I not an oenophile but I try to keep up with current events. I had always thought that US wines that cost $50-$100 or more a bottle were rare super extra special wines that might occur serendipitously once in while, but apparently there is an entire industry devoted to manufacturing American wines that are priced at that point straight out of the winery. I had no idea that US wine could command those kind of prices being produced on an industrial basis.
I don’t care about wines, but what I’ve found so far that I do truly enjoy, which is vintage ports, tend to be…spendy.
The first time I had port, I was working at a deli that sold it for 25.00 per two ounce glass. It was from the early 1900’s; I think it was 75 years old at that point.
Later on I discovered Graham’s 86-88 <cannot remember which year> and loved that, too.
When I like the port, I really, truly adore it, and it’d be worth it.
I don’t care about wine in general, otherwise.
Just the ones I like.
I had a multi-thousand-dollar bottle of wine a few years ago. A mid 1960s bottle from France (don’t remember the details; the bottle’s at my mom’s house).
It was . . . certainly unique. A different wine experience than any I had had before. Older wines (that are, of course, meant to be aged) have a whole other dimension to the flavor and aroma that younger bottles just don’t have.
I doubt I’ll ever make enough money that spending that kind of money on a bottle of wine would ever be a reasonable thing to do, but I could see myself splurging on occasion for something like that if I had the money to burn.