As a wine "connoisseur" (or "nerd"), price isn't really the interesting factor. The fun part of this hobby for me isn't drinking $200 dollar bottles of wine, it's exploring the huge and changing variety of wine out there, and you can happily spend a life time doing that without spending much over $25 for a bottle. Tasting a $20 bottle of some native Slovenian grape you've never heard of can be every bit as fun and rewarding as drinking a $200 bottle of some 'name brand' wine.