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[NTxWriter]

Hi, I haven't been on the wine forum here before but love wines.

I read an article in the newspaper yesterday that said sale of wine below $9.99 a bottle is the fastest growing segment of the wine industry, while bottles of wine selling for $250 a bottle and up are languishing on the shelves.

People's tastes may change from those more expensive wines if they are forced by the economy to sample less espensive ones and actually LIKE them.

For me, $9.99 for a small size bottle of wine IS already expensive but there are some great tasting wines in that price range.

How much to you typically spend on a bottle of wine?
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[CulinaryAlchemist]

I use to swear I would never spend more than 10 dollars on a bottle of wine, unless I had tasted it already and KNEW it was good... That was 10 years ago... Due to inflation... I have had to raise it to about 15.00, but I don't do it very often... It's usually up to 12 dollars for an unknown...
I have been disappointed in too many bottles of 20-30 dollar wine.. and things that have corked. Prices rise depending on availability... and there are perfectly good wines out there for 6 bucks that rival a bottle at 250, they just don;t have a name behind them and the supply is high...

My job? Is to find those great wines that are inexpensive and drink them often...
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[ImStuffed]

I don't like to spend more than $10. What I like is when the bottle is on sale
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[akmoni]

There is nothing in town for less than $10. They pretty much start at $11.99.

I am not spending any less on wine. Wine is getting more expensive due to the increased cost of shipping up here. But at the same time, everything has always been expensive here so we just go with it. Most of us in town are cutting back on eating out, driving, turning down the thermostat, finding alternate was of heating, and things like that.

But booze... oh boy. If you are a self respecting Alaskan, the last thing you will ever cut down on is spending money on booze
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[ImStuffed]

The worse the economy is, the more stress there is. The more stress there is, the more booze we need...LOL
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[ddpie]

I typically spend around $10 00 also. Although a few of my favorites are only around 8-9.00. I've spent a bit more after a tasting at a local winery and at our local wine fest. The most I've (personally) spent was about $30.00, for a "special edition" wine that I had at a tasting and loved. Saved it for a year for our anniversary. Opened it and it totally sucked, tasted nothing like what we had at the winery. Lesson learned.

I have had the opportunity to drink wines that were over $100.00 a bottle, none of which have impressed me as some of my favorites from local wineries that run about 8.99. I'm all for experimenting and trying new stuff, but there are just way too many choices out there to be spending exuberate amounts (of my own money lol) on something that I may not like.

Lastly, my absolute favorite wines are the ones my hubby makes at home. Haven't figured out the total cost yet (vineyard juice, ingredients, bottles, supplies, labels etc) but I'm sure it's perhaps the "cheapest" wine in the long run

[ImStuffed]

I just saw an ad for a wine making kit for about $40.00. Sounded interesting but I didnt even think about vineyard juice? and bottles and stuff like that. Don't think I'll be adding it to my christmas list. Thats all I need...another hobby...lol
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[ddpie]

Danielle, that's how Jim started out...with a small wine kit, which was basically a few chemicals and some sort of condensed fruit stuff in a can.(? ) It was ok (barely drinkable), but then as he got further into it, and the more classes he took, he started buying the fresh juice, which makes all the difference. All I know is, it's not a hobby to take lightly. We have a closet full of bags of chemical "stuff" and weird looking do-dads. He's like the little mad scientist in there. My knowledge/involvement is limited to the job of tasting (Oh, and I do the foiling and labeling of the bottles.)

Next time he's brewing and working his magic, I'll take pics of the stages from start to finish. Pretty facinating stuff.

[ImStuffed]

I could picture Shane being the mad scientist with that stuff. actually i kinda picture him as the mad scientist of any kitchen stuff! LOL
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[ddpie]

HA! totally