Outstanding Zin Value

[mrdutton]

Saw the Cline Zin on the shelf the other day and almost bought a bottle. It was priced a little higher than $10.00 - but less than $15.00 as I recall.

I should guess that is to be expected, shipping to Virginia costs more than shipping to Washington. Then the distributor has to get his cut and the store owner has to get his cut and the State has to get its cut.

Virginia taxes the wine when it is
"imported" for a couple of percentage points. Then the state taxes it again at point of sale with the state sales tax of 4.5%.