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	<title>Comments on: Wine Online — Savings Tips for Frugal Sips</title>
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		<title>By: honeybee</title>
		<link>http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2011/12/20/wine-online-%e2%80%94-savings-tips-for-frugal-sips/comment-page-1/#comment-2133302</link>
		<dc:creator>honeybee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ha, I missed this:

&quot;And did Jesus turn the water into Kool-Aid, or 2% milk? He did not.&quot;

Classic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ha, I missed this:</p>
<p>&#8220;And did Jesus turn the water into Kool-Aid, or 2% milk? He did not.&#8221;</p>
<p>Classic.</p>
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		<title>By: Joanna</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joanna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Super excited for about 30 seconds. Then I remembered I am in Oklahoma. Woe is me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Super excited for about 30 seconds. Then I remembered I am in Oklahoma. Woe is me.</p>
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		<title>By: imelda</title>
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		<dc:creator>imelda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK, I&#039;m a voice in the wilderness, and granted, I&#039;m probably only saying this because wine is not my priority.... but do we have to buy *everything* online?

Not everything is about saving every penny possible - isn&#039;t it also worthwhile to support your local wine merchant, and other local businesses?

Maybe the wine issue gets to me more than, say, clothes or other things bought online because it&#039;s purely a luxury item. (in my mind, anyhow - in the States, if you&#039;re buying fine wine, you&#039;re probably not poor. If it mattered to you, you could probably afford to shop local)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, I&#8217;m a voice in the wilderness, and granted, I&#8217;m probably only saying this because wine is not my priority&#8230;. but do we have to buy *everything* online?</p>
<p>Not everything is about saving every penny possible &#8211; isn&#8217;t it also worthwhile to support your local wine merchant, and other local businesses?</p>
<p>Maybe the wine issue gets to me more than, say, clothes or other things bought online because it&#8217;s purely a luxury item. (in my mind, anyhow &#8211; in the States, if you&#8217;re buying fine wine, you&#8217;re probably not poor. If it mattered to you, you could probably afford to shop local)</p>
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		<title>By: honeybee</title>
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		<dc:creator>honeybee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To me, the need to be home to accept delivery is a dealbreaker. I miss 100% of the deliveries (why? because like most people I work during the day, when all deliveries are made), so getting that delivery means driving an hour roundtrip. Sometimes I&#039;ll get there and they&#039;ll have put the item back out on a truck for redelivery in spite of phone instructions, so I need to come back again and again until the connection is made. Generally I don&#039;t order anything online if I&#039;ll need to sign for it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To me, the need to be home to accept delivery is a dealbreaker. I miss 100% of the deliveries (why? because like most people I work during the day, when all deliveries are made), so getting that delivery means driving an hour roundtrip. Sometimes I&#8217;ll get there and they&#8217;ll have put the item back out on a truck for redelivery in spite of phone instructions, so I need to come back again and again until the connection is made. Generally I don&#8217;t order anything online if I&#8217;ll need to sign for it.</p>
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		<title>By: honeybee</title>
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		<dc:creator>honeybee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is what GRS needs more of -- deeply-researched, highly informative articles about specialized topics. Not every article needs to apply to everyone. For that reason, GRS is light on articles about kids, wine, computers... and many other topics about which there are many useful hints and tips to be had.

To be honest, I&#039;m probably not going to buy wine online for just right now. But, I may do so in the future, and now I&#039;ll remember that this article is here. Same goes for kids -- none now, but maybe later. This type of article builds a storehouse of information.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is what GRS needs more of &#8212; deeply-researched, highly informative articles about specialized topics. Not every article needs to apply to everyone. For that reason, GRS is light on articles about kids, wine, computers&#8230; and many other topics about which there are many useful hints and tips to be had.</p>
<p>To be honest, I&#8217;m probably not going to buy wine online for just right now. But, I may do so in the future, and now I&#8217;ll remember that this article is here. Same goes for kids &#8212; none now, but maybe later. This type of article builds a storehouse of information.</p>
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		<title>By: Triple E</title>
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		<dc:creator>Triple E</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I got to stomp grapes at a wine festival in Virginia.  That was awesome!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got to stomp grapes at a wine festival in Virginia.  That was awesome!</p>
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		<title>By: El Nerdo</title>
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		<dc:creator>El Nerdo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>this is named after the shape of the vines (gnarly).  their old vine zinfandel is brilliant! and they sell it at walgreens, ha ha.  the other varietals are okay but the zin is the star!  i love ittt.

