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...6 bagged wines and 6 tasters - rating your favorite as #1 with lowest points winning (range of 6 to 36 pts.).6. 2014 Yellowtail $6 (WS 88) - 25pts - this on tasted different than the others with a more pronounced vanilla flavor. Some hated it and others thought it was very drinkable. I rated it #3 (had 1 first and 3 lasts).
5. 2011 Jim Berry, Lodge Hill $23 - 23pts - I rated this one last.
4. 2011 Yangarra Estate, Mclaren Vale $23 - 22pts - had only one first
3. 2012 Yangarra Estate, Mclaren Vale $18 - 22pts - had 2 firsts
2. 2013 Lindeman Bin 50 $5 (WS 87) - 18pts (my #2 - no firsts)
1. 2012 Two Hands, Angels Share $43 (WS 92) - 17pts (my #1 - 2 firsts)
The surprises here were that wines didn't change that much over time and that all the scores were all pretty close. I found the Lindeman and the Two Hands to taste so close it was difficult to chose between them - certainly not 5 WS points difference.
For the price, the big winner is the Lindeman - or the Yellowtail if you like it.
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It boggles my mind....how can anyone do that and make money? Any money?
You guys think about grape cost and packaging. I think about labor, insurance, transportation, marketing, the cut that the importer gets, the distributor, and the retailer get theirs too. What's left over?
(nt)
I think that is sold directly to TJ's at a national level (although I might be wrong.) So there is no distributor to take his/her cut. Still, just trucking it around the country has gotten expensive.
A friend suggested the Aussie govt is subsidizing the wine industry and that may explain the $5.00 a bottle cost. Spain also had lots of gov't subsidies going on...not sure if that still happens.
...I believe it is bulk wine made by Bronco in Modesto, the largest wine producer in the country - and sold directly to TJs.A guy who works for Bronco once told me "everybody uses our juice in their wine".
I said event he high end wineries - how can that be?
He said because they are only required to use 75% of their grapes and the other 25% can come from anywhere.
Edits: 09/01/15
I'm not sure what he could mean by 75/25% I can buy wine from anyone and bottle it under my label. There is no labeling that identifies origin (except estate I guess.) Even "estate" doesn't have to be my property though.
Many wineries get so big that they contract out. For example, St Michele has wine made for them all over the state. They just don't have enough physical space.
Hi end wineries would never buy bulk form Bronco unless it was for a second brand. I've never seen the place but I'm sure its a commodity factory....some things you just can't replicate at that size.
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...for the wine to be designated "Napa" for example, 75% of the grapes must come from Napa.
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...most didn't drink them before and I don't think this changed anyone's opinion.Decent, but not great, $5 wine though.
You have to realize we are an hour from Napa and live in the midst of a plethora of great California wine.
Edits: 08/24/15
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