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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. JumpCrisscross · · focus · HN ↗
            Large-format bottles are criminally underappreciated this side of the Atlantic.
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