Drinkers!!

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Shanti

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Lifetime, about $5 million or so. I think I'd be retired by now if I didn't drink so much in my late teens and early 20's.



On a single bottle, I bought my girlfriend a bottle of Dom Perignon for graduation from college. With 2 crystal flutes it was close to $400, so figure around $350 for the bottle itself.

I can get Dom for around $100 a bottle. You got taken.

If you're buying Dom at $100 a bottle YOU are the one getting taken. Anything near that price is an inferior vintage and you're buying crap just to have a name on the bottle. You might as well buy Freixenet, it'll be just as good and you'll save $80.

Anyone who spends $350 on a bottle of champagne is just doing it to feel important.
I guarantee that if you did a blind taste test between that $350 bottle and a good $20-30 bottle of champagne, 99% of the people wouldn't be able to tell which is which and at least half the people would prefer the $20 bottle.

It's like buying a $10000 Rolex. Is it really a better watch than a $100 Seiko?
No, but it has the Rolex name and it lets people know how rich and important you are.

Anyone see the taste test they did with two buck chuck against $30-$50 bottles of wine?
The testers were students and teachers at a culinary institute and two buck chuck beat most of the other wines.

only because of the oversupply of good grapes in cali. two buck chuck is good wine but it is a product of current industry conditions and cannot be used to say a 30-50 dollar of wine is not worth it.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Ogg

Originally posted by: geno
$25 on a bottle of Makers Mark

I often spend 25 on bottles of Makers Mark........thats some fine sipping whiskey right there brother :beer:😀

its bourbon.

Not whiskey. There's a difference.

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Shanti

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Lifetime, about $5 million or so. I think I'd be retired by now if I didn't drink so much in my late teens and early 20's.



On a single bottle, I bought my girlfriend a bottle of Dom Perignon for graduation from college. With 2 crystal flutes it was close to $400, so figure around $350 for the bottle itself.

I can get Dom for around $100 a bottle. You got taken.

If you're buying Dom at $100 a bottle YOU are the one getting taken. Anything near that price is an inferior vintage and you're buying crap just to have a name on the bottle. You might as well buy Freixenet, it'll be just as good and you'll save $80.

Anyone who spends $350 on a bottle of champagne is just doing it to feel important.
I guarantee that if you did a blind taste test between that $350 bottle and a good $20-30 bottle of champagne, 99% of the people wouldn't be able to tell which is which and at least half the people would prefer the $20 bottle.

It's like buying a $10000 Rolex. Is it really a better watch than a $100 Seiko?
No, but it has the Rolex name and it lets people know how rich and important you are.

Anyone see the taste test they did with two buck chuck against $30-$50 bottles of wine?
The testers were students and teachers at a culinary institute and two buck chuck beat most of the other wines.

only because of the oversupply of good grapes in cali. two buck chuck is good wine but it is a product of current industry conditions and cannot be used to say a 30-50 dollar of wine is not worth it.

I'm not saying a 30-50 dollar bottle of wine isn't worth it.
If you can afford it and you really enjoy it, then by all means buy it.
All I'm saying is that just because something is 10 times as expensive doesn't mean it's 10 times better. Or even better at all. Sure, there are times when people splurge on something they really really enjoy. But there are also times when people splurge on really expensive things just to show off and feel important.

I would be willing to bet $400 that many of the people who have bought $400 bottles of wine wouldn't be able to tell the difference between that and a really good $20 bottle of wine.

 

[beatle]

Originally posted by: CChaos
I gave a friend a ~$50 bottle of Patron for his 30th. Tasty!

Now that's some good stuff! I may treat myself to that if/when I get a raise. 🙂

 

[clamum]

Probably ~$10 on a fifth of Kessler. If I buy something besides beer it's 5 O'Clock vodka at $5.64 for 750 mL (MI). Yeah I'm cheap.

 

[RaiseUp]

Expensive= being under 21 on a cruise ship, and having to pay older people to buy you the alcohol.

 

[azazyel]

Shanti - I competely agree with you. There are actually some really decent bottles of wine for $5.00. Anways, after the first bottle who the hell cares how expensive it is.

 

[joelmold]

~$80 on balvenie 21yr scotch.

http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Archives/Show_Article/0,1275,1719,00.html

here's an interesting article on champagne in the u.s. of note, dom production is around 150,000 cases/year iirc, much more than i expected, considering it's inflated price...

 

[Koing]

Probably about £15 for a bottle of vodka.

I don't drink fine and it doesn't do anything for me but I'm not much of a drinker. If you can spend $300+ on a bottle of wine good for you. But me being not a drinker it is a waste of money! The stuff I have had tastes bad to me! I may try a bottle of something 'good' but isn't expensive as I'd rather not pay a lot for my wine!

Koing

 

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: Linflas
I bought a $17.00 bottle of beer once. :shocked:

sounds like the price of beer at a music concert or sports game here in detroit 😱

-=bmacd=-

 

[kermalou]

about $400 for a bottle of vodka at a club here in L.A.