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[Iuseto]

I was recently treated to a bottle of Opus One 97. I do not usually drink wine since every time I've tried it in the past I really did not like the taste. This was a new experience for me, a pleasant one. I was trying to buy a bottle and found it for $190. I would like to know if there are other wines with similar taste available at a more modest price.
Thanks

[Innkeeper]

Hi Luseto, and welcome to the Wine Board. You won't be finding a wine like that at the lower price points. Why don't you tell us how much you would like to pay, and we'll try to recommend something close to that at your price.

[Iuseto]

Thanks for your reply Innkeeper. Lets just say from $80 to $120 would be more along what I would pay for a special occasion. Thanks.

[Thomas]

Are you looking for wine simply as a special occasion item or are you ready to try wine for near everyday consumption? If the latter, you will give away a lot of money before you start to get the proper return value, until you learn more about wine. For instance, that Opus 1 that so many people drool over is, in my opinion, not worth half of what it costs. Over my lifetime, which is fast becoming considerable, I have tasted hundreds of wines that equal or better Opus 1, and at far fewer dollars.

It is easy to find $100 bottles of decent wine, but it is more fun, and worth more effort, to find decent wine at far less cost--from $15 to $25 a bottle. Are you interested in that? If so, many of us can come up with them.

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[Bucko]

Seconded.

[winoweenie]

Hi Iuseto and welcome to the board. Por mi' dos centavos....Like my esteemed comrades I too believe there are some very impressive wines that cost meeny pesos less than the Opus...I'll give you a few of my favorites;
B.V. Tapestry, Beringer Alluvium, Raymond Generations, Ch. St. Jean Cinq Cepages, Cain 5 , Cosentino CE2V, Flora Springs Trilogy, And L'Ecole Apogee. All of these compete very well in the Opus style at price points well within your parameters. WW

[Iuseto]

Thank you all for your replies. i would like to have choices for every day as well as for special occasions. I have a lot to learn though. For instance how do you know if a wine will be good and for how long? I was having some Beaujolais Nouveau 2001 and heard that it was at its peak. Yet the Opus was either a 96 or a 98 (not so sure anymore).

Thanks