Quote Originally Posted by Biciclista View Post
I'm with Oakleaf. How much do you want to spend? Find a pretty bottle.
What you're buying is old vinegar with some sugar added. I've had the cheap and the expensive, and when you toss it into a salad, there's not that much difference. But it's a gift, and it would be tacky to put a bottle of safeway brand in a basket as a gift.
Eek, that's not what I said! There's an ENORMOUS difference between cheapola (nasty red wine vinegar) and what I'm getting for $40-80 per 250 ml. It's WELL worth the price, and it's NOT for salads.

I don't know that there ISN'T a difference between what I buy, and the real stuff which costs three times as much, I just don't know what it is. For all I know Tradizionale is worth the price. It's just one of those things I can't justify to myself... for the same reasons I couldn't justify buying a Seven with full DA when I returned to cycling. Not at ALL because it's not worth the price, but because there's just a limit to how much I want to spend for certain things. I think that's what shootingstar was asking too! Maybe the brands I recommended are within her price range, maybe they aren't, but I wouldn't hesitate to buy them again.