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For your convenience, Red White & Bubbly has grouped reviews of particular stores and wines with our catalogue listings. Simply search for a wine using the Advanced Wine Search and each result is coupled with reviews from Red White & Bubbly, online connoisseurs and users like yourself.
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Closeouts: the Good, the Bad and the Terrible!
Here are a few tips on how to save money and not get burned when you are buying wine!There are times when our suppliers come to me with offers that are almost too good to be true. There just isn’t enough room in their warehouse, and a few containers of wine are coming in. They have to move the current stock out, and are willing to sell a big “drop” for a bargain price. The current vintage is in, and they still have a good amount of the last one and, while it may be drinking better than the “new” one, they will offer it to me cheaply if I take everything that they have left. They bought too much of a wine that just isn’t selling, for whatever reason, and are willing to recoup their cost, just to get out from under it. I’ll taste the wines (I’m still amazed that there are so many liquor shops whose owners don’t taste before they buy! Can you imagine buying a jacket without trying it on?) and, if the deal is really worth it, I’ll take the wine in and pass the savings along to my customers at Red White & Bubbly. I’ve got fifty cases on hand that I want to sell quickly, and the best way to do that is to sell it at a bargain price. Since my customers know from experience that these are delicious wines and really are being sold at a big discount, they tend to sell out quickly!Some of the bigger retail shops, especially in Manhattan, buy these deals too, but put the wines out for their full price. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “so-and-so has this same wine for $6 more than you’re selling it for.” Come on now! Can’t they make a fair profit and still give their loyal customers a break, too? I know that I can, and I do! Perhaps that’s the difference between business and greed.A few of the biggest wholesalers offer what they call closeouts every month, and these are the ones I avoid. These are often wines that have been standing around in their warehouses so long that they’ve gone bad. Old, spoiled wine, no matter how cheap, is never a bargain! I’ve seen these offerings: three year old Beaujolais Nouveau for 50 cents a bottle... the lists go on and on, filled with bad wines. Shops that know little about wine buy this plonk up, sell it cheaply and think they’re making money. My theory is if someone buys a bottle like this, why would they ever trust you with another purchase?
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