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Re: Cheap but good red wine - kap - 07-18-2008
VIa a wealthy friend of ours I have had the opportunity to taste a few expensive wines. They don't do it for me. Since I am solely dabbling in wine drinking every now and then, a bottle of Columbia-Crest Grand Estates Merlot suffices.
Re: Cheap but good red wine - Dick Moore - 07-18-2008
Tough to beat the Australian Shirazes of you like big fruity wine, say Yellow Tail, eg.
The Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon ("Cab") is very nice, and the Cab-Zin and Cab-Shiraz blends are almost always great with food and tasty to boot, from nearly any label. I like the Rosso from Coppola myself.
I find it easier to get drinkable reds than drinkable whites at reasonable prices. And while we're at it, can someone explain to me why all of the pinot Grigios have shot up in price? $14 for Santa Margherita?!! Please....
Re: Cheap but good red wine - RgrF - 07-18-2008
[quote kap]Not much of a drinker to begin with especially with my genetically low alcohol tolerance/absorbability. Hence, I must be very careful. Four years ago, a good friend introduced me to wine drinking. I started out with TJ's Two Buck Chuck. It was all right for a short while. Then two weeks ago, an acquaintance had me tried Columbia Crest Cabernet-Merlot. That is much more pleasant for my taste. Has anyone here had this brand?
I'm not sure there is a satisfactory answer to your quest.
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2008/01/alcohol-free-wi.html
Re: Cheap but good red wine - OWC Jamie - 07-18-2008
You really need to try a little of this and then a little of that with wine.
A vintner can have several good years and then an awful one.
A vintner here had a crop that had been virtually destroyed by a hurricane. Salvaged everything from the fields, mixed it all together and ended up with a product the Winery couldn't keep on the shelves. The vintner was never able to reproduce that year's results.
Re: Cheap but good red wine - trisho. - 07-19-2008
[quote Marc Anthony]There is a poster here with a blog about wine. I should've bookmarked the site, because I can't for the life of me recall who that was.
Here you go: http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/512410
It was stephen.
Re: Cheap but good red wine - BigGuynRusty - 07-19-2008
[quote haikuman]As your Dr. I advise you to ignore Rusty and drink what ever you like ... *(:>* As a SOBER person, I say ignore folks with a Codeine & Alcohol addiction!
BGnR
Re: Cheap but good red wine - kap - 07-19-2008
[quote BigGuynRusty][quote haikuman]As your Dr. I advise you to ignore Rusty and drink what ever you like ... *(:>* As a SOBER person, I say ignore folks with a Codeine & Alcohol addiction!
BGnR
Hey, relax! I know my limit. If it wasn't for my predisposition that bottle of wine I bought a few days ago would not be left unopened still in the fridge. I am more inclined to down Rum Raisin ice-cream!
Re: Cheap but good red wine - maco - 07-31-2008
[quote kap]Not much of a drinker to begin with especially with my genetically low alcohol tolerance/absorbability. Hence, I must be very careful. Four years ago, a good friend introduced me to wine drinking. I started out with TJ's Two Buck Chuck. It was all right for a short while. Then two weeks ago, an acquaintance had me tried Columbia Crest Cabernet-Merlot. That is much more pleasant for my taste. Has anyone here had this brand?
I drink it sometimes. A couple other wines that you might want to try are Smoking Loon & Hogue. The Hogue Reds have been going for $5.99 lately. I prefer the Hogue over the Columbia Crest Cabernet-Merlot.
Re: Cheap but good red wine - Alston - 12-02-2009
Riunite Lambrusco - my favorite wine and it's also affordable. One of the few examples of a quality product for little money! You can get it almost anywhere! Look at these links
Pardon That Vine