tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post6573128282473491512..comments2024-03-21T11:05:48.522-04:00Comments on The Passionate Foodie: Rant: Where Is All The Wine?Richard Auffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03948647697847819742noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post-3055375355391781652011-01-17T21:14:24.835-05:002011-01-17T21:14:24.835-05:00Thanks Anonymous for your comments, and I agree wi...Thanks Anonymous for your comments, and I agree with your thoughts.<br /><br />Thanks Carrie, and I was unaware that there were so many different varieties of beef that are unavailable. Seems the problem is more widespread than I thought. <br /><br />Thanks Joe! There definitely is something rotten here.Richard Auffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03948647697847819742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post-91312265607678603192011-01-17T14:04:47.291-05:002011-01-17T14:04:47.291-05:00Well-said!
I believe when the state restricts yo...Well-said! <br /><br />I believe when the state restricts your choice and offers you what it alone feels is best for you (and then makes you pay for the "privilege") it is often referred to as "Communism" but maybe I got that wrong...1winedudehttp://www.1winedude.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post-38723848405512216072011-01-17T13:59:23.014-05:002011-01-17T13:59:23.014-05:00Interesting, professionally, I often look at wine ...Interesting, professionally, I often look at wine with envy, given how many choices I see.* But your point is well-taken. The same can be said for beef. There are around 800K farms in North America raising dozens if not hundreds of different breeds and crossbreeds which, in different regions on different diets would naturally produce different flavors and textures. Yet all this variety walks up to the slaughterhouse door and comes out the other end as "Choice" or "Prime." It's a real shame.<br /><br />* The exception is in controlled systems like Ontario's LCBO. They carry a very limited selection and charge a fortune for it.Carrie Oliverhttp://artisanbeefinstitute.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post-49566491174831784322011-01-17T13:01:33.807-05:002011-01-17T13:01:33.807-05:00Thank you for this!! It is the sane arguement tha...Thank you for this!! It is the sane arguement that any winery in the world should be making. People do not pay to have wine shipped to them that they can get at home. Shipping wine is rediculously expensive because of the weight of the product and will add upwards of $3-6 per bottle depending on how quickly you need it. If the distributors either choose not to rep a brand or don't give it valuable face time in presentation then it can not exist and direct sales are the only opprotunity the product will have in surviving. And I wont even begin to address the highway robbery that is FOB.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com