Wine pricing

[barnaby33]

I hate to do this but Costco has a very good Burgundy for the price right now. The Louis Latour Nuits St Georges 05 for 42.85. Its only at the Morena store, but if you are into Burgundy its worth the trip. I just had a bottle at Roseville with dinner last night. After 45 minutes to aerate it was beautiful.

Second SD does not have a good Burgundy market that is true. If you are into Burgundy, then premiercru.net is about as good as it gets. Get on the email list and wait for the sales. Last week was a doosy.

Third spend some time on winebid.com. No you aren’t getting an 91 Montelena for 50 dollars but I’ve bid and won over a case and a half of good Napa cab from good years for 25 and under in the last two weeks alone. You have to figure 30% all told for taxes fees and shipping but still at those prices its a good deal.

Still waiting for 05 Bordeaux prices to soften but 05 Burgundy has come down quite a bit.

If you are patient and know your vintages, prices are coming down. Next up BAROLO!

Josh

[zzz]

Josh, on taking advantage of the economy with respect to burgundy and bordeaux, have you checked out any wine futures?

Thanks for the tip on the Latour, one of my favorite producers. Will have to run over to the Morena store and pick it up!

[zzz]

Josh, on taking advantage of the economy with respect to burgundy and bordeaux, have you checked out any wine futures?

Thanks for the tip on the Latour, one of my favorite producers. Will have to run over to the Morena store and pick it up!

[zzz]

Josh, on taking advantage of the economy with respect to burgundy and bordeaux, have you checked out any wine futures?

Thanks for the tip on the Latour, one of my favorite producers. Will have to run over to the Morena store and pick it up!

[zzz]

Josh, on taking advantage of the economy with respect to burgundy and bordeaux, have you checked out any wine futures?

Thanks for the tip on the Latour, one of my favorite producers. Will have to run over to the Morena store and pick it up!

[zzz]

Josh, on taking advantage of the economy with respect to burgundy and bordeaux, have you checked out any wine futures?

Thanks for the tip on the Latour, one of my favorite producers. Will have to run over to the Morena store and pick it up!

[barnaby33]

Just went over there, they have several cases of the Corton Grancey 05 Grand Cru, cheapest price I’ve seen.

I also picked up a Ghost pines merlot, the swill of the common man!

As to futures not so much, though half the stuff you buy from premier cru isn’t delivered for 8 months.

A buddy of mine through my friday night wine group sent me a flier from North Berkely imports. They are having a 50% off sale on 06 Burgundy. If you buy a case its 30% off 2 is 40% and 3 is 50%. I personally feel Burgundy prices are collapsing MUCH faster than other wine regions.

I wouldn’t mind putting together a group to buy 3 cases if there were Burgundy hounds amongst us.

Josh

[barnaby33]

Just went over there, they have several cases of the Corton Grancey 05 Grand Cru, cheapest price I’ve seen.

I also picked up a Ghost pines merlot, the swill of the common man!

As to futures not so much, though half the stuff you buy from premier cru isn’t delivered for 8 months.

A buddy of mine through my friday night wine group sent me a flier from North Berkely imports. They are having a 50% off sale on 06 Burgundy. If you buy a case its 30% off 2 is 40% and 3 is 50%. I personally feel Burgundy prices are collapsing MUCH faster than other wine regions.

I wouldn’t mind putting together a group to buy 3 cases if there were Burgundy hounds amongst us.

Josh

[barnaby33]

Just went over there, they have several cases of the Corton Grancey 05 Grand Cru, cheapest price I’ve seen.

I also picked up a Ghost pines merlot, the swill of the common man!

As to futures not so much, though half the stuff you buy from premier cru isn’t delivered for 8 months.

A buddy of mine through my friday night wine group sent me a flier from North Berkely imports. They are having a 50% off sale on 06 Burgundy. If you buy a case its 30% off 2 is 40% and 3 is 50%. I personally feel Burgundy prices are collapsing MUCH faster than other wine regions.

I wouldn’t mind putting together a group to buy 3 cases if there were Burgundy hounds amongst us.

Josh

[barnaby33]

Just went over there, they have several cases of the Corton Grancey 05 Grand Cru, cheapest price I’ve seen.

I also picked up a Ghost pines merlot, the swill of the common man!

As to futures not so much, though half the stuff you buy from premier cru isn’t delivered for 8 months.

A buddy of mine through my friday night wine group sent me a flier from North Berkely imports. They are having a 50% off sale on 06 Burgundy. If you buy a case its 30% off 2 is 40% and 3 is 50%. I personally feel Burgundy prices are collapsing MUCH faster than other wine regions.

I wouldn’t mind putting together a group to buy 3 cases if there were Burgundy hounds amongst us.

Josh

[barnaby33]

Just went over there, they have several cases of the Corton Grancey 05 Grand Cru, cheapest price I’ve seen.

I also picked up a Ghost pines merlot, the swill of the common man!

As to futures not so much, though half the stuff you buy from premier cru isn’t delivered for 8 months.

A buddy of mine through my friday night wine group sent me a flier from North Berkely imports. They are having a 50% off sale on 06 Burgundy. If you buy a case its 30% off 2 is 40% and 3 is 50%. I personally feel Burgundy prices are collapsing MUCH faster than other wine regions.

I wouldn’t mind putting together a group to buy 3 cases if there were Burgundy hounds amongst us.

