I worked security for Redwood Creek at several fairs and food tastings. Good and inexpensive.
I like Kendall Jackson. It’s just shy of $20.
$2.98.
'nuff said.
/johnny
J. Lohr cab is my fav. Not bad priced, have gotten it at Costco for $9.95.
I would rather spend $40 on a good bottle of Scotch with four times the alcohol content of a bottle of wine; I figure I’m ahead. Plus, with less carbohydrate; I make up on with good appetizers.
Is it 5:00 PM yet?
I think the article is pretty darn close with the 20 dollar thing.
http://wine.woot.com is my favorite stop for wine - typically slightly above the $20 mark, but counting shipping and winery direct, it seems worth it to me. If you do stop there, read the discussion. Frequently you’ll be talking to the vintner as well as references to ratings and previous offerings.
I worked security for Redwood Creek at several fairs and food tastings. Good and inexpensive.
Back around 1980 SNL used to have a regular skit with winos who only drank expensive wine. I wish I could find a pic from that skit to post here. :) Can’t find that... so this’ll have to do...
MIDNIGHT CHOIR (Mogen David)
Larry Gatlin And The Gatlin Brothers Band
[D] The doors to the mission open at seven
And the soup will be ready about [A7] nine
Right now its six-thirty, they’re ragged and dirty
They standin’ and sittin’, and layin’ in [D] line
First they’ll do a little singin’, then hear a little preachin’
And get saved for the 3rd time this [G] week
A bowl of soup later and a [D] pat on the shoulder
And by [A7] midnight, they’re back on the [D] street.
[D] They walk to the corner of 4th street and Broadway
Then take the first alley on the [A7] right
One of them asks a stranger, how ‘bout a hand
And he gives ‘em one finger at a [D] time
Then they spot an old buddy, with a bottle of heaven
Then pass around what means ev’ry-[G] thing
One bottle for four, thank [D] God, someone scored
And now the [A7] Midnight Choir starts to [D] sing.
CHORUS: A CAPPELLA
Will they have Mogen David in heaven
Dear Lord, we’d all like to know
Will they have Mogen David in heaven, Sweet Jesus
If they don’t, who the hell wants to go.
CHORUS: W/ACCOMPANIMENT
Will they [G] have Mogen David in [D] heaven
[E] Dear Lord, we’d all like to [A7] know
Will they [G] have Mogen David in [D] Heaven, Sweet [G] Jesus
If they [D] don’t, who the [A7] hell wants to [D] go.
Oh! ... [G] (Come on now...)
If they [D] don’t, who the [A7] hell wants to [G] go, [D] Dear God.
As for whites, personally, anything over 20 and I'm just not tasting the difference. A 15 dollar Savignon Blanc form NZ tastes as good and in many cases (Kim Crawford) as a 20 or 50 dollar Pouilly Fume.
De gustibus non est disputandum.
There’s tons of tasty wines for under $12.00 a bottle, particularly if you shop the sales or buy by the case.
Yellow Tail Chardonnay can be found for $8.00 a bottle and is wonderful when served deeply chilled on a hot summer day.
Good reds are out there too. 337 Cabernet Sauvignon can be found on sale for $10.00 a bottle, and is quite delicious.
I know 1984 is a long way back, but Far Niente Chardonnay was $5 a bottle and a steal back then - very good for the price. Now it’s usually well above $50 a bottle. I don’t mind paying that much as long as it’s an exceptional Vintage.
I like the taste of red wine but I don’t drink because two or three sips make me light headed, so I stay away from alcohol.
Last week Mrs. JohnnyP and I went for a nice lunch at Sabatini’s Italian Sausage place on Lido Isle. It’s been about thirty five years since I’ve had any wine, so I decided to order a glass of their house wine without checking the price. Yikes, $10 a glass and I only took four small sips with lunch, left about half of it. Any more and I would have had to ask Shirley to drive home. Tasted good, though. For me, I could only enjoy it in bed before sleep.
Chilean Panilonco Carmenere at about $2.99 tastes like a $15-$25 bottle of wine from Trader Joes. Varies a bit, year by year, but fairly constant.
This clown needs to get a life. Good things to eat and drink are fine - don’t get me wrong - but such a small fraction of life that I wonder about people who make such things the center of their lives.
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