tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post5145135726507715559..comments2023-10-10T14:43:29.795-04:00Comments on Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog: NY Producers and Wine in Grocery StoresBrooklynguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321573602782343974noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-51754777852758079492010-01-14T15:42:36.131-05:002010-01-14T15:42:36.131-05:00I would agree with earlier comments about the larg...I would agree with earlier comments about the large chain stores not carrying local wines from NY. However, with the large trend towards buying local products, I feel the NY wineries will continue to do fine. Most people who are looking to buy local do not go to Walmart for their food, and I suspect they will also not go for their wines. Perhaps the NY wineries will need to be more aggressive with marketing their products. The same will be true of the liquor stores trying to compete. What it really comes down to is people putting their game face on and adapting to change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-27991159988324868352009-03-18T14:25:00.000-04:002009-03-18T14:25:00.000-04:00I think that one item that is being left out of th...I think that one item that is being left out of these comments is that NYC is not the only area being affected. All liquor and wine retailers in NYS will be affected. <BR/>There are strong arguments against this issue and the general public is not being well informed of what actually WILL happen. This is certainly not the solution to stimulating our economy. Putting more money into the hands of mega stores? People need to realize that the small wineries in New York State will not profit if Walmart gets wine. Think about that please.<BR/><BR/>smiller7152@charter.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-68277734659883289552009-02-15T12:14:00.000-05:002009-02-15T12:14:00.000-05:00thanks anon, much appreciated.johnt - seems as tho...thanks anon, much appreciated.<BR/><BR/>johnt - seems as though the discretion of the wine buyer (and sales staff) at the supermarkets will be an important variable, agreed. I hope your surgery went perfectly, after that pass on the Yquem.<BR/><BR/>hi lisa - thanks for your comments. but there will continue to be liquor stores, as there are in the bulk of the other 35 states that do this. and maybe those that remain will last precisely because they sell interesting small production wines such as yours (delicious white, by the way, haven't tried the red or the rose). after the dust settles from the initial explosion, i imagine that your supply chain might not be impacted in a major way. the one exception being if there is a wine store in the same mall as a supermarket - that kind of competition might be hard to overcome, unless the liquor store can also sell cheeses and charcuterie, etc.Brooklynguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321573602782343974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-74172601654083280172009-02-14T08:04:00.000-05:002009-02-14T08:04:00.000-05:00I am against wine sales in grocery stores because ...I am against wine sales in grocery stores because it threatens my distribution chain. As a LI wine producer (Bouké) I depend on wine and liquor stores that carry and hand-sell local artisinal wines. If their economic viability is at stake, there will be less shelf space available for new and interesting wines and more shelf space for industrial, mass-produced wine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-45964868357882826772009-02-12T19:51:00.000-05:002009-02-12T19:51:00.000-05:00In the early to mid nineties I lived in both Houst...In the early to mid nineties I lived in both Houston and Dallas. Whole Foods sold wines, they even had a reasonable wine guy at the helm. However, he was the only one, and when he was gone... I bought all of the early Turley wines, Petite Sirah included, it was the 93 I believe. All for under 20$ a bottle. I couldn't live with the guilt of taking a Y'quem 375 for 11$, when the grocery sales guy said it was only a half bottle; you could barely see the $11(0) on the price tag. True I was having surgery the next day and it was a bit of a bad karma feeling. How many others.. well Spatlese and Auslese at the same price, even times with KAbinett and Auslese at the same price, Erdener Pralat, love those German labels...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-60181481867844681302009-02-12T06:59:00.000-05:002009-02-12T06:59:00.000-05:00We are authors of a blog wine in Portugal, which h...We are authors of a blog wine in Portugal, which has the address: http://do-nariz-a-boca.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>We visited your blog and enjoyed immensely, everything is very well organized, easy to understand, nice design, congratulations on your work.<BR/><BR/>We would like to make a request. You can create a link to your blog with our link?<BR/>If not ask for more, could even put a message on his blog, to make announcement on our blog.<BR/><BR/>We would appreciate very much.<BR/><BR/>We expect a response<BR/><BR/>pirusas.carvalho@hotmail.comRaul e Joel Carvalhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955475111164231169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-63709657858922590532009-02-11T23:21:00.000-05:002009-02-11T23:21:00.000-05:00BG -I don't mind your asking at all. I'm an upsta...BG -<BR/><BR/>I don't mind your asking at all. I'm an upstate boy, though I've lived in the NYC area since 1975. I'm a long time FL Riesling fan and a long time Wegman's fan (the best supermarket in the world) but only as a customer - never had any professional affiliation with either one. By day I'm an IT guy, and actually worked for a major wine/liquor importer in one of my many lives, but these days I'm working for a health care company.