Originally Posted by
joe19924
I'm a University (or College for our American friends
) student and the most I'd pay for my own consumption would be £8. Google tells me that's $12.86 in today's money, which is of course worse with the whole Scottish thing going on. To be honest, I'm just glad the Scots don't make wine that hits the supermarket shelves. That'd be some awful tasting p**s.
I hear ya. When I was temprarily retired 4 years ago, Mrs BamaVol and I hit the Alabama Wine Trail; a dozen wineries specializing in wines made from everything from muscadine grapes to peaches. In all,we found one decent bottle from a guy whose father brought tokay vines from his home in Hungary. We have also visited wineries in Tennessee with similar results. Now that we're in Florida, we don't bother. I mean, you feel obligated to buy something after a few tastes, but it's never worth it. I have a bottle of wine from Missouri in my rack that I have no idea where it came from. I keep trying to give it away to guests but I always find it back in the rack.
The Scots should stick to whisky.