$10 Meritage

[Thomas]

KC, I doubt that's what Brom is saying. He is pointing out that the style of California Meritage wines mostly includes high alcohol.

I don't cotton to Meritage as a concept, mainly because its original intent has been so diluted that a producer can offer a wine that is 95% one variety and 5% percent another (each from the list of allowed varieties) and call it Meritage, which literally means that Meritage has no identifiable standard attached to its composition, which also means that it is an unnecessary category that likely enjoys inflated pricing--which is what makes finding a bargain essential.