What's the most you've ever spent on a

[Kirstie]

Greedo and User482 you are a right pair of classy birds...

My dad used to be a wine importer and I was the world's youngest wine expert. Aged 4 I could name all the growing regions, grapes and bottle shapes from Germany and France. I was allowed to drink watered down red wine with my dinner from about the same age. Because of being a wino from the tender age of 4 I have now forgotten all the fine details I so readily absorbed...

 

[Flyingfox]

£100

I have a couple of very fine clarets and a vintage champagne at home that are being kept for future wedding anniversaries. The trick is to make sure I don't open them in the next ten years.

I hope they are kept at a constant cool enviroment all year round. I was keeping some expensive Australian wines for a 'special' occasion, and when they were opened they were 'corked' due to not being kept very well. I now don't wait for a special occasion as any day can be special when you open a good wine

 

[Noodley]

Probably Sassicaia 1999 and Tignello 1997 and 1998 have been my most expensive purchases.

 

[simoncc]

£25 a few years ago. As someone with no knowledge of wine at all, I was just interested to find out if more expensive wines taste better than cheaper ones. They do. I decided that the best price to pay is about £15 per bottle, which is affordable to me as I only buy about one bottle per month.

 

[palinurus]

Probably about £6.

 

[just jim]

12 pounds. A mistake, but too proud to take it back.

No real breeding, but presumptuous.

The wine was O.K too.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Spent £15 on two bottles of Wolf Blass, one Yellow label the other Black Label. The Black was like nectar, tasted so fine, but haven't been able to find a bottle of it since.

 

[TVC]

About £85 for the bottle of champers we had with our wedding breakfast. - Did I mention I got married in Fiji?

<DUCKS>

Normally though I don't go above a ten quid

 

[User482]

I hope they are kept at a constant cool enviroment all year round. I was keeping some expensive Australian wines for a 'special' occasion, and when they were opened they were 'corked' due to not being kept very well. I now don't wait for a special occasion as any day can be special when you open a good wine

Corked wine is where the wine reacts with an unwanted chemical in the cork, and then goes bad as a result.

But as a general point for long-term storage you are quite right - fine wine needs to be kept out of sunlight at an even temperature.

The best ones are being transferred to my parents' cellar, just as soon as I sort out an electrified fence to keep my dad away from them!

 

[barq]

I'd guess about £30 for me. Sadly I can't remember what it was, but unusually for me it was white rather than red.

Same topic, but a different question... at what price point is wine best value? Or to put it another way, how cheap do you think you can go before it really shows?

 

[colly]

I think it was about £5.00...................only because the usual £3.59 plonk was out of stock.

Having said that I was 'treated' to an expensive, £60, bottle for a present and although it was very nice, it was not as nice as my usual cheapo stuff.
Have sampled expensive wines that others have bought and am underwhelmed.

Having no education in the fineries of wineries and their produce I just drink what I like, and I like cheap wine. red.

 

[peanut]

5 quid

 

[User482]

Greedo and User482 you are a right pair of classy birds...

My dad used to be a wine importer and I was the world's youngest wine expert. Aged 4 I could name all the growing regions, grapes and bottle shapes from Germany and France. I was allowed to drink watered down red wine with my dinner from about the same age. Because of being a wino from the tender age of 4 I have now forgotten all the fine details I so readily absorbed...

That's outstanding.

I empathise - I can't remember whether I was taught to make the tea or open the wine first! Either way, it was certainly at a very tender age.

 

[User482]

I'd guess about £30 for me. Sadly I can't remember what it was, but unusually for me it was white rather than red.

Same topic, but a different question... at what price point is wine best value? Or to put it another way, how cheap do you think you can go before it really shows?

Although I've been banging on about £100 wine, I think that about £7 is the best value mark. Below that, the VAT, duty, bottling & transport are a very high proportion of the price.

 

[Night Train]

You mean there is wine that costs more then £3.99?