Where do y'all generally buy your wine???

[dananne]

Other than the stuff we get from wineries, either through visits or by ordering and having it shipped, most of the wine we buy in Atlanta is from specialty wine retailers. Often that means we spend a bit more for it, however. Buying by the case helps, though, as they'll almost always give a 10% case discount, which will offset their higher margins. In Atlanta, there are several Whole Foods stores with very nice selections, particularly in the $8 to $15 range. They also have periodic sales, where they give you 20% off case purchases, so we'll usually wait and just put together case purchases there when they have the sale. Finally, I don't know what the situation is in Greenville, but the Atlanta Kroger grocery stores have really made an effort to be competitive. Granted, they still have an awful lot of stuff that falls into the "Sunshine Strawberry"-type category, but they have really stepped up their selections of better wines. For example, my local Kroger has ten different single-vineyard Siduri Pinot Noirs. Margins are good, too, as they make large buys.