German Wine Price Rant
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:39 pm
I see in the latest WS that Egon Muller has a Riesling Spatlese from Scharzhofberger for ONLY $135. What is going on in this age of recession? I can clearly remember my buddy and I NEVER willing to pay more than $5 for any Kabinett in mid-80's which included many great producers. I understand that overall prices on everything have increased many fold but this is ridiculous. This was not even an auction wine. I recently bought a half-case of Lingenfelder HT 2007 Scheurebe Kabinett Grosskarlbacher Burgweg for $17 per which is easily 1/2 as excellent as the Muller. I guess I am just living in the past but there are I think many great German wine deals out there if you are willing to search them out. Am I just a troglodite living in a cave or have German wine prices gone thru the roof? I'll take my OCD medication now!