Any other wine drinkers here?

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After I'm like a bottle to a bottle and a half in all I can think about is cheese. It's easy because I come from a cheese state. So naturally I go for grilled cheese. In a sense, it's not grilled. It's put in a pan and caramelize the bread on both sides and then baked until the cheese is gooey.

I do now understand why wine and cheese go well together.

I will say I specialize in finding good cheap bottles of wine, I have rarely ever bought a bottle over $10.

Who knows, maybe there are some other wine-os here. I typically look for bottles that are cheap, good to drink, and are good to cook with. I still remember the first time I used wine to cook. A few years ago I was doing a mushroom risotto and knew nothing about wine. Bought a $15-$20 white, just because it was a white wine, and it sucked ass. I've been kind of obsessed with finding good cheap wines since.

Share your favorite bottles.
 


That's my current favorite, its under $10, and yes, its French.

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Chile! They know how to make some good wine. I don't know any actual brand names, and I'm too busy to have any desire to learn.
 
Kiopa_Matt said:
Chile FTW! They know how to make some good wine. I don't know any actual brand names, and I'm too busy to have any desire to learn.
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I'd like to know some good wines from Chili, because I haven't found (at least not a cheap ones) from them yet. In fact Chili is at the bottom of my lists normally.
 
so are you cooking the grilled cheese with the wine? Oh and for god sake go and make sure you shut the damn stove off
 
I'm certainly no wine expert or connoisseur. You can get perfectly drinkable grocery store label wine here in Spain for 95 cents a bottle and we drink a fair bit of it :) The good shit is like €2.95 on up to the (gasp) €6 range (and beyond of course). We splash out for a €5-€10 bottle when we're going to a friend's place for dinner, but just typically drink the €1 bottles when we're at home.

Here are a few to choose from...

Albali Reserva and Gran Reserva (and others in the family), common in all the stores here, sells for about €3 for the Reserva.

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Félix Solís avantis - Nuestros Vinos

Yllera, sells for about €5 a bottle. There's also some more premium reserve that sells for about €11.

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Grupo Yllera Winery. The wines | V.T. Castilla y León

Marques de Caceres, the Crianza sells for about €5-€6 a bottle here. Again, the reserves sell for more. The make some nice Rose as well.

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Bodegas Marqués de Cáceres

There are so many more, but these and their more expensive cousins will be a good representation of what Spain has to offer for the average wine drinker. They go nicely with Spanish ham, cheese and olives :)
 
I go in waves of infatuation with various regions and microclimates; right now I'm in love with the Margaux region...in the past I it was Mendoza valley, Russian River valley etc etc. I primarily go for big reds, but will take complexity and balance of any non-plonk served in my schott zwiesel glasses (I recommend the glasses; riedel's break way too easily if you've got man hands).
 
Bonterra - Cab Sav organic (link) is my wine of choice. It costs $20 though so not super cheap. I'll have to give your recommendations a try, see if I can find something else that is comparable for cheaper.
 
I prefer Herding Cats. It's a South African wine with a robust taste. I like their Merlot/Pinottage it goes really well with some fine cheeses yet has a peppery taste to it that makes it great to drink while dining on steak. Cheap yet tastes like a wine I spent half a paycheck on.

I also prefer some Australian wines as well.
 
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