re: Late Night IM Thread: "Cheap Wine" Edition

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Recently read an article where "wine experts" can't tell for shite between good wine and bad wine

Give me just about any cab, and I'm a happy man

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Well, almost any wine connoisseur is able to differentiate between "good and bad" but I think perhaps you read an article suggesting "expensive vs inexpensive" maybe?

A wine snob will claim that any $20 bottle is better than say a $10 bottle ... twice as good even. That's definitely not the case.

Now, I promise I can tell you the blindfolded difference between, let's say, a Masseto Merlot and a Bota Box Merlot ... but for the average Joe there would not be much of a difference between a Mt. Brave Merlot (depending on the vintage) and the Bota Box even though the Mt. Brave is five or six times as much.

Most casual wine drinkers, especially Merlot drinkers, are buying in the "under $25" range and at that range there are some real steals at $10-$15.