Classifieds removed from Winesearcher

[Karl_K]

Starting on Dec 1 winesearcher removed their classifieds listings.

I never did order from a classified but I liked have them on there - seems like the options for private treaty trading of wine is dwindling. The more sources I know where I can possibly find wine, the better I like it.

Europe has a new auction site catawiki.com which does a robust wine and spirits trade - why can’t we have one here? Kind of a rhetorical question.

[Lee_Short]

@Karl K

Europe has a new auction site catawiki.com which does a robust wine and spirits trade - why can’t we have one here? Kind of a rhetorical question.

Because using the site would be illegal in 47 states, last I checked. Though California has enough market share to deserve one of its own, I guess.

[Karl_K]

@Lee Short

@Karl K

Europe has a new auction site catawiki.com which does a robust wine and spirits trade - why can’t we have one here? Kind of a rhetorical question.

Because using the site would be illegal in 47 states, last I checked. Though California has enough market share to deserve one of its own, I guess.

Yeah I know it’s illegal, which is why we don’t have it, my question was more: why is it illegal?

[Markus_S]

@Karl K

Europe has a new auction site catawiki.com which does a robust wine and spirits trade - why can’t we have one here? Kind of a rhetorical question.

Because this is America and we don’t believe in free enterprise!

[Drew_Goin]

I personally like the WineSearcher site’s features.

The ability to search for Ardeche reds, Chilean Syrah wines, all the comercially available products from a particular winery, along with various critics’ opinions on certain wines, has made me a happy shopper/browser.