Imagine being proud of charging $250 tasting fees. Napa Valley is getting ridiculous.
Imagine being proud of charging $250 tasting fees. Napa Valley is getting ridiculous.
by IphoneCarSpotter
7 Comments
derekz83
As long as they don’t then wonder why younger generations are turning away from wine altogether.
SOregonSomm
Napa is a circus… Sad for all the good meaningful producers that are still there and surrounded by it all.
evenphlow
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IphoneCarSpotter
“Still, Breton hopes he won’t have to charge the tasting fee at all. He’d rather customers buy at least three bottles of Vice Versa, which waives the charge. His permit allows him to host a maximum of 10 people a day, so he wants to make every visit count.” – So it’s admittedly not even about the quality of the wine they’re producing, just making up for having a shitty business plan and expecting customers to foot that bill. Nice.
electro_report
While Napa pricing has gotten pretty egregious, I think this instance is reasonable: 1. He’s pouring freely on wines that were pretty expensive 2. He’s still comping tasting fees with 3 bottle purchase 3. His permit only allows 10 guests per day, so that staffing cost has to be offset by revenue for it to make sense.
whinenaught
He can do that if he wants, people can choose not to go. There’s still wineries in Napa that don’t charge exorbitant prices (although they’re few and far between)
devoduder
Screw that. I charge $20 for a tour and tasting at our winery and I feel that’s over priced.
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As long as they don’t then wonder why younger generations are turning away from wine altogether.
Napa is a circus… Sad for all the good meaningful producers that are still there and surrounded by it all.
Archive link?
“Still, Breton hopes he won’t have to charge the tasting fee at all. He’d rather customers buy at least three bottles of Vice Versa, which waives the charge. His permit allows him to host a maximum of 10 people a day, so he wants to make every visit count.”
– So it’s admittedly not even about the quality of the wine they’re producing, just making up for having a shitty business plan and expecting customers to foot that bill. Nice.
While Napa pricing has gotten pretty egregious, I think this instance is reasonable:
1. He’s pouring freely on wines that were pretty expensive
2. He’s still comping tasting fees with 3 bottle purchase
3. His permit only allows 10 guests per day, so that staffing cost has to be offset by revenue for it to make sense.
He can do that if he wants, people can choose not to go. There’s still wineries in Napa that don’t charge exorbitant prices (although they’re few and far between)
Screw that. I charge $20 for a tour and tasting at our winery and I feel that’s over priced.