In the UK, consumers who want something a bit better than reserve go for an LBV, so I suspect this would be a difficult sell here.
Moreover, the $40 price tag (allowing for the transatlantic uplift) puts this on the same bench as Crusted - a style that has never kicked off, Stateside..
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uncle tom
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I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly - W.S. Churchill
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Why do you think Crusted has never kicked off in the US ? Your American cousins like to drink their VP young, so one might think that they would like Crusted too.uncle tom wrote: Crusted - a style that has never kicked off, Stateside..
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I would also have liked a driven cork.DRT wrote:+1LGTrotter wrote:I wish they had gone for driven corks. Despite the endorsement of trusted advisors on this forum for T stoppers I think it seems a bit tacky on a bottle that otherwise has gravitas.
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Andy Velebil
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And so too does our friends on that side of the pond.AW77 wrote:Why do you think Crusted has never kicked off in the US ? Your American cousins like to drink their VP young, so one might think that they would like Crusted too.uncle tom wrote: Crusted - a style that has never kicked off, Stateside..
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