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affordable wines that surprised you

>> No.14772223

wine is shit, call me pleb I don't care

>> No.14772240

>>14772223
Hey costanza you want a pepsi?

>> No.14772246

>>14772240
I'd rather drink a pepsi

>> No.14772248
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Seems to be in every corner shop, cheap but quite drinkable

>> No.14772261

>>14772223
>>14772246
You must be 18+ to post on this website

>> No.14772263

>>14772261
If i want to get a buzz I'll just have vodka shots instead.

>> No.14773376

>>14772263
I don't want vodka shots with my steak dinner.

>> No.14773380

>>14772223
Wine is great, try it 3 years from now and try to tell me this gay shit again

>> No.14773417
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Thoughts on this?

>> No.14773431

>>14773417
If you like the cute label then get it, girl!

>> No.14773479
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>>14773417
I like the look of that wolf.

>> No.14773620

There is unironically no reason to ever spend more than 40$ on a bottle of wine.

>> No.14773630
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>>14772215
Costs under $15

>> No.14774066

Picked up a bottle of domaine pontbriand vaucluse. It was 10$ and pretty good. Would drink again

>> No.14774092
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>>14772215
If I'm being honest here. I can be the only one on this board who's been to prison.

>> No.14774100

All wines are affordable for me.

>> No.14774109

Anything by Kendall Jackson. Fucking good for $15 a bottle.

>> No.14774115

>>14773620
good champagne, especially vintage, doesn't start until about 50 dollars
same with amarone della valpolicella
any vintage port starts at around 60

You just so happened to find your ideal diminishing returns point for your palate and budget. There are just as many people who say there is no reason to spend more than 15 dollars on a bottle of wine.

>> No.14774120

>>14774092
Is that jenkim

>> No.14774121

>>14774109
>why yes, I like my wines blended with dessert wine gewurstraminer and/or fortified grape sugar so that they taste like doughnuts

woman detected

>> No.14774268

>>14772215
Kirkland brand red wines at Costo.
Surprisingly good, and only $5 a bottle or 9$ for a 1.5L

>> No.14774301
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I was fucking surprised.

>> No.14774405

10€ berry wines get me surprising drunk

>> No.14774989

>>14774301
>drinking Thunderbird out of a glass

>> No.14775015

>>14772215
the moonx brands and phigment are my favorites from trader joes. 5.99 + 6.99/bottle

>> No.14775119

>>14773417
OMG YAAS QUEEN

>> No.14775253

>>14772215
It's cheap enough, but even at ~$15 there are better options.
Cat Amongst The Pigeons Fat Cat shiraz just won an award, give that a go. Their regular non-fat-cat bottle has been a regular of mine for many years.

Heartland, Longview Yakka, and Wolf Blass grey label (which is often on sale) are all fantastic shiraz in the same ball park.

>> No.14775259

>>14774121
Not that guy but I am a fan of their fruit forward chardonnay. Cut it out with the sweet = bad meme.

>> No.14775272

>>14772215
>that tea box
Either you're in a hotel room or extremely autistic.

>> No.14775298

>>14775272
If I had to guess he's in a quarantine hotel where he was lucky enough to be able to buy a palatable wine.
A mate of mine could only buy garbage Penfolds.

>> No.14775321

>>14772223
Based, wine sucks

>> No.14775578

>>14774301
thought they discontinued this?

>> No.14775604

>>14772215
Honestly, every time I've gotten wine at Trader Joe's this has been the case. I can't name specifics but they're all affordable as fuck but half of them are mind blowing.

>> No.14775616

>>14772223
Checked

>> No.14775630

>>14773376
>alcohol with food

Disgusting

>> No.14775725
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>>14772215
anyone paying more than $20-30 on a bottle of wine is stupid desu. pic related is readily available in Commiefornia and costs around $20. It's a terrific cab

>> No.14775782
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My go to cheap shit

>> No.14775810

>>14772246
Costanza?

>> No.14775828

>>14775782
Can knowledge be "exacting"?

>> No.14775838

>>14775782
Also, typically you hold something "in high regard"; you don't "hold high regard". It's like a bullshitting high schooler wrote it. How cheap is it?

>> No.14775850

>>14775828
>>14775838
Despite being overly verbose, there's nothing fundamentally wrong with that sentence. It does have some technical problems and reads like a fucking thesaurus, though.

>> No.14776014

>>14774121
>sweet wine is bad
Not to defend Kendall Jackson or anything, but I will come to your house, open your jaw with a speculum and pour vintage 1999 port down your forced-open gullet.

