tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post2747774571051217318..comments2023-10-10T14:43:29.795-04:00Comments on Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog: Spotted in a San Diego Grocery StoreBrooklynguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321573602782343974noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-60413852212083593862014-05-18T16:29:09.711-04:002014-05-18T16:29:09.711-04:00Glad you enjoy your visits to San Diego. I'm a...Glad you enjoy your visits to San Diego. I'm assuming you've been here enough times to realize CVS is absolutely the worst place to find any wine other than plonk. Fortunately, chain grocery stores such as Vons, Ralphs, and Albertson's offer a fair selection of wine, most of which is predicated on their respective locations. The nicer the location - Mission Hills, Encinitas, La Jolla, 4S Ranch, the better the wine. Granted most of the chains carry homogenous, California staples such as Caymus, Grgich Hills, and Stag's Leap, some locations, such as my local Mission Hills Vons, carry DRC, Gaja, Chapoutier, Rayas, Musar, First Growth Bordeaux, and European producers that trail the wine roads less traveled.<br /><br />I can't speak for the perils or advantages of allowing New York grocery stores to sell wine, but the wine shop owners here don't feel threatened by grocery stores or big box retailers such as Costco or BevMo. Most of their business is specialty-driven as opposed to the convenience of impulsively grabbing a bottle of DRC or Boone's Farm with your late-night diaper purchase. We are lucky to have the option.Dexter Morgannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-36645940840622719012013-09-03T15:44:48.291-04:002013-09-03T15:44:48.291-04:00I love wine and I love my retail shop but it is a ...I love wine and I love my retail shop but it is a bit patronizing for writers and wine swillers to deem we will do "just fine" (read get by or subsist) if we are cute and quirky. I love selling esoteric wine and special wine but to pay my bills I have to sell everyday wine EVERY DAY. And that quirky stuff doesn't sell everyday. I'm in NY State and the stilted NY liquor laws have been set up so that we sell all the wine and liquor but nothing else and the grocery sells beer and everything else. If you give a darn about having small independents like me around you have to do a lot more than simply give wine to the supermarkets. The whole three tier system has to fundamentally change and that is a lot more difficult than Governor Cuomo glaring down from on high and snapping his fingers. I don't want to spend a chapter on the inviolate 3 tier system but suffice it to say it kills any real buying power for independents (that don't cheat) and insures the politically connected wholesalers, mainly the two big ones make all the money and keep the laws that benefit them. No mystery here its just a little more complicated to fix than You People seem to think.Rich Morahttp://www.moraswines.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-73264215722749135422010-07-30T06:01:43.121-04:002010-07-30T06:01:43.121-04:00I fail to see how something like this could threat...I fail to see how something like this could threaten and the decent wine store.<a href="http://www.aallinlimos.com/" rel="nofollow">San Diego Limo</a>arulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15768419040362723082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-41064447855560794792010-03-09T14:45:20.449-05:002010-03-09T14:45:20.449-05:00What little wine store are you talking about?What little wine store are you talking about?Frederichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14702500600679641118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-90151866424905495802010-02-23T14:56:49.130-05:002010-02-23T14:56:49.130-05:00If someone can figure out how to get Larmandier et...If someone can figure out how to get Larmandier et al into my local supermarket I happily will eat a diaper.ebwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-36793391070105827102010-02-23T14:55:31.382-05:002010-02-23T14:55:31.382-05:00"It's a good thing that wine shop doesn&#..."It's a good thing that wine shop doesn't sell diapers or the CVS would lose business."<br /><br />Diaper connoisseurs across the land would be wracked with anxiety.ebwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-37221286255112342352010-02-22T15:42:06.056-05:002010-02-22T15:42:06.056-05:00Oh, man . . . .
