{"id":3243,"date":"2026-03-01T17:49:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=3243"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:35:39","slug":"to-buy-or-not-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=3243","title":{"rendered":"To Buy or Not to Buy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=3238\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3238\">elsewhere<\/a> in this issue, we often buy wine to take home when we go wine tasting.&nbsp; It seems like a simple proposition: We try it; we like it; we buy it.&nbsp; But in fact, there\u2019s more that goes into the decision.&nbsp; If you, like us, are looking to purchase some wine on your trips, here are a few things to consider.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3244\" srcset=\"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image.jpeg 671w, http:\/\/powertasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-300x161.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo courtesy of Highway 29 Creative.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Can you find it in wine shops near your home?<\/strong>&nbsp; There\u2019s no point in lugging bottles around on a vacation or paying to ship them if you can just walk around the corner and buy the same wines.&nbsp; It\u2019s more likely that lower-priced, mass-production wines will be available locally than top-end wines, even from the same producer.&nbsp; If you\u2019re not sure, look up the web site of your favorite store or call them.&nbsp; You can also use an application such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winesearcher.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.winesearcher.com\">winesearcher.com<\/a> to find out if that wine is sold near you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Are you a member of the winery\u2019s club?<\/strong>&nbsp; One of the advantages of joining a wine club is that you get free tastings at the winery.&nbsp; Since we know we\u2019ll enjoy the wines they serve (or we never would have joined in the first place) we generally take them up on the offer.&nbsp; But why buy wines that you know will be shipped to us a few months hence?&nbsp; That\u2019s particularly true of wines that are restricted for sale only to members.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Is the wine only available in the tasting room?<\/strong>\u00a0 We have found that some producers that sell their wines widely also give their winemakers the chance to make a low-production wine from the best grapes reserved each year for that purpose.\u00a0 The amount made is so low that they can\u2019t even send it to all their members and only make it available to visitors.\u00a0 So if you like it, you may want to take advantage of being there at the right time for a special deal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Do you enjoy the wine as it is?<\/strong>\u00a0 This seems like a silly question, but wine <a href=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=3238\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3238\">changes<\/a> over time.\u00a0 For example, we prefer to age fine wine from Bordeaux for at least eight years from the vintage.\u00a0 If we\u2019re tasting in that region, we know the wines offered to us will be young and nowhere near the peak quality that gives the label it\u2019s reputation.\u00a0 So we buy on the wines\u2019 <em>potential<\/em>.\u00a0 We use the <a href=\"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=884\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"884\"><em>clef<\/em> <em>du vin<\/em><\/a> to get an idea of what it\u2019s going to be.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Do you have the patience (and the place) to age your purchases?<\/strong>&nbsp; If not, hesitate to buy wines that demand time.&nbsp; You might forego Cabernet Sauvignons in favor of Zinfandels that are often at their best a few years from the time the grapes were picked.&nbsp; As a general rule, white wines need less cellaring than reds, so for example if you find a Chenin Blanc that really appeals to you, buy that instead the same winery\u2019s Syrah.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As mentioned elsewhere in this issue, we often buy wine to take home when we go wine tasting.&nbsp; It seems like a simple proposition: We try it; we like it; we buy it.&nbsp; But in fact, there\u2019s more that goes into the decision.&nbsp; If you, like us, are looking to purchase some wine on your &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=3243\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">To Buy or Not to Buy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3243"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3250,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3243\/revisions\/3250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}