White House admits it served $499 per bottle wine to the world's economic leaders Friday night

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/1287281,CST-NWS-sneed19.article

Gulp!

Cash crunch II: The White House verified a news report that wine selling for $499 a bottle was served to the world's economic leaders Friday night. But they noted the White House got it at a wholesale price.

[Donnachaidh]

1. Nero fiddled while Rome burned. n/t

[Cleita]

2. What a waste when two buck chuck is just as good.

You'd think a bunch of Repubs as dishonest as these ones would have put expensive labels on two buck chuck instead. btw What was the wholesale price, $498 a bottle?

[Arugula Latte]

21. Hey, some of us have to pay for "three buck Chuck."

For some reason, it costs a wee bit more here in Or-y-gone.

You goldurn eelitist! ;)

on edit: BTW, as I type this, I am sipping on a glass of fine Crane Lake Chardonnay --> cost me maybe $3.50. What a splurge! :rofl:

[Cleita]

25. Well, I live in poor man's wine country on the Central Coast of California

and there are so many fine wines that are so cheap. (Rich man's wine country is Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino up north.)
Also, my family gets complimentary cases of wine from friends who own a winery. In my life time I have experienced many fine imported wines and IMHO what we produce here domestically is every bit as good.

[kansasblue]

39. I had an excellent two buck chuck (Charles Shaw) Merlot in San Francisco.

[petronius]

22. How do you know they didn't? $499 was on the expense report,

it may not have been on the table...

[Cleita]

26. It seems suspicious to me because I was always under the impression that

wines that expensive are sold at auction. There is no wholesale.

[sunnystarr]

33. Wholesale government price would be at least double the retail

if we base it on previous pricing of wine to nuts and bolts and hammers etc. Well ... actually... we usually pay much more than doubling retail ...

[Mike Daniels]

31. Please, My wife and I don't drink many wines over $13 (sale price) & 2 buck chuck doesn't compare

I had a friend swear by the stuff to where we bought a couple bottles one time. Yeah, it's drinkable but it tastes like what one would expect $2 wine to taste like . When you can get a good Beaujolais for $9 why drink swill?

[Cleita]

34. Two buck chuck can vary.

You have to get the right batch. The best is excellent, but like I said it's a crap shoot to get the right batch.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

3. I'm not surprised those people aren't real like real Americans.

[Zorra]

4. That's OUR money that paid for that wine. 1 bottle's worth might have

saved a few layed off workers from getting their electricity shut off.

[City Lights]

5. How many bottles did Junior chug? nt

[WhiteTara]

18. I saw him with glass in hand

it had just been filled generously, but he didn't take a drink while the camera was on him. He is such a pig.

edited to add...I wonder if it was from California?

[DemoTex]

30. Reminds me of a Rolling Stones song ..

I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she was gonna meet her connection
At her feet was a footloose man
You cant always get what you want
You cant always get what you want
You cant always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you might find
You get what you need

BTW: Here is the math on a wasted "pour" for GWB. Assume a standard 5-oz pour and 24 oz bottle, that photo pour was worth about $100 at $499/bottle.

I use a small funnel to get the dregs on my last glass of cheap Shiraz back in the bottle for tomorrow night .. or tomorrow breakfast, if the news is worse than usual.

[Starry Messenger]

6. Well his administration believes that the Rapture is coming any minute.

Guess they figure they might as well use up the good stuff. Assholes.

[Renew Deal]

7. I would sort of expect that.

It's not a surprise.

[Alexander]

8. Reminds me of the 10-course meal at the G8 summit on world hunger.

Let them eat cake, indeed.

[Botany]

9. Blue Moon Riesling $10.00 / bottle

$12 to $14.00/bottle

[AlCzervik]

11. i love Riesling, especially on the sweet side, Mirassou is delightful and about $9.

[trof]

10. Sweet JESUS! That's MY money!

bastards!
:grr:

[123infinity]

12. Well lthank god they didn't serve any of that expensive Five Hundred Dollar stuff.

....

[sweettater]

13. Thanks

that got a chuckle out of me. :hug:

[NNN0LHI]

14. I always dreamed of hitting it big someday and getting a $100.00 bottle of Dom Perignon

Never got a whiff of it.

Don

[Tesha]

19. We're more of a Dom Deluise household. ;-) (NT)

[WI_DEM]

15. they should go back to the "Lemonade Lucy" days and serve water at state dinners.

[onethatcares]

16. I thought they got a better than

$500.00 a bottle price. No wonder we're in a world of hurt. these dumb mofos think a dollar off five hundred is a deal. Somebody, please tell me it ain't so.

Remember how it came out???? "The Whitehouse did not pay retail for that wine". :banghead: :banghead: WTF, did they buy it from Haliburton?

[tanyev]

17. Holy crap! You could buy a lot of boxes of wine for $499.

[Cleita]

35. I think that's what they let *W drink when he's in the White House all alone.

He doesn't know the difference after a few scotches. It's probably why he looks so hung over all the time. Cheap wine will do that to you.

[sarcasmo]

20. Have Politician's ever cared about the common person?

[w4rma]

29. Yes. Many. But, not many Republican politicians. (nt)

[ColbertWatcher]

23. Come January 20, 2009 people will be forgetting all about these things.

We need this kind of information out in the open now!

Thank you for posting.

[Romulox]

24. That's it. No Big 3 bailout. nt

[Divine Discontent]

27. K&R this up folks - their sick "living in a different world" lifestyle choice must be seen!

Many different Yes We Did items in the Obama/Biden section www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

[Liberal In Texas]

28. And they call us ELITISTS.

I wonder how many cases of that they served.

[Canuckistanian]

32. $499? I draw the line at $500

Hey, if you can't get sloshed in style for under $500, you have no business calling yourself a frugal businessman.

[Pisces]

36. So what, these are world leaders. I would love to drink that wine.

[soothsayer]

40. you and me both!

[Celebration]

37. No Trader Joe's in DC? n/t

[soothsayer]

41. We have them in nearby VA. Two buck chuck (good for sangria) is at least $5 or more

[JBoy]

38. American kids will enjoy tales of this wonderful wine as they pay off the debt 40 yrs from now.