Sombody is rippin' somebody off!

[Botafogo]

Foodie, that mark-up (buy for $6 sell for $7) is LARGER than many of the volume discounters here, one of who was happily quoted in a trade mag saying "I'm not in the wine business, I'm in the distribution business: I sell scores to people who require no further input and I work on my supplier's money as we turn everything in 30 days". So, romantic it makes you wanna cry, hunh? He claims an average margin of 12%.

Of course, if you walked in there with a five course Italian menu looking for wine pairings the ONLY answer would be "Falesco Vitiano, Parker 91 /$6.99" (and they would forget to mention that this might be the MOST un-italian wine made in Italy) which is also all the info about most wines in his catalogue, a real treasure trove of cultural and culinary insight......



[This message has been edited by Botafogo (edited 08-12-2001).]