On Apr 9, 11:58�pm, "Gary Childress" > wrote:
> On Apr 9, 11:13 pm, miles > wrote:
>
> > Gary Childress wrote:
> > > Today at Costco I spent $35.00 for a bottle of Franciscan Magnificat.
> > > The most I've yet spent on a bottle of wine. *I sure hope the stuff is
> > > good!!
>
> > I'm sure there will be people who have paid $100's or more. *Thats out
> > of my league! *I've paid $50-$60 for a few. *Most of my wines are in the
> > $12-$25 range.
>
> Do you recall off hand what the name of the most expensive bottle was
> which you've ever purchased? *I think before this my most expensive
> bottle was $22 for a bottle of d'Arenberg Laughing Magpie. *I've been
> buying in the $8-22$ range myself. *$8-11$ for a regular bottle just
> to sip on for an ordinary run of the mill evening and $11 or more for
> those special occasion wines. *I don't see myself ever paying over $40
> for a bottle though. *There seem to be enough good wines out there for
> under $40 for me to ever need to spend over that on a bottle.

Probably a 1990 Domaine de la Romanee Conti DRC that I opened at
dinner at Le Cep in Beaune a few years back to celebrate a business
deal. Due to the circumstances and the people in attendance at the
dinner the restaurant discounted the bottle but it was still a whopper
of a bill.