pick up something from Chile and for $10 you’ll end up with a very nice wine
Most assuredly so.
If you like inexpensive Riesling, get a bottle of Piesporter Michelsberg Spatlese. It can be found at most wine stores for 8-12 dollars a bottle.
The Michelsberg vineyards are vastly underappreciated, when compared to Goldtropfchen or Urziger Wurzgarten. Unless you're a sommelier, you won't notice the difference...I sure haven't, and I've been drinking Mosel wine for over 40 years.
I was stationed at Hahn AB and Spangdahlem AB during my Army tour in Germany. Once I was allowed to move off base, I got an apartment in Traben-Trarbach, smack dab in the middle of Mosel Country.
I get my reds from Lost Oak Winery in Burleson, TX, about 15 minutes south of Fort Worth. They have a Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve that is a bit pricy, at $35 a bottle, but it's heavenly...and too good for the in-laws...lol.
Root 1.
Nice Chilean cab, $10.