The Under $20 A Bottle Wine Thread:

[SeanGAR]

Originally Posted by TheRiddick

I like Chard on a dry and crisp side, this one has sugar in it.
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/newrep...reply&p=254901
If you want a real bargain without a point score attached, try a bottle of Toasted Head Chard, beats the ones you posted about, at least in my book. Should be $10-14 per bottle and widely available.

Not a fan of the oaky-malolactic style chards such as toasted head.

In fact, I hate them with a deep and burning passion.

I don't drink whites much, but the last Chard that I liked was the Hogue unoaked I bought at their tasting room in Washington a few months back. It was a bit under 20 bucks if I remember right.

Had the Falchini Chianti Colli Senesi Colombaia 2006 recently ... side by side the Farnetello, I prefered the Falchini, which cost a buck or two more per bottle.

Oh, and not a fan of the Mark West Pinot Noir 2007. Not terrible but huge snore factor.

anybody who posts here a fan of Wine Library TV with gary? This guy gives the best reviews on wines heres a link http://tv.winelibrary.com/

[TheRiddick]

Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox

anybody who posts here a fan of Wine Library TV with gary? This guy gives the best reviews on wines heres a link http://tv.winelibrary.com/

Know him well, he stayed at my house 3 years ago on one of his trips to CA. Nice dude. I think there are no more shows being taped?

Originally Posted by TheRiddick

Know him well, he stayed at my house 3 years ago on one of his trips to CA. Nice dude. I think there are no more shows being taped?

Hes been taping all last week and now monday and tuesday this week. He seems like a down to earth guy. Does he smoke cigars?

[TheRiddick]

Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox

Hes been taping all last week and now monday and tuesday this week. He seems like a down to earth guy. Does he smoke cigars?

Doesn't smoke at all. He told me in an email just 2 weeks ago he is done with the TV stuff since he is too busy with speeches and presentations. But its all good if he is back to taping (I think he emailed me on the way back from India).

[TheRiddick]

Originally Posted by SeanGAR

Not a fan of the oaky-malolactic style chards such as toasted head.

In fact, I hate them with a deep and burning passion.

At the price discussed, under $20, you won't get much in the line of dry and non-malo. Plus, its the style being discussed here, so I only obliged and between the KJ and Toasted Head I will take the latter, for sure. Sold who knows cases of it in my days in wine retail.

2 years ago I was at an Chivago offline with a bunch of wine geeks and someone brought a Magnum of Chablis that is no longer imported here, sadly so. The bottle had about 8 years on it already. I was lucky enough to be sitting next to the guy who brought it and while the rest of the crowd was concentrating on 5 incredible Champagnes (the likes of Salon, vintage Deutz, vintage Billecart-Salmon and others, which I also partook of), he and I pretty much finished that Magnum of Chablis before moving on to other stuff. Incredibly enough, the bottle was not expensive, roughly $80 (for a Magnum) and I was told there is a chance it will be brought in again by another importer.

I would recommend a few St. Verant to the guys here, but I see their taste preference is not there. But these wines are tasty and affordable, although not oaky and are crisp.