Posted on 07/06/2009 12:38:32 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Well, pour yourself a glass of vino to go with that lobster tail tonight because wine prices have fallen so much, winemakers in Australia are complaining that wine is now cheaper than some bottled water.
WATER!
Dan Murphy, a major wine-retail chain in Australia, is currently selling cleanskins, bottles of wine without a label that are usually sold in a case, for 1.99 Australian dollars, or about $1.60, the Sunday Mail reports.
That’s less than half of what wine cost 10 years ago, the New York Times reported.
“Australia can’t even bottle air and make money selling at that price,” Jeremy Oliver, an Australian winemaker and critic, is quoted as saying in the Times. “The industry is in crisis.”
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
buy 2 bottles a week. don’t always drink it, but always there
I do like the aussi wine in a box.
People poo poo the boxes, but it keeps very well , nitrogen packed .
Reminds me of that song "Rainbow Stew" (Merle Haggard).
/johnny
It’s probably healthier for you too.
So the miracle at Cana wasn't even cost-effective?
Two Buck Chuck tastes fine to me. But then again I have a philosophy about wine that is anathema to most wine lovers. The philosophy in a nutshell: Never, ever, ever learn to appreciate good wine. It costs so much more than the cheap stuff that you are better off being an ignoramus (that’s a Gore-like creature) on the subject of wine. After all if you “appreciate” the cheap stuff why would you want to move “up” to the pricey wines. Makes no sense. Stick with Two Buck Chuck and when offered some really good wine just turn it down like you would a syringe full of heroin. Don’t get hooked on good wine. As Nancy taught us: Just Say No (I’ll stick with the cheap stuff).
*That’s the Spirit* alcoholic beverage ping!
Go to Australia for *really* cheap, good wine! And it’s winter there, too, which wouldn’t be bad if you live in a hot state ...
Thanks! And, air do shlàinte !
Do we have any hot states this summer???
Still waiting on my Free Bubble Up...
I'm all for receiving the gifts we have been given. The effect of yeast on converted sugars is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy. ;)
Sweet Bubble Up is only a harvest away.
/johnny
‘Going where the water tastes like wine.......
‘Going where the water tastes like wine.......
‘Going where the water tastes like wine.......aaaaa..wine...
don’t wanna be treated this old way!
Darn. I don’t drink wine.
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine....
(Lyrics and song)
http://www.rhapsody.com/tom-paxton/the-very-best-of-tom-paxton/bottle-of-wine/lyrics.html
Texas, Oklahoma, Florida. My parents in Florida and my friends in the hot central US are griping massively. My friends in Alaska say it’s in the 50s and they’re dying of the heat!
Coolish for this time of year in NC.
And rainbow stew. Perfect for the current political climate ...
To be sure! Since I have a baby, everything is perfectly giddy as long as I get a nap every couple of days and remember to eat. (If not, I start crying and threaten to give up housecleaning!)
LOL! I never threaten. :)
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