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lewm
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For you connoisseurs Of Trader Joes $2 buck chucks. Walmart has come out with a California wine called Oak Leaf. It sells for $1.97 a bottle. It comes
in most flavors. I found it in Arizona & Nevada. We tried a couple of bottles & bought more. I admit I'm no expert, but it tasted OK.
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Fred
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Thanks for the info. I need to go there tomorrow.
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Flavors?
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For you connoisseurs Of Trader Joes $2 buck chucks. Walmart has come out with a California wine called Oak Leaf. It sells for $1.97 a bottle. It comes
in most flavors. I found it in Arizona & Nevada. We tried a couple of bottles & bought more. I admit I'm no expert, but it tasted OK.
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Like strawberry and vanilla?
Thanks. For us 2BC fans anything less expensive is always a plus. 
Screw-top or fake cork?
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With that low-end stuff you're essentially buying box-wine repackaged in bottles--IMHO save yourself some money and buy the box.
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Bob and Susan
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actually box wine is being filled with better wines every year...
the lack of air in the bag keep the wine longer after opened
"try it you'll like it"
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lewm
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Box wine is fine, but just does not work as well as a bottle at your table.
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I will check out Wally World Wine...if it is not made in China
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Al G
I will check out Wally World Wine...if it is not made in China
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What with all the extra stuff they put in everything, a bottle of Chinese wine doesn't sound so bad.
I just need to find that "special someone" to share it with.
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Here's a couple inexpensive gems
Cartlidge and Brown Sauv. Blanc 05
Durand La Bastide Roussanne 06
Not 2.99, mind you. But some character.
Box wines are getting better, especially the Aussie Shiraz. But they are still rather thin, IMO.
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Flavored wine? Oh, that's too scary to touch! Screw tops and fake corks are being used more and more by better and better wineries. The really nice
thing about the screw top is that you don't have remember the opener 
Just like the boxes.
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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So, I'm looking for good tasting wines, under $10 bottle for Thanksgiving dinner. Available in the states 'cuz we'll be in Las Vegas for the holiday
this year (waaahhh!).
I'd like recommedations for a white and a red that I can serve to regular wine drinkers.
Your recommendations?
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Paula
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Hook, do you buy those inexpensive gems in BCS? Of course inexpensive means $5 or $6 to me. $10 -$15 is pretty special. 2buck is actually decent everyday wine (OK, I do drink some almost every
evening) but I don't see myself buying wine at Walmart. Don't buy much of anything else there, and don't see starting now.
Bajabound, I think he means like chardonnay and shiraz, not chocolate or butterscotch.
I think screwtop is great-- easy, new-wave, hip and groovy. Much better than those rubber corks that don't fit back in the bottle
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Livingston Cellars...Chardonay....screw top...yum-yum
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| Quote: | Originally posted by docsmom
So, I'm looking for good tasting wines, under $10 bottle for Thanksgiving dinner. Available in the states 'cuz we'll be in Las Vegas for the holiday
this year (waaahhh!).
I'd like recommedations for a white and a red that I can serve to regular wine drinkers.
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Alice White and Yellowtail are both good low end brands, both Australian, both well under $10 a bottle. Meridian is pretty safe. Ravenswood
chardonnay and red zinfandel are nicer, maybe just a little over$10, at least in Montana.
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DocsMom--can't go wrong with Edna Valley Chardonnay ($12)for the white, and a Pinot is always good with Turkey--good cheap ones though aren't so easy
to find. Last year my sister brought a bottle of 2004 Lucia Winery Pinot and it was unbelievable and paired with the turkey perfectly...um, only
thing is I think its around $50/ bottle...waahhh...Costco probably has some Cabs that will work.
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Funny thing about wines.
In the 60's, in the bar/restaurants, the best selling wines were burgundy, pinot noir in the reds and sauterne, riesling in the whites, with fume and
chablis just getting their popularity start. Never even heard the name Shiraz in those days.
Always wondered if the industry doesn't just make up new variety names when the newness of a variety wears off.
Can't tell me that the vineyards that produced the grapes in those days, al of a sudden quit producing or were replaced with other ones. You don't
grow a vineyard overnight.
And now for you guys: As a connoisseur of fine wines, I stick to my 5 liter square " bottle " of fine Carlo Rossi Merlot.
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Paula,
I've tried the Meridian, I agree, pretty safe. Thanks for the other suggestions.
Mex, you really had my attention with the Lucia 'till I saw $50 a bottle! I'd do it if my crowd would be happy with a sip but these folks will do at
least 3 glasses per............ too rich for my blood at this gathering. (But I'll probably go to the wine store and get some for a private tasting
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I'm still listening.........
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Box Wine
At the Calimax and Comercial Mexicana in Rosarito, they frequently have 1 liter boxes of red and white wine labeled Valle Redondo, California Vino
Tinto or Blanco (There are nice graphics of a glass of red or white on the box). These wines are very drinkable immediately after opening and are
great for adding a recipe that calls for wine. The price is roughly $2.50 per box.
In another note, last week I ordered a glass of wine at a restaurant and was so impressed by the flavor and aroma I asked for the details.
It was La Cetto cabernet - and, WOW, substantial and fruity with blackberry flavors. It was wonderful!
A bottle of La Cetto Cabernet sells for about U.S. $6-7.00 in the various markets and licores stores, BUT, if you are in a smalll volume tienda,
check out how they store the wine and how fast the inventory is turned over.
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docsmom........................when you get to Vegas.........go to Mr. Lee's.........................100's of bottle of wine at all prices.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Funny thing about wines.
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Ahh, the 60s...but I was just a mere pup then -- like TEN at the END of that decade!
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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