$12 bottle of wine vs. $55 bottle of wine
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As someone who enjoys my wine you can find decent wines at $12 but I have never encountered a great wine at that price. You can find great wines around the $50 mark but you can also find very disappointing wines. Research is the key in deciding what wine to purchase, whether it is a $12 or $55 bottle. Check reviews or recommendations from people you trust. But the bottom line is drink wine that you enjoy. We all have different tastes.
I drink a lot of wine (mostly red) and over the years have acquired a palate for it. There are some really good wines between $12-15 and then there are some very average wines. But there are so many different flavours when drinking wines that it becomes a personal preference, some people like the more fruity wines and others like the more oak flavours. I personally like all flavours it just depends on what I am eating it with, or if it's summer or winter.
Even at the $55 per bottle wine there are some really good ones and some really average ones.
One of my favourite red wines is a Rioja Marques De Riscal from Spain and is $25/bottle, it is a great wine. This wine is better than a lot of $50-60 wines. Suggestion is to find out what your personal preference is and try to find the wines you prefer.
Agree with the previous comments.
Better chance of finding a good or great bottle at the higher price, etc.
But, I find it hard to believe that there could be so drastic a difference that the $43 difference would be justified.
And no, I'm not a connoisseur. When I like something, I like it. It's as simple as that.
Better chance of finding a good or great bottle at the higher price, etc.
But, I find it hard to believe that there could be so drastic a difference that the $43 difference would be justified.
And no, I'm not a connoisseur. When I like something, I like it. It's as simple as that.
Like everything in life:
Cheapest products on the market: Probably not very good, but depending what it is it still might get the job done. And it's crap you don't care about impressing people anyway...... toothpicks, bottle opener, rolls of Christmas gift wrap etc...
Affordable mainstream products: To me, the best overall tier and best bang for the buck. But it takes reading reviews and trial and errors. Typically tons of products, some crap, some ok, and some excellent. If you find stuff you like here that is quality, stick with it.
High end tier: Almost always there's a some kind of image/status part of it. Designer brands, fancy packaging, if it's an electrical gadget there's sure some extra bells and whistles. Quality usually skews to higher quality, but sometimes not. For example, Calvin Klein clothes skew to higher prices, but I think the quality is awful. I've bought my share of CK clothes for the office and find it worse than wearing a $30 Arrow shirt. You'd think a shirt costing triple more would be better. Nope. If you find a quality product and can afford it, stick with it. If it sucks, then you just got ripped off by all the marketing people at that company who sold you a "premium product". On the plus side, the product probably looks nice and people may stare at it with amazement, so at least you get some brownie points for image.
As for wine, I'm not to one to ask, but I remember reading about a taste test with wine experts and they didn't fare well at all. So it shows even wine professionals can't tell a good wine to a bad one. I've read that Costco and Trader Joe wines are even pretty good and they go for cheap. That means quality wines can be sold for cheap and still be profitable.
Cheapest products on the market: Probably not very good, but depending what it is it still might get the job done. And it's crap you don't care about impressing people anyway...... toothpicks, bottle opener, rolls of Christmas gift wrap etc...
Affordable mainstream products: To me, the best overall tier and best bang for the buck. But it takes reading reviews and trial and errors. Typically tons of products, some crap, some ok, and some excellent. If you find stuff you like here that is quality, stick with it.
High end tier: Almost always there's a some kind of image/status part of it. Designer brands, fancy packaging, if it's an electrical gadget there's sure some extra bells and whistles. Quality usually skews to higher quality, but sometimes not. For example, Calvin Klein clothes skew to higher prices, but I think the quality is awful. I've bought my share of CK clothes for the office and find it worse than wearing a $30 Arrow shirt. You'd think a shirt costing triple more would be better. Nope. If you find a quality product and can afford it, stick with it. If it sucks, then you just got ripped off by all the marketing people at that company who sold you a "premium product". On the plus side, the product probably looks nice and people may stare at it with amazement, so at least you get some brownie points for image.
As for wine, I'm not to one to ask, but I remember reading about a taste test with wine experts and they didn't fare well at all. So it shows even wine professionals can't tell a good wine to a bad one. I've read that Costco and Trader Joe wines are even pretty good and they go for cheap. That means quality wines can be sold for cheap and still be profitable.
As long as it doesn't taste like vinegar or too bitter I couldn't care less how inexpensive the bottle is. lol
I love a lot of full body Italian wines but I have to say best value wine in the Market place is an Argentina Wine Fuzion
It recently went up to $8.25 a bottle from $7.95 For those of you that have not tried it go out and buy yourself a case and come back and say Thank you
It recently went up to $8.25 a bottle from $7.95 For those of you that have not tried it go out and buy yourself a case and come back and say Thank you
Another concept is the QPR rating - Quality Price Ratio - which is also subjective.
A $12 wine taste alone maybe rated 88 v 92 for a $55 wine. But on QPR basis the 88 become
91 whereas the 92 becomes 90 which infers the $12 is an absolute bargain. However taste wise
you may much prefer the $55.
A $12 wine taste alone maybe rated 88 v 92 for a $55 wine. But on QPR basis the 88 become
91 whereas the 92 becomes 90 which infers the $12 is an absolute bargain. However taste wise
you may much prefer the $55.
We even gave it time to air out and when I tried it, I thought, good thing the wine was a gift because I honestly couldn't tell the difference.
Granted, my standards are low: Did it go down easy? Did I choke?
I can't tell the difference between an expensive vs inexpensive bottle of wine...So for me an expensive wine is just a waste.
One problem is the higher prices you pay for celebrity wine, the ones with someone's famous name on the label, e.g. Mike Weir, Lynn Crawford, etc. Don't think the taste of the wine justifies the higher price you pay for the name.
That wine from Spain is a gem and economically priced due to surplus in Spain and a weak Euro. The LCBO is able to purchase this very good wine for a relatively low price and not market it up. Wine prices are based on many things, quite often it is supply and demand as actual taste is extremely subjective.
Ontario wines are actually really good. The red's and white wines are really good for the prices you pay and the icewine in Ontario is the best in the world.
