The average cost of a bottle of wine is around $10, but your local grocery store sells it for $7.99 on sale. That’s a bargain. If you’re paying more than $20 regularly, you’re either very rich or very impressionable—and I say that with love.
My advice? Buy the $12 bottle, drink it with a friend, and don’t overthink it. Wine isn’t a chemistry test; it’s fermented grape juice that makes you funnier. (Disclaimer: it does not actually make you funnier, but you’ll think you are.)
In conclusion, the average bottle of wine is cheap because we’re all secretly cheap. The emperor has no clothes, and the wine has no soul above $30. So go ahead, grab that $9.99 Shiraz from an unknown country. It might be the best worst decision you make today. Cheers—or as the French say, “Santé, and please stop taking selfies with the bottle.”
