Have you ever had really expensive Wine?

[Mj-drewfan32]

Looking at this restaurant I want to go to and some of the wine bottles go for 2000+ srs ( big baller central). I heard from friends that have had a lot of wine said expensive and cheaper wine is pretty much similar in taste srs and wine "connoisseurs" are trolling lol

Have you ever had a really expensive wine? was it worth it?

[soberchuck]

Wine.

[luckyboy23]

I hate wine.

Sometimes I have to drink it though.... Some taste like ass. Some taste good with a nasty aftertaste, and some are just plain ol good.

Yes, I've noticed cheap chit wine tends to be more groce.

[PermaNoob]

Most expensive wine I've had was Chateau Ferrande, Graves. It was like 25$ for a 700ml bottle and it tastes great. Would drink daily.
I think the really expensive **** is a scam as all overly expensive drinks. You're paying for the swag.

[Bigbuster1]

I have good taste, but never really much into wine specifically.

I’ve had expensive bottles (I think $700-$800 in the restaurant) but never in the thousands. The expensive bottles all tasted objectively better than normal priced bottles (less than $100)

I had a French friend that would get actual French wine sent by his parents to the states, and those were the best wines I ever had. He said the French dont export their good wines, and you can pick up really good wine for 30 euro a bottle. Better than anything in America.

Probably an exaggerated claim, but his wine did taste better

[mesobuild]

I've tried well-curated wine from the most tasteful places I ever lived. They taste so much better than anything else, even 'nice' ones, I've tried elsewhere.

style >>>> price

[CougarP01]

Yes. I pretty much spent 8 years working at super high end and michelin starred restaurants. I remember someone ordered and let me try a few oz of Chateau Mouton Rothschild(First Growth Bordeaux...best of the best...went $2500 where I worked), and I've had tons of high end Napa Cabs, Italian Super Tuscans, Bordeaux, Burgandy, Chateauneuf du Papes, all the Champagnes, etc that range from $300-$1000+ at most restaurants.

I mean it when i say this: No. Sure, its a better tasting wine, but is it hundreds better? Absolutely not. I wouldnt even say its $100 better. Its wine. Its gone in one 2 hour dinner. Its like shaving 6 oz of truffles on a steak just to triple its price.

I love wine, but there is too much value to be had where you can get more exotic wines that are well made for $100-200 at restaurants and $30-$50 at a Total Wine or something.

[doza808]

Tried it during a fam reunion in Vegas. Have a couple of cousins who roll in cash because they own multiple businesses.

They bought a bottle worth $2K and had a glass. Don't remember the name.

Could not tell a difference. Maybe cuz poverty taste buds?

idk lol

[GooBaaa]

Walmart sells the best wine

[DKM89]

read somewhere awhile back something about professional wine tasters couldn't really differentiate with any accuracy wines priced at $20 vs $100+.

[nothingshocking]

When I worked in M&A we had company dinners with expensive wine and food. Lawyers with expense accounts looking to impress their clients (us the business team from a fortune 100 company).

I honestly believe spending that type of money on a meal or a bottle of wine is something that only people who are overcompensating for something are interested in throwing their money away on.

I know plenty of people worth 7 digits who love to show off their money at fancy restaurants, and I know people who are worth 8 digits who go to Wildfire instead.

[CougarP01]

read somewhere awhile back something about professional wine tasters couldn't really differentiate with any accuracy wines priced at $20 vs $100+.

Master Sommeliers can blind wines and get the grape, region, vintage(near it anyway) and describe its characteristics at roughly a 75%+ rate.

Because of that, there are periods of time where they don't get it right, and if they put up a good value cheap wine vs a chit tier expensive wine, its definitely possible for that to happen on a regular basis.

[LigMuhDik]

I’ve had expensive wines and expensive aged wines. Imo there is not enough of a huge difference to justify the extra money, u could have a $30 bottle that tastes great and a $100 bottle aged for many years that tastes great+1. Other times expensive wine is meh. The taste ROI after $20 declines rapidly

[dbs25]

Nothing extravagant, but some ~$500 bottles at company outings. I was and probably still am way too poverty to even distinguish them from the $50 bottle at Binny's.

Much rather drink whisky before any fancy wine.

