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- MontereyRick - 12-17-2002
After recently drinking a bottle of the 99 Villa Mt. Eden Cab and reading their reviews (91 WS) I decided I should act now a pick up a case.
While I live in Norther California and Villa Mt. Eden itself isn't that far from me, I found most places around here were out of it. Winesearcher.com yielded a few possibilities but I ended up getting it from samswine.com out of Chicago. Best thing about using companies like this (out of state) is you don't have to pay sales tax.
Case price was $16/bottle + $25 UPS (delivery). The internet is truly a great thing.
- MontereyRick - 12-17-2002
Correction:
The purchase was for the 99 Villa Mt. Eden Grand Reserve Cab.
- joeyz6 - 12-18-2002
I'm telling you all, that Sam's in Chicago is a God-send.
- Thomas - 12-18-2002
That sales tax thing is problematic--for the store. If the store does not charge sales tax, then the store has to justify its decision on the basis of having sold the wine to an out-of-stater, which in most cases is illegal.
Quite complex. When a store in a non-reciprocal state sells to out-of-state, that store has no recourse but to charge sales tax, because, technically, the store cannot show a sale to out-of-state people, so the store is liable for sales tax on all its sales.
This wine shipping PROHIBITION is a lot more complicated than you might expect.