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Default Most Expensive Bottle of Wine You've Ever Purchased?

Pine Ridge Cab 65$ I think I bought it in 2000, so probably a 1997 bottling.

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Gary Childress wrote:
> On Apr 9, 11:13 pm, miles > wrote:
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>>Gary Childress wrote:
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>>>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!!

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>>I'm sure there will be people who have paid $100's or more. Thats out
>>of my league! I've paid $50-$60 for a few. Most of my wines are in the
>>$12-$25 range.

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> Do you recall off hand what the name of the most expensive bottle was
> which you've ever purchased? I think before this my most expensive
> bottle was $22 for a bottle of d'Arenberg Laughing Magpie. I've been
> buying in the $8-22$ range myself. $8-11$ for a regular bottle just
> to sip on for an ordinary run of the mill evening and $11 or more for
> those special occasion wines. I don't see myself ever paying over $40
> for a bottle though. There seem to be enough good wines out there for
> under $40 for me to ever need to spend over that on a bottle.
>