How much is reasonable for a bottle of shop-bought wine?

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I spent 12.95 on a non-sulphitey bottle of red wine in an organic produce shop. DH is spluttering with horror, but IMO this is not a terribly high amount to spend on a bottle of wine, albeit it is 50% more than I would usually pay 😂

So, thoughts. How much would/do you spend on a bottle of wine whilst shopping?

It depends where it comes from, it would be cheapish for a french one but spendy on something like a Chilean.

£10 to £15.

When I started drinking biodynamic wine a few years ago £15 was around the minimum I’d expect to pay for something actually nice to drink. Prices have gone up since then so I’d expect to pay more, even reduced price from Ocado. Usually upwards of £20 from an (online) wine shop. I buy less now, though.

But I don’t think your DH can be spending much time in food shops. On the rare occasions when I find myself in a physical supermarket I’m astonished at the hike in prices for even very ordinary bottles. £12.95 would be an average amount round my way.

What on earth is biodynamic wine?!

£8 -£15 depending on whether it's from my local offies or from supermarket. £12.50 isn't outrageous these days!

40% of that will be tax

£8-9 for me.
£10+ would be special occasions or presents

£12-£20, more for a special occasion

Honestly I only go for ten max but I'm tight

Think she means supermarket. Different to a wine merchant

It is kind of like 'posh organic' but with New Age stuff - being in spiritual harmony with the soil, the sun and the moon, etc. Goes right back to Rudolf Steiner.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodynamic_wine

The important thing is that when you hit the point where even organic wine leaves you ache-y and sorrowful days after imbibing you will - if you really like wine - look for a solution. I don’t care much about claims and counterclaims regarding viticulture and science; all I know is that drinking biodynamic wine doesn’t leave me with the hideous after-effects of any other type of wine.

My favourite wines vary widely in price from 3.99 euro to 20 euro. The cheaper ones are all Austrian whites, but surprisingly good!

£7.50 max my favourite is lambrusco costs £3 in Sainsbury's

My favourite is £9 (Lindemans). Delish!

I buy 19 crimes for around a tenner. Does the job!

Start sending him memes about tight Yorkshiremen and suggest he may not want to be the stereotype. 😆

Our “house” white is £17 a bottle but we don’t drink every day by any means. House red is under £10.

I buy champagne on offer by the case and then treatier wine is about the same price as champagne.

Around £12-20. Depends what the wine is really, some of my favourites are more like £25-35.

Something along these lines.

£10 a bottle buys a nice enough wine for drinking at home.

£20-£30 a bottle for a treat if entertaining or a guest at someone's house.

I'm tight fisted when it comes to wine and not that great a 'nose' but wouldn't blink at 12.50. Even gut rot wine costs £6-7. I'm not fussy but don't enjoy something full of food colouring that turns my tongue black and leaves me with indigestion.

I spent £40 on 2 bottles in my local fancy wins shop yesterday treating a friend who does have better taste than me. We were eating dinner at home so could afford to buy nice wine. In the end we didn't finish one bottle (switched to other drinks!). Expensive wine encourages more mindful drinking.

Exactly the same a sthis.

I am a wine snob, so would much rather drink a nice bottle of wine at home or at a dinner party than drink a cheap bottle of wine marked up to £25 in a pub. We often do corkage in restaurants too. So probably £25-£50 a bottle or £50-£100 for entertaining.

My favourite (though I rarely drink) is Jam Shed -under £6 a bottle in Sainsburys. Delicious! I pay a "wine tax" to my friend when I stay at hers !