Buying Wine on The Internet in Every State

[IVYCHEF]

I have nothing against wholesalers for the most part. I appreciate what they do for me, especially in a crunch. For my personal use, I buy a lot online because I can't get it here. So, be it. But to put something on a wine list or offer to my customer they can't find locally, is almost irresponsible (even though it would be a great way to bolster future sales by them coming back for more of this wine). It would also be a hassle to always "come up" with it if I could not just pick up the phone and order it.

But I've said this before: Things like allocating a wine or wines to certain restaurants and wine stores is crap. Wanting a special wine for a special function that no one carries but no one will make an attempt to get for me even if they have months to do so, puzzles me. My food wholesalers do it all the time. Finding the same wine cheaper at retail in the same and other markets than I have to pay wholesale drives me to consume large amounts of straight vodka. Finding wines on retailers shelves that are "not yet available in this market". DAMN, how did they get them???

Guess that's why I get so "pro internet" and "anti-distributor" at times. And for the most part, I train my own staff [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

There is no disrespect in the above...its just things that I always question, but never seem to get a straight response.

Kevin