in article , Broadwell at Broadwell
wrote on 5/2/07 11:43 AM:


>
> I've always found that the Torii Mor folks were a little full of
> themselves, in general their PN is not to my taste, and I balk at $10
> tasting fees. In fact I balk at all tasting fees, but that is another
> story... I much prefer the Elk Cove and they have a nice Pinot Blanc,
> too. If you seem like a serious wine drinker, they don't charge for
> tasting their single vinyard PN's either.
>
> I really don't like paying $5 to taste plonk, and that feeling of
> getting ripped off ruins my whole day. (that's the other story.)
>

Torii Mor isn't to my taste either but, after 30 years of
Napa/Sonoma/Central Coast winery visits, I don't fault wineries for charging
a reasonable fee. $10 seems reasonable in today's world. So many people
do tastings at popular wineries that it's difficult to see how it could make
good fiscal sense for them to not charge at all..... especially the smaller
ones.

Not sure I understand the fairness of <"If you seem like a serious wine
drinker, they don't charge for tasting their single vineyard PN's">. What
makes you "seem like a serious wine drinker"? Seems like it could be
capricious and arbitrary. It'd be much more fair to comp the tasting if you
buy $X at the winery, or are a club member. If I were tasting and saw
someone get comped for just "seeming more serious" I think I'd be really
****ed off. Not that I haven't been to tasting rooms where they'll bring
out library wines, reserves or offer barrel tasting if you seem interested
and reasonably knowledgeable. But they offer it to everyone there at the
time, not selectively.