On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 01:13:43AM -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: > On Thu, 26 May 2005 22:13:38 -0400, John Francis wrote: > > > In fact there are those who would extend that limit up > > to $200 or $300 per bottle. > > Personally, I'm a cheap sob ... I'm not MD 20/20 cheap, but I'm not far > off. :-)
One of the benefits of living in California is that I can be a (fairly) cheap sob and still drink decent wines. There's a lot of good stuff available at $7-$12 a bottle, and even for special occasions I rarely go above $20-$25. [My current bargain pick; Domaine Ste. Michelle - a true champagne in all but name - at $10/bottle. Brut or Dry.] I've never paid $200 for a bottle of wine (in fact I've only paid more than $50 on two occasions), but I've had the opportunity to drink several wines that retail for that and more. There's some first-rate stuff coming out of California; it's getting commonplace to hear of a Californian wine winning blind tasting competitions. (That's competitions run in France, by the French.)
