Expensive wines may taste better, as long as you know they are expensive.

[Cohibaman]

Would love to get opinions of favorite bottles in the <$50 and <$25 categories.

[o0OBillO0o]

Originally Posted by -E-

Yawn.

Thank you to the berators and dismissors of this "test" - y'all are spot on (and beat me to it).

It's not about the test, its about humans assigning higher value to more expensive wine. (Wine, Cigars, Audio equipment, etc..) More expensive means better, unless proven otherwise.

[o0OBillO0o]

Originally Posted by David S.

Sample a LOT, and you may just well find that you can be greatly satisfied at a very low cost..

Sample away as many wines, Cigars, friends, sexual partners, music and audio gear. You'll find something that will stay with you for a long time. Kidding, but try as much with in reason. Sample a LOT as David S. says!

[antipop]

Originally Posted by djwhog

But then it comes down also to what yo like. Many folks that are not a aka wine expert go after residual sugar, so it a wine has more sugar and taste sweet after the fact most folks will prefer it 1st.

Also, non-wine drinkers will prefer single variety rather than blends. The later are usually more expensive.

You can always find good inexpensive wine and bad expensive wine but you're more likely to find bad inexpensive wine and good expensive wine. It's a matter of taste and risk taking. At the restaurant, if I don't know the wines offered, I usually stay on the safe side.

[Robert_Anderson]

I'm a Silver Oak man, and they sure jacked the prices up the last few years.

[Kingsrule]

Originally Posted by antipop

Also, non-wine drinkers will prefer single variety rather than blends. The later are usually more expensive.

You can always find good inexpensive wine and bad expensive wine but you're more likely to find bad inexpensive wine and good expensive wine. It's a matter of taste and risk taking. At the restaurant, if I don't know the wines offered, I usually stay on the safe side.

Not really. Most novice non wine drinkers will like blends.

With all the great wines on the market when was the last time anyone has had a bad bottle rated at various price points?

Its a great time to be into wine!

[antipop]

Originally Posted by Kingsrule

Not really. Most novice non wine drinkers will like blends.

With all the great wines on the market when was the last time anyone has had a bad bottle rated at various price points?

Its a great time to be into wine!

I have and recently. Inexpensive wine is often cheap wine and I've had overpriced bottles as well.

[metaphacts]

Originally Posted by antipop

I have and recently. Inexpensive wine is often cheap wine and I've had overpriced bottles as well.

[Formerly YB-2]

Originally Posted by Masterlu

I prefer the word inexpensive.

I'm cheap. It is the wine that is inexpensive.

Our 'standard' table red is Black Box cabernet.

[eljr]

Originally Posted by o0OBillO0o

It's not about the test, its about humans assigning higher value to more expensive wine. (Wine, Cigars, Audio equipment, etc..) More expensive means better, unless proven otherwise.

we all have expectation bias

it's great to claim you don't but if you really didn't, you'd be a machine