose.)

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Navydoc]This thread reminded me how much I miss being able to buy wine at Costco (or the supermarket, convenience store etc.) Damn Maryland State Stores. Do you guys know how much of a pain in the ass it is to be an alcoholic in this state?

Oh, and my favorite deal under $50 is 12 months of Xbox live for $49.99. Shooting my friends is such great stress relief.[/quote]

You’ll get over it, Navydoc. You just didn’t follow the correct transfer sequence. I moved here (Annapolis) from Pennsylvania. Now that’s a pain in the ass for which you’ll have to consult a proctologist. They sell wine and hard liquor at State Stores. However, if you want beer, you have to go to a quaint little business called a “beer distributor”. I don’t know about now, but when I lived there, drive-in windows weren’t permitted.

Back to the State Stores: They really ARE state stores. The state owns them, state employees “run” them (after a fashion), and even worse…state employees decide what’s sold there. So choice of neighborhood isn’t just about keeping up with the Joneses. It’s about being able to get a wine other than Almaden chablis, Boones Farm, or Manischewitz Concord Grape. At Thanksgiving and Christmas, they usually carry a full complement of Gallo wines (or, as I prefer to call them, Gall-O).

So, count your blessings, Navydoc. Maryland at least has individually-owned wine stores, and some of them have selections that are quite good. Many have staff that know a little somethin’-somethin’ about wine. And they can be fairly competitive in price (another little problem with the Pennsy system. I used to hate having to pay top dollar for my Mateus rose.)

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Navydoc]This thread reminded me how much I miss being able to buy wine at Costco (or the supermarket, convenience store etc.) Damn Maryland State Stores. Do you guys know how much of a pain in the ass it is to be an alcoholic in this state?

Oh, and my favorite deal under $50 is 12 months of Xbox live for $49.99. Shooting my friends is such great stress relief.[/quote]

You’ll get over it, Navydoc. You just didn’t follow the correct transfer sequence. I moved here (Annapolis) from Pennsylvania. Now that’s a pain in the ass for which you’ll have to consult a proctologist. They sell wine and hard liquor at State Stores. However, if you want beer, you have to go to a quaint little business called a “beer distributor”. I don’t know about now, but when I lived there, drive-in windows weren’t permitted.

Back to the State Stores: They really ARE state stores. The state owns them, state employees “run” them (after a fashion), and even worse…state employees decide what’s sold there. So choice of neighborhood isn’t just about keeping up with the Joneses. It’s about being able to get a wine other than Almaden chablis, Boones Farm, or Manischewitz Concord Grape. At Thanksgiving and Christmas, they usually carry a full complement of Gallo wines (or, as I prefer to call them, Gall-O).

So, count your blessings, Navydoc. Maryland at least has individually-owned wine stores, and some of them have selections that are quite good. Many have staff that know a little somethin’-somethin’ about wine. And they can be fairly competitive in price (another little problem with the Pennsy system. I used to hate having to pay top dollar for my Mateus rose.)

[Coronita]

Heh heh. I’ll add one. Mother’s day flowers are pretty good deal at Costco.

[Coronita]

Heh heh. I’ll add one. Mother’s day flowers are pretty good deal at Costco.

[Coronita]

Heh heh. I’ll add one. Mother’s day flowers are pretty good deal at Costco.

[Coronita]

Heh heh. I’ll add one. Mother’s day flowers are pretty good deal at Costco.

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