Footballer Paul Pogba (who moved on 9 August this year from Juventus to Manchester United for a record transfer fee of £89 million) is not 89 times better than a professional footballer whose fee is £1 million, or infinitely better than a player who moves on a free loan.
He is better by an incalculable number of small increments, and he justifies his fee because those slight incremental improvements are very hard for the managers and owners of football clubs to locate in a single individual. Wine is no different. The best must necessarily — by any value-for-money standard or (if you prefer) objective assessment of quality increments — be overpriced. If affordability of ‘the best’ is a consideration […], forget it.Andrew Jefford stelt in zijn – doorgaans briljante – column Jefford on Monday op decanter.com de belachelijke prijzen van de zogenaamd ‘beste’ wijnen ter discussie. Titel: Why I’m giving up on the best. Aanbevolen lectuur! Benieuwd wat zijn collega’s bij Decanter daar van vinden die nooit genoeg lijken te krijgen van onbetaalbare ‘clarets’.
