Wines for the holidays!

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Gotta disagee wholeheartedly with NSR,
While personal tastes vary I have never been disappointed with any wine rated 90 or above by WS or Parker that I paid $30 or less for. While they may not be perfect for my palate they tend to be well made and well balanced wines.

If you buy in tasting rooms as a novice you will undoubtly end up with a bunch of sweet wines you will never find the time to drink again. Prices in tasting rooms are the highest anywhere. Most wines I purchase are 25 to 50% below what they sell for in tasting rooms.

As for BevMo be careful when they have their buy 1 get another for 5 cents sales. Those wines are usually worth less than 5 cents.

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josh
Hope you are having a field day like me acquiring great wines at great prices. The wines I am buying right now are Brunellos and Barolos for my cellar. Lots of great wines out there under $40 these days worthy of aging.

Syrahs/Shiraz have been fun also. Found a few solid choices for $10 to 15 (StumpJump and Ball Buster) as well as plenty of really nice Syrahs from Paso Robles at great prices too.

[sdrealtor]

josh
Hope you are having a field day like me acquiring great wines at great prices. The wines I am buying right now are Brunellos and Barolos for my cellar. Lots of great wines out there under $40 these days worthy of aging.

Syrahs/Shiraz have been fun also. Found a few solid choices for $10 to 15 (StumpJump and Ball Buster) as well as plenty of really nice Syrahs from Paso Robles at great prices too.

[sdrealtor]

josh
Hope you are having a field day like me acquiring great wines at great prices. The wines I am buying right now are Brunellos and Barolos for my cellar. Lots of great wines out there under $40 these days worthy of aging.

Syrahs/Shiraz have been fun also. Found a few solid choices for $10 to 15 (StumpJump and Ball Buster) as well as plenty of really nice Syrahs from Paso Robles at great prices too.

[sdrealtor]

josh
Hope you are having a field day like me acquiring great wines at great prices. The wines I am buying right now are Brunellos and Barolos for my cellar. Lots of great wines out there under $40 these days worthy of aging.

Syrahs/Shiraz have been fun also. Found a few solid choices for $10 to 15 (StumpJump and Ball Buster) as well as plenty of really nice Syrahs from Paso Robles at great prices too.

[sdrealtor]

josh
Hope you are having a field day like me acquiring great wines at great prices. The wines I am buying right now are Brunellos and Barolos for my cellar. Lots of great wines out there under $40 these days worthy of aging.

Syrahs/Shiraz have been fun also. Found a few solid choices for $10 to 15 (StumpJump and Ball Buster) as well as plenty of really nice Syrahs from Paso Robles at great prices too.

[faterikcartman]

Sadly we, and my wife’s parents, have indulged in rather expensive wines for several years now. It is hard to go backwards and the search for value wines is never ending. We just did a tasting and couldn’t believe the quality vis-a-vis the price. Curiously there was a backstory. The wine was mislabelled; hence we scored a good wine at half price.

To go with the turkey we had Chardonnays including Far Niente, Mer Soleil, and finished the evening with a 1955 or 1960 Cockburn port (unbelievable).

While reds are where it’s at (but not Merlot or Syrah for us) we did score six bottles of Kistler over the weekend — which is a whole other world of Chardonnay, IMO.

[faterikcartman]

Sadly we, and my wife’s parents, have indulged in rather expensive wines for several years now. It is hard to go backwards and the search for value wines is never ending. We just did a tasting and couldn’t believe the quality vis-a-vis the price. Curiously there was a backstory. The wine was mislabelled; hence we scored a good wine at half price.

To go with the turkey we had Chardonnays including Far Niente, Mer Soleil, and finished the evening with a 1955 or 1960 Cockburn port (unbelievable).

While reds are where it’s at (but not Merlot or Syrah for us) we did score six bottles of Kistler over the weekend — which is a whole other world of Chardonnay, IMO.

[faterikcartman]

Sadly we, and my wife’s parents, have indulged in rather expensive wines for several years now. It is hard to go backwards and the search for value wines is never ending. We just did a tasting and couldn’t believe the quality vis-a-vis the price. Curiously there was a backstory. The wine was mislabelled; hence we scored a good wine at half price.

