Beer & Wine, Why the Great Divide?

"Bier den Arzt zu bezahlen" So, I'm no wine connoisseur, but I do enjoy a good wine and I won't sweat spending $15-$30 for a good bottle of wine. Why do people think I'm crazy when I show them my cellared beers that are in the same price range? So, if I drop $30 for what I consider the best beer ever made, I'm suddenly a lunatic? I think not. Beer has this bad connotation due to its association with the words "cheap" and "drunk". People buy cases of Bud Light and get hammered on a regular basis. Its a little less common to do that with wine. Does that mean brewing is any less of an art form? Or that a fine beer is not worth its weight in wine? Not in the slightest. I think brewers spend less time with their noses in the air and more time with their noses in the glass, as a matter of opinion. Get out to the store and spend $4 for a bottle of Paulo Santo Marron and don't think twice about it. I guarantee youll enjoy it more than a $15 cabernet.