Treasure hunting in Mexico City
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The prices for fine wines are usually costly with the duties and taxes, plus retailers' markups making the wines double or triple the price they sell for in the US. However, a visit to a wine shop in Mexico City finds four bottles of the fabulous 1990 Romanee St.-Vivant, a grand cru from the Burgundy estate that cost about half the normal auction price and three or four times less than it would in a restaurant.
Publication Name: The Wine Spectator
Subject: Food and beverage industries
ISSN: 0193-497X
Year: 2005
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Sales of 2005 Bordeaux are sluggish: High prices and a weak dollar have U.S. consumers overlooking top growths
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The high prices for 2005 Bordeaux futures are not attracting enough customers in spite of their classic quality of the vintage and the first chance to buy the Bordeaux before it hits the markets. The sales are not remarkable even after a month since the first '05 futures are launched for sale and the highest levels of futures averaging to cost of $545 a bottle from a dozen leading makers is being highlighted .
Publication Name: The Wine Spectator
Subject: Food and beverage industries
ISSN: 0193-497X
Year: 2006
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Pssst...Want to buy a $2 cabernet? bargain brands proliferate as wineries discreetly try to sell of their surplus
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Wineries, big and small, are dealing with the surplus in different ways. Wine spectator sampled 22 examples of the new breed of wines and found that consumers generally get what they pay for.
Publication Name: The Wine Spectator
Subject: Food and beverage industries
ISSN: 0193-497X
Year: 2003
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