To go with the turkey we had Chardonnays including Far Niente, Mer Soleil, and finished the evening with a 1955 or 1960 Cockburn port (unbelievable).

While reds are where it’s at (but not Merlot or Syrah for us) we did score six bottles of Kistler over the weekend — which is a whole other world of Chardonnay, IMO.

[faterikcartman]

Sadly we, and my wife’s parents, have indulged in rather expensive wines for several years now. It is hard to go backwards and the search for value wines is never ending. We just did a tasting and couldn’t believe the quality vis-a-vis the price. Curiously there was a backstory. The wine was mislabelled; hence we scored a good wine at half price.

To go with the turkey we had Chardonnays including Far Niente, Mer Soleil, and finished the evening with a 1955 or 1960 Cockburn port (unbelievable).

While reds are where it’s at (but not Merlot or Syrah for us) we did score six bottles of Kistler over the weekend — which is a whole other world of Chardonnay, IMO.

[faterikcartman]

Sadly we, and my wife’s parents, have indulged in rather expensive wines for several years now. It is hard to go backwards and the search for value wines is never ending. We just did a tasting and couldn’t believe the quality vis-a-vis the price. Curiously there was a backstory. The wine was mislabelled; hence we scored a good wine at half price.

To go with the turkey we had Chardonnays including Far Niente, Mer Soleil, and finished the evening with a 1955 or 1960 Cockburn port (unbelievable).

While reds are where it’s at (but not Merlot or Syrah for us) we did score six bottles of Kistler over the weekend — which is a whole other world of Chardonnay, IMO.

[sdrealtor]

faterikcartman,
I suffer from the same but am fortunate in that I have a large group to share wines with up in OC many of whom have been collecting for 20 or more years. Had Kistler many times. You should try the Varner Bee Block and Home Block Chard’s. They are amazing and you can pick em up for under $50.

Make sure to sign up for emails from:

http://www.amazinggrapes.com

http://www.winex.com

They have many amazing deals coming out. If you like french burgundy’s check out

http://www.envoyerfinewines.com

You will get daily emails from all of them and can pick and choose what you like. They buy cellars and often have amazing deals on hard to get aged and properly cellared wines.

[sdrealtor]

faterikcartman,
I suffer from the same but am fortunate in that I have a large group to share wines with up in OC many of whom have been collecting for 20 or more years. Had Kistler many times. You should try the Varner Bee Block and Home Block Chard’s. They are amazing and you can pick em up for under $50.

Make sure to sign up for emails from:

http://www.amazinggrapes.com

http://www.winex.com

They have many amazing deals coming out. If you like french burgundy’s check out

http://www.envoyerfinewines.com

You will get daily emails from all of them and can pick and choose what you like. They buy cellars and often have amazing deals on hard to get aged and properly cellared wines.

[sdrealtor]

faterikcartman,
I suffer from the same but am fortunate in that I have a large group to share wines with up in OC many of whom have been collecting for 20 or more years. Had Kistler many times. You should try the Varner Bee Block and Home Block Chard’s. They are amazing and you can pick em up for under $50.

Make sure to sign up for emails from:

http://www.amazinggrapes.com

http://www.winex.com

They have many amazing deals coming out. If you like french burgundy’s check out

http://www.envoyerfinewines.com

You will get daily emails from all of them and can pick and choose what you like. They buy cellars and often have amazing deals on hard to get aged and properly cellared wines.

[sdrealtor]

faterikcartman,
I suffer from the same but am fortunate in that I have a large group to share wines with up in OC many of whom have been collecting for 20 or more years. Had Kistler many times. You should try the Varner Bee Block and Home Block Chard’s. They are amazing and you can pick em up for under $50.

Make sure to sign up for emails from:

http://www.amazinggrapes.com

http://www.winex.com

They have many amazing deals coming out. If you like french burgundy’s check out

http://www.envoyerfinewines.com

You will get daily emails from all of them and can pick and choose what you like. They buy cellars and often have amazing deals on hard to get aged and properly cellared wines.

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