Comments on: Wonder wine, Claudia Schiffer, Bailout, US exports — sipped and spit http://www.drvino.com/2008/12/16/wonder-wine-claudia-schiffer-bailout-us-exports-sipped-and-spit/ wine talk that goes down easy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jos A Bank http://www.drvino.com/2008/12/16/wonder-wine-claudia-schiffer-bailout-us-exports-sipped-and-spit/#comment-211038 Jos A Bank Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:42:21 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=2850#comment-211038 Well, I don't know about Crushpad's deal anymore... although it's certainly great for anyone who bought from them! At this rate, they'll owe more money on the wine than the buyer paid! Well, I don’t know about Crushpad’s deal anymore… although it’s certainly great for anyone who bought from them! At this rate, they’ll owe more money on the wine than the buyer paid!

]]> By: Grant Healy http://www.drvino.com/2008/12/16/wonder-wine-claudia-schiffer-bailout-us-exports-sipped-and-spit/#comment-196814 Grant Healy Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:43:06 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=2850#comment-196814 Very interesting article, as are some of your other posts. I have bookmarked your great site for future visits. Very interesting article, as are some of your other posts. I have bookmarked your great site for future visits.

]]> By: nick s http://www.drvino.com/2008/12/16/wonder-wine-claudia-schiffer-bailout-us-exports-sipped-and-spit/#comment-172054 nick s Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:28:18 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=2850#comment-172054 The recent strength of the dollar against the pound hasn't helped: £5 ~= $7.50 these days, when it was closer to $10 a year ago. Throw in import duty, excise duty and VAT, and you're basically left with producers who have the economies of scale to make profits on $5 wine in the US. And yeah, it's basically E&J's bottom-tier stuff, sometimes under private label, including White Zin, squeezing out the 1990s Aussie old-reliables like Jacob's Creek which are now closer to £7.50. I disagree with Gluck, though: you don't get consistency from French producers until you hit £10 a bottle. There are some real bargains below that price (I've long been a fan of some VdP d'Ocs, or Minervois wines w/ Carignan and Mourvedre) but there's also a lot of dull, dull stuff. [I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the UK has the most competitive market -- and some of the best choice from Old and New World producers -- in the world, for a variety of reasons. (I know a few very good, smallish producers in California who find it easier to supply British sellers than navigate the various state laws to get wine in stores across the US.)] The recent strength of the dollar against the pound hasn’t helped: £5 ~= $7.50 these days, when it was closer to $10 a year ago. Throw in import duty, excise duty and VAT, and you’re basically left with producers who have the economies of scale to make profits on $5 wine in the US. And yeah, it’s basically E&J’s bottom-tier stuff, sometimes under private label, including White Zin, squeezing out the 1990s Aussie old-reliables like Jacob’s Creek which are now closer to £7.50.

I disagree with Gluck, though: you don’t get consistency from French producers until you hit £10 a bottle. There are some real bargains below that price (I’ve long been a fan of some VdP d’Ocs, or Minervois wines w/ Carignan and Mourvedre) but there’s also a lot of dull, dull stuff.

[I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the UK has the most competitive market -- and some of the best choice from Old and New World producers -- in the world, for a variety of reasons. (I know a few very good, smallish producers in California who find it easier to supply British sellers than navigate the various state laws to get wine in stores across the US.)]

]]> By: Dylan http://www.drvino.com/2008/12/16/wonder-wine-claudia-schiffer-bailout-us-exports-sipped-and-spit/#comment-171895 Dylan Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:22:19 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=2850#comment-171895 I'm really impressed by CrushPad's strategy. It takes the recession, which we are all feeling in one way or another, and puts a positive spin on it for positive sales in their direction. This is the kind of smart thinking that says it's only over when you've given up. I’m really impressed by CrushPad’s strategy. It takes the recession, which we are all feeling in one way or another, and puts a positive spin on it for positive sales in their direction. This is the kind of smart thinking that says it’s only over when you’ve given up.

]]> By: Tis the Season to be Silly…..or “A Wine to Lie Down With.??” « http://www.drvino.com/2008/12/16/wonder-wine-claudia-schiffer-bailout-us-exports-sipped-and-spit/#comment-171889 Tis the Season to be Silly…..or “A Wine to Lie Down With.??” « Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:12:38 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=2850#comment-171889 [...] clipped from www.drvino.com [...] [...] clipped from http://www.drvino.com [...]

]]> By: Vin de la Table http://www.drvino.com/2008/12/16/wonder-wine-claudia-schiffer-bailout-us-exports-sipped-and-spit/#comment-171875 Vin de la Table Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:15:56 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=2850#comment-171875 Malcom Gluck is right- France beats us for under $5, $6 every time. And I've been wringing my hands incessantly waiting for the next breast glass after Marie Antoinette's, and I guess 2008 all my praying paid off. Best year ever. I'm buying two! Malcom Gluck is right- France beats us for under $5, $6 every time.

And I’ve been wringing my hands incessantly waiting for the next breast glass after Marie Antoinette’s, and I guess 2008 all my praying paid off. Best year ever. I’m buying two!

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