2001 Arboleda Merlot – $15

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Talk about an end of the bin special, this is a Chilean Merlot from the Colchagua Valley that has nine years of bottle age. Now most wines in the under $20 category are not made to be cellared for too … [Read more...]

2007 Viña Ventisquero Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon – $10

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Unquestionably the best $10 Cabernet Sauvignon from South America that I've had in a long time!  The Chilean vineyard's name Ventisquero is Spanish for "glacier", which takes its name from the … [Read more...]

2006 Four Vines Old Vines Zinfandel – $12

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This is another "follow the wine maker" wine. Christian Tietje (based out of Paso Robles) is something of an outlaw winemaker - he makes wine the way he wants to and does not pay a great deal of … [Read more...]

2006 Hess Allomi Cabernet Sauvignon

Here's a screwtop, estate-grown Cabernet out of Napa Valley that overachieves its $21 price tag. Think Larissa Ely in Cherry, Harry and Raquel (Russ Meyer, people): great body and smells like Cherry … [Read more...]