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Surely.Just wondering what your spending patterns are, and if you have any favorites that you'd like to share with the forum.
There are many, many excellent wines from Spain, Italy, and France that don't cost much money. If you steer clear of big-name appellations, that is. A bargain Bourgogne, for example, might mean a crackerjack village-level wine that only costs $35 a bottle.IMO buying cheap wine is like being cheap shoes... that said, there are some great values on good wines from Eastern Europe that are not widely known in the US.
My point was that you can go into a decent wine shop, buy a $10 or $15 bottle of French, Spanish, or Italian (and I should probably include Portugese here, too) wine from an appellation that you've never heard of, and have a positive experience. Some will be excellent, some merely good, but it will probably be a positive experience. You simply can't do that with $35 and a Bourgogne or a Bordeaux.That's true, however the issue is knowing which $35 bottles are decent and which aren't, which can be difficult w/o sampling. I think the better Eastern European vineyards are a bit more of a sure thing and the most expensive vintages are still relatively inexpensive (at least in Europe, they are kinda hard to get in the US)
True, but very little coming out of California and the Pacific Northwest qualifies as a bargain. Something's wrong with the space-time continuum when run-of-the-mill Zins bring upwards of $20 per bottle.That's a fair point. I think you could do quite well with a variety of California reds or whites as well and there is some great stuff coming out of the Pacific Northwest as well. I'm on an eastern European/Australian binge right now although I do like a good California cab.