California wine glut sends premium bottles to Costco, Aldi and Kroger at bargain prices

2 days ago by halfpipe to c/california

Oenophiles on beer budgets have never had it better.

Couple this with the empty lines for food trucks at all the big music festivals this year and it’s clear that people on the whole are consuming less…gluttonously.

AgentSeven 32 points 2 days ago

People are consuming less... because they're fuckin' broke

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eestileib 5 points 2 days ago

I think alcohol is going out of fashion generally, like people used to flaunt their favorite rye as a way to show sophistication, now people consider not drinking a sign of sophistication.

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gravitas_deficiency 3 points a day ago

What if I’m sophisticated, but I also need to drown out the horrors of modern society?

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Mister_Hangman 4 points 16 hours ago

I shoot heroin into my taint.

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eestileib 1 point 16 hours ago

Well if you have a billion dollars you do ketamine, clearly.

Kink is also right there, best done sober and it will absolutely clear your mind.

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gravitas_deficiency 2 points 15 hours ago

Can confirm, kink is great

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Tollana1234567 2 points 2 days ago

in general younger people arnt doing it for other reasons.

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clanker_victim_555 25 points 2 days ago

I bet you used to sell a lot to Canada.

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Rothe 6 points 2 days ago

Europe as well. Supermarkets still try to peddle US wine here, but it is much less prevalent than it once was.

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Miaou 1 point 14 hours ago

I'm curious, where more specifically?

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T00l_shed 4 points 2 days ago

Twas my first thought too

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WhoIzDisIz 9 points 2 days ago

Perfect timing.- I need to take up drinking alcohol so I can be in a stupor for the rest of Hair Commandant's term in office.

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melsaskca 2 points a day ago

"Hair Commandant"...brilliant!

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Clent 3 points 2 days ago

This message brought to by Big Wine.

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BlueEther 3 points 2 days ago

I think it's a world wine glut. Here in NZ there have been unpicked grapes for the last 3 years as it was more expensive to pick then to let them rot. There have been vineyards wholly pulled out in the last year or two.

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jpreston1986 0 points 14 hours ago

Whatever the reason, this is “probably one of the best times I’ve seen in my near 30-year history in the industry for the consumer,”

Alcoholic.

90% of alcohol revenue is from alcoholics.

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