"Johnny Lobster" > wrote in message
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>I have noticed that many restaurants near my home in Denver are
> raising their wine prices. They are already charging three to four
> times the retail cost of a bottle. When my local French bistro raised
> theor prices so that there were no bottles under $30, I stopped going
> there and let them know why.
>
> However, recently a Pasqiuni's pizzaria opened in the neighborhood
> with no bottle over $20 and many around the $11 mark. Shortly after
> this, Swing Thai lowered their wine prices so that decent bottles can
> be had for $14. Then another downtown restaurant started offering
> bottles for half price before 7:00. I hope these are not all
> coincidental, and that they are trying to compete. Just two weeks ago
> I ate in a wine bar-restaurant in San Diego, and they had good
> Australian Shriaz for $7 a bottle.
>
> Lobster


Interesting. I've not seen a Shiraz for $7 a bottle (at a wine shop).
Someone told me about an Australian Koonunga Shiraz. Terrible. But the
Australian Koonunga Cabernet-Shiraz was quite good. Penfolds. Same year as
I recall.

I don't eat at restaurants much, but I usually eat at restaurants where the
cost for two of us for around will range with tip, tax, a glass of wine for
each of us around $75+/-. The reason I order a glass instead of a bottle
is that this price-range of a restaurant doesn't carry a wine that is worth
the price they charge, or if they do, it is actually crappy wine.

I love a glass of wine with a meal, so I usually get something. The last
time we ate in Baltimore (in November), they served a wine that I liked. I
wrote down the info, and went the next day to a nice wine shop and found it
came in a big (150) bottle, and it was only $18.99. I was really happy
about that.

There is also a place in CT that serves wine, that buys wine from a certain
place in that town; if you like it, you can go there and buy it. I think
this is a nice idea for any restaurant.

Dee Dee