Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff Yes, but price an '83 or '86. They will be 5 times as much. The others you mentioned are like Ritz lenses. Generic Ste. Emilions. They gotta have a chateau name, or you don't know anything about it. Jerry jeff williams wrote: > You might be right about the Mouton Rothschild being dearer. I just looked > it up and the 2001 vintage is 115 euros a bottle. I don't remember Opus One > being very cheap either. However in France we enjoy St Emilion Grand Cru > and Grand Cru Classé for anywhere between 12 and 30 euros a bottle. That's a > bargain for the quality. A bit like enjoying an M6 on a minilux budget > (obligatory Leica content). > Having enjoyed a few Californian wines I would have to say they are over > priced compared to the wide range of superb wines available in france for > less than 15 US$. We're in full "Foire a vin" (wine sales in supermarkets) > season here and my cave-a-vin is now full with St Emilion Grand Cru, all > purchased at less than US $14. If only my liver holds out so I can enjoy it > all... > We suffer the high priced wine problem in NZ. Why do we have to pay NZ$40 or > US$20 for a quality white wine? Probably because the government takes a > large whack in tax. Don't know what the wine tax is in france but a friend > with a vineyard in Bordeaux sells most of his product in England/Ireland > because he gets a lot more for it than selling the production in france (too > much competition!). > Not that I want to confess to drinking anything less than Cru Bourgois, but > my favourite local red (vin du pays) is made by my neighbour on 30 hectares. > It is "bio" so he gets twice as much as everyone else in the district. A > very nice red with 15 months in new oak barrels, and he sell it for US $3 a > bottle, which is a challange as there is only so much you can drink! > So to talk wine... I was going to try and avoid it but got sucked in. France > is THE place to live if you like good quality inexpensive wine. Even the > Grand Cru is so cheap it can damage your lhealth compared to what you pay > for it anywhere else. > Regards > Jeff the kiwi (who lives next door to a very nice vineyard thank you.) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@pacbell.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:25 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: recent Paris trip > > > Felix > > > > My pleasure! > > > > Jerry > > > > Félix López de Maturana wrote: > > > > > >Felix > > > > > > > >Yes, Chateau Mouton Rothschild may be better than Opus One, but it is > > > five >times the price.. > > > > > > > >Jerry > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > When in Europe it'll be a pleasure have a drink with you! > > > > > > Felix > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html