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yellowdogintexas

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21. $50 for a bottle of homemade Chocolate Raspberry Port

Sat Sep 29, 2018, 10:50 PM

Sep 2018

Made by a good friend of mine.

He and his wife hosted a party for our Sunday School class, and he was offering us 'tastings' all through the evening. So he came around with this bottle and by this time we were all so stuffed and satisfied we kept saying no then one of my friends finally broke down and took a sip and said "Oh.My.God. y'all have got to taste this!" So we did.

This stuff is so good. Sweet, but not too much. Definitely tastes of chocolate and raspberries, and is quite rich. It is a perfect dessert wine especially with chocolate.

Fast forward to our Sunday School class Christmas party. He put two bottles of that stuff on the auction, in different parts of the room. There were about 5 of us hovering over those two bottles of wine to get in the final bid on the Silent Auction. I managed to score one!

And that is how I paid $50 for a bottle of homemade wine.

I normally try to stay under $15. I look for wines on sale at World Market, Sprouts, and other places.

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POLL: Most expensive bottle of wine you have purchased & drank [View all] Equinox Moon Sep 2018 OP

I like a good cabernet, but just don't get paying $100s of dollars for a bottle. hlthe2b Sep 2018 #1

Asti Spumante, maybe Korbel champagne. Been awhile. nt woodsprite Sep 2018 #2

Was there a special occasion? Equinox Moon Sep 2018 #4

For the Korbel, it was my hubby's and mine anniversary, and woodsprite Sep 2018 #25

I taught a seminar in Napa Valley, and the class bought me a very good bottle of wine. dawg day Sep 2018 #3

Also once I went out to dinner with a couple who ordered two bottles of wine- dawg day Sep 2018 #5

What a deal! Equinox Moon Sep 2018 #6

A lot of critics have sung praises for St Michael riesling Wednesdays Sep 2018 #7

Yes! St Michael Riesling CloudWatcher Sep 2018 #31

go to Trader Joes (or anywhere) and get some real German Riesling. Kali Sep 2018 #42

Bartenura Moscato sakabatou Sep 2018 #8

Lucky me!! My son in law is a published sommelier..brings back great port from Australia, great Thekaspervote Sep 2018 #9

Sounds exotic Equinox Moon Sep 2018 #10

We Had a 1979 Petit Syrah from the Alexander Valley That We Only Paid $40 Ccarmona Sep 2018 #11

How did it taste? Equinox Moon Sep 2018 #12

It was amazingly good Ccarmona Sep 2018 #15

A Wall Street going-away story PJMcK Sep 2018 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Ccarmona Sep 2018 #14

Purchase? 20 bux. Drank? ghostsinthemachine Sep 2018 #16

Wow. $800. Equinox Moon Sep 2018 #27

Oh, it was.. ghostsinthemachine Sep 2018 #33

I gave 2 friends who live in the porto region... yummy... pangaia Sep 2018 #38

Does Mad Dog 2020 count? GemDigger Sep 2018 #17

Internet search says it is a wine. Equinox Moon Sep 2018 #26

Ok then, I bought some MD2020 for $1.19 once! GemDigger Sep 2018 #40

Sounds like vinegar Equinox Moon Sep 2018 #41

That was my kind of wine! nt zanana1 Sep 2018 #47

Fortified wine Major Nikon Sep 2018 #48

Ripple and Boonrs Ferry Apple trueblue2007 Sep 2018 #50

I can count on one hand over the decades that I got drunk and when I do it has to be sicky sweet. GemDigger Sep 2018 #53

1 bottle of Veuve Clicquot, honest to gosh French Champaign irisblue Sep 2018 #18

A Veuve Cliquot also. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2018 #20

I bought a sellitman Sep 2018 #19

Of course, caus you paid too much for it. pangaia Sep 2018 #39

$50 for a bottle of homemade Chocolate Raspberry Port yellowdogintexas Sep 2018 #21

Great story! Equinox Moon Sep 2018 #22

Thanks!!! (great wine!!!! especially with chocolate cake !) nt yellowdogintexas Sep 2018 #23

Friends and I splurged on very expensive Sauternes wine for a birthday party. JHan Sep 2018 #24

1961 LaFite Rothschild...Quite a while ago. pangaia Sep 2018 #28

What was the occasion? Equinox Moon Sep 2018 #29

I wanted to drink it. :)))) pangaia Sep 2018 #35

Wanted to drink it! Equinox Moon Sep 2018 #36

THE best. pangaia Sep 2018 #37

Beautiful Burgundy 2naSalit Sep 2018 #30

Sweet! Equinox Moon Sep 2018 #32

$125 Dom Perignon. Back in the 90's, when pnwest Sep 2018 #34

there are some really good reds being made in northern Baja, but the prices are too high Kali Sep 2018 #43

A Rothschild back in the 70's. We were elite at one time.😆 sprinkleeninow Sep 2018 #44

Boones Farm, Thunderbird and Ripple LeftInTX Sep 2018 #45

Old Duke. .90 a quart! nt zanana1 Sep 2018 #46

That's certainly an easy one DFW Sep 2018 #49

well, most expensive wine I ever drank was an 1841 St Emillion shanny Sep 2018 #51

I think I might have paid around $40 once or twice for champagne Major Nikon Sep 2018 #52

I purchase the wine for Communion at my church Freddie Oct 2018 #54