Any favorite cheap wines? - Page 2

vic108 · December 31st, 2006, 01:32 PM

Ah! Another happy customer!

Drink it in good health.....cheers!

And Merry New Year!

Steelpicki'n · December 31st, 2006, 04:59 PM

McGuigan 2005 Merlot
some of Australia's best IMHO
less than $9.00 a bottle

( pretty cheap for a taste of Heaven)

brown meadows · December 31st, 2006, 06:29 PM

anyone remember "Tyrolia" hahaha. Seriously though, Costco's private label "kirkland" wines aren't bad for the $$$.

John Harrison · December 31st, 2006, 08:21 PM

Don't know about "cheap", but Ponzi's Eyrie is the best wine I've tasted in quite some time. Oregon's wines are really up and coming.

blue metalflake · January 1st, 2007, 06:39 AM

I sampled a lot of favourite wines last night!

The new year is now over 10 hours old at our house, and I have a sore head.

dh · January 2nd, 2007, 10:57 AM

We drink a lot of wine so we have learned how to drink well without breaking the bank... some in regular rotation:

Rene Barbier Mediterranean White (has a pastel painting of a beach chair on the label) - our staple summer wine.

The 3 R's of Red Wines - Ravenswood, Rancho Zabaco, Rosemount

Martin Berdugo wines from Spain

Portugese wines

- Vinho Verde - light, slightly effervescent
- Dao - great reds

For sparklers - Spanish cavas

Other reds

- Red Truck, Coppola Rosso
- Chilean Cabernets - especially Montes 'Reserve'
- South African reds

newrider1969 · January 2nd, 2007, 11:14 AM

http://www.stjameswinery.com/ I have only tried their sweet and semi sweet wines and I like all of them.

1293 · January 3rd, 2007, 11:36 AM

Valle Andino
Chilean Cabernet 2005
$7.99

Just had this last night. If you can find a better wine for $7.99, let me know.

BLACKCAT69 · January 3rd, 2007, 12:07 PM

+1 for Yellowtail Shiraz.

There are some pretty good Hungarian reds called "Bull's Blood" and another one whose name I cannot pronounce so I just call it "Sex and Divorce". It is something like "Skezsdivoros". Bulls Blood is now written in Hungarian and I think it is just called "Egarvin" which means something like "Hungarian Wine". You can get these in Canada for about 7-8 CAD. Nice full bodied wines much like a cabernet.

stevedenver · January 3rd, 2007, 01:56 PM

Gallo Reserve Cabernet-never woulda considered Gallo years ago-it was the Carlo Rossi of my generation-things have really changed-we have bought this as our daily table wine for almost twelve or more years-we drink a bottle every evening with dinner-so everyday priced wine is a savings-ive exeperimented with many and always find this to be pretty decent-the key here is consistency-others, such as Liberty School , Vogle, Lyre, some of the Aussies, and chilean-they vary hugely-some are stinkers-others can be knock out-but rarely consistent IMHO

about $9 per bottle, consistent, good-some bottles are tremendous-never had a bad one-this is a well crafted wine in that even a day or two after being opened (if you ever have a bottle last that long) it still retains its body and flavor often improving with the smoothing of some of the tannin-some are very cherry blackberry-others less so-fairly big and smooth-not the bite of a tuscan or chianti

agree on the Coppola Rosso-IMHO THE ULTIMATE pizza guzzle-and for that matter his Claret is pretty good too-

new entry
Black Box wine-about $18 per box (each box contains the equivalent of 4 x 750ml bottles) not bad atall, the issue being value -it works out to about 5 per bottle-thats cheap!!-the cab is pretty good and actually improves after first opening-this is very close to the Gallo but not quite as fruity, or big bodied

the Chardonnay is excellent -best very cold-

these black box wines are good for the odd single glass, cooking-and swilling while cooking, not the typical box wine shipped in ralway tank cars!!-and

are deceptively problematic as it can be easy to continually refill with no idea how much youve consumed until its time to sleep..............

Geo · January 3rd, 2007, 04:01 PM

Mrs. has these ones and all seem to be fine.
I don't think any of these are very expensive.

Woodridge
Yellow Tail
Turning Leaf
Berringer
Meridian

RomanS · January 3rd, 2007, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BLACKCAT69

+1 for Yellowtail Shiraz.

There are some pretty good Hungarian reds called "Bull's Blood" and another one whose name I cannot pronounce so I just call it "Sex and Divorce". It is something like "Skezsdivoros". Bulls Blood is now written in Hungarian and I think it is just called "Egarvin" which means something like "Hungarian Wine". You can get these in Canada for about 7-8 CAD. Nice full bodied wines much like a cabernet.

"Bull's Blood" is called "Egri Bikavér" in Hungarian (Eger is the town in Hungary where this wine originates from, the name is the literal translation of "bull's blood from Eger"). Quality with these is all over the place, depending on which winery's you get.

The other wine you mean is probably Szekszárd, which I frankly don't know that well myself.
BTW, in case you were wondering - I know all that because my girlfriend is Hungarian on her mom's side, and we regularly visit her families holiday cabin at Balatonfüred (peninsula on Lake Balaton - where some nice wines, particularly rosés, originate from).

