Thanks for these! I'm going to send your list to my mother-in-law who lives in Tennessee. She drinks a bot of Bogle Cab Sav and I think she could do with some alternatives.
Awesome, let us know if you get any feedback on the picks! Two other good value wines we've mentioned in the past that she'll probably have access to in Tennessee would be the Michael David Winery Petite Petit which is usually on the lower end of the $10-15 range and has a bit more intensity to it, and the AVV Cab (which we both prefer to the Zin) for a bit closer to $20.
Cool - I've forwarded those tips as well! If she likes them, I'd say there's a strong chance I'll be drinking them myself next time we go over to visit 😆
Kunde is great, but I've never seen one in a store before. That's interesting.
And I'll forever stand by Barefoot California Sauvignon Blanc, which tastes a lot like a New Zealand Savvy B. I liked it a fair bit better than a Pouilly-Fume that was poured right after!
Beyond that, I'm mostly a Trader Joe's wine deal person, but those are very regional.
Love a good TJs deal! Always cool to find a hidden gem there, but the selection can for sure be pretty different from store to store (assuming that's what you were referring to by regional). Never thought to try a Barefoot still wine (I've had a few Barefoot Bubblys in my day), but will have to give it a gander. Easy to assume certain brands aren't even worth considering when they're in the same section a Gallo jug wine. We've definitely found white wine in general is a much easier category to find great value in the $10 and under range, so that's a worthwhile topic for another day. Cheers!
I've personally found Barefoot to be the best version of big brand bottles out there. They won't always do it for wine nerds, but the Savvy B was not at all sweet and really had some depth to it, which shocked me (I blind tasted it, always the truest test!) Their reds have that slight sweetness but they also have the structure I find most others lack (like the Snoop Dogg wines we tried over the holidays.) The just won a stupid 31 medals in Dan Berger's annual competition back in December - they're technically the most awarded wine brand on the PLANET. And I just bought one of their reds in a 1.5L bottle because I couldn't find it in any other size and the 1.5L bottle was $12.99. Insanity.
That said, I would only rec the Savvy B to advanced wine people, I think. But they're all solid recs to casual drinkers.
Small suggestion: " we’re pampering your thirsty little palate" " we’re pampering your thirsty/thrifty little palate/mindset" :-)
Thanks for these! I'm going to send your list to my mother-in-law who lives in Tennessee. She drinks a bot of Bogle Cab Sav and I think she could do with some alternatives.
Awesome, let us know if you get any feedback on the picks! Two other good value wines we've mentioned in the past that she'll probably have access to in Tennessee would be the Michael David Winery Petite Petit which is usually on the lower end of the $10-15 range and has a bit more intensity to it, and the AVV Cab (which we both prefer to the Zin) for a bit closer to $20.
Cool - I've forwarded those tips as well! If she likes them, I'd say there's a strong chance I'll be drinking them myself next time we go over to visit 😆
Kunde is great, but I've never seen one in a store before. That's interesting.
And I'll forever stand by Barefoot California Sauvignon Blanc, which tastes a lot like a New Zealand Savvy B. I liked it a fair bit better than a Pouilly-Fume that was poured right after!
Beyond that, I'm mostly a Trader Joe's wine deal person, but those are very regional.
Love a good TJs deal! Always cool to find a hidden gem there, but the selection can for sure be pretty different from store to store (assuming that's what you were referring to by regional). Never thought to try a Barefoot still wine (I've had a few Barefoot Bubblys in my day), but will have to give it a gander. Easy to assume certain brands aren't even worth considering when they're in the same section a Gallo jug wine. We've definitely found white wine in general is a much easier category to find great value in the $10 and under range, so that's a worthwhile topic for another day. Cheers!
I've personally found Barefoot to be the best version of big brand bottles out there. They won't always do it for wine nerds, but the Savvy B was not at all sweet and really had some depth to it, which shocked me (I blind tasted it, always the truest test!) Their reds have that slight sweetness but they also have the structure I find most others lack (like the Snoop Dogg wines we tried over the holidays.) The just won a stupid 31 medals in Dan Berger's annual competition back in December - they're technically the most awarded wine brand on the PLANET. And I just bought one of their reds in a 1.5L bottle because I couldn't find it in any other size and the 1.5L bottle was $12.99. Insanity.
That said, I would only rec the Savvy B to advanced wine people, I think. But they're all solid recs to casual drinkers.