The price of a bottle of wine 와인 한 병의 가격

Most people drink wine. 

Some people buy a US$ 20 bottle and some people buy a US$ 2,000 bottle. I have wondered for a long time whether there is indeed a difference in taste between a cheap wine and an expensive wine. 

I myself enjoy drinking wine 2 or 3 times a week but I have always limited the price range between 15 and 100 dollars a bottle. And after 30 years of drinking wine, I still wonder if there is indeed a difference in taste, therefore a difference in pleasure, between the 15 and 100 dollars wine. I could not make the difference. My tongue could not make the difference.

But I have discovered one thing. The taste of the same bottle of wine you drink will vary according to your physical condition, our mental state, and finally the food you are eating at the time.  

But to go back to the price issue and whether or not the higher the price the better the taste, I cannot certainly give a professional opinion since I am not a professional wine taster but I can tell you a true story about the correlation between the price of wine, the taste, and the wine tasting experts.

In 1976, a blind wine tasting event organized in Paris, France, provoked a revolution in the world wine industry. The purpose of the event was to promote the Californian wine and show the world they are good enough to drink. The panel of 11 experts, among whom 9 were French, included the most renowned names in the French wine industry. The bottles of wine selected for the blind tasting were French red wine versus Californian red wine and French white wine versus Californian white wine. The French bottles of wine selected in both categories were prestigious while the Californian wines were between 6-10 dollars a bottle at that time.

You probably have guessed that the Californian wines scored good. In the red wine category, 2 Californian wines were among the top 5 while in the white wine category 3 Californian wines were among the top 5. 

But the shocking results were that a Californian wine rated best in each category.

The rest is history.

Now Californian wines are enjoying worldwide the respect they deserve.

So to go back to the correlation between the price of wine, the taste, and the wine tasting experts...huh, is there any correlation at all?

Just enjoy the wine and the precious moment for which you are drinking.