December 31st, 2006, 01:32 PM	#41 (permalink)
vic108 Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mudwogweap, VA Age: 52 Posts: 947 9 Photos	Ah! Another happy customer! Drink it in good health.....cheers! And Merry New Year! __________________ Guitars will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no guitars

December 31st, 2006, 04:59 PM	#42 (permalink)
Steelpicki'n Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ft. Edward,NY Age: 52 Posts: 155	McGuigan 2005 Merlot some of Australia's best IMHO less than $9.00 a bottle ( pretty cheap for a taste of Heaven) __________________ Drinking up the future, living down the past....

December 31st, 2006, 08:21 PM	#44 (permalink)
John Harrison Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Corvallis, OR Posts: 1,043	Don't know about "cheap", but Ponzi's Eyrie is the best wine I've tasted in quite some time. Oregon's wines are really up and coming. __________________ How can you be two places at once when you're really nowhere at all?

January 3rd, 2007, 12:07 PM	#49 (permalink)
BLACKCAT69 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada-Windsor-Ont. Age: 37 Posts: 2,633 5 Photos	+1 for Yellowtail Shiraz. There are some pretty good Hungarian reds called "Bull's Blood" and another one whose name I cannot pronounce so I just call it "Sex and Divorce". It is something like "Skezsdivoros". Bulls Blood is now written in Hungarian and I think it is just called "Egarvin" which means something like "Hungarian Wine". You can get these in Canada for about 7-8 CAD. Nice full bodied wines much like a cabernet. __________________ http://www.lukefisher.com/blame.wav

January 3rd, 2007, 01:56 PM	#50 (permalink)
stevedenver Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the mile high city Posts: 1,198 14 Photos	Gallo Reserve Cabernet-never woulda considered Gallo years ago-it was the Carlo Rossi of my generation-things have really changed-we have bought this as our daily table wine for almost twelve or more years-we drink a bottle every evening with dinner-so everyday priced wine is a savings-ive exeperimented with many and always find this to be pretty decent-the key here is consistency-others, such as Liberty School , Vogle, Lyre, some of the Aussies, and chilean-they vary hugely-some are stinkers-others can be knock out-but rarely consistent IMHO about $9 per bottle, consistent, good-some bottles are tremendous-never had a bad one-this is a well crafted wine in that even a day or two after being opened (if you ever have a bottle last that long) it still retains its body and flavor often improving with the smoothing of some of the tannin-some are very cherry blackberry-others less so-fairly big and smooth-not the bite of a tuscan or chianti agree on the Coppola Rosso-IMHO THE ULTIMATE pizza guzzle-and for that matter his Claret is pretty good too- new entry Black Box wine-about $18 per box (each box contains the equivalent of 4 x 750ml bottles) not bad atall, the issue being value -it works out to about 5 per bottle-thats cheap!!-the cab is pretty good and actually improves after first opening-this is very close to the Gallo but not quite as fruity, or big bodied the Chardonnay is excellent -best very cold- these black box wines are good for the odd single glass, cooking-and swilling while cooking, not the typical box wine shipped in ralway tank cars!!-and are deceptively problematic as it can be easy to continually refill with no idea how much youve consumed until its time to sleep.............. __________________ Im really a Les Paul guy at heart, but .....

December 31st, 2006, 06:29 PM	#43 (permalink)
brown meadows TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Twangbar Provence Posts: 98	anyone remember "Tyrolia" hahaha. Seriously though, Costco's private label "kirkland" wines aren't bad for the $$$.

January 1st, 2007, 06:39 AM	#45 (permalink)
blue metalflake Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: ireland Age: 55 Posts: 2,343 10 Photos	I sampled a lot of favourite wines last night! The new year is now over 10 hours old at our house, and I have a sore head.

January 2nd, 2007, 10:57 AM	#46 (permalink)
dh Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Phila 'burbs Posts: 196	We drink a lot of wine so we have learned how to drink well without breaking the bank... some in regular rotation: Rene Barbier Mediterranean White (has a pastel painting of a beach chair on the label) - our staple summer wine. The 3 R's of Red Wines - Ravenswood, Rancho Zabaco, Rosemount Martin Berdugo wines from Spain Portugese wines - Vinho Verde - light, slightly effervescent - Dao - great reds For sparklers - Spanish cavas Other reds - Red Truck, Coppola Rosso - Chilean Cabernets - especially Montes 'Reserve' - South African reds

January 2nd, 2007, 11:14 AM	#47 (permalink)
newrider1969 Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: st david il Age: 39 Posts: 290 3 Photos	http://www.stjameswinery.com/ I have only tried their sweet and semi sweet wines and I like all of them.

January 3rd, 2007, 11:36 AM	#48 (permalink)
1293 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,546	Valle Andino Chilean Cabernet 2005 $7.99 Just had this last night. If you can find a better wine for $7.99, let me know.

January 3rd, 2007, 04:01 PM	#51 (permalink)
Geo Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hendersonville, TN Age: 59 Posts: 2,484 15 Photos	Mrs. has these ones and all seem to be fine. I don't think any of these are very expensive. Woodridge Yellow Tail Turning Leaf Berringer Meridian __________________ "Somewhere between culture and agriculture"