How do you view the money you spend on wine

[Kirk.Grant]

I hold pretty tight to a 2 grand limit per year. We have no mortgage, no children to school, and a stable 200 grand retirement income. I could spend more but don’t get enough pleasure from higher priced bottles to justify. I have gotten more willing to open up the purse strings for the vintage ports and stickies that my better half enjoys, but for me the limit is $50-60 per. I am also afraid of becoming accustomed to only the next level. While I may be in the kiddie pool on this board, I am viewed as serious wine snob by my non-wine friends. It is all relative.

Cheers to the kiddie pool! While we’re in a different life situation (mortgage, kids in elementary school, far from retirement), our budget level is in the same ballpark as yours - under $3k. When we started paying attention to wine in 2008 or so, the limit was miniscule, and it’s slowly grown over time. We like having wine with meals each weekend and sharing with friends, so staying on target means lots of bargain hunting and selective purchasing over $20/bottle or so. $40+ purchases are rare.

Bret, there’s lots of great wine in that price range…sticking to your budget & not over-buying makes you smarter than many (even me sometimes).

[Eric_S_n_y_d_e_r]

I don’t view the money as “spent” until I pull the cork. It’s not a good view. Don’t recommend it.

[John_Ammons]

How did I guess I’d be voting for the winning berserker formulae?