I do tend to agree with the overall message of articles like this, but there is a line where you can easily cross into shite wines at a certain price point.

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Posted by LouisianaLady

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Posted on 6/24/13 at 2:26 pm to notiger1997

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I do tend to agree with the overall message of articles like this, but there is a line where you can easily cross into shite wines at a certain price point.

Agree.

I do not think a $5 wine tastes like a $20 wine. I DO think it's plausible a $20 wine tastes like an $80 bottle.

I don't drink enough wine to say. But if it's like liquors, that would be the case.

ETA: I posted the trailer for that new documentary about the wine master people in the last wine thread. The testing they go through seems rigorous, so I'd think they can taste a good bit of difference to some extent.

This post was edited on 6/24/13 at 2:31 pm

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Posted by Cold Cous Cous

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Posted on 6/25/13 at 1:26 pm to notiger1997

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I do tend to agree with the overall message of articles like this, but there is a line where you can easily cross into shite wines at a certain price point.

I also agree with the article's general tone. However, I have also bought bottles of wine that were so bad I poured them down the drain after 2 sips. So I cannot believe that there is no difference between different wines.

What's interesting to me, though, is that wine critics truly believe they can tell these subtle differences even though all the double-blinds say they cannot. They clearly do not think they are bs'ing people - this is very serious to them.

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