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WineSearcher.com: A Useful Site
My favorite internet stories are ones where a group of people, who previously could not possibly have been involved in a market, become a dominant force through technology. New Zealand-based WineSearcher.com is a good example. This database site constantly trolls on-line wine retailers around the globe and allows you to search for any wine in any vintage and find out who is selling it — all in about 0.032 seconds.
Here is WineSearcher’s simple input screen, where I am searching among American vendors for a modest Rioja (Artadi’s Vinas de Gain) from the 2006 vintage:
And here are WineSearcher’s most competitive results. You can probalby get a 10% discount if you order this long-lived wine by the case.
For comparison’s sake, the NH Liquuor Commission offers this Rioja for $31.99.
Of equal interest are the vendors who sell the same wine in the same vintage for almost 60% more money than the most competitive retailer:
Caveat emptor.
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