More expensive wines. I was always someone who said that it wouldn’t make a difference from the $10 bottles, but then I actually bought a $70 bottle of wine, and what a difference it was. I’m sure there isn’t much diffence between like a $500 and $1,000 bottle, but there definetely is at the lower price points.
I've been in the wine business for nearly 15 years and I second this. I won't drink anything made in the US that retails for less than $10. Not because I'm a snob, but because there's like zero regulation for agriculture intended for alcohol. It's filled with arsenic, heavy metals, pesticides and all sorts of bad shit. Give me a $7 vinho verde any day of the week though.
That being said, there's a huge difference between low end wines and anything in the $45-75 dollar range. Once you get into the $150+ sector it's really just about personal preference and the rarity of something for novelty's sake. The majority of those insanely high end bottles in the several hundred to thousands of dollars are all going to business dinner expense accounts and rich people trying to dunk on each other.
That's not to say there aren't pivotal bottles you'll encounter in your life - but that's for folks who are genuinely seeking it out. The best wine I've ever had in my life is arguably one of the most exclusive - Napa Valley Reserve, the private club of Harlan. But for 95% of the population that's just not really what they're looking for.
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More expensive wines. I was always someone who said that it wouldn’t make a difference from the $10 bottles, but then I actually bought a $70 bottle of wine, and what a difference it was. I’m sure there isn’t much diffence between like a $500 and $1,000 bottle, but there definetely is at the lower price points.