<BR/><BR/>FWIW, I'm also a big fan of your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-80279120143063548462009-02-11T21:51:00.000-05:002009-02-11T21:51:00.000-05:00anon - there are no guarantees, nor should there b...anon - there are no guarantees, nor should there be. your view is an optimistic one. who are you, and who do you work for, if you don't mind my asking. <BR/><BR/>david doyle - not sure where you get the "apocalyptic event" from. i agree with your conclusions, basically, as you read. i do think that this is a super important quaetion for the people who businesses stand to be impacted. these are scary times. <BR/><BR/>Ned - yup, agreed. paying for shelf space is common.<BR/><BR/>muskrat - interesting, but only time will tell.Brooklynguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321573602782343974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-33691997106212540402009-02-11T07:12:00.000-05:002009-02-11T07:12:00.000-05:00I wonder if it wouldn't even help NY and all small...I wonder if it wouldn't even help NY and all small producers who can get in the door, and potentially open up new avenues for authentically interesting value-oriented wines. I'm thinking here of Jancis Robinson's frequent recommendation of Tesco's (UK Wal-Mart) private-label wine in her FT column, and also if you read cellartracker you often see that someone bought something pretty good (e.g. chablis premier cru) on sale at costco -- which of course does not exist in Manhattan. It's hypothetically possible the proposed law could actually lower retail wine prices across the board in NYC, which if you check winesearcher are often around 10% higher than in other parts of the country for comparable wines. Seems to be some concern that quality of selection would converge toward the bottom, but I imagine the type of wine sold at a given store would be proportional to the quality of the produce, i.e. whole foods would probably have an intelligent selection (as they do with beer) while something like Key Food would aim more downmarket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-14786224294046156332009-02-11T00:13:00.000-05:002009-02-11T00:13:00.000-05:00Unless they invest a lot of time and effort, groce...Unless they invest a lot of time and effort, grocery stores will stock mega production wines and almost entirely at sub $15 price points. Big players will probably even pay for shelf space. The market is already fragmented into the cost minded and the quality minded and even the convenience minded<BR/>along with other subsets.<BR/>I suspect the "pie" has been constrained all this time and this change allow the "pie" to expand. <BR/>I don't know if there are large producers in NY, if there are they will surely get themselves on shelves. The smaller ones will probably sell their wines just as they have.Nedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681293623780124755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-33045148086574078062009-02-10T22:10:00.000-05:002009-02-10T22:10:00.000-05:00I find this debate somewhat amusing in that people...I find this debate somewhat amusing in that people who live in NY appear to think that this is some kind of apocalyptic event that will forever change the landscape of the city. <BR/> <BR/>Most of the rest of the country has somehow survived grocery stores selling wine, and I suspect the same will be true with New York. The con arguments on this seem very weak and based upon the “little guys” getting destroyed. Undoubtedly some will disappear, but isn't that what capitalism is fundamentally based upon? I think protectionist measures like the one in effect in NY have no place in this day and age, and it’s time to eliminate them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-29714660115094042012009-02-10T20:34:00.000-05:002009-02-10T20:34:00.000-05:00Re Wegman's (and continuing from my comment on the...Re Wegman's (and continuing from my comment on the previous entry), I think you need to look at Nicole Wegman's store for an idea of what Wegman's might be doing. Her store is well stocked with NYS wines, both Finger Lakes and LI. <BR/><BR/>I think this would be a boon for the Finger Lakes. Their wines (even many of the better ones) do hit the right price points. And many of the wineries produce low cost hybrid or fruit wines that would be a natural for grocery stores. I don't know if you've ever been to the Finger Lakes (if not I highly recommend it, especially if you're a Riesling fan) but it is very different from LI.<BR/><BR/>Just taking a quick scan of some FL wines I bought last year when I was upstate I see many good Rieslings (including Salmon Run, Thirsty Owl, Hosmer) for under $11.00. The Hermann J. Wiemer Riesling is $14.99, worth every penny and then some, and will appeal to many. There are good Cabernet Francs (including Hosmer) for under $15. Good (and bad) sparkling wine can be had for cheap and cheaper (I'm partial to the Chateau Frank sparkling Riesling at $19.99).<BR/><BR/>Re the more mass market wines, besides the grocery stores let's not forget Costco. I guarantee that they will make a big move into wine. Their Westbury store already has a semi affiliated wine store next door, and Costcos in states like CA have big wine selections. Quality will be mixed at best, of course, but overall I think this will be very good for the industry in the long run, even if it's painful for some in the short run.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com