<p>Ok, so I went to two stores with my carefully compiled list from you folks and was appalled at what they offered as “high end.” So I went to the third store and asked the guy, who immediately asked me some of the questions you did: what does the person want? what’s your price range? etc etc</p>
<p>I went with Pinot Noir, based on a prechampagne controversy consensus, and he recommended two from Oregon’s Willamette Valley, one whose name escapes me at the moment and one from 90+, which apparently relabels awared winning wines under their own label but you don’t know where they are from. Price is equivalent for both.</p>
<p>He was pushing the 90+ as a good value good wine. It has a screw top, which even I know is not impressive…</p>
<p>So, valued oenophiles, which one should I get?</p>