tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604353857384090704.post2036986456889948238..comments2024-02-04T04:03:45.921-05:00Comments on Hudson Valley Wine Goddess: Liquor Store vs Grocery Store for local wine saleshvwinegoddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132954171408880411noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604353857384090704.post-49626419137945827062010-03-09T22:19:11.866-05:002010-03-09T22:19:11.866-05:00HNtbVz astelin world delivery NnbpLG astelin 25mg...HNtbVz <a href="http://search-on-web.atspace.us/Astelin" rel="nofollow">astelin world delivery</a> NnbpLG <a href="http://search-on-web.atspace.us/Astelin" rel="nofollow">astelin 25mg</a> QWvjkj <a href="http://search-on-web.atspace.us/Atacand" rel="nofollow">atacand rx</a> DQJBna <a href="http://search-on-web.atspace.us/Atacand" rel="nofollow">atacand 10mg</a> BkrsaR <a href="http://search-on-web.atspace.us/Atarax" rel="nofollow">atarax free pills</a> VgsuZx <a href="http://search-on-web.atspace.us/Atarax" rel="nofollow">atarax world shipping</a> mAFfHE <a href="http://search-on-web.atspace.us/Ativan" rel="nofollow">ativan discount</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604353857384090704.post-20532437378663997812009-02-20T09:36:00.000-05:002009-02-20T09:36:00.000-05:00Debbie, great blog... just found it recently.In re...Debbie, great blog... just found it recently.<BR/><BR/>In regards to this topic, small wineries don't make much money to begin with when selling to liquor stores. In fact, I would argue that any small winery (definition needed) who basis their business plan on a high percentage of sales via the liquor store channel, will have an extremely difficult time succeeding in today's wine world. So... I'm not sure that this really matters for the small winery. In fact, it may help because what the small winery can provide is exactly what the big chains cannot, personal, direct and quality interaction with the customer (something that by the way many liquor stores are terrible at too). The wine world is changing rapidly. People already know that good wine is being made all over the world. So, I believe that more and more people no longer just go out looking for a good wine. It's a given that the wine will be of at least reasonable quality. They are starting to look more and more for wines with a story. Can the liquor store and big chains deliver the story? So, in the end I don't think that it really matters to the small winery’s bottom line, unless off course the liquor store is the winery’s primary channel. How about this thought… if passed this could make wine more easily available to people who don’t yet drink it. They pick up a bottle of $8 Chardonnay to ago along with their scallops and next thing you know they are into wine. Now, a year down the road they are going to the liquor store to pick up the $20 Pinot Noir. Far-fetched? BTW: We voted on this year in Massachusetts a couple of years ago. Failed. Liquor story lobby put up more money up on the hill in Boston.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604353857384090704.post-46787681491796066642009-02-08T20:48:00.000-05:002009-02-08T20:48:00.000-05:00Rowland: You can download the forms at http://www...Rowland: You can download the forms at http://www.scribd.com/doc/11941063/Non-Commercial-Forms-09hvwinegoddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03132954171408880411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604353857384090704.post-83711577025897028152009-02-06T18:37:00.000-05:002009-02-06T18:37:00.000-05:00ps. do you have any info on the HVWGA Amature wine...ps. do you have any info on the HVWGA Amature wine contest? not the one for real wineries, the home wine makers competition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604353857384090704.post-1237198776119960632009-02-06T18:33:00.000-05:002009-02-06T18:33:00.000-05:00a few points;if the big chain grocery stores (and ...a few points;<BR/><BR/>if the big chain grocery stores (and lets face it, what other kind exist now? they are all SuperMarkets) begin to sell wine, the liquer stores will only be able to cater to the specialty crowd for so long. as they fall back on their hard liquer sales, their ability to stock the vast number of higher end wines available will decrease, as will their ability to pay for the retail space to do it. Very few liquer stores are going to make a Wine Library-like transistion, because, lets face it, how many Gary Veynerchucks are out there? They will constantly be giving you the same line; "I dont have that, but I can order it for you." Just like the record store, or the hardware store ect ect ect. the problem is, in 2009, if you can order it, I probably can too. <BR/><BR/>The supermarket will ignore local wines for the same reasons that local liquer stores ignore local wine; economically there is always a better deal. Although, were this measure passed, they may take a different attitude to local wine, since, as a matter of policy, the superstores would not be competing in that market.<BR/><BR/>I agree that having a good relationship with the liquer store is key to getting local wines sold. But on the supermarket level it wont matter if the manager is a winery owner, because they almost always are not in direct control of the good shipped to their store. A truck comes once a week, pallets are unloaded, and the store "associates" just break it down and put it out there, unsold stuff just piles up till it goes on sale. it dosnt matter that, just for example, that strawberry jam sells out with in 3 days, and it take all 2 weeks to sell all the grape. when the shipment comes, it will always be equal portions strawberry and grape. same thing for local wine, the demand wont matter if corporate HQ needs to sell the cargo container of yellow tail they got sitting around gettin hot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604353857384090704.post-55946505207621009192009-02-05T16:00:00.000-05:002009-02-05T16:00:00.000-05:00Good observations! Seems we are always saving New ...Good observations! Seems we are always saving New York State at the expense of small businesses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com