"Julia Altshuler" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:

Have you been googling on me and discovered that one of the other things
I want to do this summer is research for my work at the new high end wine
and cheese shop in town? I'm going through every Sauvignon Blanc we have
in stock one by one and then moving on to the Pinot Noirs.


--Lia



No, Lia. But, it sounds like a great idea. I'd buy wine from a place like
that, assuming the prices were closer to those at a liquor store for the
same wines, and FAR from restaurant prices. (Does that make any sense?)

It makes sense. Restaurants and bars charge you for the service and the
fact that you're sitting in their space while you drink. Wine stores
don't. Liquor stores get bulk discounts from distributors so they can
offer a few less expensive wines for low prices. I work at a high end
place that has quite a good selection of expensive wines and a reasonable
selection of less expensive wines. There might be a dollar difference in
price on that part of the inventory that overlaps the big liquor stores.


--Lia


Small differences are never a problem. I'm talking about the insane ones:
$48.50 for a bottle of wine at a restaurant, and $20.00 for the exact same
wine & vintage at a liquor store. Jeeeeez.......there's only so much you can
justify.