WalMart Wine
Dec 29, 2008 | 10:50 pm
#16
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Vancouver (Not BC), WA (Not DC)...I'm in a PDX flight path.
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I tend to steer away from a lot of the "cheaper" wines (unless it's White Merlot...for some reason, I'm all over that). When I'm buying wine at the store (I do a lot of my buying direct from the vineyard), I typically look in the $7-$15 dollar range.
...unfortunately, my selective memory has caused me to forget some of my favorites from the store...
...unfortunately, my selective memory has caused me to forget some of my favorites from the store...
Dec 30, 2008 | 12:12 pm
#17
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: San Francisco
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Dec 31, 2008 | 11:54 am
#18
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Reston, Virginia, USA
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Consumer Reports has a regular feature on "everyday" wines. These wines are usually under $20/bottle. I have never gone wrong following their recommendation.
By the way, CR said anything with the Yellow Tail label is a good price-performer.
By the way, CR said anything with the Yellow Tail label is a good price-performer.
Jan 1, 2009 | 11:02 pm
#19
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: SEA
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I'll concur that inexperienced palates like sweeter wine. I did a tasting for some friends this spring that had some pretty good wines, but the winner was Sutter Home moscato ($4.65/bottle by the case...Mrs. PVDProf likes it, and I figure it's a gateway wine). Now when I go to a party, I bring some Sutter Home and a good French red. I enjoy the French red while people tell me how much they enjoy the white I brought. Everybody wins!
Jan 1, 2009 | 11:12 pm
#20
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Recently at a low-end beach restaurant lunch, the first two wines we asked for were "not available". But the server subsituted a Sutter Home cab, at somewhere around $30 and asked if that would be okay. No! That stuff is $4.99 at the grocers and even a 3x markup would be $15.
Finally the server came out clutching 6 bottles that they did have and asked us to choose. Kind of funny as she had no clue what they cost, and the price varied from $20 to $50. We matched them up with the plastic menu (yes, with pictures) and made the best decision - some sort of red at about $25. Acceptable with the burgers and BLT's, but beer would have been a better choice perhaps.
Finally the server came out clutching 6 bottles that they did have and asked us to choose. Kind of funny as she had no clue what they cost, and the price varied from $20 to $50. We matched them up with the plastic menu (yes, with pictures) and made the best decision - some sort of red at about $25. Acceptable with the burgers and BLT's, but beer would have been a better choice perhaps.
Jan 2, 2009 | 2:56 pm
#22
Join Date: Oct 2008
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