WHATS ITS WORTH?
A correspondent sent me this quote: “I think that the best way to learn about wine is to drink the cheapest wine you can find. If you can’t find any cheap wine you like, then spend a few more dollars. And then a few more, and more, and more . . . . ” De pending on what you can afford to pay for wine, the unfortunate truth is that generally, better wine costs more, however it isn’t necessarily true that wine that costs more is better. The real fact is that you shouldn’t be swayed by the opinions of others. If you like it, fine, if you don’t, don’t buy it. If it is inexpensive and suits your taste, great! I once bought a couple of bottles of wine for a couple of dollars each because the name of the winery was the same as the street I lived on. It wasn’t wonderful (so far as we remember) and we stuck it away in a closet. Five years later the stuff was absolutely great. For wholesale wine (and other liquor) prices, you might find a copy of “Beverage Media”, (from Beverage Media Ltd., 161 A
