What is the cheapest, relatively good drinkable wine?

[cashflo2u2]

Any opines? or has this already been discussed.

 

[Khan]

Franzia Sunset Blush


Franzia Sunset Blush

 

[REWahoo]

Here's a couple of old threads on the subject:

http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f27/wine-recommendations-15212.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f27/advice-on-a-good-10-bottle-wine-28725.html

 

[dinodino]

What's the word? Thunderbird! What's the price? Fifty twice!

 

[Khan]

What's the word? Thunderbird! What's the price? Fifty twice!

He did ask: relatively good drinkable wine.

 

[cashflo2u2]

I can't do Thunderbird. My father drank it out of a bottle in a paper bag and kept it under his chair.

 

[cashflo2u2]

Kahn, I can't do that either, blush is for girly men. Sorry.

 

[JPatrick]

I find the Yellow Tails are pretty decent.. Some Wal*Marts carry them in the $6 to $9 range.

 

[ziggy29]

What's the word? Thunderbird! What's the price? Fifty twice!

Or "thirty twice," perhaps from an older version:

BumWine.com - Thunderbird

 

[BarbaraAnne]

Try these they are good...

Oak Leaf wines at Walmart are $3 and quite good.

$3 Wal-Mart wines hold their own in our taste test | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News

Here's a good article from the Dallas Morning News.

 

[mark500]

2008's Most Thrilling Wines - WSJ.com

 

[freebird5825]

Bully Hill wines, made by a NY Finger Lakes winery owned by an eccentric guy (now deceased) by the last name of Taylor.
The Space Shuttle table white is fabulous. Love My Goat red table wine is superb.
Bully Hill Vineyards

 

[barbarus]

Are you more interested in taste or the consciousness-altering capability?
If your goal is the latter, I believe science evidence points to Thunderbird.
(NEVER serve this in the presence of anyone you are trying to impress).

Well, unless he's a bum.

The smoothness needs to be experienced; mere words fail to get the feeling across.

 

[ziggy29]

Are you more interested in taste or the consciousness-altering capability?
If your goal is the latter, I believe science evidence points to Thunderbird.

The former would be drinkable. The latter is more drunkable.

 

[cashflo2u2]

ok, I think I might go for the Oak Leaf at $3. But they are only 12% alky so I would have to drink about 10% more for the same effect which tends to offset the price diff. I found a Vendance chard for $7 for a big bottle at a local Stop & Shop which wasn't bad but that may have been a special- we'll see. Since being educated by reading this board I have looked at my budget and concluded that I can drink the same amount of wine for about half my current wine budget at these prices. This is because of the recession. If I have to reduce volume, that's a depression!

 

[CuppaJoe]

I like the Fetzer label for table reds:

Fetzer Vineyards

Found this on sale for $6.99, :

 

[stoopwallace]

Wine of choice around here for entertaining: CMS Red by Hedges (cab, merlot, syrah). Just a darn good drinking wine, $10 at Costco. Highly recommended.

Hedges Family Estate: Our Wines, CMS by Hedges

- Stoop

 

[JOHNNIE36]

Franzia Sunset Blush


Franzia Sunset Blush

I drank Franzia Sunset Blush until recently. About $10 for a 3 litre box. Then Inglenook came out with their White Zinfidel in the 3 litre box for a dollar more and I was hooked. A much better wine.

 

[Fastfade]

I drank Franzia Sunset Blush until recently. About $10 for a 3 litre box. Then Inglenook came out with their White Zinfidel in the 3 litre box for a dollar more and I was hooked. A much better wine.

Franzia Chillable Red ... 5 liter box ~$9.00 at Sam's or Walmart.

 

[SteveL]

I'd vote for Two Buck Chuck. See attached.

snopes.com: Charles Shaw Wine

 

[Dawg52]

I keep coming back to this one but not as cheap as some mentioned here. About $9 for a 1.5l bottle. Pretty good though. I have not tried the Oak Leaf one from Walmart. For $3, I will give it a try.

Livingston Cellars - Red Wine

 

[FUEGO]

I'd vote for Two Buck Chuck.

Seconded. But it is three buck chuck here on the right coast.

 

[bubba]

Mondavi Private something or other Reisling is a favorite in this house and it's on sale at Kroger for $8 this week I think.

 

[KB]

Peter Vella Merlo on sale for $7.99. It's actually pretty smooth. I only drink maybe a glass a week, so I need something that won't go bad quickly.

 

[ziggy29]

Peter Vella Merlo on sale for $7.99. It's actually pretty smooth. I only drink maybe a glass a week, so I need something that won't go bad quickly.

People who drink wine very sparingly might be better off with wine in a box. Because of the packaging, wine in a box is likely to stay fresh for a longer period of time than wine in a bottle (the wine is usually in a vacuum-packed foil pouch which doesn't oxidize much when "opened" compared to an opened bottle of wine, and oxidation is an enemy of wine preservation.