About 10 years ago......
A$1500 (US$1200) for a 1954 Grange Hermitage. (If you could find one now it
would cost $45,000!)
It was a superb wine, but I'd had better, a 1972 vintage of the same label
for only A$200 (US$160) for instance.

"Gary Childress" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> 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!!
>