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[quote=Anonymous]I posted earlier about seeking out a true $25 bottle of wine, and suggested Italian.  In general, these days $25 is a sweet spot for wine -- during the downturn, there was a huge inventory of higher priced wine that couldn't be moved and the $25 mark is where you can find lots of good deals -- generally the wines will be much better than the $10-15 wines.  It does help a lot to go to a good wine store where someone is knowledgeable, not as easy to find as it should be, though the DC stores that have a good selection tend to be quite good.  MoCo stores not so much in my experience, though there are exceptions .  At a good store, if you tell them what you are looking for they will steer you to something interesting, not something they cannot sell.  For Italian, at $25 you can get a Rosso di Montalcino, generally very high quality, or a Chianti Riserva (more mixed), good Sicilian wines in that price range too and all will give you good value.  There are nice Valpolicella Ripassos in that price range too, and very good Dolcettos.  There are also a lot of very good $25 French wines but also lots of overpriced wines in some regions so it helps to get someone knowledgeable for those.  Lots of people like Malbecs, just not my thing in part because they seem to be going the way of Shiraz, great initial deals, they get very popular and then a whole lot of over alcoholic junk.  I do not think Malbec is there yet and you can find some good and distinctive ones, particularly if you move up to $25, but something to be careful about too.  I have not tried the Cline Pinot Gris but Cline is typically a $10-15 wine, maybe they have exceptions but it is certainly not what I would reach for, and if you want a good American Pinot Gris, Oregon has many more, though quality varies quite a bit.     [/quote]

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