On Apr 10, 10:58 am, "DaleW" > wrote:
> On Apr 9, 10:56?pm, "Gary Childress" > wrote:
>
> > Today at Costco I spent $35.00 for a bottle of Franciscan Magnificat.
> > The most I've yet spent on a bottle of wine. ?I sure hope the stuff is
> > good!!
>
> I've spent $300-325 twice, but in neither case was I buying solely for
> myself. For a 1986 Bdx horizontal, I bought an '86 Marguax, but was
> splitting it with 4 others (those that were bringing less expensive
> bottles - I was bringing the Leoville Barton - chipped in so we
> weren't pikers next to those bringing the 1sts, LLC, etc). For a Cab
> Franc themed tasting, I got the '83 Cheval Blanc (sticker shock, it
> was $200 not long ago), but we all contributed to expenses.
>
> I've purchased wines in the $130-170 range a few times ('01 Haut Brion
> -anniversary wine, plus some '59s for Betsy's birthday, etc).
>
> Those are the rare exceptions, however.

Was the $300 bottle and the other $130-170 bottles what you expected.
Did you realize (by taste) that you were drinking a fine(r) wine?
Could you have done a taste test with, say, a $50 vs. a $100 bottle in
the same category and feel like you could discern?

Thanks.
Dee