So if you are reading this I guess you already knew the first half of the story, that Akiko and I were shopping for wine glass and wine in a local department store.

Before I go on further, let me briefly explain how a person could buy alcohol product in Japan.

Basically, it is sold everywhere. OK, that's like I didnt say anything at all. To put it more clearly,

one can get alcohol product in any convenience store, local alcohol hypermarket(a big store with only alcohol products on the shelves), local minimarket, local department store or national department store.

Usually the alcohol hypermarket has the largest collection and the most competitive prices. However, the national department stores (and some local department stores) always have a better taste in choosing what to put on the shelf. The department stores might not have the space of a hypermarket but the products are usually well known and acceptable in terms of price. This applies for all types of alcohol including wine.

Coming back to our story.

We were planning to get ourselves a bottle of reasonable Bordeaux.

Wow take a look at this! Arent they cheap. They would cost about RM20 for a bottle. I cant imagine just how cheap it would be to buy in the native country. I suppose this is good for table wine.

We ended up buying another bottle of Bordeaux not shown in this picture. The price was about RM40. Will get to try it on the coming weekend.

After picking our choice we took a stroll to see what kind of "good wine" the store is stocking.

We found this.

Romane Conti. See the price? About RM3000 for a bottle. Oh my god....

Maybe if I were super rich. Maybe. And bear in mind that this is only a department store.

Have a nice day.

Shopping for Wine