Originally Posted by
ma91pmh
not at all. while the high end bordeaux stuff is fabulous, on a daily basis it's more in the $10-20 range. i find that is where you get the best bang for your buck. sure it's fun to pull out some high end stuff christmas time and new years and what-not but with my kind of habit i need quaffing material
Interestingly, I started my adventure at this range, but I found too many misses compared to hits and gave up - when I moved to the 15-30 range, I found many good wines and lesser misses.
Originally Posted by
dhammer53
You may want to take a look at
www.wineberserkers.com It's like Flyertalk, but the discussion is about wine. When I say it's like Flyertalk, it means there are board personalities there too.
My motto: Read up, drink up. They (we) have offlines that are like Flyertak DOs. It's fun going to a wine themed dinner and drinking some serious juice.
Dan
Great link, Dan thanks! I was looking for this sort a a forum. What is a "DO"?
Originally Posted by
flyboy60
When I bought most of those Bordeaux 20-25 years ago, I was typically paying $20-40 a bottle. It's only because of the wine boom in China that the stuff has typically gone up ten-fold in value - while inflation has probably gone up only 3x during the same timeframe. And that's why I've been selling the stuff. 99% of the stuff I actually drink is stuff I still pay under $40 a bottle, with a big slug of it being in the $15-20 range.
Quite a bit of what I actually drink nowadays is Argentine Malbecs and Chilean cabs, and Aussie Shiraz and California Zinfandels that today costs under $20. The more I've tasted, the more I've come to be comfortable with my own tastes rather than what wine-writers tell me I should like best.
Now that's a great perspective - I never thought of preserving my collection for that many years. Since you mentioned Argentina, I thought I'd mention that one of my top wines in the "under $10" category is actually the Alamos Red Blend