Why is a wine thread so dead?

I pretty new to wine. Like medium bodie red, usual pick would be Malbec for me. Affordable and good.

I don't keep track of what I drink as usually I only drink those cheap wines that are selling around 100-300 in restaurants. And usually the wine list in the restaurant rarely changes, so I don't take note and would point on the same thing. I think i shall start noting them down.

I'm pretty new in wine drinking, haven't started buying for consumption at home. I usually go restaurants/bar for wine, which I find it pretty stupid as the prices are highly marked up.
Do you have any recommendations for some affordable and good wine as I'm thinking to shop for some?

yeah..I totally know that all the price are marked up. I've seen a same bottle of wine I paid for 200+ in a restaurant (before tax), and on supermarket shelf it's only selling for 49.90.

But I don't have a nice corner at home to enjoy wine with friends as I'm staying with my parents. The furnitures and setting just don't go well for wine drinking. So the marked up part, I tell myself that I'm paying for the ambience.

My first choice are usually Malbec. Do you carry any?

I wouldn't wanna pay corkage as I feel that I'm paying about the same price of how much I paid for the wine. Makes me feel mentally imbalance. LOL

I have a dozen of Schott Zwiesel wine glasses at home. It's hard for me to change the ambience, but I insist my wine to be served on proper glass.

ps: I actually quite enjoy washing the glasses cz I like to hear the echo when I knock them.

Wow, you guys are so lucky!! I think people in KL are more realistic, and I wouldn't think they would waive corkage because if they have wine glass, they should be selling their own wines. Except for those Chinese restaurants, but there wouldn't have the ambience for wine.


I didn't really know about those glass brands. I bought mine out of blue when I was shopping for something else. It was labelled crystal glass so I just bought it after seeing there were discounts.