Wines you would buy regularly if the prices came down 25%

[Markus_S]

Oh yeah, and Sadie Family wines.

[MChang]

And Burgundy pricing has already removed most of them from my buying. There seems to have been a 15-25% price rise in Burgundy over the last few years.

Try 30-50% if not more.

[MChang]

And Burgundy pricing has already removed most of them from my buying. There seems to have been a 15-25% price rise in Burgundy over the last few years.

Try 30-50% if not more.

17 DRC is up 30% in a year.

[AndrewH]

And Burgundy pricing has already removed most of them from my buying. There seems to have been a 15-25% price rise in Burgundy over the last few years.

Try 30-50% if not more.

17 DRC is up 30% in a year.

Stop moving the market with your large purchases.

[Alex_N]

A lot of “100 pointers” and WS #1-10s of the top 100 each year.

[Chris_Seiber]

Paolo Bea
Valentini
Brovia

Paolo Bea is another producer that I really like, but every time I look at them, they just seem a little more than I’d be willing to pay, other than the San Valentino.

[Josh_Grossman]

I would love to try Morgen Long wines–but not at the prices I’ve seen.

[Joe_G_a_l_e_w_s_k_i]

That’s an interesting question - What wines are a little too expensive (but not crazy expensive).

My first thought is that it’s relatively common to find wines with a 25% discount if you’re willing to look around and delete 50 emails a day.

Almaviva and Don Melchor come to mind. They have both risen higher in price than I’m willing to pay, but they’re not insanely expensive. I’m a buyer for Clos Apalta at 50% of the current prices.

Maison Leroy Bourgogne’s have increased beyond my comfort level. They’re lovely wines but not at $80.

Sine Qua Non is right at my threshold or a bit over. A 25% haircut would keep me buying it.

[lleichtman]

And Burgundy pricing has already removed most of them from my buying. There seems to have been a 15-25% price rise in Burgundy over the last few years.

Try 30-50% if not more.

17 DRC is up 30% in a year.

Not generally in my wine buying zone. I usually stop at $250. If I could find DRC at that price…

[Peter_C]

What wines do you like and would regularly buy, or stopped buying but would restart, if the prices dropped 25%?

I think most of us had wines we bought for some time, but then the prices moved up to where they weren’t affordable, become more expensive than other alternatives, or otherwise just stopped being a buy, and we all or mostly fell away.

And there were other wines we tried, liked them and were interested in starting to buy, but saw the prices were just a little higher than what would get you started being a customer

To be clear, the point of this question is not to criticize wineries and/or the retail chain for pricing wines too high, to tell anyone they ought to sell their wines for less, or anything like that. And if you’re answering the question correctly, it should be wines you like very much that are in your answer – if it’s a wine you don’t like, then the price coming down 25% shouldn’t be of interest to you. So this isn’t the thread for tirades about overpriced vodka blueberry milkshakes and other things you don’t like.

This also doesn’t have to be just new world mailing list wines, it can be any kinds of wines that you like but whose price has crept above (but not too far above) your “buy” point.

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For me, I’ve liked Rhys, but between accumulating a lot of it and the prices getting up there, I’m down to very little or no activity. Yet if the price dropped 25% ($79 Alpine Chardonnay at $59.25), I’d still be buying a decent amount.

Tyler is a winery I really like, but I look at the email releases wistfully, and the pricing is just a little high for me to click buy. Plus, they usually sell for under, and sometimes well under, release at retail.

I’ve been buying Sea Smoke Southing every year since the 2002 vintage, but they bumped the price way up to $80 last year, and I’m right on the edge. I’ll maybe buy a couple bottles a year, but I’d be happily buying 6+ a year if the price were $60.

A number of Barolo producers have shot out of my price range, particularly G Mascarello, yet I’m not even sure 25% would bring them back to where I’d buy more than a bottle or two on a rare occasion.

I’ve accumulated a decent amount of PYCM (mostly the lesser appellation ones) the last several years, but I think I’m just about out now and looking for a next PYCM. 25% lower prices would still have me buying it regularly.

How about you?

I’m a huge Tyler Winery fan, love all of their stuff but particularly the Chardonnay range. I was only on the club list for 2 years and just dropped due to being priced out. Now I hunt auctions to get them for cheaper, but I’d rather buy direct.

[Chris_Seiber]

I’m a huge Tyler Winery fan, love all of their stuff but particularly the Chardonnay range. I was only on the club list for 2 years and just dropped due to being priced out. Now I hunt auctions to get them for cheaper, but I’d rather buy direct.

The silver lining is that there are some good and very good deals out there on their wines if you hunt around and are flexible about which vineyards and which vintages.

[A_Songeur]

I am stopping (trying at least) all burg purchase…if prices went down 25%, I would load the truck… So, I hope they won’t as I am very weak…

[Dav3_Dyr0ff]

I have mostly not kept track of their prices so I’m not sure if any of these are still within 25%, but these are wines I used to buy and stopped buying when they went over $100 that I would gladly buy again if they were still double digits -

Chave Hermitage
Back vintages of Gentaz (yes, it was so)
Chevillon Vaucrains and LSG
d’Angerville 1ers
Mugnier 1ers (and even, briefly, Moose)
Giacosa B & B
Monprivato
Sass/Orn/Sol aias
Ridge Montebello
LMHB
PLL
Montrose

Probably others but that’s what comes to mind.

[Marcus_Goodfellow]

There are quite a few producers that fit this criteria for me.

Vilmart
Cedric Bouchard
Ghislaine Barthod
Chevillon
De Montille
Dujac(I wouldn’t buy a lot, but at least a few bottles)
Fourrier
Jobard
Carillon

I would also buy a lot more wines from Piedmont.

[AKuehn]

I would have bought Aubert at full price when offered if they didn’t require a six-bottle minimum. I couldn’t commit over $700 in one throw, even for wine that has a very long shelf-life. But even at a 25% reduction in price, I would not have made that big a one-time commitment. I’d have paid full price for three or less. So, not quite the same thing, but sort of.

[joejolesch]

That’s an interesting question - What wines are a little too expensive (but not crazy expensive).

My first thought is that it’s relatively common to find wines with a 25% discount if you’re willing to look around and delete 50 emails a day.

Maison Leroy Bourgogne’s have increased beyond my comfort level. They’re lovely wines but not at $80.

Agree on the Leroy, and to your other point, Zachys had the ‘19 Bourgogne Gamay for $43 (“reg.” $95) via email end of August. Of course their shipping killed any significant savings…

[RyanC]

A lot, but I don’t sweat it. When my favorites shoot up, I generally move on. There’s just so much good wine out there.

[Mattstolz]

G Rinaldi
La Mission

[Ian_S]

And, in general, Burgundy. Especially Chambolle.

Same here mate. With the current market, I’m firmly planted in Marsannay. Not really much to grouse about, but not on par with Chambolle.

[T_Altmayer]

Rhys, Williams Selyem, Bouchard, Taitinger Comtes, probably a few other Burgundy (mostly Volnay).