It’s basically a bit better than retail price. Great deal at a restaurant if it’s in your price range. Young, though.
jjr4884
Are you at a place where you can buy it for that price? Hell of a misprint
11777766
Should I just shut up and order it when I get to restaurant or should I ask them if that’s the real price?
good-name-forever
These are often bottles with extremely exclusive allocations for which there is no true commercial retail price. The winery sells them for, say, $100 but the vast majority of people who own it are not willing to sell. What appears as retail is actually a grossly infated resell. People could sell the bottles for a reasonable price but most of them won’t because those bottles were hard to earn.
This restaurant probably gets an allocation due to long-term loyalty to a distributor, and want to pass the benefit to guests who appreciate the bottle.
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It’s basically a bit better than retail price. Great deal at a restaurant if it’s in your price range. Young, though.
Are you at a place where you can buy it for that price? Hell of a misprint
Should I just shut up and order it when I get to restaurant or should I ask them if that’s the real price?
These are often bottles with extremely exclusive allocations for which there is no true commercial retail price. The winery sells them for, say, $100 but the vast majority of people who own it are not willing to sell. What appears as retail is actually a grossly infated resell. People could sell the bottles for a reasonable price but most of them won’t because those bottles were hard to earn.
This restaurant probably gets an allocation due to long-term loyalty to a distributor, and want to pass the benefit to guests who appreciate the bottle.