Can Wine Under 7 Bucks Be good?

Can Wine Under 7 Bucks Be good? - Episode #329

October 8, 2007

Gary explores a few value driven wines today and gives his thoughts on a few things!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Chateau St Lager BrouillyCru Beaujolais
2006 Terra Andina CarmenereChile Carmenere
2004 Arnoux Cotes Du VentouxVentoux/Luberon/Nimes

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about 5 months ago

Zigman
http://leehd.com/christmas–cards/christmas-cards-with-dogs.php
about 6 months ago

chenin
Very nice show about a difficult topic that deserves
some attention.
about 6 months ago

Moose
my father in laws… he’s got the BA cellar in the family so odds are it will be there…
about 7 months ago

Shannon
I just found your site and LOVE it. My friends and I have been trying to expand our very limited and uninformed palates. I think you will be a get source for us all.

QOTD: My next wine tasting will be next weekend at my monthly Movies and Wine night. Since I am a big dork, our theme is Vampires and Vino. Vampire flicks to watch and each person brings a bottle of red wine to taste. (Each month I have a different wine theme, either a region or a vintage or some such thing.) Heck, maybe we will plan to watch a few of your videos as part of our movie viewing! Entertaining and educational!
about 7 months ago

jcrazy
QOTD: Waiting for me downstairs.
about 7 months ago

elliottf
QOTD: Probably my apartment, although a wine bar (Left Coast Wine Bar) just opened down the street from where I work so I might have to try it out!
about 7 months ago

kevinresolution
Gary, so glad you gave the 2004 Arnoux Cotes Du Ventoux a pass. I had it a month ago and it was one of the foulest wines I have had in a long time. I got a iron finish on it. Really disgusting. I was totally perplexed by the 89 point wine spectator score. QOTD: my house!
about 7 months ago

Mr. Ambassador
I’m always shopping for a good value, though it’s becoming harder to find a great “everyday” wine which can both bring something interesting to the table and fall under ten-bones. The last several successful values I’ve found have all been white wines. Do you think that white “values” are more predominant than reds? We tried a blind tasting with a mix of many different price-points and the “Pinebrook Cellars, Napa” California Pinot Grigio scored better than many of the higher-priced Pinot Gris and Grigios sampled alongside. Another reason blind-tastings are fun!

QOTD - My next wine-tasting is at the restaurant in which I work. We have wine tasting parties (a pot-luck dinner for staff in which we pick a different region, variety or wine theme) once a month! A great way to learn about wine and food pairings and sample a great variety of wines with friends.
about 7 months ago

Shotgun
Next wine tasting is today at Chateau Montelena, followed by Caymus, followed by Robert Biale (killer zins). Yes we are in Napa, bound for your neck of the woods and NYC on Saturday, more tasting there (or rather eating and drinking!!). Excited about that… going to Veritas, BLT Steak, Porter House etc. Come join us!
about 7 months ago

Chris
Finally delurking here, Gary! I can’t say where my next tasting is, I’ll tell you about the last one (last weekend). We live in Berkeley, CA, so it’s easy to get out there, and we were spending the weekend in Healdsburg (Russian River/Dry Creek area of Sonoma, for the non-locals). But we got a head start, spending the night in Petaluma, and heading up to Philo for some tasting. Stopped on the way at Siduri/Novy in their tasting room/warehouse in Santa Rosa. (Someone’s gotta tell their pourer to pour first, then talk!). After the drive north, we went just a couple of places–Esterlina (atop an unmarked dirt road, 1.9 miles off the highway) and Husch. The next day, down close to where we were staying, went to old favorites Porter Creek and Rochioli, and first time in the new tasting room at Moshin (with a really, really fabulous rosé, of all things!). Then Sunday, the best for last: J. They only taste in a food pairing, always a bubbly (sometimes 2), and 2-3 others. Pricey ($25/pop), but well worth it–here’s the deal, though: club members are free. 2 bottles , 5x/year, but we “save” $50 each time, and more if we bring friends, who are also free. Makes for an amazing first or last stop of the day! In fact, besides being last this time, they’ll probably be first next time, they’s just that damn good.
about 7 months ago

DR. J
gary, forget about your New York teams. it’s time you embrace the power that is BOSTON !. the red sox are going all the way, as are the PATRIOTS !. loved your cheapo vino episode, and also enjoyed the CdP episode. forget the jets, the giants, the mets and yankees. they are like cheap wine.
about 7 months ago

PaVo
QOTD: In my kitchen whilst cooking some Mahi Mahi with yellow bell pepper pesto tonight!
about 7 months ago

Karl Laczko
QOTD - Not go one lined up yet, probably off to the local Wine school some time next month for one of their “world” evenings.

Coming late to the show, feels slow, maybe just me….
about 7 months ago

Quinn
It’s sad that you were not able to find many under $7 wines that really shine, but count yourself lucky: up here in Canada you cannot even purchase wine under $7, let alone anything that isn’t swill.
about 7 months ago

Valerie
QOTD: Leelanau Peninsula Wineries: http://www.lpwines.com/ in Northern Michigan.
about 7 months ago

Dan NYC
Dude you rock for busting out the techmo bowl game! Yes, the greatest game invented. Just flashing back to the college days.
about 7 months ago

Bkenner
GV you did something I do at all tastings I go to, which I find very useful: Retaste the first wine I liked at the end , after sometimes 20 or 25 wines to see if the taste and my palate has held true. I suggest the technique to all I meet.
BKenner
about 7 months ago

Grape Expectations
QOTD: Next week with a group of “winey” Western Washington women. We get together once a month or so. Good people, good food, and new wines. What more could a person want?
about 7 months ago

SoCal
QOTD: At our local shop Saturday
about 7 months ago

Capt M
QOTD: At Academy of Culinary Arts, that’s own by our friend Chef Elena (Cordon Blue alumn), on October 19, wine tasting and Indian Cuisine food pairing. Organized by her and I for Enofilos Group.
about 7 months ago

Jayhitek
Just went to one last week at Metro9 in Natick MA. It was a Foppiano vineyard tasting. One cool thing we were able to do was taste the Petite Sirah In like 10 different years. From 1986 to 2004. Pretty cool. The 1993 was the best.
about 7 months ago

Greg Small Change
QOTD - At my restaurant. We are switching our glass-pours to focus on Southwest France (to go with the cassoulet for the fall). Great stuff - Marcilliac, Cahors, Madiran, Gaillac. All crazy, wild wines. Should be fun. Love to see you giving it up to Beaujolais Cru. Totally misunderstood area.

Go Raiders!
about 7 months ago

Colin
QOTD - At my kitchen table or my wine club - awesome.
about 7 months ago

Andy
G Don’t worry dude the Jets do suck but my Carolina Panthers are worse than the Jets — the whole NFC sucks..
QOTD— We hope to do one at Race in Charlotte this Sat. night Nascar Baby!!!!
about 7 months ago

Grasshopper
Sensei,

Sorry the Jets have sucked all the life (thunder) out of you. Hope you recover!? You have many new viewers this week after the Nightline plug, don’t let them get away!!!!

QOTD - next week, four days in Sonoma/Napa with my Sweetheart and our best friends…pumped!!

Grasshopper