Top Ten defences of two buck wine
Posted by Martin Field on 26 February 2010 in WineCorrespondent Brian Miller writes
10. What else is the winemaker going to do with it?
9. It’s not technically faulty.
8. It’s preferable to alco-pops.
7. It’s better than what you drank when you first Kombi-vanned around Europe.
6. It’s no more ridiculous than $3 bottled water.
5. You can blend it with a $38 wine to make two $20 wines.
4. It’s more economical than pouring expensive corked wine down the sink.
3. Penfolds Grange once cost $2.40.
2. Your superannuation is partly invested in Woolworths*.
1 It’s $2 a bottle.
*Owners of Dan Murphys who sell the $24 per dozen wine.