I guess the key question here is: how do you compare wine? Do you take the finest of two regions and let them fight it out? Or do you go for wines that sell at a similar price level? The latter may be difficult if you have to take into account exchange rates; also, wines from some regions have inflated prices, so they might find it quite difficult to compare on the same level as they price would also reflect international demand? On the other hand, does it appear to be fair to put a wine sold at 300 against one sold at 30 (Euro, Sterling, whatever)?
I still think, and this is what I have said about English wine for a time now, that you need to take the price into account - not for judging quality, but value. As Julian said, this may be my Swabian roots taking over.
To make this more interesting: if you had to pick a 2005 Burgundy for 15-20 €, what would you have suggest, David?
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I guess the key question here is: how do you compare wine? Do you take the finest of two regions and let them fight it out? Or do you go for wines that sell at a similar price level? The latter may be difficult if you have to take into account exchange rates; also, wines from some regions have inflated prices, so they might find it quite difficult to compare on the same level as they price would also reflect international demand? On the other hand, does it appear to be fair to put a wine sold at 300 against one sold at 30 (Euro, Sterling, whatever)?
I still think, and this is what I have said about English wine for a time now, that you need to take the price into account - not for judging quality, but value. As Julian said, this may be my Swabian roots taking over.
To make this more interesting: if you had to pick a 2005 Burgundy for 15-20 €, what would you have suggest, David?