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Re:California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Deman... by toomuchtodo on Monday September 28, 2026 @04:51PM (#49884159)
I get the swill at a discount :) "The best wine is the wine you like best." Best deal I recently got was a few hundred bottles for under $1k, <$5/bottle. Easier than the trek to a Trader Joe's or Costco, ymmv (and I don't feel bad throwing a bottle out if it isn't for me, versus a $100+ bottle).
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Re:California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Deman... by nkrisc on Monday September 28, 2026 @05:07PM (#49884353)
Sounds like a great deal, but that’s quite a lot of space required to store them, no?
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Re:California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Deman... by harvey9 on Monday September 28, 2026 @05:26PM (#49884624)
'a lot' depends on how much you had to begin with.
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Re:California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Deman... by toomuchtodo on Monday September 28, 2026 @05:15PM (#49884474)
Not really, takes up a large wall in a residential detached single family home basement somewhere in the Midwest. Everything is relative.
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Re:California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Deman... by vehemenz on Monday September 28, 2026 @05:37PM (#49884759)
Don’t even need that. If they’re packed in wine boxes they take up hardly any space.
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Re:California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Deman... by 8n4vidtmkvmk on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @02:33AM (#49889066)
You allowed to do that? You'd at least have to tip the box on its side if storing for a long time now? I'm no sommelier but I hear the cork needs to stay wet or they'll spoil.
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Re:California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Deman... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @08:55AM (#49892407)
The bottles I've received are in large boxes that hold ~20 bottles each, delivered via Fedex. Each box goes in a spot on industrial shelving, and is cataloged into an inventory system when received.
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Re:California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Deman... by hdjrudni on Thursday October 01, 2026 @12:13AM (#49917660)
Interesting. Never heard of someone using an inventory system for the wine.

You haven't addressed what I asked though. Are you sitting the boxes upright? Do they have corks or are these cheapo screw cap bottles?

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Re:California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Deman... by Ancalagon on Monday September 28, 2026 @04:55PM (#49884201)
Do you just buy barrels at that point?
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Re:California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Deman... by JumpCrisscross on Monday September 28, 2026 @05:19PM (#49884531)
Large-format bottles are criminally underappreciated this side of the Atlantic.
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Re:California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Deman... by toomuchtodo on Monday September 28, 2026 @04:56PM (#49884219)
Only one so far, I'm willing to take more but not a lot on offer. Maybe I'm talking to the wrong suppliers. There's a right price for everything, but I am looking for fire sale|"going out of business" prices. Replies with leads welcome!
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