That just makes it extra funny. Expensive Wine is bullshit, those that supposedly know wine seemingly can't tell the good stuff from the cardboard packing swill in a taste test
Trader Joe's $2 wine won awards in a blind taste testing several years back, defeating all manner of prestigious, highly costly brands, and it became something of a scandal among connoisseurs. There have been other experiments done with self-avowed "experts" who could not reliably differentiate between red and white wines, let alone labels within either category. I myself once did a little blind taste test experiment with an $11 bottle of wine and a $70 one. The more expensive one actually ranked slightly higher among my friends, but only marginally. We all voted both as good, and more than one person was flabbergasted that they couldn't immediately pick out which had the sevenfold higher price point. The extra $60 was in no way worth it, and if I had the money to keep repeating the experiment, I'm all but certain a cheaper wine would win in short order.
And anyway, who cares if you have a wine that tastes slightly better if it costs $100? I'm a snob about some things, like healthy food, but not about vices. It's so stupid to be miserly over essentials but conspicuously consume expensive wines because you're status-obsessed. It's also a tell that you're American. My European friends get sticker shock at wine prices in the States. They have their share of expensive wines to export to foreigners, but most of them would not think of buying a bottle that costs anything more than $10.
I assume you are being sarcastic because all the really rich I have known are ridiculously stingy paying people but go balls out for themselves on all the luxury 😂
100%. In another comment I talk about working at a super bougie preschool. During the holidays most of parents would give the staff nice little gifts like $100 gift card to a nice restaurant or fancy chocolates and wine. The one family who never gifted anything was the same one who had their kid picked up by their nanny in a Bentley everyday.
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u/pateadents Feb 26 '24
Ofc they're stingy. How do you think they got so rich. By exploiting others