Originally Posted by
lhgreengrd1
I just had a very interesting Malbec from Salta bottled under the Hess label, retailing for $17 in Maui, which is one of the more expensive places to buy wine in the U.S. Pretty sure it comes from Colome's vines (or it's sister property Amalaya) - they may even have vinified it in Salta as the same international conglomerate owns both Hess in California and Colome and Amalaya in Salta.
For $17 retail, my guess is that it was most probably an Amalaya brand, all of the stuff from the "full" Colome portfolio are going to be at least in the mid $20ies per bottle (and that is on the "mainland").....