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$AVING YOU MONEY: Party big ... on an itsy-bitsy budget By Cathy SpauldingPhoenix Staff Writer Also, unless you really, really want to impress people at the wine tasting with your snob appeal, you don’t have to shell out big bucks for spirits. “I don’t serve expensive wines when I have a big group,” Cousins said. As Mike Alberty said, “All wines are good party wines.” He said his store offers all price ranges of wines, including champagne. “You have the high-end Dom Perignon or a good wine for under $20,” Robin Alberty said. For example, Wine Spectator listed an Aquinas wine as one of its top 100 wines for the year, she said. “And here, it’s $12.99. Don’t rule out boxed wines, Robin Alberty said as she walked down an aisle with wine boxes filing the shelf and the floor. She said people can get 10-liter boxes. “They even have high-end wines, Australian wines in boxes now,” she said. Alberty said she also has a variety of other beverages for less than $20. People also can save money by serving non-alcoholic beverages. Inexpensive parties • Decide how much you have to spend or want to spend. • Make it a group effort and pot luck it. 
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