ah, also check out ménage à trois (yes that&#039;s teh name). a blend of zin/cab/merlot that&#039;s like berries and currants but mellow and with an oaky smell that&#039;s mmmmmm......! i just had it at a party this past weekend and i will hunt it down wherever it hides. online bottles i spotted for $8.  yesssss. i will bury my nose in it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this is named after the shape of the vines (gnarly).  their old vine zinfandel is brilliant! and they sell it at walgreens, ha ha.  the other varietals are okay but the zin is the star!  i love ittt.</p>
<p>ah, also check out ménage à trois (yes that&#8217;s teh name). a blend of zin/cab/merlot that&#8217;s like berries and currants but mellow and with an oaky smell that&#8217;s mmmmmm&#8230;&#8230;! i just had it at a party this past weekend and i will hunt it down wherever it hides. online bottles i spotted for $8.  yesssss. i will bury my nose in it.</p>
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		<title>By: KarenJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>KarenJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Believe it or not, at Whole Foods, where you need to go in with a shopping cart full of money, has a pretty decent CA wine for $2.99/bottle.  Also, if you&#039;re fortunate enough to live near a Wegman&#039;s you can get several bottles of imported and domestic wines for $6.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Believe it or not, at Whole Foods, where you need to go in with a shopping cart full of money, has a pretty decent CA wine for $2.99/bottle.  Also, if you&#8217;re fortunate enough to live near a Wegman&#8217;s you can get several bottles of imported and domestic wines for $6.</p>
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		<title>By: TJR</title>
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		<dc:creator>TJR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Where I live*, every supermarket has a selection of excellent but unsurprising $2.50 wines. 

I&#039;m just saying the economics of wine pricing are more about percieved classiness than about production cost.

* a small town in Germany</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where I live*, every supermarket has a selection of excellent but unsurprising $2.50 wines. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m just saying the economics of wine pricing are more about percieved classiness than about production cost.</p>
<p>* a small town in Germany</p>
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		<title>By: Donna Freedman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donna Freedman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wine names are getting to be as much fun as microbrewery nomenclature. I saw a wine called &quot;Meat Grinder&quot; and wondered whether it were meant to be served with large quantities of flesh. Nope: It&#039;s named after a particular stretch of whitewater.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wine names are getting to be as much fun as microbrewery nomenclature. I saw a wine called &#8220;Meat Grinder&#8221; and wondered whether it were meant to be served with large quantities of flesh. Nope: It&#8217;s named after a particular stretch of whitewater.</p>
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		<title>By: Donna Freedman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donna Freedman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you! After spending time with my niece&#039;s two boys, I understand why people get absolutely STUPID about their grandchildren. I bore total strangers with stories of their cuteness.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you! After spending time with my niece&#8217;s two boys, I understand why people get absolutely STUPID about their grandchildren. I bore total strangers with stories of their cuteness.</p>
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		<title>By: Donna Freedman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donna Freedman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>True enough about the tastings. But just as a wineseller can say, &quot;If you liked this, you will probably like that,&quot; an online site can pull up half a dozen bottles that you might enjoy.
Again, I&#039;m not saying that you shouldn&#039;t patronize local shops/wineries. This is just one more way to broaden the palate. I don&#039;t have a dog in this hunt because I don&#039;t drink. Just putting the suggestion out there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True enough about the tastings. But just as a wineseller can say, &#8220;If you liked this, you will probably like that,&#8221; an online site can pull up half a dozen bottles that you might enjoy.<br />
Again, I&#8217;m not saying that you shouldn&#8217;t patronize local shops/wineries. This is just one more way to broaden the palate. I don&#8217;t have a dog in this hunt because I don&#8217;t drink. Just putting the suggestion out there.</p>
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		<title>By: BB</title>
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		<dc:creator>BB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wine is temperature-sensitive on both the low and high sides. I&#039;d rather buy from my local wine store; really a liquor supermarket, where the wine is kept at the right temperature. No nasty surprises then. And the local place has specials every week: bottles for as low as $4.99 of quite reasonable wine.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wine is temperature-sensitive on both the low and high sides. I&#8217;d rather buy from my local wine store; really a liquor supermarket, where the wine is kept at the right temperature. No nasty surprises then. And the local place has specials every week: bottles for as low as $4.99 of quite reasonable wine.</p>
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		<title>By: babysteps</title>
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		<dc:creator>babysteps</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you&#039;re near the Finger Lakes, the Seneca Lake Wine Trail wineries have an annual &#039;bargain bash&#039; to get rid of odd lots &amp; inventory ahead of releasing new vintages - it&#039;s in January every year, Jan 7-16th in 2012.  Some wineries&#039; deals are better than others (bigger % off or better wine). The great part is you get to taste just about everything that&#039;s on sale (harder to do online!).

