Posted on 07/25/2012 4:34:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The minimum price of wine is a drink that doesn’t taste bad.
In experiment after experiment, wine “experts” were unable to tell expensive, fine wines from “almost” bottom of the barrel wines.
They also discovered that most personal label and type taste in wine is based on associations that drinker has with that wine. That is, the food he drank it with, his company, and whether he was enjoying himself at the time or not.
Of course, some wines are so distinct, like heavy, sweet port wines, that they are hard to miss. Likewise, it’s pretty easy to spot “damaged” wines that have a bruised or vinegar taste, from improper storage or travel.
And travel is very important to taste. Wine at the winery where it is produced will almost always been better than after it has been trucked a few hundred miles.
all i drink are local wines and to me, Shalestone is as good as it gets around here
http://www.shalestonevineyards.com/wines
Merlot - 2008 $22
Pinot Noir - 2010 $24
all they make are reds cause like Rob says, why make wine you don’t like? so no whites
Yep that’s it. rofl
I've tried some very expensive wines but I find that the point of diminishing returns occurs around the $40 pricepoint. The difference between a $40 and a $200 bottle of wine is not that noticeable to me. But once you get below $15, it's pretty much undrinkable.
"... Thirty twice." That's $0.60, not $60.00...
(from the vintage advertising ditty of an Ernest & Julio fortified vintage offering.)
We like J Lohr also. One of our mainstay’s is Dynamite Cabernet. Its about $12 in the grocery but we found a wine shop where we get it for $10. It has a good oak finish.
You need to find a better retailer. I think it’s around $12 at Total Wine.
At $20 you should be into Sonoma Cutrer, if you like the KJ style of chardonnay. Further on up the food chain try Rombauer or Mer Soleil.
There happens to be a bottle of that sitting on the bar right now here at the beach condo we’re in this week in FL. I love going into TJs and buying a bunch of stuff in the $5-$12 range, trying to find something that punches above its weight cost-wise.
We do have a Trader Joes here in our area. We drink the two buck chuck and we used to get a cab called Bears Lair for about $5.99 that was really tasty. Have not seen it recently. We will look for that Pinot Noir.
I usually try not to buy a wine with a fancy label,...odds of a good hit seem to be less with the fancier marketing.
Mendoza Melboc Sensual though is a decent buy,..argentinian
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