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[fastupslowdown]

Anyone have a house wine they always stock. I don't mean something you'll repeatedly buy on and off depending on vintage. For me I have a white that fits the bill, Downes Family Sauvignon Blanc. It's from South Africa and is blended with 10% Semilion. It's $15 a bottle so its in the price range of a house wine(for me at least).

Does anyone else have such a wine? By the way anyone else a huge fan of S.A. Whites? I learned about this from Stephen Tanzer and have been buying it now religiously for years. -Mike G

[monadnocky]

Cape Point sauvignon blanc... superb. Between 15-20 quid.

[sk_tle]

Anyone have a house wine they always stock.

I don't. I live in wineland so it would feel weird to always buy the same wine when there are so many different ones available and I have "phases".

Right now I am a sucker for red wines made with Cornalin grapes. So let's say Cornalin Hurlevent from Les Fils de Charles Favre. It may not be the best Cornalin but it is in the price range and the winery is only a short walk from home.

[fastupslowdown]

I don't. I live in wineland so it would feel weird to always buy the same wine when there are so many different ones available and I have "phases".

Right now I am a sucker for red wines made with Cornalin grapes. So let's say Cornalin Hurlevent from Les Fils de Charles Favre. It may not be the best Cornalin but it is in the price range and the winery is only a short walk from home.

I do drink other whites, I have a favorite Vouvrey producer(Foreau), a Chablis producer(Fevre) but this is just in that price range and I have not found another Sauvignon Blanc I like as much, and I've tried plenty

[Mark Walberg]

Chalone has a Monterey vineyards chardonnay that is decent and enjoyable and not tiring at under $10.
A good one for when you just want a glass of wine, and don't have to spend a lot of time thinking about it.
Pinot is pretty good this way, too.
Sauvignon from St. Bris is another place to look - Sauvignon with Chablis character (very close by).

[SlowPokePete]

Guinness.

SPP

[WFSTEKL]

For a white whine I choose my children's incessant defiance to eat their vegetables. For the house red, I choose my wife's displeasure when I leave my dirty underwear on the bedroom floor. The WFSTEKL household is pretty well stocked with house whine.