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5 euros is $5.50. That's mid-range where you are? What does cheap wine cost? Or are these tiny little bottles? The very cheapest bottle of wine, I'm familiar with, is around $3 and it's not very good.
I spent a couple of hundred bucks on a very good Burgundy to go with a most excellent Chateaubriand, but that was a rare treat. The most on a per ounce basis would be about $175 on a 12oz bottle of a German Riesling ice wine...it was very, very good.
5 euros is $5.50. That's mid-range where you are? What does cheap wine cost? Or are these tiny little bottles? The very cheapest bottle of wine, I'm familiar with, is around $3 and it's not very good.
I live in Germany. Most wines are sold in 0.75 liter bottles. That's the most common size. Some wines are sold in 1 liter bottles. The prices for German wines starts at €1.49 (0.75 liter bottles). And it's already a "quality wine" (from a special wine growing region). Macedonian wines starts at €1.59 (1 liter bottles). French or Italian wines cost at least €1.99. Wine from Australia, California or South Africa starts at €2.49, €2.79 or €2.99.
Most wines in Germany cost less than €2.99 per 0.75 liter bottle. The average price per liter was €2.84 in 2013. That was already a strong increase compared to the previous years. A result that consumers tend to buy more upscale wines. Most wines are sold at discount stores like Aldi or Lidl.
I'm really not a wine expert, but those cheap wines get quite often really good test results.
Alcoholic beverages are relatively cheap in Germany. The prices already contains 19% VAT. But there are some special taxes for beer, sparkling wine and spirits. Especially the "Sektsteuer" (sparkling wine tax). This tax was introduced 1902 to finance the buildup of the Imperial German Navy. The ships are already sunk to the sea bottom but we still pay this absurd tax. The prices for sparkling wines starts at €2.79 per 0.75 liter bottle. The price contains €1.02 "Sektsteuer" and €0.45 VAT. Without these taxes a bottle sparkling wine could cost just €1.32.
I guess other countries have probably a special tax on wines. Identical wines at Aldi or Lidl in the UK cost often more than double what they cost in Germany.
I am guessing the most is about $15 for a .75 liter bottle. I have purchased many bottles for less that have been marked down from maybe $20, but I really can not see there is all that much difference between a $15 bottle and say, a $10 one. To me it is more about what kind I like than the brand or price. We are big Malbec drinkers, and love Bordeaux but it can be really up there.
I just bought a $70 bottle, but it's a gift for a friend's 60th birthday and it's an aged cabernet sauvignon that's ready for drinking now (as opposed to a decade from now).
Just for my own drinking, I'll spend around $15, sometimes up to $20 if it's a wine I know something about or I'm looking for a particular pairing.
Lol, I guess that's so cheap for a man if a woman like me would afford something more than that, 'winks'
I think a $36 French wine that is not even any good..
Dun remember the wine much but we can't finish the bottle no matter how much we tried to stomach it.
It got a high 91 points rating.
We now love cheap white wines ard $10.
But have no problems dropping $500ish for good bottles of whiskeys.
It's called 3 buck chuck - We have Aldi stores here in the Midwest and I LOVE the Cabernet Sauvigion
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but we still pay this absurd tax. The prices for sparkling wines starts at €2.79 per 0.75 liter bottle. The price contains €1.02 "Sektsteuer" and €0.45 VAT. Without these taxes a bottle sparkling wine could cost just €1.32.
