How much do you spend on Wine?

fluffnutter

EKI wrote: »

Thank you for your replies.
My boyfriend loves red wine a little too much & on average spends around £70-90 on a bottle when eating out. He thinks this is normal so I was interested to know what others thought!

Does he? Really? I adore wine and have pretty expensive tastes because I've plumped for bordeaux as my favourite region. But I know what's 'normal' and what's only for the likes of the very rich and I know that the average person would find £80 for a bottle of wine too much to pay regularly.

Obviously it's absolutely an individual's choice how much they spend but why does your fella think it's 'normal'? That's a bit out of touch really. I know this is going to sound a bit mean but thinking £80 is normal suggests either he's flush and doesn't realise 'how the other half live' or he's a bit of a show-off. Sorry

leandygandy

In January hubby and I went to a lovely steak restaurant in London to celebrate his 30th birthday (Goodmans, I'd highly recommend it!) and ended up buying a bottle of Cristal at £400 :-O I've only just finished paying the credit card off! But at least the birthday boy enjoyed it.

As a general rule though, I'll spend between £5-10 on a bottle of Pinot Grigio and be happy :-D

Gloomendoom

We buy our wine by the box. It's red.

zaksmum

I still try to get three bottles for £10.

Co-op had this last month and ASDA too at times.

Otherwise I get two for £9 at Iceland.

In a restaurant I'm gutted if I have to pay more than £12 for a bottle of house wine.

de_g.

Can I ask a serious question for all those people celebrating buying the cheapest wine they can find: why?

What us to celebrate about it? If it was food instead, would you be proud of your inability to distinguish between quality food made from fresh ingredients and reheated frozen stuff from Iceland? Would our be happy to have the same ready meal for every meal?

It seems a peculiar British attitude that we have to certain things, where we actively seeking to remain ignorant about a particular subject, as though it is some kind of badge of honour.

daisiegg

de_g. wrote: »

Can I ask a serious question for all those people celebrating buying the cheapest wine they can find: why?

What us to celebrate about it? If it was food instead, would you be proud of your inability to distinguish between quality food made from fresh ingredients and reheated frozen stuff from Iceland? Would our be happy to have the same ready meal for every meal?

It seems a peculiar British attitude that we have to certain things, where we actively seeking to remain ignorant about a particular subject, as though it is some kind of badge of honour.

Hear hear :T

Cloudydaze

de_g. wrote: »

Can I ask a serious question for all those people celebrating buying the cheapest wine they can find: why?

What us to celebrate about it? If it was food instead, would you be proud of your inability to distinguish between quality food made from fresh ingredients and reheated frozen stuff from Iceland? Would our be happy to have the same ready meal for every meal?

It seems a peculiar British attitude that we have to certain things, where we actively seeking to remain ignorant about a particular subject, as though it is some kind of badge of honour.

Serious question also: why are people so snobbish when it comes to wine? Why is it "wrong" for someone to enjoy a £4.99 bottle from the supermarket?

The most expensive wine I've had was £600 (at the Greenhouse, Mayfair) courtesy of my then boss. He raved about it, I thought it was nothing special. I ended the evening back at home with a glass of red courtesy of my then boyfriend - infinitely better!!

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de_g. wrote: »

Can I ask a serious question for all those people celebrating buying the cheapest wine they can find: why?

What us to celebrate about it? If it was food instead, would you be proud of your inability to distinguish between quality food made from fresh ingredients and reheated frozen stuff from Iceland? Would our be happy to have the same ready meal for every meal?

It seems a peculiar British attitude that we have to certain things, where we actively seeking to remain ignorant about a particular subject, as though it is some kind of badge of honour.

Because we are proud we don't kid ourselves that an expensive bottle of wine is magnitudes times better than a moderately priced one?

I'd rather spend my money on a whiskey anyway...

de_g.

Cloudydaze wrote: »

Serious question also: why are people so snobbish when it comes to wine? Why is it "wrong" for someone to enjoy a £4.99 bottle from the supermarket?

See in my experience, the most snobby people about wine are exactly those I refer to in my last post. I've seen no-one say it's wrong to spend less, just that for a little more you open up a much greater range if wines. Remember, almost £3 of a £5 bottle of wine is tax, so the remainder has to cover all the costs of growing, making and transporting the wine as well as providing profit margins for the producer, importer and vendor. In your £5 bottle, you've probably got as little as 20p spent on producing the wine.

Cloudydaze wrote: »

The most expensive wine I've had was £600 (at the Greenhouse, Mayfair) courtesy of my then boss. He raved about it, I thought it was nothing special. I ended the evening back at home with a glass of red courtesy of my then boyfriend - infinitely better!!

I don't see anything wrong with this assessment. But your ex boss' approach wasn't snobbery, just showing off. Snobbery is about closed horizons, and if people constrain their choices based only on price, that's snobbery whether the limit is high or low.

de_g.

ringo_24601 wrote: »

Because we are proud we don't kid ourselves that an expensive bottle of wine is magnitudes times better than a moderately priced one?

I'd rather spend my money on a whiskey anyway...

Given that the cost of tax and transportation are broadly similar between bottles, it's fair logic. But most people wouldn't choose to set themselves a minimum nutritional standard and then buy the cheapest food available that achieves that regardless of what it tastes like. They vary what they have, they try new things, they spend a bit more when they fancy a treat. So why the snobbery against those who approach wine in the same way?