Chairboy - this is still a newbie speaking. While I'm slowly getting a fair idea of what's available, I am still far from an expert of the bars here and their offerings. I've been to all of 4 or 5.
And yes, the cost is abominable. But the choice and the costs we'd have to live with anyway. I was asking about a wine club with organised activities simply because it would make it all a bit more fun.
(I've been to oenologist school, so it would have also kept me in practice. Okay, that's just an excuse :))