Comments on: quality wine http://brianclayton.ie/2010/02/18/quality-wine/ carry on my wayward son Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: brianclayton http://brianclayton.ie/2010/02/18/quality-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-2737 brianclayton Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:14:26 +0000 http://brianclayton.ie/?p=588#comment-2737 Hi Gary, it's got to be a tough sell from the other side of the counter. It's a shame too, people are really missing out for the sake of a couple of quid. Hi Gary,
it’s got to be a tough sell from the other side of the counter. It’s a shame too, people are really missing out for the sake of a couple of quid.

]]> By: Gary Gubbins http://brianclayton.ie/2010/02/18/quality-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-2732 Gary Gubbins Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:05:08 +0000 http://brianclayton.ie/?p=588#comment-2732 Completly agree and then some , have been having this fight with customers forever. Fine if they can stomach it but don't compare it to what the independents are trying to sell you. Completly agree and then some , have been having this fight with customers forever. Fine if they can stomach it but don’t compare it to what the independents are trying to sell you.

]]> By: brianclayton http://brianclayton.ie/2010/02/18/quality-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-2730 brianclayton Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:41:44 +0000 http://brianclayton.ie/?p=588#comment-2730 Hi Mike, I know - I just ignored all that. It's a little scary when you think about it - how the wine maker is supposed to make a living is beyond me. I'm a firm believer in getting what you pay for - and in this case when you think how little you're really paying, can you expect to get much at all? I should probably have pointed out that the duty is a fixed price too, so when you pay more than the few quid above more and more of what you pay goes into the actual wine, which should give a corresponding increase in quality. Hi Mike,
I know – I just ignored all that. It’s a little scary when you think about it – how the wine maker is supposed to make a living is beyond me.

I’m a firm believer in getting what you pay for – and in this case when you think how little you’re really paying, can you expect to get much at all?

I should probably have pointed out that the duty is a fixed price too, so when you pay more than the few quid above more and more of what you pay goes into the actual wine, which should give a corresponding increase in quality.

]]> By: Michael Kane http://brianclayton.ie/2010/02/18/quality-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-2729 Michael Kane Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:37:52 +0000 http://brianclayton.ie/?p=588#comment-2729 Don't forget the cost of bottling, capping, labelling, boxing, shipping, importing and transporting the wine Brian, not to mention the fact the retailer has to make a living out of it. The actual money from your €4 going to the wine-maker could be as little as 5-10 cent. Nothing wrong with that if it's any good of course, it's just proportionally an absurdly small amount going on the actual product you're drinking! Don’t forget the cost of bottling, capping, labelling, boxing, shipping, importing and transporting the wine Brian, not to mention the fact the retailer has to make a living out of it.
The actual money from your €4 going to the wine-maker could be as little as 5-10 cent. Nothing wrong with that if it’s any good of course, it’s just proportionally an absurdly small amount going on the actual product you’re drinking!

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