On Apr 8, 8:32 pm, "Dee Dee" > wrote:
> On Apr 8, 1:31 pm, "
>
> > wrote:
>
> > Of course we are not a wine growing country and so we have to pay to
> > import it. On the many times I have visited the USA and bought
> > Californian wine, I have ben astonished that it is the same price or
> > even a little more than in England!!!! It doesn't make sense.
>
> looked up Costco (which sell a huge number of CA wines - even here on
> the east coast where I live in Virginia - to see if they sell in the
> U.K. One place:
>
> United Kingdom Region
> 213 Hartspring Lane
> Watford, Hertfordshire
> England, UK WD2 8JS
>
> Regarding the Costco prices of CA wine, I often wonder how 'any goods'
> can be the same with Costco regardless whether it is in a high
> economy area, vs. a low economy area here in the U.S.
>
> It would be interesting to know whether the cost of the same CA wine
> is the same in U.K.

We have a Costco about 100 miles from us but it is a sort of warehouse
where you have to be a member to shop and you have to buy in bulk and
one also has to pay a hefy subscription annually to join!

Judith