Comments on: A Post About Capsules Probably Shouldn’t Be This Long http://blog.snooth.com/2008/01/29/a-post-about-capsules-probably-shouldnt-be-this-long/ Find Better Wines Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:33:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: philip http://blog.snooth.com/2008/01/29/a-post-about-capsules-probably-shouldnt-be-this-long/#comment-4589 philip Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:07:29 +0000 http://blog.snooth.com/2008/01/29/a-post-about-capsules-probably-shouldnt-be-this-long/#comment-4589 If interesting, because when you look at it in isolation who wouldnt pay 5 cents extra for a decent capsule? Part of the issue is winemakers face these decisions all the way up and down the line. How deep a punt can they afford? How many colors for the front and back label? Any metallic fillagre? What about hand harvesting versus using a machine? Overall I think the best we can hope for is that their choices are in line with the quality of the wine. Expensive wine can afford decent packaging, but I'd be worried if my 2 buck chuck came with etched glass and raised lettering... If interesting, because when you look at it in isolation who wouldnt pay 5 cents extra for a decent capsule? Part of the issue is winemakers face these decisions all the way up and down the line. How deep a punt can they afford? How many colors for the front and back label? Any metallic fillagre? What about hand harvesting versus using a machine?

Overall I think the best we can hope for is that their choices are in line with the quality of the wine. Expensive wine can afford decent packaging, but I’d be worried if my 2 buck chuck came with etched glass and raised lettering…

]]> By: chris http://blog.snooth.com/2008/01/29/a-post-about-capsules-probably-shouldnt-be-this-long/#comment-4590 chris Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:50:16 +0000 http://blog.snooth.com/2008/01/29/a-post-about-capsules-probably-shouldnt-be-this-long/#comment-4590 Capsules should be elegant, but not necessarily easy to remove. Like unwrapping gifts, peeling off the tin brings some excitement to a fresh opening. Capsules should be elegant, but not necessarily easy to remove. Like unwrapping gifts, peeling off the tin brings some excitement to a fresh opening.

]]> By: Dan http://blog.snooth.com/2008/01/29/a-post-about-capsules-probably-shouldnt-be-this-long/#comment-4591 Dan Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:55:00 +0000 http://blog.snooth.com/2008/01/29/a-post-about-capsules-probably-shouldnt-be-this-long/#comment-4591 Perfect timing on the post. I am off to the Unified Grape Symposium in Sacramento tomorrow to meet some vendors and look for some new ones. We just got estimates for 2006 bottling happening later this Spring/Summer. And tin prices YOY have skyrocketed, coupled with the EURO exchange rate, I am looking at a 71% price increase on my capsules. Added to this a 15% increase for glass and not to mention the barrel prices we've seen shoot over tree-tops over the past couple of years due to currency exchange. (And this is the first year that we are actually seeing the suppliers themselves raise prices, first quotes came in at a 5% increase.) All in all, our wines are getting more and more expensive to make, but we are extremely content (and happy) to offer a quality product at a (fairly inexpensive) price (for Napa Valley standards). Not sure; however, with the price increases we are seeing this year that our owners will be willing to hold prices steady for the 2006 vintage. I'll keep you posted.... Perfect timing on the post. I am off to the Unified Grape Symposium in Sacramento tomorrow to meet some vendors and look for some new ones. We just got estimates for 2006 bottling happening later this Spring/Summer. And tin prices YOY have skyrocketed, coupled with the EURO exchange rate, I am looking at a 71% price increase on my capsules. Added to this a 15% increase for glass and not to mention the barrel prices we’ve seen shoot over tree-tops over the past couple of years due to currency exchange. (And this is the first year that we are actually seeing the suppliers themselves raise prices, first quotes came in at a 5% increase.) All in all, our wines are getting more and more expensive to make, but we are extremely content (and happy) to offer a quality product at a (fairly inexpensive) price (for Napa Valley standards). Not sure; however, with the price increases we are seeing this year that our owners will be willing to hold prices steady for the 2006 vintage. I’ll keep you posted….

]]> By: mark http://blog.snooth.com/2008/01/29/a-post-about-capsules-probably-shouldnt-be-this-long/#comment-4592 mark Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:13:50 +0000 http://blog.snooth.com/2008/01/29/a-post-about-capsules-probably-shouldnt-be-this-long/#comment-4592 I enjoy pulling the capsule off without a foil cutter. Of course, I try not to be barbaric in public. I'll have to do some field research to discover which types are easiest to remove in this fashion. I enjoy pulling the capsule off without a foil cutter. Of course, I try not to be barbaric in public.

I’ll have to do some field research to discover which types are easiest to remove in this fashion.

]]> By: Annie http://blog.snooth.com/2008/01/29/a-post-about-capsules-probably-shouldnt-be-this-long/#comment-4593 Annie Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:20:53 +0000 http://blog.snooth.com/2008/01/29/a-post-about-capsules-probably-shouldnt-be-this-long/#comment-4593 i always end up cutting myself on these things when i peel them off. i must be really uncoordinated. i always end up cutting myself on these things when i peel them off. i must be really uncoordinated.

]]> By: Alesha http://blog.snooth.com/2008/01/29/a-post-about-capsules-probably-shouldnt-be-this-long/#comment-4596 Alesha Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:03:16 +0000 http://blog.snooth.com/2008/01/29/a-post-about-capsules-probably-shouldnt-be-this-long/#comment-4596 I find it reassuring to scrap off the foil with my wine opener, but then again I am not a big fan of screw caps on wine bottles. I find it reassuring to scrap off the foil with my wine opener, but then again I am not a big fan of screw caps on wine bottles.

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