[litljay]

Don't go by the price of wine at a restaurant. They are typically marked up 3-4x over what you can find in a store.

There are good wines in all price ranges just like there are bad. There are fewer bad though the more expensive you go.

[Km2019]

Lol one time my younger cousin won some hockey tournament and at the after party or whatever him and his coaches called me over and poured me a glass of this $2000 a bottle champagne, don't remember which one it was. I was licked already, and I chugged the glass down in one shot and walked away, felt like such an ass after lol. So yeah I have lol, don't know what it tastes like tho.

[SuperHercules]

The best wines I've had have been mid range


I have had a mixed experience with expensive wine. I've only had a few bottles. One was corked so it was completely ruined. The others ranged from good to excellent

[MadNinjaSkills]

I’ve had one $60 bottle of red wine. My parents purchased it after sampling it at the winery it came from. It was amazing, and I’m not even a fan of red wine. But that, was a good wine.
Personally tho, I’d never buy expensive wine at a restaurant. It’s all mark up. You’re better off purchasing directly from some place else.

[MattyMiscer]

Honestly if you just stick with a $12 bottle of Yellow Tail you're good to go and not really missing out on much.

[Brosnbroccoli]

Don't go by the price of wine at a restaurant. They are typically marked up 3-4x over what you can find in a store.

There are good wines in all price ranges just like there are bad. There are fewer bad though the more expensive you go.

This.
A $2k wine at a restaurant is not really a $2k wine.

Just how a shot of pappy is like $100+ lmao.

Regarding wine and value/quality more generally I’m not an expert but many of the people I know who are into wine, say that quality wise it starts to get very blurry around the $100 mark and up. I don’t believe many of them have had many $1000+ bottles though, so who can really say.

[Zackad]

I've had wines ranging from $8 to multiple thousands per bottle.

IMO, unless you are really a wine aficionado, or a super taster, there isn't much difference between once you start spending more than like $50/bottle. The really expensive ones might be a little less bitter, but ultimately unless you just really wanna splurge/flex, or you're trying to impress someone, or a specific vintage/winery/bottle means something to you, there's no need to spend more than $50 on a bottle at the store.

[ErnieMccracken]

I've dipped into a few $800-$1000 bottles of wine just because I was partying will misc level MONEYMOGGERS. And that's how I knew it wasn't for me.

Mostly they tasted more bitter. I guess they were good, but I would rather MOGG in other ways.

[JoeDelts]

No Romanee-Conti no care.






Not srs

[lsiberian]

Nope, but you normally have to level up to appreciate fine liquors and wines. It's not something you can grasp if you've only had cheaper stuff.

[Bigdumogre]

My wife’s rich uncle popped a bottle of 40 year old wine that cost him $2000at a special occasion. I’m a wine drinker and thought it was just meh at best. It was super dry and I was not really a fan. My daily wine I drink is $22 a bottle from a local winery and I like it better than anything else I ever had.

[calumscotland]

most ive spent is 50 euro in italy would be more exspensive else where i think there certain price u go over and it aint worth it anymore your just dumb if you pay 2gs for a bottle

[ChrisLS8]

Have plenty of 80-120 dollar bottles from various CA wineries. I spend more on hard liquor bottles. I have a 700 dollar bottle of Scotch from Orphan Barrel, plenty of 200 ish dollar bottles of Extra Anejo, bourbon etc.

My favorite wines/champagnes are between 20-40 dollars

[saltypits]

The law of diminishing returns.

[MuscleXtreme]

I have good taste, but never really much into wine specifically.

I’ve had expensive bottles (I think $700-$800 in the restaurant) but never in the thousands. The expensive bottles all tasted objectively better than normal priced bottles (less than $100)

I had a French friend that would get actual French wine sent by his parents to the states, and those were the best wines I ever had. He said the French dont export their good wines, and you can pick up really good wine for 30 euro a bottle. Better than anything in America.

Probably an exaggerated claim, but his wine did taste better

French vines are from American vines. French vineyards got blight, and the American vines were resistant. The French vineyards got wiped out and had to be replaced with American vines.

[saltypits]

French vines are from American vines. French vineyards got blight, and the American vines were resistant. The French vineyards got wiped out and had to be replaced with American vines.

Yeah but TERROIR!