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Old Oct 27, 2017, 9:02 am
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Originally Posted by gfunkdave
Apropos of nothing, I have realized I tend to like best wines that cost $15-25 a bottle. More than $25 becomes very difficult to tell if there's anything special there (aside from old Burgundies). Less than $15 usually just tastes like a fruit bomb. Though cheap Spanish and Portuguese wines are often as good as more expensive non-Spanish/Portuguese ones.
I hear you. Maybe we should have a new thread for red wines >$12, considering inflation (I can't believe I started this thread in 2006). Or $12>$25.
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