this really is not a personal attack, but using the words rip off are(is?) very bad form. i would suggest growing up and finding more descriptive terms.

now, the prices of the 09 are really absurdly high, since this is the 3rd vintage of the century, and we're only 10 years into it.

i hold a reasonable number of '90's, which was one of the prior vintages of the century. i would be glad to sell them for '09 prices.

i do also remember when california cabs jumped to $50, and then to $100 a bottle. all were outraged, and screamed at the terrible "rip-off". i talked to a guy named Fisher, who made a wine named fisher. he said, "i grow fisher, i make fisher, i sell fisher for what i deem a fair price($40-45 a bottle). then i see that all that i sold appears at auction for $150 a bottle. why should the maker not benefit from the fair price of the wine"