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A decent full-bodied red for under $10: Sterling Meritage

Feb 26, 2012 09:27

Even though I live in Napa Valley and occasionally do the nice wines around here (just about all of them at the wineries are $30+), we've been on a kick lately of trying out $10-and-under wines from the local grocery store and Cost Plus ( Read more... )

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mummy_owl February 26 2012, 17:24:51 UTC

A slightly off-topic question...

Do you find that your local shops (not big wine merchants) sell mostly local wines? I live in South West France and 80-85% of wines sold here are from this region, another 5-10% from other parts of France or Spain. A TINY proportion are "other countries" Californian wine is almost unknown!

I know the french like to support local producers but sometimes they are too narrow-minded! I'd love them to try a bigger variety of countries but they tend to look down on 'New World' wines. Pity.

mediaguru February 26 2012, 17:57:29 UTC

Yes. Since I am in wine country, especially, the vast majority of the wines are local ones ( ... )

mediaguru February 26 2012, 18:02:35 UTC

And yes, New World wines don't get a lot of respect. They do tend to be different, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

And they've beaten the French wines in taste tests on their own turf, on more than one occasion :)

mediaguru February 26 2012, 18:06:51 UTC

I do try to pick up a few European wines when I can. Just had an inexpensive Rioja which wasn't bad, although a little thin and hot.

Have a Chablis (Jacques Bourguignon) chilling in the fridge right now, so I guess we'll see how that one is, as well...

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cork_dork February 26 2012, 21:11:32 UTC

The new vintage of Apothic has cabernet sauvignon in it, according to my friendly local Gallo rep -- he mentioned it this week as he was stocking us up on it. So it should be a bit more structured than the prior vintage was.

siofrafiore March 1 2012, 07:09:10 UTC

Haha I was quite surprised to see the title and wine for this post since I work at Sterling Vineyards' main winery in Calistoga. Sadly, since the Vintners Collection wines are from the central coast and just for distribution, we don't feature them at the winery. I haven't gotten a chance to get to know them as well as I know our Napa wines, but I hope to try them soon! I'm happy to see them being enjoyed/discussed in a place I semi-lurk in =)