Green Chartreuse (1737-), Herb-Infused, French Liqueur Produced by Carthusian Monks - Grenoble, France

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750 ml bottle at Va ABC is $65. Does that make sense?

[The Hersch]

750 ml bottle at Va ABC is $65. Does that make sense?

The stuff is expensive wherever you go. The price at Calvert Woodley in DC is $55, but there's 10% sales tax on top of that. I don't know what tax you pay in ABC stores in Virginia. I remember back in the old, old days, the Va ABC didn't charge sales tax (since they had a built-in profit), but I know that has changed.

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Thanks!

[GinChevyChase]

Late to the party, but its 52.39 in MoCo.  For all the justifiable heat that the DLC takes for their wine selection being terrible, overpriced, stored improperly etc., they consistently have the best prices around on the hard stuff, and even better when they go on sale.  To use an example, right now Wild Turkey Rare Breed is on sale for $32.29 at the DLC (buy lots... it's good).  Also on sale at CW... for $41.99.   

[The Hersch]

Late to the party, but its 52.39 in MoCo.  For all the justifiable heat that the DLC takes for their wine selection being terrible, overpriced, stored improperly etc., they consistently have the best prices around on the hard stuff, and even better when they go on sale.  To use an example, right now Wild Turkey Rare Breed is on sale for $32.29 at the DLC (buy lots... it's good).  Also on sale at CW... for $41.99.   

If you change "consistently" to "sometimes" I'd say you're right.

[DonRocks]

"Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse" -- Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)

La Grande Chartreuse is the monastery of the Carthusian Monks - in a remote mountain forest outside of Grenoble, France. This is where they have been making Chartreuse since 1737, and it is (I believe) their sole source of income - undoubtedly considerable.

Laugh at the Carthusians and the Cistercians if you will, but at least they drink!

[The Hersch]

Interesting that the Grande Chartreuse was forcibly closed and the order expelled by the government of the Third Republic in 1901 (under a law that suppressed the pro-monarchy wealthy religious orders generally), and only re-established by the Vichy government in 1940. I had no idea until I followed your links, Don.

[DonRocks]

Interesting that the Grande Chartreuse was forcibly closed and the order expelled by the government of the Third Republic in 1901 (under a law that suppressed the pro-monarchy wealthy religious orders generally), and only re-established by the Vichy government in 1940. I had no idea until I followed your links, Don.

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