Why not?
we pay about that for a really really really good one here. But the house wine is a lot cheaper and just as good for most.
J
Each to his own!
But as for the Brexit thing, after it kicks in every bottle of wine we import will cost us an extra £1.60 in duty. which explains my comment.
As for our taste in wine, we see wine bought direct from the grower at about €6 to €8 as being everday drinking wine. At the weekend we go more for stuff costing about €12 to €15, and for special occasions, dinners with guests, special occasions etc, €16 to whatever we've got! So that is what we fish out of the cellar, open and decant.
When we eat out, we too usually go for the house wine as it can be trusted to be good enough. If it wasn't they would lose trade pretty rapidly, so we just ask for a carafe of 50 cl or 75 cl depending on how many of us there are.
If a place does not do house wine we don't really trust it as it usually is trying to rip off the tourists. e..g the place I ate at in Limoges a coupla months ago.
No house wine, couldn't see the menu as I don't have a smart phone. Steak, (not great) salad, cheeseboard, glass of white, fizzy water bottle of wine €65. FFS!!!!!
Yes, even a seasoned francophile can still get ripped off!!!
Fortunately this is rare, and I really didn't have that much choice as we were travelling.
But when the meal out is a celebration we buy a bottle and to celebrate our 30 years together, (yesterday) we had a meal which cost €124 of which €24 was the wine.
I used to be a wine waiter and have been drinking wine since about 1963, as my dad loved wine although in those days it was a rare treat. As with beer your tastes change as you get on in years. We are both retired and drink at least a bot every day. It is something we both enjoy and as we are retired we see it as being a real pleasure and we do not see why we should stint ourselves. Others have a collection of paintings, some have a huge collection of cars e.g. Jay Leno, and we have a cellar in each country which gives us pleasure.
If you are ever in the Montagne Noire. Let us know, we would be pleased to crack a bot with you!