NW Wines: Not Ready For Prime Time

[joeyz6]

Apart the issue about the negativity, this does bring up again the issue of the price of American wine in general. Roberto, Foodie, and others have all pointed it out on other threads recently. The prices of some of this stuff from Cali and Washington and the Willamette Valley (regardless of its quality) are just insane sometimes. You all know very well the quality that can be EXPECTED here for a 40-euro bottle; compare that to the AVERAGE bottle of Napa Cab or Washington Syrah that costs 40 bucks (I know however that there are some great examples at that price). Now I haven't tasted all that many of those American wines at that price, but it seems to me that inflation has gone too far in these American bottlings. Over time as I am able to taste more expensive Napa and Walla Walla juice, maybe my mind will change, but for the moment I'm content to just ignore the expensive West Coast stuff and enjoy the bargains that are out there.