Josh

[temeculaguy]

Pablo, I haven’t tried their cab yet, I also saw it for the first time at Ralph’s recently. You are exactly right, after Costco blows the floor off something, it’s hard to break out $19 on sale when you know the everyday price is $13 at costco, hopefully costco will get the cab. Cabs sometimes have a higher price but their merlot was the same price or close at Ralphs. It’s not the money as much as the fear of liking it more and then not having a steady, cheap supply. I try to only get hooked on costco wines for daily drink since it probably equals my food budget.

Josh, nice finds, it’s funny how the costco stores vary so much from store to store, even if it is random it works as a marketing strategy at least on me, I regularly pop in a different store if I’m in the area just to check out what they have. I’d join you in the case buying but my wine cellar fridge thing is packed, I need a bigger one before I buy anything more that needs to lay down.

Regarding the mention of aging two buck chuck, while most cheaper wines are designed to drink and not age, a few years in a cupboard will kill anything, regardless of price. Room temperature is the enemy, so is a regular fridge. Very hard to find a place in so cal that maintains a room temp in the 60’s year round so that you can store for years without some mechanical intervention. I have friends that have converted a closet and installed an a/c type unit in them so they are much larger and cheaper than freestanding cellars. Except ports, they were invented to withstand the long and sometimes warm journey from Portugal to England, think of them as wine’s version of beef jerky, come to think of it, both are awesome inventions.

[temeculaguy]

Pablo, I haven’t tried their cab yet, I also saw it for the first time at Ralph’s recently. You are exactly right, after Costco blows the floor off something, it’s hard to break out $19 on sale when you know the everyday price is $13 at costco, hopefully costco will get the cab. Cabs sometimes have a higher price but their merlot was the same price or close at Ralphs. It’s not the money as much as the fear of liking it more and then not having a steady, cheap supply. I try to only get hooked on costco wines for daily drink since it probably equals my food budget.

Josh, nice finds, it’s funny how the costco stores vary so much from store to store, even if it is random it works as a marketing strategy at least on me, I regularly pop in a different store if I’m in the area just to check out what they have. I’d join you in the case buying but my wine cellar fridge thing is packed, I need a bigger one before I buy anything more that needs to lay down.

Regarding the mention of aging two buck chuck, while most cheaper wines are designed to drink and not age, a few years in a cupboard will kill anything, regardless of price. Room temperature is the enemy, so is a regular fridge. Very hard to find a place in so cal that maintains a room temp in the 60’s year round so that you can store for years without some mechanical intervention. I have friends that have converted a closet and installed an a/c type unit in them so they are much larger and cheaper than freestanding cellars. Except ports, they were invented to withstand the long and sometimes warm journey from Portugal to England, think of them as wine’s version of beef jerky, come to think of it, both are awesome inventions.

[temeculaguy]

Pablo, I haven’t tried their cab yet, I also saw it for the first time at Ralph’s recently. You are exactly right, after Costco blows the floor off something, it’s hard to break out $19 on sale when you know the everyday price is $13 at costco, hopefully costco will get the cab. Cabs sometimes have a higher price but their merlot was the same price or close at Ralphs. It’s not the money as much as the fear of liking it more and then not having a steady, cheap supply. I try to only get hooked on costco wines for daily drink since it probably equals my food budget.

Josh, nice finds, it’s funny how the costco stores vary so much from store to store, even if it is random it works as a marketing strategy at least on me, I regularly pop in a different store if I’m in the area just to check out what they have. I’d join you in the case buying but my wine cellar fridge thing is packed, I need a bigger one before I buy anything more that needs to lay down.

Regarding the mention of aging two buck chuck, while most cheaper wines are designed to drink and not age, a few years in a cupboard will kill anything, regardless of price. Room temperature is the enemy, so is a regular fridge. Very hard to find a place in so cal that maintains a room temp in the 60’s year round so that you can store for years without some mechanical intervention. I have friends that have converted a closet and installed an a/c type unit in them so they are much larger and cheaper than freestanding cellars. Except ports, they were invented to withstand the long and sometimes warm journey from Portugal to England, think of them as wine’s version of beef jerky, come to think of it, both are awesome inventions.

[temeculaguy]

Pablo, I haven’t tried their cab yet, I also saw it for the first time at Ralph’s recently. You are exactly right, after Costco blows the floor off something, it’s hard to break out $19 on sale when you know the everyday price is $13 at costco, hopefully costco will get the cab. Cabs sometimes have a higher price but their merlot was the same price or close at Ralphs. It’s not the money as much as the fear of liking it more and then not having a steady, cheap supply. I try to only get hooked on costco wines for daily drink since it probably equals my food budget.

Josh, nice finds, it’s funny how the costco stores vary so much from store to store, even if it is random it works as a marketing strategy at least on me, I regularly pop in a different store if I’m in the area just to check out what they have. I’d join you in the case buying but my wine cellar fridge thing is packed, I need a bigger one before I buy anything more that needs to lay down.

Regarding the mention of aging two buck chuck, while most cheaper wines are designed to drink and not age, a few years in a cupboard will kill anything, regardless of price. Room temperature is the enemy, so is a regular fridge. Very hard to find a place in so cal that maintains a room temp in the 60’s year round so that you can store for years without some mechanical intervention. I have friends that have converted a closet and installed an a/c type unit in them so they are much larger and cheaper than freestanding cellars. Except ports, they were invented to withstand the long and sometimes warm journey from Portugal to England, think of them as wine’s version of beef jerky, come to think of it, both are awesome inventions.

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