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36 WINES&VINES December 2016 THE BEST OF 2O16 FLASH Wines Vines Analytics regularly cap- tures the wine offers by flash resellers, which are websites that offer wines at discounted prices for a limited amount of time. The data team monitors 17 websites and records every offer for domestic wines. This past year was the first in which the total of offers in most months did not increase over the previous year. (See story on page 16.) While the number of offers is down, the websites still made 6,396 offers in the past 12 months through October. The following are some of the "best" insights into the flash market. Site with the Most Offers INVINO Invino continues to offer the most wines of all flash websites and does so by a wide margin. In the past 12 months the site made 1,477 offers for domestic wines, accounting for 22% of all offers. Last Call Wines had the second-highest total at 1,028. Invino's large number of offers is the result of special sales events that can push its monthly offer total to nearly three times its average. In December 2015 the site made 294 offers followed by just 40 offers in January. Best Day for Flash Offers SEPT. 4 Some of the leading websites typically hold special sales events on days close to major holidays. Invino held such an event over the Labor Day week- end, which helped push the total number of offers by all websites to 173 on Sept. 4, making it the single day with the most offers in the past year. BEST FLASH DEALS Flash Reseller Wine Brand Region Varietal/ Wine Type Vintage Retail Price Per 750ml Flash Price Discount Winery Size (Cases) Wine Advocate Intl. Wine Cellar Wine Spectator Wine Enthusiast Last Call Wines Opus One Napa Valley Red blend 2012 $350.00 $235.00 33% 25,000 94 93 Wines Til Sold Out Joseph Phelps Vineyards Napa Valley Red blend 2012 $240.00 $189.09 21% 81,000 98 93 95 Last Call Wines Ad Vivum Yountville Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 $200.00 $104.99 48% 500 94 90 Lot18 Caymus Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 $180.00 $145.00 19% 120,000 95 94 WTSO Beringer Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 $165.00 $109.99 33% 7,000,000 96 93 Scores