We attended the Napa Valley Vintners Tasting at Fleming’s Steak House in Chicago the other day, and it was an awesome event! Wines from 70 of the best growers in the valley and presented by the winemakers themselves. The wines were uniformly of the highest standard and the winemakers were extremely personable and very proud to offer their wines for tasting.
At every table, we would introduce ourselves and upon seeing our cheapwinefinder badges, the vintners would start skeptically asking us questions. We would explain about how we are trying to demystify wine and that great wine can be found for a reasonable price (under $25) – if you know what your looking for. They would always say, “Well, we don’t have anything at that price here, but try some of this.” And sadly, they were right. With the exception of a couple of white wines, there was nothing available in this website’s price range.
Now I don’t presume to tell Napa what to do – I know they have spent considerable time and money to position their wines as “destination” wines. The quality and the desirability of their wines is unquestioned. But I would really love to see what they can do in the under $25 range. We have a review of the Turn 4 Cab on this site that we were highly impressed with. If Bennett Lane can deliver outstanding value, then it stands to reason that others can do it too. There are a whole bunch of us down here in this price range just waiting to buy their entry level value wines.
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