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ssking: Yes, I have had port that I knew was expensive, at a company dinner, I did not buy... but I could seriously start liking port! There is a wine shop near me that has it and I priced what they had, too expensive for me at this point.
I think the most expensive bottle i've purchased has been around $75 and it was good ... i'm not sure if it was marginally better than the lower cost ($12-$25) that I typically spend to where it would be worth the upcharge - the increase in taste doesn't keep up with the increase in cost
I have had some expensive bottles during reserve tastings .... some of them were flat out amazing - many were in the $150-$300 range for a full bottle from the winery ...... again, while I really enjoyed them I don't think I could justify the upcharge ..... I'll wander into a lot of tastings at wine stores, etc and while many don't hold up to something I would want to purchase and many are simply "OK" every now and then I'll stumble on something that tastes great or i'll pick up a bottle on a whim and be blown away
I can't remember the label, but I had a general flavor profile I was looking for a couple weeks ago - found something that was reasonably priced ($14 on special from $20) and it was perfect ..... my wife and I made short work of it, in fact it was probably too good in that we emptied the bottle before we finished our card game ..... I'd rather have that bottle even at $20 for that night and that circumstance than some of the $200 bottles I've tasted
I've had some periods in my life where I was spending $200-300 a night on wine (a couple bottles), and the only time it gave me pause was when it was at a restaurant and I was overpaying.
It's always worth it! It's my favorite thing in the world. But I'm not a thousand-dollar-bottle guy, don't think I could deal with that.
I think I paid maybe $100 for a good Barolo on occasion. Gave them to my Dad and he was happy to stick them in the cellar for a rainy day. So yeah, I guess it was worth it.
I also paid like $90 in a restaurant for a mediocre Bordeaux. It was not worth it, and since then I mostly drink inexpensive wines at bars and restaurants. My internal dialogue is always something like this:
"$150 for a bottle of Amarone. Hmm, it would go really nice with my meal."
"Yeah, but I'll probably only get one glass, two at most. I can buy 4 BOTTLES of Amarone to drink at my house for $150."
I think it was about $36 at Crabby's a few years ago and No, it wasn't. We usually do not buy wine that is more than about $12 a bottle, more like under $10 most of the time and we rarely buy a bottle in a restaurant over $20.00.
We do love our wine, but certainly are not wine snobs, of course we can tell the difference between crappy Carlo Rossi or Peter Villa but as far as $10.00 bottles or $40.00, nope!!!!
I wish I could come across a wine that really has a good taste. It never tastes as bad as vinegar, but, it's not far off. A fruity rum drink goes down so smoothly.
Actually it was given to me as a gift,myself I would not buy that expensive.It was a ,,Hofgut Falkenstein Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Spätlese'' from Mosel, Germany ($17 worth the price ) I remember it citrusy tasting and an alcohol content of 10.5% . The sweet wine looked pale lemon in color, tasted after lemon, grapefruit and a touch peachy. As a gift anytime again
I wish I could come across a wine that really has a good taste. It never tastes as bad as vinegar, but, it's not far off. A fruity rum drink goes down so smoothly.
Ack, I can't stand the taste of rum. I'll stick with red wine!
Being a cheapskate ... um, excuse me ... a thrifty person ... I rarely sample wines that are over $25 a bottle When I first got out of college I was roommates with a guy my own age that was beginning a brilliant career as a chef. He was a recent graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and despite his relative youth quite the wine connoisseur and expert. I asked him if Dom Perignon Champagne was all that it was cracked up to be, and his reply was that while it was nice, his favorite champagne was Veuve Clicquot "La Grande Dame." Once some friends and I went to this guy's restaurant (he was actually just the sous chef) and I ordered a bottle of it ($150!!!) ... but I know it was really special ... dry, toasty, very slightly tart like a green apple but mellow like fresh baked bread. I had money back in those days, so I thought it was worth it.
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