[at-l] Waaay off topic---- Inexpensive wine

[Steve Landis]

Doug Mathews wrote:
> Thought yu might be interested.  I posted this earlier, but its being 
> held for some sort of reason....surely our automated message 
> processor is not Baptist! :-D   (before this irritates someone, I'm 
> Baptists and that was meant in good fun)
>
> So don't miss out!
>
> Mainframe
> Wine oversupply means great deals
> This year, we are experiencing the greatest oversupply of wine ever. 
> At the same time, wine is getting better. So, if you like wine, you 
> are loving it right now! Wines are much less expensive and of much 
> better quality these days. 
Yup, I bought grapes from the Lodi region and paid less this year than I 
paid last year.  Bought 56 cases some Cab some Zin some Syrah.


> There is a twist you need to know about 
> though. Vineyards that normally sell expensive, high-quality wines 
> don't want to lose their cache or the reputation of their good name 
> by selling their bottles for much cheaper. But they need to make 
> money. So, they are rebottling and relabeling these expensive wines 
> and selling them for much less. Bottles that normally cost $100 are 
> being repackaged and sold for $10 or $15. So, try something new these 
> days that costs much less. It could actually be a fine wine concealed 
> with a different label.
>   
This I find hard to believe.  Is there primary source info on this? 


Steve - 120 liters in French Oak, 30 gals in American Oak, bottling last 
years wine next week.