Way Too Broad a Topic =D

[wondersofwine]

To get a very brief start on the lower end wine recommendations: Bogle Merlot has received about four favorable comments from the wine board (I have yet to try it). It is less than $10 a bottle retail! One of my personal recommendations is the Fetzer Gewurztraminer. It also retails under $10 a bottle and I think comes closer to Alsatian Gewurztraminer than most California products. Gewurz stands up to spicy and acidic foods. (Possibly wih curried chicken or fish with a salsa sauce)? Some of the lower end German Rieslings are very food friendly. How about a Piesporter Michelsberg (the first German wine for which I developed affection). If you read through the Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot threads you will probably find other reasonably priced recommendations. See also the Italian wine category and Cote du Rhone entries. I forgot to second an earlier recommendation for Beaujolais as a food friendly wine. Include a couple Beaujolais choices from designated villages (Julienas, Morgon, etc.). They could be paired with roast chicken or perhaps Cornish hen or salmon dishes.

[This message has been edited by wondersofwine (edited 08-07-2001).]