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Old Jun 18, 2017 | 9:09 am
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FLYMSY
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Originally Posted by lhrsfo
No. I've tried very many US wines over the years and only liked a handful, all at the most absurd price points - in the order of 3 to 10 times the price of wine of equivalent quality from elsewhere. Whether it's the $40 wine at the cheap end of a California wine list - almost undrinkable -, a $10 bottle from Costco - filthy when a similarly priced Italian wine is perfectly ok - or a $100 bottle from a Napa or Sonoma tasting room, where I'd prefer a $10 wine from the Languedoc, I just don't like them.

There are exceptions - Hanzell and Ridge (Santa Cruz Mountains) spring to mind but they're still triple the price of similar quality from elsewhere. Which of course is why they can't export the stuff.
I have a better understanding of where you're coming from now. I'd probably say the same about the wines from England.
Last edited by FLYMSY; Jun 19, 2017 at 4:11 am Reason: clarify & correct spelling.
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