Costco Wine

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As others have stated, it all depends on which Costco you go to. In greater Phoenix, there are about 7. The Scottsdale store has the best selection, by a wide margin, and the prices, where they overlap, is within pennies from one store, to the other. Making comparisons with other retailers in PHX, Costco is a few $ (US) per bottle, and is seldom more, even when the same wine is on sale at another retailer. In PHX, each store has a wine-buyer, and the past sales justify the allocations. The store closer to me, probably has never had a clbuttified Bdx.

The Scottsdale store has about 4 aisles of "everyday" wine, and two gondolas of "better" wines, plus separate stocks of bubbley.

The biggest problem is that the stock turns over VERY quickly. A distributor (who doesn't sell to Costco) recently stated that the Scottsdale Costco is the largest seller of wine in the US. I find this a bit hard to believe, but will just have to take his word for it. I'd have given the nod to someone, like K&L, or one of many NYC, or Chicago shops. I do, however, see carts with 6-10 cases going out, all of the time.

Hunt