“How good can it be if it’s that cheap?” is one of the great myths about wine. The belief is that price correlates with quality. Prior to the wine technology and science we have today, cheap wines were really awful, but that is not true today.
The actual cost of producing a great wine is surprisingly small – $15 a bottle. Of course, if a winery has a fancy facility, in order to support its overhead, the cost of the wine must be greater than the cost of creating what’s actually in the bottle.
So, try some of those “cheap” wines priced from $5 to $10 – or even lower – you will get a pleasant surprise. We tried a Chilean blend of Merlot and Malbec offered at Trader Joe’s for $4 and got a “big” surprise! The wine comes from Panilonco Winery in the Colchagua Valley (2010) . We bought a couple of cases, because we have a very attractive credenza-style wine cabinet in which to store it.
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