The expensive restaurants brought up some interesting comments. How much would you spend on a bottle of wine?
What's the best wine you've ever had?
I had a Ch Lafite 1978 when I was an assistant manager at Oddbins in Liverpool in 1985. It was almost week's wages back then but an amazing drink. We never sold any, buckets of Möet to Liverpool yuppies and Liebfraumilch and Lambrusco flew out the door to scousers.
Now,I'd draw the limit at about £30 for still wine and £50 for bubbles.
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By *lex D.Man
over a year ago
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"The expensive restaurants brought up some interesting comments. How much would you spend on a bottle of wine?
What's the best wine you've ever had?
I had a Ch Lafite 1978 when I was an assistant manager at Oddbins in Liverpool in 1985. It was almost week's wages back then but an amazing drink. We never sold any, buckets of Möet to Liverpool yuppies and Liebfraumilch and Lambrusco flew out the door to scousers.
Now,I'd draw the limit at about £30 for still wine and £50 for bubbles.
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Yip! £30 for me too. £20 in supermarket. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Barefoot £8 a bottle.. everything else tastes like crap  I get this on offer for £5.50. X
Ooh I did today in asda  usually 8 in tesco!!"
I know. Asda has the best offers on for wine. Although I dont mind Tesco's own brand either. |
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I'd pay up to about 15 in a supermarket and about £40 in a nice restaurant. Usually I keep to around the £7 mark. Remember they do say never buy under £5 cos it crap. By the time they bottle, label, inmort and pay duty on it your wine is 50p worth. Buy at £7 and its £2.50 worth |
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By *manaWoman
over a year ago
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"I'd pay up to about 15 in a supermarket and about £40 in a nice restaurant. Usually I keep to around the £7 mark. Remember they do say never buy under £5 cos it crap. By the time they bottle, label, inmort and pay duty on it your wine is 50p worth. Buy at £7 and its £2.50 worth "
True but I've d*unk £120 bottles that tasted like cleaner so just because its cheaper doesn't mean its horrible wine xx |
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Lidl do a Hungarian dessert wine which is stupidly priced in bars / restaurants for about £6 a bottle 
An expensive bottle of champagne is worth it I’m told 
I’m more of a beer, whiskey and cocktails guy |
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There are wines I love that is reasonably priced. I can imagine any wine that tastes (to me) much better that its worth paying over £30 for. I'd rather spend my money on other things I'd enjoy more.
I think a restaurant holding a few special wines in stock is more about prestige rather than flogging them. It's about making a statement about the pedigree of the buisness. |
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Just look at the gold star awards given out the last few years for wine and other drinks like whiskey
Some very surprising winners including from the aldi's of this world, I'm a bourbon drinker and have been seriously impressed with what a couple of supermarkets have to offer. |
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As a rule of thumb. Better wine has better balance and longer lasting more subtle flavours. It also tends to give you less of a hangover. BUT, if you drink good red wine before it's ready it can taste like an old sock and white can be so acidic it takes your teeth enamel off.
Cheap shite white wine drink very very cold.
Buckfast tonic wine,reminds me of the Manchester shop overrun with Celtic supporters. We didn't stick it so sent them to posh Wine Merchant Willoughbys on Deansgate as they had it. They never forgave us and it's a Cafe Nero now. |
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I don't think I would go above £20 but then and again you can find some really nice bottles for around a tenner so why would you spend lots more. If you are that intent on spending your cash spend a little less and give the rest to a homeless charity. |
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"I don't think I would go above £20 but then and again you can find some really nice bottles for around a tenner so why would you spend lots more. If you are that intent on spending your cash spend a little less and give the rest to a homeless charity. "
Fair shout that. |
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