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    Default Re: Wine costs?

    ^^^ one can usually find a decent 'normal sized' bottle of wine for around $7-10 ... for the wine itself. However, depending on where you live, additional taxes can push up that price significantly.

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    Good wine? Subjective stuff but I'd say 20-40, I've had great everyday wines including my new favor Apothic for ten bucks and had F-ing AMAZING wine at 125(Jumilla El Nido) but at the same time the last expensive one i bought at 85 based on a wine snob friend's review, sucked. Price doesn't always mean good, go with YOUR tastes.

    I find I really like spicy bold full bodied wines, but most inexpensive wines are what I call "watery" in mouth feel, much too thin. So I accept for MY particular tastes "inexpensive" means 20bucks.

    Get to know you wine rep or someone at the store. Usually the store man is great and always wants to chat with a cute lady, nice to keep in pocket for sales and wine rep job. Commission!
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    Quote Originally Posted by setian View Post
    Good wine? Subjective stuff but I'd say 20-40, I've had great everyday wines including my new favor Apothic for ten bucks and had F-ing AMAZING wine at 125(Jumilla El Nido) but at the same time the last expensive one i bought at 85 based on a wine snob friend's review, sucked. Price doesn't always mean good, go with YOUR tastes.

    I find I really like spicy bold full bodied wines, but most inexpensive wines are what I call "watery" in mouth feel, much too thin. So I accept for MY particular tastes "inexpensive" means 20bucks.

    Get to know you wine rep or someone at the store. Usually the store man is great and always wants to chat with a cute lady, nice to keep in pocket for sales and wine rep job. Commission!
    agreed I would say the $20-$40 range
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    Quote Originally Posted by setian View Post
    Good wine? Subjective stuff but I'd say 20-40, I've had great everyday wines including my new favor Apothic for ten bucks and had F-ing AMAZING wine at 125(Jumilla El Nido) but at the same time the last expensive one i bought at 85 based on a wine snob friend's review, sucked. Price doesn't always mean good, go with YOUR tastes.

    I find I really like spicy bold full bodied wines, but most inexpensive wines are what I call "watery" in mouth feel, much too thin. So I accept for MY particular tastes "inexpensive" means 20bucks.

    Get to know you wine rep or someone at the store. Usually the store man is great and always wants to chat with a cute lady, nice to keep in pocket for sales and wine rep job. Commission!

    She said decent....and since she is asking, she probably doesnt know what type she would like without trying them.

    If it is for yourself, I would say start around $10 and see if you like it.....If it is a gift for a party or something....closer to $15 just to be safe.

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    I would say around $20, which should get you a passable cabernet.

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    Suibscribing to this thread.

    My only real wine knowledge is that I can pick up a bottle of Arbor Mist for $4 at WalMart...but in terms of quality it's like Kool-Aide for adults. Delicious, yet embarrassing to consume in a public setting....



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    Quote Originally Posted by rickdugan View Post
    I would say around $20, which should get you a passable cabernet.
    I have been drinking a great Malbec & its around $18

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    Quote Originally Posted by lemiwinks31 View Post
    She said decent....and since she is asking, she probably doesnt know what type she would like without trying them.

    If it is for yourself, I would say start around $10 and see if you like it.....If it is a gift for a party or something....closer to $15 just to be safe.
    This is why I stated that she should become friendly where she buys her wine to be pointed in right i direction and if she plays cards right can sample a few varieties, be invited to tastings/find out when one is happening.

    $10 bottles are a great way to be introduced to a new varietals, blends, styles and are a platform for more sophisticated bottles. Then at least you can appreciate the finer points on a quality wine instead of $10 trendy/jug/generic ones, but like I said before even in that group there are diamonds in the rough.

    And if you are going gifting wine please have the taste to at least "splurge" on a $20 bottle of merlot in a universally appealing label, like Beringer(the stuff is the pepsi of wine lol. Cheap, likeable, hard to go wrong). Believe me, we can all tell a cheap gift, wine or not.

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    A decent bottle can mean anything. Truthfully i'd say about $15 for my version of decent. Although I have had decent at $7, but those are few and far between. Are you looking for reds or whites?
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    I would say around $20, which should get you a passable cabernet.
    ^^^ which, net of NY taxes, means that the wine itself costs about $15 !

    Granted that when I was still living in NY I got 'spoiled' by being able to pick up some excellent wines at very low prices from local wineries. 80% of NY wines didn't qualify as 'decent' though, perhaps 15% was 'decent', 4% was 'good', and 1% was 'great'. This used to be a great way to waste a weekend taking the 'winery bus tour' at harvest time !!! I assume the same is true in other noteworthy winemaking regions i.e. California, Oregon, Ontario etc.


    A decent bottle can mean anything
    My personal definition of 'decent' means wanting to drink a second glass.

    My personal definition of 'good' means wanting to drink the entire bottle myself !

    My personal definition of 'great' means being motivated to go out of my way to find particular varieties, labels and vintages. At the moment, my pursuit of 'great' wines has led me to Ice Wine Reislings ... which pretty much start at $50.

    My favorite 'great' Ice Wine Reisling discovery to date was ... which is unfortunately no longer available since the frozen grape harvest used to produce it was fairly small and all of the resulting wine has now been sold out !!! Ah well, good excuse to try new possibilities !


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    I agree with everyone else I'd stay in the $10-15 range and spend more if it's a gift.

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    Melonie
    My favorite 'great' Ice Wine Reisling discovery to date was http://www.ste-michelle.com/wines/eroica/release/35 ... which is unfortunately no longer available since the frozen grape harvest used to produce it was fairly small and all of the resulting wine has now been sold out !!! Ah well, good excuse to try new possibilities !




    I had a good Hogue Riesling the other night that was good, I prefer red myself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Genoveve View Post
    How much should a decent bottle of wine cost? Decent = not super high quality, but not Carlo Rossi
    Depends upon ones economic caste and definition of decent.

    This is waaaaaaaay to subjective to get a definitive answer too.

    I would say scout the papers for wine tasting events and then go with what you like and can afford. Bottoms up!

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    I went wine shopping tonight..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Genoveve View Post
    ^^^I'm not looking for an amazing, delicious wine, I just want something tolerable so I can sip on it for a buzz. I always hated wine up until I had a glass at a friend's, it wasn't great but I wasn't gagging for once.
    Interesting. Why get wine at all then?
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    One of my favorites is actually only $9!

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    Get this one :
    http://mobile.vsattui.com/product/2010-Gamay-Rouge

    Its what I feed people who don't like wine to begin their addiction. I love wine and still drink this.

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    It varies....a LOT! I bought some wines on deep discount recently and got a German Riesling for $4 that was AMAZING! I've had more expensive wines that were....meh. Read up on the countries/brands getting the buzz. Try a few and see what you find! Oh, and pair it with a few foods because you never know. I got a Camenere that didn't work with red meat, white meat, fish, and I was ready to chuck it! I had it with some cheddar and viola`! MAGIC!
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