What really makes one bottle of red wine so much more expensive than lesser ones?
The cost of wine is contributed to many factors. Supply and demand, like most things in life is one of them. Of course that’s just basic economics. Weather, geographic area, bottling, marketing, recipe are all important factors in the cost of the wine. The vintage or year that the grape was harvested can play a big role. If the year was dry and hot your crop yeild will be quite a bit less than a year that was moderate and had decent rainfall. A vineyard that needs to use irrigation rather than have a decent rain fall will have increased costs. If winter was relatively mild and didn’t kill off insect nests they may have to increase the use of insecticides(chemical or natural). Different places on the planet also can make a difference. I’ve had some incredible French and Italian wines that have left my wallet pretty light, but have also had some really good reds from South Africa, Argentina and Chile. A lot of it is the length of the growing season. You’re going to have better quality ye
