'99 Artesa Napa Cabernet

[Drew]

This sounds like a '96 Cinq Cepages debacle in the making. I returned to Midway Liquors tonight and the owner raised the price to $25 a bottle but offers 20% case discount soooo, I sprung for a case of the '99 at $20 per. He tells me that he ordered 10 cases of the '98 originally at a good price but received the '99 instead and sold it discounted at $17.99 per. The distributor then sent him the 10 cases of the '98 which he is currently selling at $24.99. He then ordered additional cases of the '99 selling at $24.99 per to be raised to $30 per tomorrow with 4 cases left until I bought 1. Midway offers 20% on full case, 15% on mixed. He tells me the winemaker formerly worked at Chateau St. Jean. Whew....Wine drinking and buying shouldn't be this tough.

BTW, here's one reason of the price increases.

http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Daily/Wine/0,1142,1168,00.html

Drew

[This message has been edited by Drew (edited 10-31-2002).]