So- I disagree with people, the ...Oh, man . . . . <br />So- I disagree with people, the wine in grocery stores is in fact really, truly bad for wine in NY- I think that it will quite likely harm both the retail side and the winery side of the industry here in NY. I agree with the convenience factor! There are a lot of pitfalls to deal with . . stores with total wine niches will be fine (thirst, as an example), but for us it will be quite hard; though we sell a lot of loire reds, or musar, or CRB, and will be continuing our evolution to a more interesting selection in all areas. <br /><br />In my opinion it will be unlikely that any stores will make new hires to deal with this - at least at first. They will likely carry large brands, but some in state wineries will suffer (I need 250 cases of your wine for my 25 stores . . . when they might have made 1000 cases and sold already 900) as will small distributors for much the same reasons. Anyway, Just some random thoughts.<br />Thanks,<br />BenBen Woodhttp://www.67wine.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-5055758732225374892010-02-20T12:43:17.315-05:002010-02-20T12:43:17.315-05:00Just like to point out that it works in Europe, an...Just like to point out that it works in Europe, and that most supermarkets work hard on a really great and wide selection on wines.Château du Petit Thouarshttp://chateaudupetitthouars.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-87632016106074459502010-02-19T22:08:25.953-05:002010-02-19T22:08:25.953-05:00You need to get out of SoCal and check out the gro...You need to get out of SoCal and check out the grocery stores in Palo Alto and environs: DRC. I kid you not. Where else can you put corn flakes and $1,000 Burgundy on the same receipt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-31523686430434300432010-02-19T16:14:00.066-05:002010-02-19T16:14:00.066-05:00It's a good thing that wine shop doesn't s...It's a good thing that wine shop doesn't sell diapers or the CVS would lose business.Steve L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-59268844783830294692010-02-18T23:31:07.618-05:002010-02-18T23:31:07.618-05:00Not to sound like a big bundle of provincial resen...Not to sound like a big bundle of provincial resentment or anything, but out here in the provinces there ain't no Chambers Street and there ain't gonna be anytime ever. <br /><br />That said, there are a couple of pretty large, well-run, marginally adventurous wine stores in my particular province, one of which even carries a wine from the iconic CRB you mention (05 cot, to be specific). My concern is that places like this depend heavily on the profits from Yellow Tail in order be able to afford to let that CRB sit on the shelf month after month til I find myself in the mood for a glass of cot.<br /><br />I should add that the above is really just devil's advocating, since the wine store in question is part of the same dynastic retail empire that includes most of the local supermarkets. Nevertheless, I do wonder whether, in at least some places, the kind of stuff in your photos essentially subsidizes the cost of having a small shelf of, say, Loire reds. <br /><br />In any event, I doubt that these guys will be able to make up the lost revenue from selling snack foods, or whatever the current version of the bill allows them to do.<br /><br />Frankly, though, for me, direct shipping was the biggie that made life bearable. The current tumult is unlikely to have much of an effect either way.ebwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-37007827912185395172010-02-18T14:35:08.474-05:002010-02-18T14:35:08.474-05:00TWG,
I wouldn't buy anything that has been sit...TWG,<br />I wouldn't buy anything that has been sitting around too long but they are at least cooler than what I consider "room temp". Probably low 60's. Prices are comparable to wine shops and selections varies according to the tastes of the Wine Steward of the specific store. Probably 2/3 to 3/4 of the selections are determined by corporate which is the usual industrial "brands", with the balance being up to the store employee. I prefer to shop at dedicated wine shops but I think there is a value to the industry in having easier accesibility and less intimidation for the consumer. I haven't worked on the retail side here but I think there is plenty of room for a thoughtful and attentive independant wine merchant to compete in this system. <br />A side perk to shopping the grocery stores here is that they have no awareness of market value for wines, they simply plug it into their mark-up formula based on release price regardless of what the wine goes for on the open market. And it never goes up from there.<br />just my 2 cents.<br />BrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-52501851110966811012010-02-18T10:22:47.272-05:002010-02-18T10:22:47.272-05:00I shop at Rite Aid the selection is about the same...I shop at Rite Aid the selection is about the same. I looked at the wines no way would I bring any of the wines home. In our area a little known Wine Shop is Wenk's Prescription Shop. Hugo does a great job of offering different wines at reduced prices. He will special order any wine you want as long as he can get it.Sheilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-1017841497160291952010-02-18T09:25:03.186-05:002010-02-18T09:25:03.186-05:00Brian,
How are storage conditions and prices?Brian,<br /><br />How are storage conditions and prices?TWGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592548268341500443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-85822805700843330252010-02-17T21:18:31.741-05:002010-02-17T21:18:31.741-05:00While that selection looks pretty typical for the ...While that selection looks pretty typical for the interstate chains, not everybody dumbs it down and commodifies it. At my local dominant big-box supermarket chain in WA I can get Larmandier Bernier, Pepiere Briords, Musar, Lopez de Heredia, Dard and Ribo, Baudry, Cappellano...<br />We have state regulated wholesale prices so there is no bulk buy advantage for larger retailers in our system. In this system easier access = better for the producers and better for the consumers IMO.<br />Brian CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com