Average spend on a bottle of wine
Sep 19, 2014, 3:20 pm
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Oct 11, 2014, 7:31 pm
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Oct 15, 2014, 1:32 pm
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For me it's about C$13 (closer to C$15 with taxes). Sometimes less, sometimes more. Rarely over C$18 (around $20 with taxes).
I don't have the most refined palate when it comes to wine... to me, it's hard to tell apart a $15 and $30 bottle. I have had some > $50 bottles and the difference is a bit clearer, but I can't afford to consume those as my go-to dinner-at-home wines!
I don't have the most refined palate when it comes to wine... to me, it's hard to tell apart a $15 and $30 bottle. I have had some > $50 bottles and the difference is a bit clearer, but I can't afford to consume those as my go-to dinner-at-home wines!
Oct 25, 2014, 7:15 pm
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$70+ almost exclusively white Burgundy or Champagne.
I dollar cost average....3-4 nights a week I keep it to beer.
Mar 6, 2017, 11:28 am
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For my wife the average is $10. She loves cheap pinot grigio. For me i'd say $30. I rarely buy wine but if I do it is because someone served me something good, and I wanted it again.
Mar 7, 2017, 4:10 am
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$30 to $50 in this part of the world for something I would pay $20 for back in Australia - sigh. What gets me is that I can buy a case of beer here for a couple of dollars less than I pay for it in Brisbane, why can't they do the same with wine?
Mar 9, 2017, 7:25 am
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We're in a wine club at an excellent local wine shop: those bottles are always $30-40 each and are always quite good. We've opted all-red, although they offer whites too. If I'm drinking white, it's probably a $9 Kirkland Chard or it's 100 degrees out and I'm drinking an ice cold Reisling.
Anyway, the reds. I like to grill steak, so we usually open the $30-40 bottles for those meals. For an everyday drinker, the $12 Rodney Strong Cab gets the job done. Pretty decent wine for something that's always available at Costco. I also am perfectly willing to drink any of the other Kirkland varietals in the $8-10 range....I guess that's a "rich man's Two Buck Chuck?"
Anyway, the reds. I like to grill steak, so we usually open the $30-40 bottles for those meals. For an everyday drinker, the $12 Rodney Strong Cab gets the job done. Pretty decent wine for something that's always available at Costco. I also am perfectly willing to drink any of the other Kirkland varietals in the $8-10 range....I guess that's a "rich man's Two Buck Chuck?"
Mar 9, 2017, 8:37 am
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I'm a $15 to $20 / bottle guy.
I like Rhones, Pinot Noir (especially from France and NZ) and non-oaked whites. I've found I can drink quite well at that price point.
Pretty much all of my shopping is done at a wine shop up the road from me...K&L wines: www.klwines.com They have a 'premium' wine club - 2 bottles per month at $15-$20 each, from pretty much all over, so it's a good way to try new things.
I like Rhones, Pinot Noir (especially from France and NZ) and non-oaked whites. I've found I can drink quite well at that price point.
Pretty much all of my shopping is done at a wine shop up the road from me...K&L wines: www.klwines.com They have a 'premium' wine club - 2 bottles per month at $15-$20 each, from pretty much all over, so it's a good way to try new things.
Last edited by work2fly; Mar 9, 2017 at 10:30 am