Fiscally Conservative Paul Ryan Drinks $350/Bottle Wine, Orders 2nd Bottle

Paul Ryan is known for proposals to cut spending on programs for regular people to the bone.  He was feasting and drinking expensive wine with a couple of other people at a DC eatery.

Paul Ryan | Red Wine | Bistro Bis | Mediaite - liberal version

When [Professor Feinberg] saw the label on the bottle of Jayer-Gilles 2004 Echezeaux Grand Cru Ryan's table had ordered, she quickly looked it up on the wine list and saw that it sold for an eye-popping $350, the most expensive wine in the house along with one other with the same pricetag. Feinberg, an economist by training, was even more appalled when the table ordered a second bottle....

(that is from Rep. Ryan Tastes The Grapes Of Wrath | TPMDC .. clever title, that ..)

Libs Outraged and Stunned Over Paul Ryan's Wine - HUMAN EVENTS - conservative version

They point out that Obama once served an expensive wine.  

Sacrifice Is For the Little People… Obama White House Serves $399 Bottles of Wine at State Dinner | The Gateway Pundit

A state dinner is obviously a larger affair than a Congressional bar hop.  That said, many of us drink "two buck Chuck" from Trader Jo.

UPDATE: Paul Ryan's $700-Wine-Sipping Buddies: Hedge Fund Manager And University Of Chicago Economist | TPMMuckraker

According tot he account, the hedge fund manager said "fuck her," when the economist inquired about the cost of the wine.