Purchased 1 full case each of at Costco her here in Charlotte. GREAT
Pricing.

2001 Chateau Cos d'Estournel Saint Estephe

1996 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien

2001 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien

2000 Chateau Monbousquet Saint-Emilion Grand
Cru

Now that I have them in my cellar I am going
to boycott some of them for 2-20 years. That will teach them. :-)

Have a nice day.

In article et,
Richard Neidich wrote:
Purchased 1 full case each of at Costco her here in Charlotte. GREAT
Pricing.

2001 Chateau Cos d'Estournel Saint Estephe

1996 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien

2001 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien

2000 Chateau Monbousquet Saint-Emilion Grand Cru


Some good wines, but what is "GREAT Pricing"? How much?


Dimitri

"Richard Neidich" skrev i en meddelelse
nk.net...
Purchased 1 full case each of at Costco her here in Charlotte. GREAT
Pricing.

2001 Chateau Cos d'Estournel Saint Estephe

1996 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien

2001 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien

2000 Chateau Monbousquet Saint-Emilion Grand
Cru

Now that I have them in my cellar I am going
to boycott some of them for 2-20 years. That will teach them. :-)

Have a nice day.


What was the price for them there in the US??

Regards


Kenneth
Denmark

2001 Chateau Cos d'Estournel Saint Estephe was $59.95 Bottle
1996 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien was $69.95 Bottle
2001 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien was 42.95 Bottle
2000 Chateau Monbousquet Saint-Emilion Grand Cru was $42.95 Bottle

I purchased full cases but the price per bottle would have been same as
Costco does not discount by case here in NC.

In my opinion these are hard to beat prices. Thats why I did the case each.

dick :-)





"Richard Neidich" wrote in message
nk.net...
Purchased 1 full case each of at Costco her here in Charlotte. GREAT
Pricing.

2001 Chateau Cos d'Estournel Saint Estephe

1996 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien

2001 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien

2000 Chateau Monbousquet Saint-Emilion Grand
Cru

Now that I have them in my cellar I am going
to boycott some of them for 2-20 years. That will teach them. :-)

Have a nice day.

"2001 Chateau Cos d'Estournel Saint Estephe was $59.95 Bottle
1996 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien was $69.95 Bottle
2001 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien was 42.95 Bottle
2000 Chateau Monbousquet Saint-Emilion Grand Cru was $42.95 Bottle
I purchased full cases but the price per bottle would have been same as

Costco does not discount by case here in NC. In my opinion these are
hard to beat prices"

Those are actually incredible prices. Can you pick me up a case of each
of the LLCs, I'll take care of you for your trouble!

Just kidding, but this is first time in 2 decades I wished I still
lived in NC!

I

PS I've seen the '96 Clos du Marquis for more thanthat price!

It sounds like COSTCO is the WALMART of wine purchasing. Like Walmart they
pay very little if anything to importers/wholesalers etc. I'm sure they
work with a negociant. In Maryland, in theory you still can't quote two
different prices for retail outlets for one case(Volume discount is mew &
being appealed), and there should only be one source for a winery for the
whole State but the state ignores this for Bordeaux because of the
multplicity of sources ie one house buys from Classic, another from Bobbie
Kacher, it would be very labour intensive to review entire listings of
chateaus if there is an listing for a winery--also if your filing quotes the
label selectively, to the bureaucrat you have two different wines. So House
A list Marguax 1st Grand Cru, another lists Chateau Marguax and gets away
with it.

As to NC I have no idea anymore how they sell wine other than it must be
through a wholesaler and they allow regional wholesalers so as an importer
you're selling to Fat Cat Wholesaler in Ashville and Tres Chic Wines in
Charlotte and at differing prices. Costco has to "clear" wine often through
a company they secretly own or support, who charges virtually nothing for
the transaction.

Another variable is the "gray market" where there is an authorized importer
in a state, region or country; a gray marketer violates the exclusivity but
is allowed to sell to wholesalers by most states. When I worked for a small
wholesaler, a prominent store was shut out on Guigal La-Las, they arranged
through a gray marketer and the company I was with to get a few cases for
customers. The gray marketer dealt in Bordeaux, so we couldn't say no to
the transaction, which didn't add a penny to the wholesaler's coffers.

--
Joseph B. Rosenberg
"DaleW" wrote in message
oups.com...
PS I've seen the '96 Clos du Marquis for more thanthat price!

DaleW wrote:
"2001 Chateau Cos d'Estournel Saint Estephe was $59.95 Bottle
1996 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien was $69.95 Bottle
2001 Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien was 42.95 Bottle
2000 Chateau Monbousquet Saint-Emilion Grand Cru was $42.95 Bottle
I purchased full cases but the price per bottle would have been same
as

Costco does not discount by case here in NC. In my opinion these are
hard to beat prices"

Those are actually incredible prices. Can you pick me up a case of
each
of the LLCs, I'll take care of you for your trouble!

Just kidding, but this is first time in 2 decades I wished I still
lived in NC!

I


I hear ya. I actually did not find this in the store...I met the wine
buyer for Costco from their regional office in Atlanta. When they
opened our store some 3 years ago she was there for a party in advance
of opening. Most of these wines locally were almost $50-$80 more per
bottle at boutique wine shops. So I emailed her and asked her if she
could get these and what the best price would be. She responded and I
had to wait about 4 weeks to receive.

I am willing to wait.