Every time I read Price blah blah, they're always generally the same point- too damn expensive. So in your opinion what is the most overpriced REGION in the world. From what I've read many people would say Napa.
Mine is Burgundy (still love the stuff though.)
Edit:
Sorry this should be under Wine Conversations but oh well-sorry Keith/Forumites etc...

[ 10-28-2002, 06:27 PM: Message edited by: Jeremy ]

Burgundy. Champagne is a close second.

VM

Concur re Champagne. . . is there such thing as a bargain Champagne champagne (not new world sparklers). . unless PriceClub blows out White Star or Vueve Cliquot for $27.99 around the holidays.

1. Napa
2. Piedmont
3. Burgundy

1) Burgundy
2) Napa
3) Lodi (just kidding Vitis!!!)

Barolo/Barbaresco

The triumph of marketing over substance - Napa.

Hmmm . . . I would have to say Burgundy.

BO

1. Burgundy
2. Champagne
3. Napa
4. New Zealand

That #4 ought to bring Jeremy out of hiding!

1. Burgundy
2. Barolo/supertuscans
3. Martian (wines are cheap...it's the bloody shipping costs that make them exorbitant)

Don't drink Napa.

Cheap shot GA.

Oh Geeez Aussie, It wasn't a cheap shot. It was just some fun poked at Jeremy. I'm sure he understands that it was in fun.

I personally like a lot of NZ Sauvignon Blancs. They're mighty cheap too.

I hate to admit it because it is by far my favorite region.....Burgundy. And it ain't even close.

jb

Preface:
Bias 1- Most dry Chards and Champagnes are overpriced for what you get...blechh

Taking reds
1-Burgundy
2-Piedmont/Tuscany
3-Napa
are the areas that have caught the dollar disease,
but it's spreading like a cancer.

DrT

1 - Napa
2 - Burgundy
3 - Piedmont

I think special mention should go to the marketing pukes who pushed Bordeaux 2000 into the stratosphere (and we bought in).

GA - never take an Aussie seriously, especially when it comes to hanging crap on sheep lovers. I think their wines all smell like cat's p!ss, even the pinots. Wouldn't drink them if they paid me !!! (now THAT outta bring him out of hiding)

Napa makes me frown. The difference between Burgundy and Napa for me, is that a 50 dollar Burgundy can make me happy far more often than a 50 dollar Napa cab.

Burgundy=Napa

Aussie-
You can pay the Russians $20 millionUS and save on the shipping.

Aussie, GA,
I say keep that NZ price up, its too damn cheap. All you Australians and Yanks keep drinking our wine-bastards, and enjoying it...how dare you.
Aussie,
If you don't want to drink any NZ pinots I'll happily take your Dry River Pinot off your hands , I'll swap you for those 1984 Jacobs Creek Shiraz you sent me.

Burgundy

!! CALIFORNIA !!

I'll go with Burgundy Alex for Double Jeapordy. At least I still buy Napa wines, albeit a close second.

Napa...

Would think that for US buyers it would be Burgundy by far due to the extra freight cost and extra taxes. I am surprise that US buyers find Napa more expensive. It cannot be Californian residents right ?

For me it is between Napa and then Burgundy but good fight.

Cheers,
LRnW

Answer depends on where you live. Napa doesn't bother me much since even if I would pay $5000 per bottle I couldn't buy them in most parts of Europe - they simply don't leave the US. Well, there are exceptions: a 1998 Opus One for €180 anyone ?

In this part of the world it's clearly Bordeaux. Pathetic 10th growths command €50 and up. 1st growths from inferior vintages still €150. So it's sort of the Napa situation here with Bordeaux.

I've come to this conclusion for the phenomenon. It's not the people like us on this board who do their homework. It's the half educated wine drinkers who think "it's got 'Bordeaux' written on it and a fancy chateau picture, it must be great wine". Talk about vintages to these guys....
My guess is same goes for the people whose wine knowledge is limited to memorizing the word 'Napa' on the labels.... It's this bunch who's driving wine prices up.

Never mind. Montosolis and Clerico Barolos for €50 indemnify for that...