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Dave Baxter's avatar

Thanks for the link to tomorrow's report - registered! Once upon a time, roughly 10 years ago, tasting rooms almost across the board had a "buy a bottle, we'll waive the tasting fee" policy, and that was instrumental in my being able to get my feet wet with wine country. It made the value proposition make more sense, rather than an expenditure that was purely extravagant. (And the tasting fees were closer to $25-$35 then, now they're double that and no waiving for bottle purchases! That's a crazy shift!)

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Catania Larson's avatar

Even though I'm in my forties, I am brand new to wine. I still have a lot to learn. I can't tell you what I like or don't like yet because I'm not sure if I've learned to like it.

But I want to.

I looked into a few wine tasting rooms near me (in PA), and this is my exact problem. They are expensive. ($100 - so $200 if both my husband and I want to go!), and I don't even know if I really like wine enough to invest that much yet. So I just keep reading, learning on Substack, and going to the State Wine and Liquor store...

I agree with Dave's comment. The tasting doesn't even need to be free. If the tasting was closer to $25-$35, I would have already gone.

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