2018 $10 Hall of Fame coming Jan. 5
by Wine Curmudgeon Posted On
The 2018 $10 Hall of Fame will appear on the blog on Jan. 5.
This year, besides, the 11th annual $10 Wine Hall of Fame, we’re adding a new feature — the 2018 Cheap Wine of the Year. It will appear on Jan. 4.
Do you have a wine I should consider for the Hall? Leave your suggestion in the comments to this post or click to send me an email. Know that the wine needs to cost no more than $12 or $13. Also, you have to be able to buy the wine in much of the country, so it can’t be a private label like Two-buck Chuck that’s sold only in one retailer. Complete eligibility rules are here.
I vote for the Rioja Tempranillo Campo Viejo as the best cheap wine available
in the Metroplex. Even their Reserva can be found around $11 something to $12 something.
Wishing you a happy New Year!
I’ve considered the Campo Viejo several times, Hugh, and it’s on the list again.
Bogle “Essential Red”
Thanks for this. Bogle has been in the Hall of Fame since its inception.
I can’t speak to distribution outside Tennessee but I’ve become a huge fan of the Maria do Carmo boxed Portuguese red blend. It’s ~$25 / 5L box which works out to be about $4 a bottle but at the quality that Rene Barbier once offered.
That sounds like a value. But you are correct — availability may be an issue. I have never seen this wine in any retailer in the Dallas area, or even when I shop in other parts of the country.