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footfootfoot · 01-15-2009, 11:24 AM

I drink a lot of Jacob's creek and Lindeman's. Both are acceptable table wines, and we drink about 750ml a night. Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel is another great table wine but at 10-12 buck a bottle, it isn't in the budget for everyday drinking. I can taste the difference between really awful wines and mediocre and above. But anything better than mediocre is lost on me.

I watched a TED talk recently where the guy mentioned some brains scans that were done on people who were comparing the same wine, but were told the proces varied from $5. a bottle to $500. a bottle. There brains actually showed that they were enjoying the supposedly more expensive wine.

If you go to TED.com and search for the price of happiness I think it is in that talk. I can't go to TED right now to get you the link or I'd be stuck there all day.

01-15-2009, 11:24 AM	#17
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I drink a lot of Jacob's creek and Lindeman's. Both are acceptable table wines, and we drink about 750ml a night. Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel is another great table wine but at 10-12 buck a bottle, it isn't in the budget for everyday drinking. I can taste the difference between really awful wines and mediocre and above. But anything better than mediocre is lost on me. I watched a TED talk recently where the guy mentioned some brains scans that were done on people who were comparing the same wine, but were told the proces varied from $5. a bottle to $500. a bottle. There brains actually showed that they were enjoying the supposedly more expensive wine. If you go to TED.com and search for the price of happiness I think it is in that talk. I can't go to TED right now to get you the link or I'd be stuck there all day. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs