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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy
I love reading about these boutique wines and just local wines from my region. However, after 30 years making my living buying and selling wines, I realize that I never made enough money to afford the overpriced examples I was selling "and tasting". I trust that very few of you can taste test a $65.00 boutique wine against an $8.00 wine, similar varietal, from your local wine store and tell which is the best. After 30 years of daily tasting, I have a hard time telling which is "best". However, I have the greatest respect for the new vintners who are marketing their wares. I will support the new vineyard that is breaking ground less than a mile from my home, as well as others who are almost as close.
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There are definitely some very nice $10 bottles of wine out there. I will say this though, I've never had a $10 bottle of Pinot Noir that was very good, I tend to like my Pinot's on the heavier side though. In my experience. And, I am not an expert on wine by a long shot. But, a bottle of wine in the $20-40 range can be every bit as good as a $100 plus bottle. And, you canb usually find these on sale for a lot less than that... The reason the $100 plus bottle exists, is usually because not much of it was ever made. Most expensive bottle of wine I've ever had, as a $550 bottle of Bryant Vineyards 2014 Battina proprietary red.... It was very good, but in all honesty it was not any more enjoyable than some bottles I've had in the sub $50 range. But, I wasn't footing the bill for that one, we were on our way to MT for a Muley hunt, and one of the guys going is a wine collector, so he brought that and paid a corkage fee for us to drink it. Funny thing was, next night in MT, he pulls out the rifle he brought for the trip, and his rifle was not worth as much as that bottle of wine... hahahaha. I still give him crap about that, and helped him upgrade his rifle for this years trip...
In the end, I can't tell you if a wine has blackberry or current aftertones, etc... But, I like what I like, and tasting a wine prior to buying is best way to make the decision, not just by the price. After that, the winespectator ratings are usually dependable, and rarely get a stinker on a 90+ rated wine...
12-17-2020, 05:57 PM
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