Wine Spectators 2007
Re: I agree ...
Ver mensaje de jose... an obscene price, to be in the EU ... ";me don’t understand"; ...
MaJesus
Re: I agree ...
Ver mensaje de MaJesusWell, the only place that sells it (AFAIK) is one of the traditional
(= expensive) London wine merchants. I like it a lot, but as you say, at this price one can do better.
Obsceeeeene...
Ver mensaje de MaJesusFrom my point of view it’s one of the big lies of this f¨ck?ng EU. Free movement of people and ";things"; (hell! I don’t remember how to say ’mercancías’). Just as false as utopic.
Anyway I think that from our 1.9 EUR to the 15 pounds in UK many people is making a huge amount of money just moving the wine...
I enjoy this wine, but I think that I wouldn’t pay 15 pounds for this wine.
On the other hand, what I see really obscene is when a new winery, with no more than 5 years making wine, but with a consultant name/latin name/200 % new oak on its label wanna worth 100 pounds (and points?).
Regards,
Jose
Re: Obsceeeeene...
Ver mensaje de MaJesusJose, it’s the ";Tres Picos";, not the ";Garnacha centenaria";. Even then, the last ";Tres Picos"; that I bought was around 8 euros ... but from there to the 21 euros in GB is a long long long stretch ... (plus I erroneously thought that the pound was doubling the euro, making it even more exaggerated)
MaJesus
Gasp... shame on me...
Ver mensaje de MaJesusI didn’t paid attention to the preceding threads and I step over the fact that we’re talking about 3 Picos. Sorry. asdflasjdflldfs (this is the sound of my tongue in my ass)
I wouldn’t bet my hand, but I think that last time I saw this wine a couple of weeks ago it’s about 10-12 EUR, so it’s about 14-17 pounds. So well, it’s not so far from our prices, isn’t it?
Regards,
Jose
Re: Gasp... shame on me...
Ver mensaje de MaJesusIt wasn’t the Garnacha Centenaria either that José was talking about, Ma José, but the Mítica! I think the GC is about 8 or 9 euros in Spain too - really wish this wine was available over here. I have seen the Mítica here, and it costs about £5 or £6. Basically, no wine costs under £4 or so here, as there is £2.70 government tax. So very cheap wine is very poor value, and it makes sense to spend at least £6 or £7.
The best value we have from Aragón is Baltasar Gracián at about £7 (tho I haven’t liked recent vintages as much), or (better, for me) a Calatayud old vine Garnacha called La Sabrosita, sold by Marks & Spencer and made by an Englishman, Norrell Robertson, who also makes wine in Bierzo, I think.
Mitica... Centeneria...
Ver mensaje de MaJesusHell, how many differente labels have Borsao? ;)
I do agree with Baltasar Gracian, it’s a very good value for the usual price.
Regards,
Jose
Re: Gasp... shame on me...
Ver mensaje de MaJesus... I see that it has gone up a bit ... still, 10-12 EUR is like 7.1-8.5 GBP, so still the prize is multiplied almost by 2, an exageration ...
MaJesus