As someone who always opts for a gin and tonic or a cider over a glass of wine, I’d struggle to justify paying for a bottle of vino even if it was priced in single figures.
A sweet rosé for $5? That’ll do. Beyond that, it’s just wasted on me.
Obviously there are millions of people out there who have a much more sophisticated palate when it comes to reds, whites and bubblys, but I’d be willing to bet that most people are happy with a mid-range bottle from the local store.
But what happens when your version of ‘mid-range’ is everyone else’s extravagant treat?
Beyoncé’s bottle apparently doubled as a notepad (Instagram/beyonce)
That’s likely the case with Beyoncé, who, with a net worth of $760 million, would probably compare a $5 bottle of rosé to drinking out of the toilet.
The pop star shared an insight to the kind of wine she actually enjoys when she shared a series of photos on social media, in which she was seen enjoying some wine while hanging out with friends and family.
Among the photos, Beyoncé shared a picture of the bottle of wine; a red called Petrus. Ever heard of it?
Me neither, and it might be because it’s unlikely to feature on your grocery list.
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After Beyoncé shared the snap, one fan decided to do some snooping to figure out just how much her beverage of choice would set you back.
In a post on Twitter, they explained that they researched the brand and were left stunned when they saw a picture of a bottle staring back at them with a price tag of $7,549.
That’s a good few months worth of wages, poured into glasses and knocked back for one evening of fun.
The brand is clearly a fancy one, and is available for varying prices online with prices starting at around $2,000.
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It’s unclear how much exactly Beyoncé’s bottle would have cost, but the label reveals that it’s a 1973 bottle, which was indeed listed at $7,591 online.
Here’s hoping the singer at least drank the whole thing – any dregs must have been worth at least a couple of hundred dollars.
Internet users have understandably been left shocked at the revelation, with many responding to the X user’s post to discuss the hefty price tag.
“Umm not her drinking 5 months of my rent,” one person commented.
Another joked: “If I’m paying 7500 dollars for a wine , it better be from the same batch Jesus made from water at that wedding in Galilee.”
With the festive season in full force, I dread to think how much money celebrities like Beyoncé are going to consume in wine form!
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Featured Image Credit: Amy Sussman/WireImage/Getty / Instagram/beyonce
Topics: Beyonce, Celebrity, Alcohol, Social Media
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Experts reveal hour-by-hour guide on exactly what alcohol does to your body after drinking
If you needed another reason to commit to Dry January, this may be it
You may feel the effects of alcohol after a few drinks but do you know what’s really going on in your body?
While you may only start noticing alcohol having an effect on you about half-way through your drink, it actually begins impacting your insides minutes after you’ve sipped, glugged or shotted your drink.
You probably don’t want to know how alcohol impacts you after several minutes, 20 minutes on and each hour after that, but hey, maybe this will be the final push you need to committing to Dry January this year?
Alcohol begins impacting your body within minutes (Getty Stock Images)
Within the first hour
Northwestern Medicine explains: “Alcohol affects your body quickly. It is absorbed through the lining of your stomach into your bloodstream. Once there, it spreads into tissues throughout your body.
“Alcohol reaches your brain in only five minutes, and starts to affect you within 10 minutes.”
After 20 minutes, Healthline reports that 90 percent of the alcohol will have reached the small intestine, pancreas and your liver then starts processing the alcohol, metabolizing an average of one ounce of alcohol every hour.
The alcohol starts getting processed in your small intestine after 20 minutes (Getty Stock Images/ E4C)
One hour plus
Professor of hepatology and medical advisor to the British Liver Trust, Debbie Shawcross, tells Mail Online that ‘about a quarter’ of alcohol is ‘absorbed via the stomach’ and the rest is ‘further along your digestive tract’.
Most of the alcohol is broken down by a chemical called alcohol dehydrogenase which ‘can cause flushing of the skin, nausea and palpitations’, and then the alcohol can be broken down further and expelled through breath, sweat or urine.
Factors which impact alcohol absorption include the concentration of the drink i.e. if it’s a spirit with a higher percentage of alcohol versus a beer, alongside whether you’ve lined your stomach properly with a meal before consuming alcohol.
And if you’ve overdone it?
Well, sadly the liver ‘can’t speed up the detoxification process,’ Shawcross notes, so even if you stop drinking ‘alcohol can stay in your blood for up to six hours and in breath for 12 to 24 hours’.
You – or more likely others around you – will probably begin to notice the effects of the alcohol more after the two-hour mark.
You’ll probably feel great in the first hour – unless you really overdo it (Getty Stock Images/ John Rensten)
Two hours plus
Alongside your self-awareness slowly going out of the window, your speech may begin to slur, your movements may start to slow down and your balance may not be too great after you hit the two-hour mark of drinking alcohol.
This is because the brain stops producing as much of a chemical messenger called GABA when there’s alcohol in your system.
And we probably all know what begins to happen when you hit the four hour plus mark.
You may start showing physical signs after two hours (Getty Stock Images/ Peter Dazeley)
Four hours plus
Four hours plus of drinking alcohol and it’s probably time to get a taxi and head home.
Alcohol is a sedative so you’ll likely start feeling drowsy and it’s better to pass out in the comfort of your own home rather than in a club toilet cubicle or on the streets isn’t it?
Hours later, the dreaded hangover will kick in, you may throw up, have a headache, experience hangxiety, an aching body, tiredness and/ or crave junk food – we’ve all been there.
You may also struggle to sleep despite desperately knowing how much sleep is the only real cure for you.
So, make sure to drink responsibly and all that, eat a proper meal before you go out, alternate drinks if it’s a long night and down water before bed.
And may the odds be ever in your favor of escaping the dreaded hangover.
