Comments on: Pali-zation, or Signs of the times

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:08:22 +0000

Pali wines are quality and affordable.
I’ve followed Pali for years and appreciate their effort in keeping a high standard, yet offering competitive pricing.
Great business — Kudos to Pali.
I’m in the industry and understand how “names” use scores and marketing to sell. In the end, how you treat the juice is what matters.
Frankly, not everyone’s juice “matters”.
People will spend a few more dollars for a quality produced bottle.
What Pali has going is a passion to make the best product — Whether you follow scores or not, X, Y and/or Z’s will appreciate.
Dumped? If Pali produces from “dumped” grapes, what are the others doing that’s so special? (Maybe they shouldn’t have dumped.)
I would choose Pali over most, simply because of quality.
Price point may be the same or slightly higher, yet perception is not overly mainstream…Everyone’s so tired of that mentality.
Heart and focus on quality goes a long way.
Be careful not to be so beholden to marketing and scores.
Appreciate cache.
Understand what’s going on in the market.
Do your best to provide quality products at a reasonable price — That’s what I believe is Pali.

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By: steve

steve — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:13:45 +0000

I mean declassifying or selling in bulk or some other form of selling it for less than what you hope to get for full wholesale or retail.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:50:43 +0000

Steve, what do you mean by “dumping wines.” Are they physically thrown away, or are they at least given to charity auctions, or non-profits to raise money?

By: Charlie Olken

Charlie Olken — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:46:19 +0000

Tim and Aaron–

Please help me with this. Originally, I had Huntington 2007 at $40. A later notification said its price had become $19. It was one of our (CGCW) buys of the year in terms of what we had to say about it, and it certainly was a fine wine.

So, the question obtains. Did its price drop after initial release or was it always meant to be $19 and there was some early confusion about price?

I look forward to the 2008 and hope it offers the same kind of buying opportunity that 2007 Huntington turned out to be.