Wine Asylum

White Rock caves

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jimbill

In Reply to: RE: Good wine, not great wine. posted by mkuller on May 17, 2015 at 10:42:16

Their caves are much more rustic. Looks more like a coal mine. And the tour is much more informal and informative.

I was shocked by the new WS that shows how much they are charging for wine tastings in Napa. Obviously the days of free tastings just trying to sell you a couple of bottles is over.

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Napa tasting charges... - mkuller 12:02:59 05/18/15 (0)
...it used to be that the tasting room was considered part of the winery's hospitatality and there was a minimal charge if any, which was applied to a bottle of wine you bought. Or they'd let you keep the glass.

Then maybe 10 or so years ago in Napa on hiway 29 that runs from Yountville to Calistoga weekend drivers with too much to drink were causing problems.

So they required the wineries to charge for their tastings to discourage drinking too much.

The wineries then realized the tasting room could become a profit center which they are now.

Now the average tasting fee for Napa is about $30 and up to $60 for their better wines.

In Sonoma, Paso Robles, Livermore, Pope Valley, Plymouth, Santa Cruz and other winery areas it's less, but they pretty much all charge something.

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