The unpalatable cost of wine lists

Jay McInerney’s Wall Street Journal column, “The Making of a Top Wine Cellar” (July 17-18) details the affordable wine list at Sag Harbor’s American Hotel. Without traveling to the Hamptons, what’s a wine drinker to do? Living in New York City, well-priced wines at restaurants are difficult to come by, particularly older wines that are [...]

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Under the influence of cost

Does the cost of a bottle of wine influence the perception of it? A friend yesterday recounted a party that he threw roughly 10 years ago at which he served an $8 bottle of vino. He took a sticker from another bottle that cost roughly $40 and left it on the wine he was offering [...]

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