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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2019 6:20:44 GMT
People in restaurant served with £4,500 bottle of wine by mistake (Euro5,150; US$5,750; AUS$8,350) www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48294870I was one given (knowingly to him, unknowingly to me) a glass of stupidly expensive wine and was asked what I thought of it. I thought it was very nice, but that's all. I wouldn't call myself informed, I wouldn't call myself ignorant. But sheesh .. I know one nearly-billionaire who buys cases of wine as an investment almost (but is careful with train fares - go figure) but the guy in the article does put it in perspective when he says it's like buying a £12.99 bottle (compared to 'ordinary' people) for them. What do you think?
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Post by tory on May 17, 2019 8:24:30 GMT
I went to a wedding in Tuscany last year at a vineyard. We drank the red, which was, by all accounts, retailing at about £200 a bottle. My wife loved it, but I was emphatically not fussed by it at all and would have been pretty pissed if we'd bought it. But then many Italian reds have that rustic taste that do nothing for me.
It is ultimately subjective. I guess a wine master will have more understanding and will also have "trained" their tongue, but you can't change what your tastebuds like. The problem is that there is just as much horseshit as there is truth in wine - it makes it what it is.
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Post by DarknessFish on May 17, 2019 8:36:58 GMT
Wine is only ever going to taste a certain level of good, the price has little to do with the taste, more about the exclusivity of being able to drink it.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2019 10:58:41 GMT
Terror threat from 1977
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2019 11:25:56 GMT
Not a news story but I thought I'd chuck it in here anyway ... dogs choosing their own presents
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Dec 21, 2019 14:33:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2019 9:19:01 GMT
I'm assuming this is genuine. Good, innit?
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Post by rayge on Dec 27, 2019 20:44:43 GMT
Looks like it's made of Lego
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2019 12:36:09 GMT
Not news but I'm not going to start another thread for it and it is kinda current events ... twitter.com/RacistPets
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Post by rayge on Dec 31, 2019 1:19:22 GMT
Not news but I'm not going to start another thread for it and it is kinda current events ... twitter.com/RacistPetsgood grief
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2020 17:51:29 GMT
Don't know where to put this exactly but it's worth posting
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