http://www.fingerlakeswinecountry.com/Events.aspx?id=836 is the link or just search for &#039;seneca lake bargain bash&#039;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re near the Finger Lakes, the Seneca Lake Wine Trail wineries have an annual &#8216;bargain bash&#8217; to get rid of odd lots &amp; inventory ahead of releasing new vintages &#8211; it&#8217;s in January every year, Jan 7-16th in 2012.  Some wineries&#8217; deals are better than others (bigger % off or better wine). The great part is you get to taste just about everything that&#8217;s on sale (harder to do online!).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fingerlakeswinecountry.com/Events.aspx?id=836" rel="nofollow">http://www.fingerlakeswinecountry.com/Events.aspx?id=836</a> is the link or just search for &#8216;seneca lake bargain bash&#8217;</p>
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		<title>By: Teinegurl</title>
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		<dc:creator>Teinegurl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Congrats Donna on your new  grand arrival!</description>
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		<title>By: El Nerdo</title>
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		<dc:creator>El Nerdo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>mmmmmm! gnarly head is awesome!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>mmmmmm! gnarly head is awesome!</p>
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		<title>By: El Nerdo</title>
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		<dc:creator>El Nerdo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah. The neighborhood just happens to be awesome.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah. The neighborhood just happens to be awesome.</p>
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		<title>By: OnABudget...Always</title>
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		<dc:creator>OnABudget...Always</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am lucky to live in Northern California, so I don&#039;t have to pay shipping, I just go and get it. My neighbor just finished his &quot;party bus&quot; -- a shorty school bus that he rents out. I am thinking next trip to Napa is in the shortbus. Party when red lights flash! Seriously, it says that on the back. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am lucky to live in Northern California, so I don&#8217;t have to pay shipping, I just go and get it. My neighbor just finished his &#8220;party bus&#8221; &#8212; a shorty school bus that he rents out. I am thinking next trip to Napa is in the shortbus. Party when red lights flash! Seriously, it says that on the back. <img src='http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: chacha1</title>
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		<dc:creator>chacha1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I get most of my wine under $10 a bottle at BevMo or World Market.

You can save money by learning what types of wines are similar.  For example, if you&#039;ve had a grenache (aka garnacha) that you really didn&#039;t enjoy, a little quick reading will tell you which wines are like it ... so you can avoid them.

DH and I make a point of shopping at wineries when we are on vacations.  This is usually expensive.  But for daily drinking, it&#039;s cheap bottles all the way.  

To my palate, there&#039;s very little difference between the $8.99 Gnarly Head and the $49.99 bottle.  There may, however, be a noticeable difference between the $24.99 cabernet sauvignon and the estate-only bottle at $134.  

