Dragon my feet at higher prices
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:22 pm
Stopped in a Charlotte wine shop to browse and came away only with a 2010 Dr. Fischer Ockfener Bockstein Spatlese although I was tempted by a Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprost Spatlese and Muller Catoir Riesling and Scheurebe Spatlese. I was astounded to see that Leitz Dragonstone was priced at $26+. (Owner/salesperson? said a New York firm bought up the Terry Theise business and probably inflated prices due to the increased popularity of Dragonstone.) I think I paid about $15 the last time I purchased it. Also the Lucien Crochet Sancerre was high $20's (not even the Le Chene designate) and Alphonse Mellot Sancerre "la Moussiere" was $33! The clerk blamed those prices on "Fifty Shades of Grey." I have not read the series, but apparently it mentions sipping Sancerre during a tryst and the clerk said all the sudden ladies were coming to his shop asking for Sancerre and it had never sparked that much interest before. I was chagrined because I would have bought the La Moussiere but not at that price.