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> To the best of my knowledge, you won't find any prices on the
> homepages of Lafite, Mouton, Margaux, any Grande Marque Champagne
> house or top Rhône producer for their wines. Why do you expect
> something else from a top Alsace producer?
>

Well, yes. Why do I?
AAMF, I looked into it, out of curiosity - Chapoutier has a a clear list of
prices, while Guigal has not. Hugel has a price list, Trimbach has not. Zind
Humbrecht apparently do not have a web site at all. Nor does Ostertag.
Marcel Deiss' web site is beautiful and extremely informative, including
where the grapes of each wine has been harvested - but does not contain a
price list.
Smith Haut Lafitte has a price list that you download.
Chave has no web site, while Delas has a hugely informative site that will
place the wine into a sensorial matrix, tell me about the terroir, the
yield, the respect of the terroir and so on - but not what price the wines
are.
I could go on.
My point being, if you feel that, as a producer, you want to inform
concerning your production, your philosophy, your lineage, your vineyards,
and show lots of pictures of the, admittedly often breathtaking,
surroundings of the vineyards (at least that is the case in Alsace,
Burgundy, and the Northern Rhone), then - why not a list of prices if you
sell off the cellar door? Provided, of course, that you do sell off the
cellar door. Drouhin and Jadot in Bourgogne do not and have no price list,
Coche-Bizouard (admittedly not in the top rank) do and have.
Perhaps Weinbach do not sell directly, on the domaine, I don't know.
What's your opinion?
Cheers
Nils