On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 15:37:33 -0400
"Dee Dee" > wrote:

>
> "Emery Davis" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 22:04:34 -0400
> > "Dee Dee" > wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.wineaccess.com/store/gary...ct_id=10941073
> >> VRAC Cotes du Rhone - 2006 - purchased for $7.99 at Gary's
> >>
> >> http://tinyurl.com/2oqncn
> >> Kirkland Chateauneuf du Pape - 2005 purchased at $19.99
> >>
> >>
> >> I had put down on my list to buy another bottle of du Pape, but DH said
> >> let's try the VRAC and compare. We both found so little difference that
> >> we
> >> didn't even bother to blind taste test.
> >>
> >
> > Sounds like a great operation! If you get what seems the same for $8 US
> > as what
> > used to cost $20, you're way ahead.
> >
> > What is "Vrac?" Some kind of negociant?
> >
> > In France "vrac" just means "bulk" (more or less, or "loose" I suppose,
> > never looked
> > it up). When you buy wine "en vrac" you bring your jug or barrel to a
> > sort of
> > gas pump, and fill it up. Great way to buy sometimes, we have even
> > bottled
> > ourselves on occasion although I'm not sure I'd go to the trouble now.
> >
> > I didn't see anything useful on the labels, but I must say I find calling
> > a wine "vrac" (and then charging 8 bucks for it) very bizarre!
> >
> > -E
> > --
> > Emery Davis
>
> Yes, I believe on the back of the VRAC bottle, it did say, it meant bulk
> wine.
>
> What I find more bizarre is that it tasted as good as the du Pape that I
> paid $20 for. I just can't understand that. If it were just me, I'd chalk
> it up to 'my taster," but DH felt the same way. Perhaps the du Pape wasn't
> as good as it should have been.

Dee, if you've got a taster that's happy with "cheap", as far as I'm
concerned you're ahead of the game. The bottom line is to drink
what you like; if you can do it on the cheap, more power to you!

Negoc wines can vary vastly even in the same year. Like when 2 buck
chuck came out, some reviewer liked it, then reviled it later. Really it was
because it wasn't the same wine.

Sometimes, for one reason or another, a negoc may get hold of an amount
of CdP that's really pretty good (or they may be able to blend successfully).
Enjoy it while it lasts, (and perhaps lay some in if you really like), because
it may very well be swill 6 months from now...

-E
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