santiago

Oh, I can beat that so easily. Bodegas Borsao Garnacha Mítica 2005. 1,30
euros, that should be about $1.75.

S.

joe giorgianni

Many years ago, we would go to my parent's house every Saturday night for
pizza. We would walk to Tim's Discount Wines and Liquors and buy Franzia
Cabernet Sauvignon, 750 ml with a cork closure. Quite a decent wine - 99
cents.

Joe Giorgianni
TheWho.org

james silverton

Z> I tried a sale item at a wine shop I deal with and found a
Z> wine that really surprised me. A 2004 Bodegas Borsao Vina
Z> Borgia Campo de Borja, at $4 a bottle was pretty impressive.
Z> Wish I had bought more than 6 bottles. The 2004 is long
Z> gone.

It's not a particularly good question, given inflation and the
antiquity of some of us (:-) I hate to think how little I paid
for carafes of good local wine in Italian, Spanish and French
restaurants in the 60s. The price we paid even for Swiss wines
then really induces nostalgia!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

bi!!

In the Loire I enjoyed a pitcher of local Chinon with complimentary
rillets(sp) for 1 euro in a bistro in a small village.

michael pronay

Yquem 1908. Got is as a gift. But I guess that does not comply
with the rules ... ;-)

M.

fred

Does free count? I had dinner at a restaurant that gave you a bottle of
wine with 2 entrees. It was pretty good. I don't remember any details about
what the wine was. It was something like Pepperidge Hills. I only remember
its name was close to Pepperidge Farms.

Fred.

miles

Columbia Crest Estate Chardonnay for about $6.
Villa Mt. Eden Chardonnay for about $5.
Concannon Petite Syrah for about $6.

These wines easily compare to wines I find typically priced from $12-$15
or so.

miles

Wine Drinking 101 teaches that wines that are given to you makes them
taste better.

michael pronay

For a standard consumer that would hold true. As a wine-writer,
I am arrogant enough to say that this does not apply to me in
most of the cases ... ;-)

M.

evan keel

For sipping wines, I don't like the inexpensive ones. Well not quite true, I
enjoy cava and proscecco. But for food wines I like quite a few cheap ones.
For example, we had a Casa Solar (Tempranillo) 2004 with spinach gnocchi
with a red sauce. Plus we had alfredo chicken fettuccini. The wine--Price
USD 6.00. Nice match.

Evan