Re:How to get the wine you really want
by dllthomas on Friday November 04, 2016 @01:28PM
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In my (somewhat dated) experience, grabbing a bottle of Charles Shaw of arbitrary year and varietal was about like grabbing an arbitrary ~$10-$15 bottle of wine. There's some good stuff and some stuff not worth drinking. Not much that's amazing, but surprising for the price point.
Then you should try it again! Not only are there many varietals, but they change far more year over year than your traditional wine would as it's basically a blend of whatever was available as overage from many different California wineries. Some years there is a bit of a hidden gem worth spending a few bucks to find.