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California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops

389 points · 987 comments · randycupertino

  1. toomuchtodo · · focus · HN ↗
    If you’re a domestic US wine lover, now is a great time to be buying if you have the space to store it.
    1. JumpCrisscross · · focus · HN ↗
      :D

      That said, American wine—and California wine in particular—has a bit of an IPA problem inasmuch as there is a lot of overpriced, overproduced swill being priced exceptionally high by international standards.

      1. toomuchtodo · · focus · HN ↗
        I get the swill at a discount :) "The best wine is the wine you like best." Best deal I recently got was a few hundred bottles for under $1k, <$5/bottle. Easier than the trek to a Trader Joe's or Costco, ymmv (and I don't feel bad throwing a bottle out if it isn't for me, versus a $100+ bottle).
        1. Ancalagon · · focus · HN ↗
          Do you just buy barrels at that point?
          1. toomuchtodo · · focus · HN ↗
            Only one so far, I'm willing to take more but not a lot on offer. Maybe I'm talking to the wrong suppliers. There's a right price for everything, but I am looking for fire sale prices. Replies with leads welcome!
          2. JumpCrisscross · · focus · HN ↗
            Large-format bottles are criminally underappreciated this side of the Atlantic.
        2. nkrisc · · focus · HN ↗
          Sounds like a great deal, but that’s quite a lot of space required to store them, no?
          1. toomuchtodo · · focus · HN ↗
            Not really, takes up a large wall in a basement somewhere in the Midwest.
            1. vehemenz · · focus · HN ↗
              Don’t even need that. If they’re packed in wine boxes they take up hardly any space.
              1. 8n4vidtmkvmk · · focus · HN ↗
                You allowed to do that? You'd at least have to tip the box on its side if storing for a long time now? I'm no sommelier but I hear the cork needs to stay wet or they'll spoil.
                1. toomuchtodo · · focus · HN ↗
                  The bottles I've received are in large boxes that hold ~20 bottles each, delivered via Fedex.
                  1. hdjrudni · · focus · HN ↗
                    Interesting. Never heard of someone using an inventory system for the wine.

                    You haven't addressed what I asked though. Are you sitting the boxes upright? Do they have corks or are these cheapo screw cap bottles?

          2. harvey9 · · focus · HN ↗
            'a lot' depends on how much you had to begin with.
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