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• Harley1199 says:

  12/11/2014 2:45:00 PM - Estimated Andtheodor, In origin, Etiqueta Blanca (white label) was a 'Crianza' rather a 'Reserva' As you said, EB disappeared in the middle of the eighties. They, Murrieta, decided to make this wine no more. Probably the main reason was the difference between EB and the Reserva wasn't really significant in terms of time in oak. In fact, and this is my personal view, a 'Crianza' had not enough category for a winemaker as Murrieta was. In any case, if you're interested on buying any EB take care of fakes and look for an excellent vintage imported by a trustable distributor. Cheers!

• Tim Heaton says:

  3/12/2014 1:05:00 PM - "...MdM GRE jumped more than 50% in price from last year" do you suppose it had anything to do with Wine Spectator's shining their spotlight on Spain (top 100)? Could be unfavorable Euro/Dollar exchange, too, we're getting back to the point when it was really bad some years ago.

• yofog says:

  3/7/2014 7:23:00 AM - That's a good question, and honestly I'm not sure. It may vary state to state, but it's been the same price here for a couple years. Are you buying it from the same source? $40 is more like wholesale cost than retail. $65 would be a high but possible retail price. It's sold out in Connecticut and I don't remember what wholesale was last time it was in, but it's possible that the 95 from WA encouraged a price increase.

• Tim Heaton says:

  12/6/2012 3:16:00 PM - Less, erm, colorful, but much more interesting profile pic. Still waiting for an invite to one of your epic thousand-year vertical tastings.

• TJolley says:

  4/14/2010 2:32:00 PM - Whats up Purple drank, my CT Forum name is PurpleSyrup, haha