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The issue I see here is that a cheap bottle of wine in France is not the same quality as a similarly priced bottle in the US. Per capita demand is so much highe
by gabesullice 11y ago
The issue I see here is that a cheap bottle of wine in France is not the same quality as a similarly priced bottle in the US. Per capita demand is so much higher in Europe and a more saturated supply has risen to meet it. Firms compete on quality and consistency as prices have approached cost.
In the US, a cheap bottle of wine really is of lower quality.
- einarvollset 11y agoI would love to see some evidence of this, as my subjective experience has been the opposite.
- fiblye 11y agoWell, according to the judges of a wine tasting competition in California, a $2 bottle of wine is the absolute best you can get. [1] I've seen countless reports of cheap wine outperforming or equalling expensive wines in blind taste tests, but I've yet to see a report of people preferring expensive wine without knowing the price beforehand. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Shaw_wine#Awards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Shaw_wine#Awards
- 100k 11y agoThe article states that cheap US wine is better than cheap European wine, but that sounds crazy to me. The last time I was in France, you could buy 3 EUR carafes of wine at a restaurant -- cheaper than a Coke! -- and it was really quite drinkable. That doesn't exist in the US.