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For me, a $20 wine that drinks like a $40 wine in terms of complexity and interest is a value, while a $5 wine that is not very good is not a value at all in my opinion.

— Deborah Harkness

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Wine pricing is an art - like painting.

— Joe Bastianich

Very good wine was bought at ten pounds per pipe, the contract price; but the superior quality was fifteen pounds; and some of this was not much inferior to the best London Madeira.

— William Bligh

A good wine has many qualities, I think. If drunk moderately, it is healthy and good for your heart.

— Tom Araya

To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

— John Cleese

Wine is something to enjoy. We get sick and tired of people who pick it apart and talk about its 'saucy nuances.'

— Pat Paulsen

Essentially, wines are fermented grape juice, so I'm trying to make the point that the wine world is about scores and marketing and kind of creating a scarce resource where they don't really exist.

— Joe Bastianich

✗Opposing Perspectives

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

— Anthony Trollope

Cheap wine is defined by its price, and it depends on personal spending limits. So for me, any wine under $10 is cheap.

— Deborah Harkness

You can enjoy a $15 bottle of wine as much as you can enjoy a $100 bottle of wine.

— Joe Bastianich