<p>I’m inspired by another thread to ask: what is your go-to inexpensive wine, whether white or red? I used to say that I was on a quest for the ideal bottle of wine under $10. Is $10 too low or too high? Ideas??</p>
<p>$10 is pretty low. I like Malbec for inexpensive red. For white, you might try the wines of Portugal especially vinho verde - made to drink young. Here’s a bit about Portuguese wines: [The</a> Dry Wine Varieties of Portugal - For Dummies](<a href=“dummies - Learning Made Easy”>The Dry Wine Varieties of Portugal - dummies) They really haven’t been discovered yet and are great buys.</p>
<p>14 Hands - red.<br>
Managua twas - red. (I have no idea if I spelled this right - but think threesome.)</p>
<p>I’ve been drinking bottles of a white rioja called Sonsierra. About $12. What they call drinkable, meaning not too acidic, but with a crisp edge.</p>
<p>Lonely Cow Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand. Tried it at a local wine festival 4 years ago, and it’s my go to wine now. I usually get it for about $9/bottle.</p>
<p>White- Montet Sauvignon white Bordeaux under $10 and red - I second a Malbec</p>
<p>Here’s an old thread on this topic from many years ago, but it still has useful info <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/36378-wines-cc-party.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/36378-wines-cc-party.html?</a></p>
<p>Here’s another old thread <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/412268-suggestion-what-wine-bring.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/412268-suggestion-what-wine-bring.html?</a></p>
<p>If you have a Costco near you, they have an excellent selection of moderately priced wines. The head of their wine buying dept has, despite her limited background in the field, done a phenomenal job of purchasing excellent wines and setting very reasonable prices, with mark-up at only around 15%. </p>
<p>If you have a Total Wine store near you, they too have a great selection at very reasonable prices. Are you looking for a white or a red?</p>
<p>In the 70s someone gave me Boone’s farm apple wine from a twist cap bottle sans cork and I found it great. I don’t know if they’re still around, but at $2-$3/bottle then it was a perfect for someone like me who liked sweet wine, but unfortunately had “cheakskate” written all over it.</p>
<p>Don’t know much about wine but Whole Foods sells a very inexpensive ($2.99) California wine called Three Wishes. Seems fine to me!</p>
<p>$10 used to be our price point for wine. Now it is lower! Or, $10 for a 1.5L bottle. So either our budget has constricted (it has) or wine has gotten so competitive prices have actually dropped in the past 5 or 10 years (that’s my story). We started with a $5 bottle of Barefoot Cabernet last night, and it was very drinkable!</p>
<p>Screw tops are now acceptable for table wine. Much of the “cork” is plastic anyway.</p>
<p>Anything around $10 works for us except Yellowtail. Yeuch.</p>
<p>Cork has become in very short supply, and screw tops are fine. One of my favorite whites, Ferrari-Carano, has been using a screw top for a while.</p>
<p>We had neighbors over last night, and they acknowledged that they are not big wine drinkers. I made sangria with inexpensive wine and put fresh fruit in it. They LOVED it!!</p>
<p>We like the Little Penguin (Australian) wines, especially Merlot</p>
<p>Not Riunite :). I still remember the hangover from my college days and that was in the early 80’s :)</p>
<p>I second the Costco suggestion - but $10 is a bit too low unless you can find local wineries that produce good stuff for lower cost. $10 for anything national brand is usually awful. The fellow poster that observed wines have gotten cheaper over the years is right, mostly due to low priced Australian (semi-awful) and Chilean (awful) imports. From 10-15 dollars there are some decent values, Whole Foods has some even but you have to try. If you have a seriously stocked international liquor store nearby (we visit Jungle Jim’s on a regular basis) then there’s all kinds of imported wines you can find under $15 usually from places nobody has ever heard of (various former Soviet republics, Cyprus, Romania, Croatia). </p>
<p>Stay away from anything northern European and $10 range, I have yet to find anything decent.Spain has some good stuff around 15, Italy too. French likely higher.</p>
<p>Disclaimer - Grandpa Turbo made wine in the old country post retirement and let’s just say I’ve learned to appreciate wine at a very young age…</p>
<p>Anyone remember Mateus? Used to drink that stuff in college so could use the bottle as a candle holder. Heres a website that reviews cheap wines (including Mateus) <a href=“http://www.cheapwinereviews.com/mateus-rose[/url]”>http://www.cheapwinereviews.com/mateus-rose</a></p>
<p>Where we live, the best good wines tend to be from Chile. My favorite is a winemaker named Calina… their reds are good, but the best is Carmenere, a red that is uniquely Chilean. Been drinking it for a couple of years and it’s consistently dependable. $7.99 a bottle.</p>
<p>Jym, we used to drink mateus in college, but hadn’t seen it in decades. Spotted it on a menu in Europe last summer and worried that we would find it dreadful now. Nope, still pretty good. Crisp and slightly effervescent, great for the price. I looked when we got home but evidently there are only a few East Coast importers who stock it in the US. Rats!</p>
<p>For this hot summer, I’ve been drinking a cheap Pinot grigio called FlipFlop. Screw top. Well under $10.</p>
<p>Yep, saw Mateus in Cyprus at the corner store. I love Australian wines and finding them on the shelves everywhere in my neighborhood. Price has little to do with what’s inside. I try a variety looking for a good deal and fine flavor!</p>
<p>Venta Morales tempranillo…absolutely a steal (and made with organic grapes too!)</p>
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