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| A Cheap Bottle Of Red Wine Is Just As Good As The More Expensive Plonk! |
| A cheap bottle of red for around ten to fifteen quid, (twenty to thirty dollars), is just as good as the more expensive plonk which I would class as CAT WEE, which you can purchase for around 600 quid, or twelve hundred dollars a bottle. |
 joe9  10 Aug 2008 22:46
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This is true. I cant actually drink the expensive stuff because its too strong. |
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Personally I'd rather have a bottle of The Lucky Country (£15) than anything else.
But I don't drink wine very often |
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Red is right on the night Joe9 and it doesn't have to be much more a tenner, you have to shop
around that is part of the enjoyment. Mind you I am partial to a bit o' Bubbly. |
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I'm a whisky drinker, but the argument is the same. I have drank a bottle that cost a tenner, and
don't get me wrong it burned all the way down, and drank a reasonable malt at twenty odd pounds, to
which there is a difference, a heat not a burn. Yet I have also drank blended malts that cost over
£200 pounds a bottle, and to be honest, couldn't figure out where the other £175 pounds came from.
A not cheap, but reasonable priced malt is just as good, and to my taste, often better than an
exclusive rareity for which you are paying for the craftsmanship behind the making of it, rather
than the taste and effect of the finished product. |
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Thanks Grenache your input into this debate was very much appreciated. Good luck on finding your
remaining twelve grapes for success! |
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joe9 10 Aug 2008 23:56
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Ahh, a fun topic for me (after all, I chose Grenache as my tag). Let me start by saying the most
expensive wine I've ever had was $70US so it's not like I can compare with $500 elite wines or Grand
Cru Bordeaux. BUT, despite that fact let me say I've been on a mission to try 100 different wine
grapes so I can fax in my membership to the Wine Century Club, and I'm now within about 12 grapes of
success. So yeah, I've had quite a lot of wines in the last couple of years. You should try to
find 100 different single varietal wines. The obscure grapes are hard to find once you pass about
50.
Anyway, there are indeed $10-$20 wines which compete with far more expensive wines. The Parker
point scale, which I don't always like but it is the most common standard, has given 92 through 97
scores to a mix of surprisingly cheap wines over the years. Also country of origin makes a big
difference in value for the money. Matua's Sauvignon Blanc (from New Zealand) which retails for
around $15 made a top 100 worldwide list last year and was really an amazing value. Some wines
three times that price aren't nearly as good.
This isn't to say more pricey wines aren't worth it. I'd say consider it diminishing returns,
because the qualities which elevate a $15 value to a $45 value can be subtle and you may think it's
a small sacrifice to make due with the less sharp $15 version.
A final thing I'll point out is in blind taste tests wines often come out with some cheaper version
surfacing near the top, but if you add the price tags it has been proven that people tend to believe
the pricier wines must taste better. Quite literally, it's sometimes just in your mind. |
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I'm not legal drinking age, but if they both taste the same, at least the more expensive stuff
boosts your social status. Not to mention that the good taste could all be in your head. |
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I'll tell you what it isn't: Napoleon Brandy.....;-) |
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Trying hard to look older; yet failing, "cheap wine" is under a tenner, by most definitions. |
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