Favorite wines under $20

[bostonsmama]

So, that wine glass thread got me thinking of my favorite wines and what I'll be serving at Thanksgiving (which is only 4 weeks away).

What are your favorite wines (red or white) under $20? And what wine(s) are you serving for the holiday meal?

[pastrygirl]

Red: Pierano Estates cabernet sauvignon

White: Kendall Jackson Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay

[Kindra178]

A to Z Pinot Noir.

[theriviera]

Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc

[maestramommy]

I like anything by Fetzer.

[barkley1]

Red: ménage a trois, Apothic, Little Black Dress

[JBaxter]

I love Peter Vella Chardonnay and the whole 5L BOX is is $16.

[TwinFoxes]

I like Conundrum white wine. It's a proprietary blend and I love it. I have many more reds I enjoy. Echelon Pinot Noir is good, and Pinot Noir is a good choice for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately a lot of cheap Pinot Noirs are pretty blech. I'll be watching this thread. I have become a cheapskate when it comes to wine, and usually spend less than $10 a bottle. But I do like to spend more for special occasions.

[zukeypur]

llano Estacado Signature Red
Apothic
Something diablo, can't remember the name exactly, but it has a demon on it.

ETA: I really like the merlot from trader joes.

[infomama]

Drinking this right now. Think I paid about $12 on sale.
www.3fingerwines.com/wine/FR09 (http://www.3fingerwines.com/wine/FR09)
The only thing I don't love about it is the more berry lean. I prefer a pepper/chocolate finish..smooth.

[pomegranate]

Barefoot Cellars Moscato. Cheap, yummy girly wine.

[Dcclerk]

Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc

This exactly. I always have it on hand, because almost everyone thinks it is very drinkable (and red wine now gives me headaches).

[wellyes]

Another vote for Apothic Red. Less than $10 and very drinkable.

[ZeeBaby]

Huge Kendell Jackson fan here. Love their reisling for something sweet or their Chardonnay

[elbenn]

Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc

Yes, this for white wine. Sooo good.

[hellokitty]

Barefoot Cellars Moscato. Cheap, yummy girly wine.

:yeahthat: I also like Fish Eye Moscato. TJ's $3 bottles aren't half bad either.

[cuca_]

Recently I have been buying Lindemans Bin 65 Chardonnay. I really like it!

[acmom]

I really like several mentioned by PP...

Apothic, ménage a trois, Kendall Jackson chardonnay.

For reds, we also like really like Cupcake and 7 Deadly Zins and for whites, we like Meridian and Cupcake (both chardonnay).

[MelissaTC]

Robert Mondavi Private Selection Cabernet Sauvignon
Pennywise Pinot Noir

[KDsMommy]

Chateau St Michele Reisling...I love me some girly wine, I think I need to try a Moscato next

[bostonsmama]

Yeah, Apothic is SOO drinkable!

For whites, I love a Bree Chardonnay, Bougrier V Vouvray (on the sweeter side) and Mendoza Station Torrontes (think crisp green apple). If you want apple, oak, buttery and smooth, check out Butterfield Chardonnay.

An excellent red is Milton Park's Shiraz.

DH loves Gumdale's Shiraz/Cab blend. It's our favorite party wine.

We just went to a wine festival and fell in love with a boutique winery: Barboursville Reserve Merlot 2007. Just over the $20 mark, but not by much. Fabulous.

If you're on the west coast (and I'm seriously jealous if you are), but Tobin James (we subscribe to their wine shipments) has a rockin' Cab and Zin (Ballistic) for $14 at Vons and Total Wine & More. Lurv....

For Thanksgiving, I think we'll serve a lighter bodied French bordeaux and Vouvray.

[sweetsue98]

Louis Martini Cabernet

Robert Mondovi private selection cab, if you like robert Mondovi he has a more cost effective called Woodbridge. It's not bad if you drink wine everyday.

Cupcake- red velvet

[mom2binsd]

Cupcake Chardonnay or LaCrema Chardonnay

[sntm]

Lol, I've seen some listed here that I can't stand :)
Which is why wine can be very subjective. For a cheap go to Chardonnay (if you don't mind some buttery oaky flavor) Chateau st Michelle Indian wells Chardonnay is my tops.
$20 seems to be a big price break for wine. I can't drink much below $15 anymore except the CSM. Nytimes.com had a good article outlast week listing great $20 wines.

[speo]

Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc

:yeahthat:

For an even cheaper wine, I also really like Costco's Kirkland Marlborough Sauvingon Blanc. The is usually on around at the end of summer.

Sadly, I too can't drink red anymore because it started giving me terrible headaches a couple of years ago.

[luli13]

Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc

Love it. This is my go to.

[theriviera]

Love it. This is my go to.


:yeahthat:

For an even cheaper wine, I also really like Costco's Kirkland Marlborough Sauvingon Blanc. The is usually on around at the end of summer.

Sadly, I too can't drink red anymore because it started giving me terrible headaches a couple of years ago.


Yes, this for white wine. Sooo good.


This exactly. I always have it on hand, because almost everyone thinks it is very drinkable (and red wine now gives me headaches).

Now I know what to have on hand for the next BBB get together! :54:

[spannaz]

Huge fan of Sokol Blosser's Meditrina (red) and Evolution (white) blend wines. And I love that they differ year to year (similar to the conundrum wine PP mentions above). Yum!


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[kwc]

We are lucky and even our local independent grocery stores have great wines for a good value:

Nice food-friendly white: Hop Kiln A Thousand Flowers
http://www.hopkilnwinery.com/wines/wine.asp?ProductID=478

Oregon Pinot: Dewey Kelly 2007 Pinot (though we liked 2006 better)
http://www.ribbonridge.com/default.cfm?action=display&Wine_ID=26

Interestingly, our local Costco has had these two awesome Pinots for about $20... each Costco has its own wine buyer and I've had really good experiences talking to the buyer about what I like and he'll steer me to try something really great.
http://www.winematch.com/wine/1419/2009-Curvare-Winery-Pinot-Noir-Four-Clone.html
http://www.vinopedia.com/store/Woodland+Hills+Wine+Co./?wineid=20454634

Cameron Hughes is a small lot buyer that often has a lot of great value priced wine that is distributed online and through Costco:
http://chwine.com/

We also will pick up a Gruner Veltliner for $15-20 a bottle and it can go with fish or richer dishes... off dry German white. Many makers, I think Hugl is one of them... I can't tell the German names apart.
DH doesn't really like oaky chardonnays but he likes Grgich Hills Chardonnay.
I've also like Folie a Deux Menage a Trois but DH is meh on it.

[peanutbutternkelly]

Apothic Red- YES
Black Lab- only about $9 a bottle and so good. I don't like sweet but they also have a "Lab" red.
I prefer my chardonnays unoaked...this way you can really taste the grape which is usually lost in the oaky/buttery flavors. Plus I drank enough Chardonanny during/after 9/11 in NYC that I'm good with oaky chards for LIFE! I just discovered the Smoking Loon chardonnay, not oaked, around $10 and delish. Will probably serve this and or a Pinot Noir for Thanksgiving. Just need to find a decent pinot. I think my guy recommended a cheap one called, "Vino Vines?" not sure...

[A1icia]

I generally prefer reds but my all time favorite white is Nobilo's sauvign blanc which I can generally find on sale for $9.99.