blueflint
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Ok, look in the kitchen (or where ever) and currently (or within the past 90 days), what is the best wine you have purchased for under $8? Lets limit this to the past 3 months.
Now what is the worse under $8 wine you have tried in the past 90 days?
For my best under $8, I would say:
Beaulieu Vineyard "BV" Signet Collection Cabernet, California, 2009, $5.99
Santa Rita Medalla Real Carmenere, Chile, 2008, $6.99
Concannon Petite Sirah, California, 2011, $7.99
For my worse in the last 90 days...:
Cantine Galasso, Porta Sole, Sangiovese, 2012, Italy, $5.99
Bouchard Aine & Fils, Beaujolais, 2012, France, $7.99
Both of the "worse" tasted like paint thinner...both real dumpers and disappointments.
I buy most of my wine on the east side of Cincinnati at Wine Depot and they get quite a bit of wholesale clearances and closeouts so there is always some good buys. And for an everyday "cheap" easy drinker, specially for those that don't drink a lot of wine (friends that stop by), I find Redwood Creek Pinot noir a good choice, $5.99, fruit forward, smooth, real everyday "cheap" wine.
Oh, why $8? I find that overall, the quality changes at around the $7 or $8 price range and the $7-$15 a bottle are "usually" very good quality and most under $7 or $8 can either be quite questionable or soda sweet with no character....just my opinion. I find that trying various wines, it helps me look at various stages of wine making, to see what I can work to improve on (most areas actually).
Lets hear it, whatcha got under $8...good or bad?
Tony
Now what is the worse under $8 wine you have tried in the past 90 days?
For my best under $8, I would say:
Beaulieu Vineyard "BV" Signet Collection Cabernet, California, 2009, $5.99
Santa Rita Medalla Real Carmenere, Chile, 2008, $6.99
Concannon Petite Sirah, California, 2011, $7.99
For my worse in the last 90 days...:
Cantine Galasso, Porta Sole, Sangiovese, 2012, Italy, $5.99
Bouchard Aine & Fils, Beaujolais, 2012, France, $7.99
Both of the "worse" tasted like paint thinner...both real dumpers and disappointments.
I buy most of my wine on the east side of Cincinnati at Wine Depot and they get quite a bit of wholesale clearances and closeouts so there is always some good buys. And for an everyday "cheap" easy drinker, specially for those that don't drink a lot of wine (friends that stop by), I find Redwood Creek Pinot noir a good choice, $5.99, fruit forward, smooth, real everyday "cheap" wine.
Oh, why $8? I find that overall, the quality changes at around the $7 or $8 price range and the $7-$15 a bottle are "usually" very good quality and most under $7 or $8 can either be quite questionable or soda sweet with no character....just my opinion. I find that trying various wines, it helps me look at various stages of wine making, to see what I can work to improve on (most areas actually).
Lets hear it, whatcha got under $8...good or bad?
Tony