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Originally posted by Jcocktosten:
I stopped buying from a number of wineries when I did not like how they were doing their allocations.

personally,

i stopped buying when they stopped giving me allocations

Profit seems to be turning into a four letter word here in the states. [/QUOTE]

Can you imagine how much goodwill the current owners of SE have on the books? I'm sure the number is huge after the massive purchase price. I would bet that SE takes a loss for years regardless of their pricing. The real money to be made (if there is any) will come at the resale of the property.