There really is such a thing as a &quot;special occasion&quot; bottle, and to allow for those things, it&#039;s the cheapo daily drinkers chez nous.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I get most of my wine under $10 a bottle at BevMo or World Market.</p>
<p>You can save money by learning what types of wines are similar.  For example, if you&#8217;ve had a grenache (aka garnacha) that you really didn&#8217;t enjoy, a little quick reading will tell you which wines are like it &#8230; so you can avoid them.</p>
<p>DH and I make a point of shopping at wineries when we are on vacations.  This is usually expensive.  But for daily drinking, it&#8217;s cheap bottles all the way.  </p>
<p>To my palate, there&#8217;s very little difference between the $8.99 Gnarly Head and the $49.99 bottle.  There may, however, be a noticeable difference between the $24.99 cabernet sauvignon and the estate-only bottle at $134.  </p>
<p>There really is such a thing as a &#8220;special occasion&#8221; bottle, and to allow for those things, it&#8217;s the cheapo daily drinkers chez nous.</p>
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		<title>By: Donna Freedman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donna Freedman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why, thank you. Salud! [[clinks glasses with Samantha]]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why, thank you. Salud! [[clinks glasses with Samantha]]</p>
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		<title>By: Donna Freedman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donna Freedman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My sister was gifted a Groupon for a regional winery. She and her husband wound up paying $16 out of pocket (mostly shipping) for $75 worth of wine that turned out to be very good indeed. I believe they wound up with five bottles. 
Re regional wineries: About 30 years ago I did a short article for the Philadelphia Inquirer about a public tour and tasting of a tiny South Jersey winery. At one point visitors were invited to take off their shoes and stomp grapes.
I tried it myself -- and now I know why Lucy made those faces:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiCwDBJB5Y0</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My sister was gifted a Groupon for a regional winery. She and her husband wound up paying $16 out of pocket (mostly shipping) for $75 worth of wine that turned out to be very good indeed. I believe they wound up with five bottles.<br />
Re regional wineries: About 30 years ago I did a short article for the Philadelphia Inquirer about a public tour and tasting of a tiny South Jersey winery. At one point visitors were invited to take off their shoes and stomp grapes.<br />
I tried it myself &#8212; and now I know why Lucy made those faces:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiCwDBJB5Y0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiCwDBJB5Y0</a></p>
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		<title>By: Donna Freedman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donna Freedman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shipping deals vary from site to site, but some of them do make it cost-effective to buy online. (Otherwise, they&#039;d go out of business!)
Additionally, you could try to time your order for it to arrive on the weekend. If you have an understanding boss, you could have it delivered to you at work. At my former job, the FedEx and UPS trucks showed up all the time and the managers didn&#039;t care.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shipping deals vary from site to site, but some of them do make it cost-effective to buy online. (Otherwise, they&#8217;d go out of business!)<br />
Additionally, you could try to time your order for it to arrive on the weekend. If you have an understanding boss, you could have it delivered to you at work. At my former job, the FedEx and UPS trucks showed up all the time and the managers didn&#8217;t care.</p>
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		<title>By: Donna Freedman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donna Freedman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Which, as noted, is absolutely a fine idea. Although I don&#039;t drink, I enjoy picking out my own produce or meat for a meal. If I drank wine, I&#039;d enjoy browsing and deciding that, and learning more from the wineseller.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Which, as noted, is absolutely a fine idea. Although I don&#8217;t drink, I enjoy picking out my own produce or meat for a meal. If I drank wine, I&#8217;d enjoy browsing and deciding that, and learning more from the wineseller.</p>
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		<title>By: Donna Freedman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donna Freedman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Natalie MacLean told me that &quot;the sweet spot&quot; for her is the $10 to $20 range. These wines taste WAY better than you&#039;d think -- the idea that wine has to be expensive to be drinkable is no longer true, she says.
I&#039;ll just sip my Diet Coke and be the designated driver so&#039;s everyone else can polish off the bottle. Cheers!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Natalie MacLean told me that &#8220;the sweet spot&#8221; for her is the $10 to $20 range. These wines taste WAY better than you&#8217;d think &#8212; the idea that wine has to be expensive to be drinkable is no longer true, she says.<br />
I&#8217;ll just sip my Diet Coke and be the designated driver so&#8217;s everyone else can polish off the bottle. Cheers!</p>
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		<title>By: Donna Freedman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donna Freedman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Two-buck Chuck is now three-buck Chuck -- inflation, baby!
And as noted in the article, plenty of people are absolutely content with the wine they can get right in the neighborhood. (Or make in the bathtub.) Online purveyors just allow for a broader list of choices.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two-buck Chuck is now three-buck Chuck &#8212; inflation, baby!<br />
And as noted in the article, plenty of people are absolutely content with the wine they can get right in the neighborhood. (Or make in the bathtub.) Online purveyors just allow for a broader list of choices.</p>
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		<title>By: Donna Freedman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donna Freedman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re right: I should have mentioned that. My apologies -- and my sympathies to those of you who live in dry areas.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re right: I should have mentioned that. My apologies &#8212; and my sympathies to those of you who live in dry areas.</p>
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		<title>By: Reuth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Reuth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Part of the problem in Massachusetts is that if a winery (or wholesaler, etc.) sells you enough wine to put you over your annual limit, the penalty falls on the seller, not the buyer. Between that and the whole one-permit-per-truck thing, it&#039;s going to be a while before we see mail-order alcohol in MA, I think.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Part of the problem in Massachusetts is that if a winery (or wholesaler, etc.) sells you enough wine to put you over your annual limit, the penalty falls on the seller, not the buyer. Between that and the whole one-permit-per-truck thing, it&#8217;s going to be a while before we see mail-order alcohol in MA, I think.</p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I live in CT and have never had a problem getting wine delivered, regardless of the source. From what wineries or distributors have you had problems?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I live in CT and have never had a problem getting wine delivered, regardless of the source. From what wineries or distributors have you had problems?</p>
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		<title>By: Triple E</title>
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		<dc:creator>Triple E</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ugh. . . If only I didn&#039;t live in a state/county with weird booze laws.  Our TJ&#039;s doesn&#039;t sell beer/wine. :(

Then again, it&#039;s not like I don&#039;t have other options, and less stupid states are a short drive away.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ugh. . . If only I didn&#8217;t live in a state/county with weird booze laws.  Our TJ&#8217;s doesn&#8217;t sell beer/wine. <img src='http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Then again, it&#8217;s not like I don&#8217;t have other options, and less stupid states are a short drive away.</p>
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		<title>By: Samantha</title>
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		<dc:creator>Samantha</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love Donna&#039;s sense of humor.  I know I&#039;ll laugh at least twice when I see her name at the top of an article.  And it was very informative, of course, as usual.  We love wine, and this might just save us on hostess gifts!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love Donna&#8217;s sense of humor.  I know I&#8217;ll laugh at least twice when I see her name at the top of an article.  And it was very informative, of course, as usual.  We love wine, and this might just save us on hostess gifts!</p>
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