a $100 bottle of red wine..

[Transporter]

i was watching on TV that many 10$ bottles are better than 200$ ones

 

[monteman]

It all depends on your tastes!

 

[phatrr]

now i honestly dont think i can enjoy a $25 bottle again...

Welcome to the club. Once you get a taste of a really good red, it's hard as heck to lower your standards. It's like magic.

That said: 2002 is an absolutely stellar year for Napa Valley Merlots. It would take a real bozo to eff-up the harvest from that year, so it's a great place to start searching out the bang-for-the-buck wines.

Napa Cabs: If you can swing ~$50, check out Stag's Leap Wine Cellar Artemis. I'd put that up against any of the heavy hitters (first growth Bordeaux's), and I don't think it would be shamed.

 

[ChefWide]

I have to tell you that the value of wine is based not on taste but on production, less production the more valuable the bottle.

So you can have a fine wine at $25 or $300 - you just have to know what to pick and if you speak to a wine snob - "it's all about the dirt".

eggs zactly.

case in point.. er.. sorry about the pun... is Petrus, great stuff, no doubt, but the reason it may be the most expensive contemporary wine in the world is that the production fields a about the size of the BARNS on Mondavi's estate.. no kidding.

 

[anthrax]

Have you guys ever drunk some Romanée Conti (Burgundy)?

Probably the most expensive wine and supposedly quite an experience....

 

[phatrr]

Have you guys ever drunk some Romanée Conti (Burgundy)?

Probably the most expensive wine and supposedly quite an experience....

Domaine de La Romaine Conti...actually, yes, I have. It's quite good, but I am not a Burgundy enthusiast, so I have none in my cellar.

Is it the most expensive? That's up for debate. I can point you to, for example, some 2000 Screaming Eagle from Napa Valley at a cool $3,000.00 a bottle if you can find it. So don't think that only French wine can be pricey!

 

[doyouyahoo]

If you got the money, why not.

 

[rgjujitsu]

For great reds at good prices try Spanish wine. Anything by Muga, conde de valdemar, Torres, etc. I like Ribera del Duero region myself Condado de Haza and Pingus. But my real love is Cardinal Mendoza brandy, I mean I really love it like almost in a creepy way.

 

[Spanky11]

If you can get your filthy mitts on a bottle, go for a Grange Hermitage from Penfolds...Awesome wine experience.

 

[jnevin]

For great reds at good prices try Spanish wine. Anything by Muga, conde de valdemar, Torres, etc. I like Ribera del Duero region myself Condado de Haza and Pingus. But my real love is Cardinal Mendoza brandy, I mean I really love it like almost in a creepy way.

Priorot (sp?) puts some good wines out. Similar to the Rhone wines.

Turley makes some great zinfandels as well.