2008

[mikejapan]

Is it just me or does it seem like 2008 was a good year for inexpensive wines? There seems to be many good ones out there. Does anyone know why?

 

[Rocky]

Mike, that depends on which wines you are referencing. As to the quality of the vintage, it was a fair year for California and Washington, good for New York and Oregon. Good for Germany, bad in France and fair for other parts of Europe. I would guess that in general the demand would be lower than other years leading ot a lower price.

 

[ibglowin]

That was pretty much the start of the recession. Wine sales went into a tailspin that year and there could be lots of old inventory in certain parts of the country/world. You didn't give much specific info on what wines you were referring to as an example so kinda hard to tell what you mean precisely.

 

[mikejapan]

I mostly go for Shiraz but I like to try other full bodied reds and I'm always looking for a deal. I follow wineguider.com and have some found a few through them.