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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Based on this thread, I have revised my statement to now say there is no reason to ever spend more than $20 on a bottle. After that price, my opinion has been validated.

All the dollars spent after $20 are a stupidity/snobbishness/insecurity tax on try-hard social climbers. [/quote]

You are correct.  All the blind taste tests of wine have indicated: (1) unsophisticated palates (and that is all of you DCUM) prefer cheaper wine ($20 and lower); and of course those wines are developed precisely to have mass appeal; (2) experts and trained professionals' preferences have no connection to price; or otherwise put, [b]the rating of wine has no relationship to its price.  [/b]That doesn't mean that a particular expensive wine is not excpetional, only that on average, they are no "better" by any standard.

So buy the $18 wine!  (Secretly, you'll like it better!)
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I actually don't believe this at all.  I read the research study, and it does not replicate the actual experience of wine tasting.  I think if you did a more targeted test comparing a mass-produced Cupcake type wine, and a high-end California fruit bomb, you'd get different results.  Also, wine appreciation is learned.  I'm sure most regular people prefer Taylor Swift to opera, but that doesn't mean opera is "gross."  Also, no true wine geek would ever claim the quality of a wine is directly correlated to its price, so this is really economics research, not research on wine per se.  [/quote]

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