Posted on 10/23/2020 6:54:28 AM PDT by karpov
Among the many ways the rich are different from you and me: Only they can afford grand cru Burgundy.
That wasn’t always the case. In the 1990s, middle-class wine lovers could still afford to experience that rite of passage — drinking a truly great wine, not simply to enjoy it, but to understand what qualities made it exceptional in the eyes of history.
It might have been a splurge, perhaps requiring a few sacrifices. But it was feasible, just as it was possible to buy first-growth Bordeaux, or the top wines of Barolo, Brunello di Montalcino or Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon, to name a few other standard-bearers.
For example, back in 1994, a bottle of Comte Georges de Vogüé Musigny 1991, a grand cru, retailed for $80 (the equivalent of $141 in 2020, accounting for inflation). Today, that bottle costs about $800.
In a more extreme case, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche 1990, another grand cru and one of the world’s great wines, cost $285 in 1993 ($513 in 2020, accounting for inflation). That’s no small sum then or now, but profoundly curious people might have found a way.
Today, a bottle of the 2017 La Tâche goes for about $5,000, well out of reach for dedicated students of wine, except for the most wealthy.
Plenty of other options exist: Village Burgundy rather than grand cru, or any of the many other great wines now being produced around the world. But these bottles, as good as they may be, have not been part of a conversation that has endured for centuries.
For wine lovers, drinking such renowned bottles would be the equivalent of a college course in Shakespeare, Beethoven or Charlie Parker.
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The great Leftist deception is to hide that fact that “income inequality” is 100% a function of government, its size, its power, its desire for central planning and its corruption.
Not 100% — in a libertarian society there would still be much income inequality.
Democrats are evil scum.
Lucky for me that I don’t like wine and go for cheap beer.
I think they are confusing income inequality with supply and demand. Once all the hipsters wanted the fancy wine, the price went up. Funny how that works. They used to teach you that in school.
I also am not a wine person, and go for the cheap beer. I can get a 12 pack of Mooshead for $11 at Kroger, and that’s all I need. Moosehead is very underrated by the way.
On the other hand, I doubt Nancy Pelousi has any trouble filling her wine cellar with the most expensive vintages. But she’s for the little guy, you know.
The ones the walls and gates keep out of her compound.
You misspelled “skool”.
this sounds more like pretentious wineries soaking those who can afford it than anything else
People are rich. Get over it.
Moosehead? Thanks too ritzy. I’m talking REALLY cheap beer. Pabst Blue Ribbon or Miller Highlife. A twelve pack is under ten bucks in my neck of the woods!
For example, back in 1994, a bottle of Comte Georges de Vogüé Musigny 1991, a grand cru, retailed for $80 (the equivalent of $141 in 2020, accounting for inflation). Today, that bottle costs about $800.
1. It usually takes a few years to decide if a vintage is a great one or merely typical. Buy them when they're bottled and hope you've gotten a good one.
2. Wine is consumed, so there were many more bottles of the 1991 vintage around in 1994 than there are now 26 years later.
A Model T in original condition probably costs a lot more than the original $500, even adjusting for inflation.
A better comparison would be a 2017 vintage bottle of good wine.
But then I am the type of person who has trouble when the dinner bill gets much above $30 per person knowing that soon I will just have the memories and a trip to the bathroom. The step up in taste is very little. I would rather have a good steak today and another one tomorrow than a spectacular one today and a box of Kraft Mac & Cheese tomorrow.
I think PBR’s advertising slogan should be “After three, who cares?”
That’s how I feel about it.
Later today, we will be picking up our weekly grocery order from Walmart.
I will be buying 2 bottles of Gallo Pinot Gregio for my wife and my half gallon of Carlo Rossi Sangria for about $12 total.
Just discovered this. Best taste so far - Miller Lite & kosher dill spears.
https://www.delish.com/food-news/a33382200/putting-pickles-in-beer/
No way. Pickles make me barf.
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