http://wine-zag.com/2010/04/25/stop-h-r-5034-and-a-new-dark-age-for-wine-consumers-and-retailers/ Wine Blog : Sensible Appreciation Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://wine-zag.com/2010/04/25/stop-h-r-5034-and-a-new-dark-age-for-wine-consumers-and-retailers/comment-page-1/#comment-395 One Enthusiast’s View on Wine as an Investment Vehicle : WineZag Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:23:56 +0000 http://wine-zag.com/?p=3579#comment-395 [...] For some, great wines are nothing more than appreciable liquid (no pun intended) assets, redeemable at market rates through various exchanges and channels.  For me, this investment mentality is akin to scratching fingernails across a full length chalkboard.  Taking a fixed production artistic beverage and limiting availability to the appreciative while driving up prices in secondary trading markets irritates me.   These channels and their investor clients help make our country’s antiquated three tier wine and spirits distribution system appear innocent despite its own highly criticized contribution to restricted competition, suppressed free trade, and limited availability that simultaneously and artificially drives price (see H.R. 5034). [...] [...] For some, great wines are nothing more than appreciable liquid (no pun intended) assets, redeemable at market rates through various exchanges and channels.  For me, this investment mentality is akin to scratching fingernails across a full length chalkboard.  Taking a fixed production artistic beverage and limiting availability to the appreciative while driving up prices in secondary trading markets irritates me.   These channels and their investor clients help make our country’s antiquated three tier wine and spirits distribution system appear innocent despite its own highly criticized contribution to restricted competition, suppressed free trade, and limited availability that simultaneously and artificially drives price (see H.R. 5034). [...]

]]> http://wine-zag.com/2010/04/25/stop-h-r-5034-and-a-new-dark-age-for-wine-consumers-and-retailers/comment-page-1/#comment-277 HR 5034: What if Wine Were Peaches ... | another wine blog Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:08:42 +0000 http://wine-zag.com/?p=3579#comment-277 [...] Joe Roberts, Wine Crush; Josh Wade, DrinkNectar; David Honig, Palate Press; Adam Japko, Wine Zag; Catie, Through The Walla Walla Grape Vine « Washington State Wines: Tildio Winery [...] [...] Joe Roberts, Wine Crush; Josh Wade, DrinkNectar; David Honig, Palate Press; Adam Japko, Wine Zag; Catie, Through The Walla Walla Grape Vine « Washington State Wines: Tildio Winery [...]

]]> http://wine-zag.com/2010/04/25/stop-h-r-5034-and-a-new-dark-age-for-wine-consumers-and-retailers/comment-page-1/#comment-276 H.R. 5034 – A fraudulent bill that would hurt many family wineries « John on Wine – a wine blog Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:47:09 +0000 http://wine-zag.com/?p=3579#comment-276 [...] 25, 2010 Adam Japko, Wine Zag; Catie, Through The Walla Walla Grape [...] [...] 25, 2010 Adam Japko, Wine Zag; Catie, Through The Walla Walla Grape [...]

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