http://www.vinagoth.com/2008/10/a-new-low-in-merlot-low-price-that-is/ The Wine Barbarian Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.vinagoth.com/2008/10/a-new-low-in-merlot-low-price-that-is/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Vinagoth » Blog Archive » Two off-character lumps Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:32:53 +0000 http://www.vinagoth.com/?p=39#comment-17 [...] Things were about to go from generic to uncertainty… as I pulled out the other Petite Sirah I bought that day. Uncertainty because it was so damn cheap. Crane Lake 2005 Petite Sirah… a mere $3.99. Yep three dollars and ninety nine cents. While I normally relish finding any red wine under ten bucks, and can’t pass up a bargain, it is always risky to go that low. After all this is a crafted agricultural product that takes months, if not years to produce. It should not be that cheap. But hey, I’lltry anything once! [...] [...] Things were about to go from generic to uncertainty… as I pulled out the other Petite Sirah I bought that day. Uncertainty because it was so damn cheap. Crane Lake 2005 Petite Sirah… a mere $3.99. Yep three dollars and ninety nine cents. While I normally relish finding any red wine under ten bucks, and can’t pass up a bargain, it is always risky to go that low. After all this is a crafted agricultural product that takes months, if not years to produce. It should not be that cheap. But hey, I’lltry anything once! [...]

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