Bottle of Wine?

[Red Eye Racer]

I've paid as high as $150 per., but dont think I'd spend more than $50 per if I was an avid drinker.

 

[Pupik]

Originally posted by vat_man
You might want to revisit that - quite a few decent whites are coming out with screw caps now. No point putting a cork in something that's not supposed to age.

Good point, that shows about how much I know about wine.

When I stocked wine at the supermarket years ago, the cheapest stuff had screw-caps, the rest were corked. So I'm being elitist, I suppose.

 

[1X83Z]

Originally posted by pupik
Good point, that shows about how much I know about wine.

When I stocked wine at the supermarket years ago, the cheapest stuff had screw-caps, the rest were corked. So I'm being elitist, I suppose.

I'll never get it - since when did they allow wine to be sold at supermarkets? They do here in Louisiana, and in Texas, which was total culture shock (ish) for me. Must put wine stores nearly out of business

 

[Pupik]

Originally posted by M5Power
I'll never get it - since when did they allow wine to be sold at supermarkets? They do here in Louisiana, and in Texas, which was total culture shock (ish) for me. Must put wine stores nearly out of business

Welcome to the South, Yankee!

Florida law (not sure about other states) states you can sell wine, but not hard liquor. So you can buy a bottle of Kendall-Jackson at the market, but you can't get a box of breakfast cereal and a bottle of Chivas Regal in the same place...

 

[1X83Z]

Originally posted by pupik
Welcome to the South, Yankee!

Florida law (not sure about other states) states you can sell wine, but not hard liquor. So you can buy a bottle of Kendall-Jackson at the market, but you can't get a box of breakfast cereal and a bottle of Chivas Regal in the same place...

Same here too - no hard liquor.

 

[Pupik]

We also have "blue laws" that forbid the sale of alcohol during certain times on Sunday. It varies from town to town. In some cases, you have to stock up on Saturday or just wait for Monday.

Not sure why, maybe too many hicks were showing up to church piss-drunk.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by vat_man
You might want to revisit that - quite a few decent whites are coming out with screw caps now. No point putting a cork in something that's not supposed to age.

It's the Australians leading the way on this one. Hardys in particular are putting screw-caps on some of their higher-rate table wines, such as the Dry Riesling.

 

[toleman19]

If I have the $$ to spend on wine I would go for it and buy a real expensive one just to see what all the hype is all about.