Safeway is running their periodic 30% off sale, plus an additional 10% (net 37% discount) if you buy six bottles. The regular prices are somewhat inflated so it’s not a real fire sale, but pretty good. Anyone in Safeway-land pick up anything interesting?
I went in on the first day specifically to pick up some 2009 Jadot Chateau des Jacques Moulin a Vent, but someone beat me to it and picked them clean. The wine guy in the store said it would be back in stock today, so I went back and sure enough it was. He had even put aside a six-pack for me, despite not having my name. Nice.
This is really a classy wine for the price (I paid $20 early this year but this sale price is about $15).
They also have Ridge Geyserville for $25 - tempting.
Safeway in Fairfax, VA is doing 20% off on six-packs. Their suggested prices are outrageous to begin with. I found the “deals” after all discounts were still higher than wine-searcher.
I got some '08 Geyserville (I thought closer to $24), some '08 Gary Farrell RRV chardonnay (upper 20s) and some '07 Guigal Cotes du Rhone (about $11). Had some of the Ridge already - dark & voluptuously rustic.
And it brings educated guess down to 15 bucks.
I didn’t see much there that competes with Costco’s regular prices. But I didn’t think to look for gamay at my safeway to be honest.
I wa up in the bay area last week for the USC / CAL game and stopped into the Safeway in Danville by my buddy’s house and I was blown away by the selection there.
Their selection rivaled some decent wine shops in LA.
Too bad there wasn’t that sale last weekend. I would’ve liked to get a beter deal on the 2 Ghost Block Cabs I picked up.
There is a pretty decent selection of California wines at the Safeway near me. Picked up the '09 Educated Guess @ $13.50, '08 Ridge Geyserville @$25, and '08 Ridge Lytton @ $25.
I stopped by the Sonoma Safeway today and spotted the 2007 Mount Eden Saratoga Cuvee Chardonnay @ $16.06… Has anyone had this? Where in the richness-to-lean spectrum does this fall?
I stopped in yesterday for a look-see (Never shop at Safeway) and found it to be similar to the BevMo 1¢ sale where they inflate the price to make the discount less of an impact on their bottom line.
Example - 2009 Seghesio Sonoma Zinfandel - Retail $28.95? The 6 pack price was $19.50. The prices at the 6-pack rate were similar to every day pricing at Bottle Barn. And besides, Bottle Barn has far more wines I would consider buying than Safeway anyhow so my habits will not change.
…but you can fill out your 6-pack with $24 Ridge SVDs.
Our Safeway is a “Premium” store with a large temp controlled walk-in wine cellar, but there’s little there to get excited about. They have an '04 Beaucastel at $119 that seems like it’s been there (and probably will be there) forever. For a reference point, Guigal CdR finds its way up to $18 for this sale, so after 37% off it’s basically on par with K&L’s everyday price.
That said, the afore-mentioned Ridges are a steal, and that’s pretty much what we fill up on. They’ve also got some MacRostie Wildcat Mtn Syrah & Pinot that are pretty good, and in the Spring it can be a good event to stock up on Summer QPR whites.
