Price Check: LIOCO at Bristol Farms

November 9th, 2008

Usually when I go to Bristol Farms and peruse the wine section I experience sticker shock, since the prices there are anywhere from 10% to 30% above typical retail mark-up. Today, I experienced shock for the opposite reason. Some of my favorite wines of late are on sale there at incredibly fair prices — prices that verge upon or meet wholesale levels (and, which, in fact, might very well be a mistake).

Rush to the Bristol Farms at Beverly Boulevard and Doheny in Beverly Hills to pick up the 2006 LIOCO Indica Red for $13.99 a bottle, or the 2007 LIOCO Rosé of Pinot Noir/Carignane for $9.99 a bottle. Both have signage indicating that they’re on sale for $3 off the normal pricing of $16.99 and $13.99 respectively; however, the LIOCO MSRP on each is actually $19.99 and $16.99, and it’s likely that somebody with the price gun screwed up and marked them down an extra $3 each. The 2007 Sonoma County Chard is correctly marked at $19.99. I don’t know if they’re similarly marked at other Bristol Farms locations.

I sell the Indica for $20 and the Rosé for $16 and already think they’re a steal. So, for once (and perhaps once only) I’m going to suggest you buy wine from Bristol Farms.

One Response to “Price Check: LIOCO at Bristol Farms”

SCwinegirl
November 10th, 2008 at 7:51 am

holy moly that is a low price. I have Lioco in my market and your prices are very similar to mine.

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Just a couple of images for the now…

Some of the single-depth racks, assembled (thanks again to Tim Krablin of Modern Cellar for the photo)…

And the interior of one of the lampshades, of which there will be 48, in three different shades of blue-ish purple. Keep in mind this is 36″ in diameter — as in three feet (the exterior is aluminum, non-powdercoated. I’ll let your imagination do the work).

Maybe one day I’ll post about the wines I’ve been tasting and stocking, and actually try to sell you something…which would possibly help me pay for all these neat things…ummmm, maybe next week…

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wine jargon

Frizzante
From Wikipedia: Frizzante is an Italian wine term term for semi-sparkling wine (as opposed to Spumante, which is generally used for fully sparkling wines). Frizzante wines generally owe their bubbles to a partial secondary fermentation in tank. You might notice a light fizz or tingly sensation on the tongue with a Frizzante wine, compared to the more carbonated sensation that more fully sparkling wines yield.

Scorekage
Okay, so we made up this word yesterday after a great restaurant experience. We brought a bottle of wine with us, expecting to pay a corkage fee. But the restaurant either forgot to charge us the $15, or decided to be nice to us. We scored! Hence, “scorekage” has entered our lexicon. This can also refer to BYO friendly restaurants that don’t charge for corkage under any circumstances.

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I recently stopped by Venokado, a new-ish shop in LA. I bought a Lirac imported by Kermit Lynch, and it was yummers. Last night I had the pleasure of spending some time with one of its owners, Susan Brink.

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