Me too. I've had a couple of glasses of £100-odd a bottle wines, but never anything that costs anywhere near £700+ i'd be interested to have at least a sip to see what all the fuss is about.
Dreadzone? Top band. Didn't know they were still around. That would be a good gig. I'm drinking Kwak, as I make the fish risotto, but I don't seem to be listening to anything apart from the French news. Not my choice.
There is a definite link between price and quality but there are countless exceptions in both directions. But there is a cut off point, which I see at about £200. After that the added value is a reflection of cellarabilty and/or rarity. Tonight I'm drinking coffee from a coffee machine a mate gave me and listening to Joey Bada$$
I get that, but the most I can usually justify to myself is about £20, because it's less than I'd spend if I was going down the pub for the evening. Like the Barolo I'm nursing tonight....
Same here. But for £20 from supermarket/wholesaler/wine club, you get what would be £35-£40 at a restaurant. Tend to aim for less then £8 when just for lil ole me sitting sipping. but, thinking of spoiling myself for my upcoming birthday, just would kick myself if I spent best part of £100 on something I went "hmm, it's ok...". Maybe I'm just not the owner of trained taste buds (he says while drinking a £3.69 Corbiere, which isn't bad at all).
I have a cellar. I mean I have a "cellar". Doesn't mean there's anything that magical in it. But I have got a few clarets and stuff. All I can say is that when I get a good bottle (and I'm not really talking about Petrus and the grands crus classés) but, you know, an expensive bottle, and I cellar it for the requisite 10-20 years, and dig it out when Hugh Johnson say's it's ready, well, it's invariably disappointing. Nice, sure, but not worth waiting over a decade for, and not really worth the cash. My wife once gave me (generous present!) 6 clarets and 6 burgundies for laying down, but also a case (6) of St. Joseph (northern Rhone) for drinking immediately. The St-Joseph was the total business - amazing flavour and sadly it was so good that the 6 bottles didn't last long. The verdict on the expensive bottles (once I'd waited the requisite amount of time) - not nearly as good as the St. Joseph. Yup. I'd have been better off with 18 bottles of that and she could have saved some money. Sad, but true. So what, really, was the Petrus like, because I doubt I'll ever buy a bottle. I would quite like to try Domaine de la Romanée Conti before I die, but it looks unlikely.
I am a heathen I don't like wine . It is very hard for a simpleton like me to buy wine for someone. We have some nice specialist places so I would go and ask them. I was told to spend about £25 a bottle for something nice. when you get into higher prices £100s up it doesn't always mean they taste as great as their value. more Kudos you own a bottle. I do have a good taste pallet and can pick out various tastes and flavours in things. my sense if smell is good as well. wine does not like me at all.
Electric 6, saw them a couple of years ago at Islington, great night. I'm listening to Jake Bugg on a burn, debating if I should fork out £25 for it on vinyl.
