New Wine List Rolling out on the Golden

[c-boy]

 Due to years of drought and the fires in Nor Cal. wine prices have gone up drastically.  My preferred California region is Alexander Valley and Dry creek .  The average increase has been $12.50 case.

[memoak]

39 minutes ago, c-boy said:

 Due to years of drought and the fires in Nor Cal. wine prices have gone up drastically.  My preferred California region is Alexander Valley and Dry creek .  The average increase has been $12.50 case.

Yes and all the old vine Zin's that I love so much - the fire in Paradise has made the bay area covered in smoke.  I can barely see anything out of my window here at work

[xamsx]

Thank you all so much for the information in this thread. I spent some time comparing in-store (online) pricing and onboard pricing, and for some wines the upcharge was 3x store, and for others less than 10% (I actually found one wine that is less expensive on the ship than online 😮 )

I think Hubby and I will bring our one bottle each limit, and then I will check to see if our 10-day
cruise will offer a gold package.  Again, the information here was much appreciated! 

Edited November 17, 2018 by xamsx

[chamima]

Thank you all for the info.

I showed my husband the new wine list and, even though we have the premium package, we will be bringing some bottles from home.

[XBGuy]

1 hour ago, xamsx said:

Thank you all so much for the information in this thread. I spent some time comparing in-store (online) pricing and onboard pricing, and for some wines the upcharge was 3x store, and for others less than 10% (I actually found one wine that is less expensive on the ship than online 😮 )

I think Hubby and I will bring our one bottle each limit, and then I will check to see if our 10-day
cruise will offer a gold package.  Again, the information here was much appreciated! 

 

That is consistent with my findings.  There is a very stiff g-factor for the lower priced wines.  The Princess pricing on the higher end wines (Petrus notwithstanding) is very reasonable.

[xamsx]

42 minutes ago, XBGuy said:

 

That is consistent with my findings.  There is a very stiff g-factor for the lower priced wines.  The Princess pricing on the higher end wines (Petrus notwithstanding) is very reasonable.

Not even the higher end wines - there were a number of wines in the $75-$100 range that were not much more expensive on Princess than in the store. However, the under $50 wines? Those were definitely marked -up exponentially.

Now to try a few before we board to see what we might like. I am always willing to do cruise research. 

[Mayo21]

Can you tell me which BEERS are ON TAP on the Golden?