Where my wife and I generally explore more expensive wines are when we indulge at Michelin * restaurants, or similar -- maybe 2x a year. We generally find tast

Where my wife and I generally explore more expensive wines are when we indulge at Michelin * restaurants, or similar -- maybe 2x a year. We generally find taste depends on what we are eating, and rather than ordering the wine paring for a course/near, taste and evaluate as we go. Note, the only Michelin * restaurants we've been to are in the states. When we travel Europe, give us local. Local Bay Area, little difference for $20ish and $40ish local bottles.