>> No.14776034

>>14772248
I like it for what it is. I've tried a few of their wines and I'll say the Sauvignon Blanc is the best

>> No.14776099
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>>14772215
Everything from Natura. Its good for its price range

>> No.14776234
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$20-$30 range is the ideal price range for high quality affordable wine.
Also Paso Robles makes the best California cabs now

Pic doubly related

>> No.14776257

>>14776234
>drinking California cabs
>not Washington cabs
That's pretty fucking cringe, bro. Walla Walla vineyards are putting out really good stuff on the cheap nowadays.

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>>14772215
The $6 Cava from trader joes is great

>> No.14776641
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>>14772215
The ultimate entry level Champagne, $20

>> No.14776659

Cabs:
Juggernaut
Highway 12

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>>14775782
Got laid once with this

>> No.14776740

>>14775782
The bogle blend is great

Highly recommended

>> No.14776759

>>14776641
depending on your costco, they have a champagne and rose that are worth the extra 2 dollars over this guy

>> No.14777103

>>14772263
vodka is for getting drunk, a sweet wine will get you buzzing quicker and brighter because of the easily available sugars

>> No.14777156

>>14775616
dub privileges revoked for 30 days for false check on a broad that doesn't even check

>> No.14777164
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>>14772215
this stuff is good and only like $22 a bottle at target

>> No.14777412

>>14772248
This is fucking terrible and way overpriced, should be no more then yellow tail which is equally shit.

If you enjoy this wine you might as well just buy goon.

>> No.14777438

>>14773620
ace of spades nigga

>> No.14777560

>>14776257
>drinking Cabernet at all

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>>14774301

>> No.14777945
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Where are all my Barolo chads at?

>> No.14777968

>>14772215
>affordable wines that surprised you
aka coping with being poor and having no taste

>> No.14777994

>>14777164
I couldn't imagine spending $22 on a Target wine. Absolute madman.

>> No.14778043

>>14777945
Had barolo in rome. Took a girl out for a date, she specifically asked for this wine and I ended up paying for the bottle(60+ euros) good thing she let me fuck her and gave me a footjob otherwise I’d be mad af.

>> No.14778055

>>14778043
Barolo in general or Guiseppe Mascarello Monprivato?

Expensive tastes either way.

>> No.14778088

>>14778055
I only remember that it was called barolo and that it was expensive. Not the one you posted for sure

>> No.14778116

>>14778088
Yeah didn't think so, that would've been an insane price.

>> No.14778124
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Imagine living anywhere other than South Australia, California, or France and trying to buy wine. Literally incredible

>> No.14778134

>>14778124
what are you talking about, dumb wojakposter

>> No.14778141

>>14778134
wine not from these regions is bad. italian wine is ok

>> No.14778148

>>14778141
t. afraid of anything that isn't a noble varietal

>> No.14778150

>>14778141
Now this is going to surprise you, but you can by wines from South Australia, California & France *in other places*! You don't need to actually live there!

Also you're wrong with the palette of a child as South Australian & Californian wines are all trash.

>> No.14778157

>>14778150
t. thinks South Australia and California are both huge, homogenous regions

>> No.14778174

>>14778157
It literally doesn't matter: all trash.

>> No.14778181

>>14778174
lool new world man trying to impress with his old world tastes

>> No.14778318

>>14778174
>>14778150
Do you realize how try hard and obnoxious and honestly pathetic you seem to people?

>> No.14778323

>>14778318
Do you realize I don't care how much you drink trash wine?

>> No.14778336
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thoughts?

>> No.14778353

>>14778323
>Doesn't care
>Replies
South Australia and California churn out a fuck ton of jam though, how do you sift through all that noise?

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>>14772215
Bought a bottle of this for a pot roast and was pleasantly surprised. It tasted like cheap church wine (which was very nostalgic), but you can't beat $2.98 for a bottle of wine.

>> No.14778430

>>14778323
Evrybody talks bad about you behind your back when you walk into a wine store and start acting like you are.

>> No.14778462
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>>14772215
Spanish wine is the undisputed best country for cheap delicious wine. A $15 Tempranillo does everything a $30+ Cabernet tries.

>> No.14778547

>>14772215
Price usually has nothing to do with how good a wine is.

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>>14772215
The most affordable wine is Grapevine Merlot. Bit on the rough side but lots of body, and dirt cheap. Very popular apparently.

>> No.14778629

>>14774301
>modesto
Hot damn

>> No.14778638

>>14778124
Indiana has a pretty based winery out here

>> No.14778805

>>14778124
>t. Califaggot wojaknigger

>> No.14779075

>>14774120
>it's the good shit