Price of Wine Expected to Drop to Lowest Level in Years Due to California Grape Surplus

ktla ^ | 02/16/2020

[Clemenza]

They were both awful. Algerian Very tannic with vomit aftertaste. Moroccan was lighter bodied with some cocoa and dust on the finish. Back when Algeria was a French colony, it was a huge exporter of wine back to France, mostly for the low end bum wine/tavern market.

[TigersEye]

Sorry to hear it. I would think the climate there might be pretty good for grapes.

[Clemenza]

Problem is lack of domestic demand for the obvious reason and the difficulty in commanding sufficient pricing in an overcrowded export market.

In the Muslim world, Turkey and Lebanon have some good reds and roses, although they are difficult to find here.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“We get more (and much better) affordable wine from Spain.”

Spain and Argentina are my go-to Reds when I need to treat myself or impress a guest. ;)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I’ve made Dandelion Wine a few times through the years.

It can be awful if FIL skimped on the oranges and lemons in the recipe.

Which really makes no sense at all because who could AFFORD lemons and oranges if they only had Dandelions to work with in the first place? ;)

[SuperLuminal]

Thought the fires wiped out the vineyards...

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yesss! 😊

[gnarledmaw]

With all the good wineries we have right up here!?!?!?!?

Shame, shame, shame!

[CARTOUCHE]

Paul Masson: “We will sell no wine before its’ time.”

Herb Caen: “We will sell no wine before 9.”

Bloomberg: “No, Hillary, 3 bottles is quite enough!”

Clinton: “You Jew Bastards !” (From the wayback machine)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“I’ll stick to craft beer, thanks.”

And the occasional New Glarus ‘Spotted Cow’ and Leinenkugel!

[Artcore]

We all know this is due to Coronavirus! /sarc

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Hey! I’m a Case Club Member at BOTH Botham (which is less than 20 minutes from my farm) and Wollersheim Wineries.

I guess I should’ve pimped Wisconsin Wines, too. I pimped some Wisconsin Beers, though, LOL!

My Bad! :)

https://www.bothamvineyards.com/?v=7516fd43adaa

https://www.wollersheim.com/

Neither has a Red I’m crazy about, but I could drink Wollersheim’s ‘Prairie Fume’ all day, as well as Botham’s, ‘Driftless.’

[TigersEye]

Thanks, that was interesting.

[Clemenza]

One of my fave wine industry stories goes back to the 1950s, when one of the Gallo Brothers was driving with a potential vendor. While talking about how big the Gallo wine company was, the vendor seemed doubtful. Seeing this, Gallo had the driver stop by a bunch of winos in the street:

“Hey boys, what’s the word?” Winos: “Thunderbird!!!!!”

Apocryphal story that might be true.

[Jamestown1630]

FIL was an ‘experimenter’. He tried making wine out of anything available.

Some of them were very good - but all very strong :-)

[Cold Heart]

Portland news was blaming Trump’s tariffs for people having to pay more for their wine and possibly not even getting some wines. The SOB’s made it sound like it was going to hurt Oregon wineries. Dirty rotten fake news Portland.

[mylife]

And what is the deal with rhubarb wine?

[mylife]

Spotted cow is delicious

[blueunicorn6]

“Drinkin wine spodie-odie, drinkin wine
Pass that bottle to me”

[Mariner]

“Because it’s not Keto? Liquor is Quicker? “

Those.

Whiskey with a splash of water or on the rocks is as low carb as drinking gets.

And the vodka/gin martinis.

Girls like the vodka “martinis”...shot of vodka and a splash of cranberry...and bam...their panties fall off.

But to be serious, it’s the KETO craze.