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^^^ 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.



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





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....



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.
I am no connoisseur, just a lush btw![]()
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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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^^^ which, net of NY taxes, means that the wine itself costs about $15 !I would say around $20, which should get you a passable cabernet.
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.
My personal definition of 'decent' means wanting to drink a second glass.A decent bottle can mean anything
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 !
Full disclosure ... I'm a connoisseur when someone else is 'buying' and a lush when I'm 'buying' LOL !I am no connoisseur, just a lush btw
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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.
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.





I went wine shopping tonight..![]()





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"you conjunctively engender an intoxicating combination of wicked, wholesome & insanely intelligent" - a friend describing me
Blessed Be





One of my favorites is actually only $9!





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.





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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