Miscellaneous wines tried from a wine dispensing machine

[wondersofwine]

It's good for tasting a variety of wines and perhaps making purchasing decisions. I purchased an expensive (for me) Aalto from Spain after tasting it from a wine dispenser in Charlotte. This was too expensive a wine for the shop to offer in free tastings.
You put money on a plastic card and put it in the machine. Then you purchase "tastes" as I did or a half glass or full glass until the money on the plastic is used up. "Tastes" ranged from about $2.40 to over $5.00. (However, you have to watch the charges closely--at one point the machine showed that I had a dollar less on my card than I should have had according to the prices posted on the machine, so I complained and got one more free taste.) The Raleigh shop owner (I think he's the owner) represents the dispenser company and has placed machines in Atlanta and Connecticut and elsewhere. I believe he said it is $1500 per bottle capacity so that would be $15,000 for a ten-bottle machine. I suggested a restaurant in Fayetteville that might be interested.

http://www.napatechnology.com/

The website even suggests a wine station for the home to preserve wines that have been opened (such as for a party where you are offering several different wines to the guests and then have leftovers.)

[This message has been edited by wondersofwine (edited 07-02-2009).]