I prefer Costco for wine quality and selection.



"PP" > wrote in message news:yvxEf.2635$6d.899@trnddc06...
> Ed, what Sam's are you going to (just kidding)....the one in New Tampa
> carries Grange, Insignia (sp), and a well rounded upper end $75-$200.
> Paul
> "Ed Rasimus" > wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 11:16:19 -0500, Mark Lipton >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>DaleW wrote:
>>>> Sometimes geeks have to suck it up. While I love the Brun white and
>>>> both Brocard almost-Chablises (Kimmeridgien & Jurassique), the reality
>>>> is probably the bride wants to find the comfort zone for the "gimme a
>>>> glass of Chardonnay crowd", not to please the 4 to 6 people in the
>>>> crowd who might care. I think you'd be better served for her wishes by
>>>> picking a more typical CalChard. Maybe Tom S can give some ideas in
>>>> this price range, or you'll have to sample yourself- Columbia Crest, RH
>>>> Phillips, Cartlidge & Brown, Raymond have all been drinkable to me in
>>>> past.
>>>
>>>Spot on, Dale, though the bride is a bit of a wine geek too (she
>>>actually drinks less CalChard than *I* do). My thinking was that a
>>>crisper French Chard would likely please both crowds, but I readily
>>>confess to not knowing the mindset of the "gimme a chard" crowd very
>>>well. Thanks for the recommendations, BTW. I fully intend to sample
>>>anything that I'd recommend to the bride.
>>>
>>>Mark Lipton
>>
>> I lean toward the group that suggests a wedding reception is not in
>> the category of wine appreciators. What is needed is a wine that those
>> who appreciate wine will say, "not bad" and those who simply and
>> reflexively ask for a "glass of red" or "glass of white" will remark
>> "this is good!"
>>
>> In that vein, I also agree with the Sam's suggestion---not Sam's in
>> Chicago, the huge wine/liquor merchandiser, but Sam's as the
>> membership buying club from Wal-Mart. They offer a small, but well
>> chosen selection of wines ranging up to $50/bottle for some cabs and
>> champers, but they also offer some excellent values in every-day
>> quaffers.
>>
>> For the bulk consumption of the masses at a wedding reception, I'd
>> look to the Yellowtail Chard and Shiraz. Sam's near me offers them in
>> 1.5L bottles at about $10.50 per. (The same bottles at local grocery
>> stores are $14.50, so you're near that desired price point but saving
>> some bucks as well.)
>>
>> Spend the money saved on a better cut of beef for the meal.
>>
>>
>> Ed Rasimus
>> Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
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