tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post2091757849462781077..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: Is there any reason a $7 wine is better than a $2.50 wine?W. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-72946998563196241912013-11-19T23:38:08.602-08:002013-11-19T23:38:08.602-08:00Aaron,
Last week I attended a Cabernet trade tast...Aaron,<br /><br />Last week I attended a Cabernet trade tasting in Beverly Hills.<br /><br />One exhibitor told me that contract Cab fruit from at least one Atlas Peak vineyard goes for $8,000 a ton.<br /><br />No, that's not a typo.<br /><br />Do the "divide by 100" math and that translates roughly into an $80 suggested retail price wine.<br /><br />I don't know many CaliforniaBob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089688073031173053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-18299462174199698182013-11-19T13:00:29.660-08:002013-11-19T13:00:29.660-08:00Bob: Thanks for sharing the "industry rule fo...Bob: Thanks for sharing the "industry rule fo thumb and the article from the LA Times. Much appreciated!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11748406865190223984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-38781601571185846662013-11-15T16:30:39.714-08:002013-11-15T16:30:39.714-08:00Aaron,
Over the years, there has been an informal...Aaron,<br /><br />Over the years, there has been an informal rule-of-thumb on projected retail wine pricing:<br /><br />Take the purchase price or production cost of wine grapes per ton (say, $700) and divide by 100.<br /><br />Arithmetic result: $7.00 projected retail price.<br /><br />Sure can buy some better grapes at $700 a ton versus $250 a ton.<br /><br />CPA-turned-Napa winery founder Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089688073031173053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-26731998950981819782013-11-11T19:51:00.907-08:002013-11-11T19:51:00.907-08:00In my mind, I was not complaining. Or rather, I di...In my mind, I was not complaining. Or rather, I did not mean to complain. And I said "Thanks for the follow up" and I meant it! Regardless, sorry if I rubbed you the wrong way. It wasn't my intention.<br /><br />I don't have a good follow-up question. I was trying to express that the responses to my initial question seemed inconclusive. There's nothing wrong with that - it&#Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11748406865190223984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-30260881032039739162013-11-10T15:35:37.146-08:002013-11-10T15:35:37.146-08:00Aaron, you need to ask a question in order to get ...Aaron, you need to ask a question in order to get an answer. You asked the question in the headline. I tried to answer it, brought in outside sources. Now you complain because I didn't answer a different question?<br /><br />Geez. You try to help people out on this blog you write for free, and ...<br /><br />Ask your second question.W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-39337242341167656502013-11-09T19:30:44.468-08:002013-11-09T19:30:44.468-08:00I did indeed ask this question in response to a di...I did indeed ask this question in response to a different blog post here. Thanks for the follow up.<br /><br />Ever the pedant, I must point out that Three Wishes is $3, not $2.50 (at least at the Whole Foods stores I've been to)! <br /><br />Ok. It seems The Gray Report is saying:<br />1) In my opinion, there's not a huge difference between a $2.50 and $7 bottle (below about $10, there&#Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11748406865190223984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-86411259129899785932013-11-07T07:30:04.452-08:002013-11-07T07:30:04.452-08:00Or did "3 buck chuck" win because that&#...Or did "3 buck chuck" win because that's Charles Krathammer's nickname at the, ahem, "news" station?rapopodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413215670441671568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-60113423166932858252013-11-06T21:36:57.290-08:002013-11-06T21:36:57.290-08:00I found this taste-off between Charles Shaw and Th...I found this taste-off between Charles Shaw and Three Wishes on Fox News, of all places, and talk about wisdom from the mouth of ... well, it's a pretty good taste-off<br /><br />http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/01/13/buck-chuck-wine-gets-competition/W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.com