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Anyone here using that site to purchase wine? I've found myself bidding on some older gems from the last 4 auctions and was curious as to your results. I have not bid on any wine that was stored passively. I have catpured about 20 bottles of older vintages that were stored in temperature controlled surroundings. I opened my first 3 bottles this weekend and to my joy, not a dud.'66 Haut Brion: The runaway winner for the weekend. A delight that believe it or not, still had plenty of ripe fruit shinning thru. I paid $155.
'79 Mouton-Rothschild: Delicious, though a bit too perfumey for me. My friends preferered the Mouton to the Brion as a side not. I won this bottle for a measley $90.
'86 Spotteswoode Cab: Drinking perfectly right now. Seems to be right at its prime. I paid $80, and because it was so delicious I got another '86 in the auction that ended yesterday, though I had to pay up to $95 to win in the subsequent auction.
Anyone have any horror stories from winebid? I'd love to hear them before I get too addicted to it. Lee
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I have auctioned over 300 bottles from my cellar mostly from the 50's 60's and 70's. They check the provenace as well as each bottle carefully. Also, they are nice people to deal with.David G.
i have just started managing a newly opened wine store(under 6 mths), but have never explored the realm of wine auctions on the internet. i am quite intrigued. would anyone please explain the process, the dangers and the "gems" they've discovered? today a fellow walked into my store asking for a case of '90 Lafite-Rothschild. needless to say, i did not have this in my inventory. can i direct him to one of you or is it still even available on the market (i'm in b'ham, alabama).please feel free to email in lieu of a post.
caroline
The process is quite simple, register your name witha credit card nad bid away. You can autobid so that you'll automatically cap a limit for each bottle. The dangers, of course are inherent in any wine aucition=- you have no idea how they were stored. SO, you have to put some trust intitally in the site's reviews of each bottle liek ulage levels, bottle condition, and storage conditions- I'm still weary of passively stored botlles and doubt I'll waste my time with those. Be aware of your prices obviously because you don't want to overbid. Sales tax for CA residents only, bottles are fed ex'd on a date that you arrange. Since I(live in CA, I have the tax and the general ruyle of thumb for me is add 20% to my bid for final delivered price. Also, being in sanf fran, I have access thru some fantastic retail stores to pretty much anything (for instance, at all times there are '59 latours plenty of selctions of the other 1st growth chateau's for very reasonable prices.) SF and NY are about the only two domestic cities that I'm aware of where you can get anything you want at a fairly reasonable price. I have a friend who lives in Cincinnati, she called me last week and explained that there was a store near her that had margaux's, moutons and what not and asked if $300 for a '97 margaux is fair (which is outrageously overpriced.) For her, winebid could be huge!
I'm a bit surprised someone walked in asking for a case of '90lafite as most places will not stock that kind of inventory anywhere. Good luck and let us know how oyu make out.
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