The Best Inexpensive Wines Available Now

No contest, For me the is the Producturi Barbaresco form italy at about $22 ive never tased anything like it. if fact i thnk the only wine i have tasted that i prefer was a bruenello that was about $150 talk about pricy

Wolf Blass - either the Cabernet or Shiraz - fine Australian wines, the Shiraz is full bodied without the 'sweetness' that you find in the cheaper versions. Tastes like a $40 wine for $12.00

Doug... been inactive for a while. Lost my job. Ummm... meritage... well, interesting that you ask, as that's a varietal that I've long been meaning to explore! I'll turn your question around, and ask you for suggestions! Found some good Portuguese values recently.

Cpdunn99, sorry to hear about your job loss.

Most of the the wines I am into lately are, in fact, meritages. Meritage being a made up word to denote a blend, generally a Bordeaux-style blending, as opposed to a standard varietal. If you want to check a good one out, I'd refer back to the previously mentioned Hahn Meritage 2001 (now 2002?) for about $12.

The meritages I am into tend to favor a blend of cab franc, malbec and petit verdot. All rich and jammy, not unlike the Incognito we talked about before.

California, in particular central CA, has some astoundingly good wineries and grape production is so strong that prices are low. Good for us!

Let me know if you try the Hahn and what you think.

What do you like in Portugese wines?

I've seen quite a few blended red's these days, some very nice. It's usually a Cabernet-Merlot, but sometimes a Can-Syrah-Merlot or something similar. Would you consider these (technically) a Meritage? They certainly are not marketed with that name on them.

Thanks,
Bob