Re:The Weird World of Expensive Wine (2016)
by antognini on Thursday February 09, 2017 @05:04PM
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That is certainly true. One of my professors in grad school was really into wine and would periodically host a wine class for the grad students. According to him there is not much difference between a $1000 bottle of wine and a good bottle of ~$30 wine. The main difference is in consistency. A $30 wine could be okay, excellent, or bad. But if you buy a $1000 bottle of wine, you know that it will be excellent.
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Re:The Weird World of Expensive Wine (2016)
by jpatokal on Thursday February 09, 2017 @09:12PM
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...unless it's been kept poorly, in which case it will be vinegar.
I used to live in Singapore, which is full of rich people who collect wine and wine shops that cater to them, completely with regulated-humidity cellars etc. Problem is, Singapore is in the tropics, meaning wine often sits around baking in containers for weeks or months on its way to the shop...