03
Jul
2007
Posted by: Tyler Colman (a.k.a. Dr. Vino)
“We have a captive audience as most cruises last at least 11 days,” said Toni Neumeister, vice president of food and beverage at Crystal Cruise Lines in a recent issue of Wine Business Monthly. Mmm, captive audience. Monopoly provider. And a new policy not allowing any alcoholic beverages on board. If you’re thinking what I’m thinking, then your cruise will have a poor selection of wines with high prices.But the WBM story then proceeds to say that wine on cruise ships has a gentler markup than restaurants with 1.5x cost instead of two or three times. So which is it? Share your experiences in the latest poll!
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July 3rd, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Let me go ask my parents…
July 8th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Have cruised on Crystal a number of times – excellent wine list and very reasonable prices for the wines provided. Knowledgeable wine stewards with a great variety. New Zealand sauvignon blanc to California zins, a mix of old and new worlds with prices for the 20′s into the 500′s.
Crystal and Carnival are worlds apart – Carnival sells bargain cruises and makes it up on the add-ons, Crystal has the high initial tariff but is very reasonable from then on.
July 15th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
HAL used to have wine promotions onboard with some good, unexpected finds. The HAL wine stewards are generally pleased as punch to find someone who genuinely knows and appreciates wine, so they’re happy to talk about their stock. But HAL has been downscaled somewhat since Carnival started making it like their other lines.