Quaffers

[johnny21220]

I,m looking for a good quaffer after a hard days work. Unfortunately, I have limited myself to mostly pinot noir and merlot for this. I know there are many more options for me out there. I have received a lot of good info from the board in the past. I am looking for a red at or somewhere below $25. Thanks in advance, and maybe once I learn a thing or two I'll feel comfortable throwing in my two cents!

[hotwine]

Do a search on quaffer, using the button under Post New Topic. You'll get a lot of hits. My current favorites include Cline Syrah, Seghesio Zinfandel, Dom. des Amouriers VdP de Vaucluse, Maraia Barbera Monferrato..... all between $6-$10. I like one that introduces dinner, so it may well become the dinner wine after quaffing.

[winoweenie]

Hey Johnny. Agree on the Seghesio as I'm posting on it from last nite. No value quaffing listing can be made without the addition of ALL the red wines from Bogle, Calif bottlings of Rosenblum Zins, Columbia Crests' reds and Gallo sonoma cabs. Good Drinking. WW

[dananne]

IMHO, you don't need to spend anywhere near $25 to get some wonderful wines for quaffing.

I saw that you usually drink merlot and pinot noir, and while I'm not a big merlot fan, I've tried many pinot quaffers over the past year or so and also asked for recs from folks on this board. Go to the pinot thread, look back over the past several months, and you'll find a thread on "House Pinots."

Other quaffers around my house include A Mano Primitivo (around $10), d'Arenberg "The Stump Jump" ($10), Folie a Deux "Petit Folie Menage a Trois" Zin blend ($10), the aforementioned Cline (both zin and syrah), Guigal Cotes du Rhone ($11), and a ton of stuff from Spain: Vina Alarba Grenache ($6), Borseo Campo de Borja Grenache ($8), Abadia Retuerta Rivola Tempranillo blend ($10), Castano Monstrell Yecla ($9) -- I could go on and on. Like the above said, do a quick search, and you'll find many recs!

Happy searching!