Comments on: Slumming It: The New (Old) Wine Strategy http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/11/13/slumming-it-the-new-old-wine-strategy/ A Serious Wine Blog For the Not-So-Serious Drinker Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:29:04 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 1WineDude http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/11/13/slumming-it-the-new-old-wine-strategy/#comment-10252 1WineDude Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:13:37 +0000 http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/11/13/slumming-it-the-new-old-wine-strategy/#comment-10252 "Society's to blame. Right... we'll be charging them too!" "Society's to blame. Right… we'll be charging them too!"

]]> By: el jefe http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/11/13/slumming-it-the-new-old-wine-strategy/#comment-10250 el jefe Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:24:51 +0000 http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/11/13/slumming-it-the-new-old-wine-strategy/#comment-10250 It's a fair cop...;) It's a fair cop…;)

]]> By: 1WineDude http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/11/13/slumming-it-the-new-old-wine-strategy/#comment-10209 1WineDude Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:24:43 +0000 http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/11/13/slumming-it-the-new-old-wine-strategy/#comment-10209 I like how you got the high point scoring Spaniard plug in there... ;-) In terms of any details about how 90+ Cellars delivers on their business plan promises... you'll have to ask them! I like how you got the high point scoring Spaniard plug in there… ;-)

In terms of any details about how 90+ Cellars delivers on their business plan promises… you'll have to ask them!

]]> By: el jefe http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/11/13/slumming-it-the-new-old-wine-strategy/#comment-10208 el jefe Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:16:30 +0000 http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/11/13/slumming-it-the-new-old-wine-strategy/#comment-10208 um, I got some issues/questions... OK, so they're bottling 90+ point juice. I'm not clear on just what they are taking. Is it juice in the barrel that is a wine product that has scored 90+ points in prior vintages? Or is it juice in the barrel from one of those very select few wineries that has been tasted and rated in barrel tastings? If the latter, well then good luck to them. But I suspect it is the former... So, they're probably getting juice that is in barrels, and e.g. the cab from that vineyard got 90+ scores before. Who's to say that this particular vintage is up to snuff? And was it really finished to the same standards? Also, regarding anonymity... if I were to sell some of my "The Spaniard" Tempranillo blend that has never scored less than 90 points in its history to these folks (which I won't), maintaining anonymity would be a challenge... um, I got some issues/questions…

OK, so they're bottling 90+ point juice. I'm not clear on just what they are taking. Is it juice in the barrel that is a wine product that has scored 90+ points in prior vintages? Or is it juice in the barrel from one of those very select few wineries that has been tasted and rated in barrel tastings? If the latter, well then good luck to them. But I suspect it is the former…

So, they're probably getting juice that is in barrels, and e.g. the cab from that vineyard got 90+ scores before. Who's to say that this particular vintage is up to snuff? And was it really finished to the same standards?

Also, regarding anonymity… if I were to sell some of my "The Spaniard" Tempranillo blend that has never scored less than 90 points in its history to these folks (which I won't), maintaining anonymity would be a challenge…

]]> By: Fat_drinker http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/11/13/slumming-it-the-new-old-wine-strategy/#comment-10206 Fat_drinker Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:45:59 +0000 http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/11/13/slumming-it-the-new-old-wine-strategy/#comment-10206 Yes, you are 100% correct. Wine producers have to think about the issues as well. If the price of wine is too cheap, people would much thought, if the price of wine remains as now. So the shadow of the wine remains a high-class beverages. Yes, you are 100% correct. Wine producers have to think about the issues as well. If the price of wine is too cheap, people would much thought, if the price of wine remains as now. So the shadow of the wine remains a high-class beverages.

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