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Peter A > wrote:

>In article >, says...


>> Regarding the wine list, sometimes a wine stays at a low price
>> on a winelist even as its market price has gone up with time.
>> They could have bought it pre-arrival at a bargain, and never
>> marked it up to market. Probably they are not losing any money.


>First of all, pre-arrival purchases never make that much of a difference
>in price in wine.


I have no idea what you're talking about.

I remember buying 1984 Chateau Le Pin for $40 at wholesale
upon landing. It would have been less pre-arrival. A
few years later, we noticed it on the winelist at
Chez Panisse for $105 -- and immediately bought a bottle,
as it would be more than twice that retail.

I see where recent vintages of Le Pin are $800 to $1800/bottle.
http://www.wine-searcher.com/find/Ch...99/-/USD/A/-/0

Steve