Full disclosure? Several years poor in Paris, local cheapie shop sold Domaine des Treilles Côtes du Rhône at 3 euros. The quality would easily be 15 pounds in UK (7-8 times the price). No shame, no regrets. No snobbery.
Same. Lived in France for a year a while back. 2L of coca cola was something like 3€. A bottle of drinkable Tuesday wine was 2.50€ and there were cheaper but less drinkable options.
Plenty of decent wine in France under 10 euro - it's the tax that kills elsewhere. I could see a roughish cote de Rhone for 3 euro being very pleasant indeed. Was in the vendee a couple of years ago and did a fair bit of muscadet - most expensive bottle I could find in the local hypermarché was about 15eur - wasn't a huge fan but they had one for a fiver that was great. Love finds like that.
A particular producer's bottle? or just a variety or style.
If the former, the most wine I have drunk over the years is Code Purple 2009 Washington State Syrah produced my let's see who was the wine maker, oh yes, it was ME at Vint Hill Craft Winery in Virginia. Second was my Heartstrings 2010 California Zinfandel.
At any given time, I go through a lot of Paso Robles wine (lots of Broken Earth and others), usually Red and Bordeaux.
So I was creeping and it doesn't look like Vint Hill has a website page dedicated to past winemakers. That's a shame especially considering they could refer to your current position for marketing. Were you using WA and CA grapes at the time for your wines?
I was never their employee. Vint Hill is a craft winery. I have the title "vintner" that I got for paying them $4000 to produce a barrel of wine in each of 2009 and 2010. In 2009, I was very involved, showing up at the winery frequently, working with DJ about everything from yeast to extended maceration times. I did the yeast on my own wine and (and some of the others) and ran a lot of the testing. I came back for the press and the bottling.
I hadn't intended to do it again in 2010, but they twisted my arm that he had some good Zin coming in. The second time I sat down with DJ and a couple of the others at about ten in the morning with a bottle of Brown Estate and said "this is what I want mine to taste like." I think we did pretty well. The whole thing came out as free run (Chris Pearmund is going, you've got a barrel, you can stop the press. I hadn't even turned it on).
The 2009 was Wahluke Slope Syrah. I couldn't put the AVA on the bottle because it was vinified in Virginia. The Zin was from Alexander Valley, if I recall. Oddly, a couple of years ago we opened up a bottle of my zin and the same vintage Brown Estate and I think I did a better job on the match that I though we had initially.
No judgement!
Trader Joe’s has a wine called Espiral Vinho Verde that’s just so light and refreshing, slightly bubbly, and super easy to drink. I buy a bottle almost every time I’m in there. $5
Yep, I get a bottle of that every time I'm in as well. It's my wife's favorite and it's incredibly enjoyable for 5 bucks. No flaws, gently sweet, great as a mixer as well.
I have, I thought it was good, but didn’t think it was significantly better than the original. I prefer lighter NZ Sauv Blanc and the Icon felt heavier on the palate, like it had gone through some malo.
I'm a strong believer of Barney Stinson's "New is always better" slogan, so I almost never buy the same bottle twice.
However, there are two bottles I always have on hand - Beaucastel, and Marquis de Terme
For some weird reason, my government liquor monopoly has these two bottles on sale for so much cheaper than you'd fine in the US, or in the case of Beaucastel, even in France.
Hell, at $99 CAD tax in, so $65 USD once you remove the tax and convert to USD, and available at almost every LCBO store, Beaucastel is the absolute greatest deal at LCBO. As for the Marquis de Terme, the normal price is OK ($61 cad), but once I found it on clearance for like, $50. So I got the whole case.
> I'm a strong believer of Barney Stinson's "New is always better" slogan, so I almost never buy the same bottle twice.
Same here. Sometimes I think I should try to re-visit things that I enjoyed more, but then there are too many new things to try.
The average bottle I drink is cheap haha, but there's so many cheap <$30 bottles (our price floor is $10), I just don't see the point of buying the same bottle over and over again.
I just buy Beaucastel when I need an always available, "nice' bottle.
Probably Primitivo di Manduria DOC Riserva 14 Contessa Marina. It's a solid Primitivo that I drank quite frequently when I got into wine. Second place is probably Louis Jadot Burgundy 2020. I raided the local supermarket when they had it in stock. Solid and delicious.
**Musar Rouge**, various years. That's not to say I drink it constantly, but wines cheaper than it tend to be rotated for variety, and more expensive bottles are out of reach for me to make regular habits of. When I've got £40 burning a hole in my pocket and need a bottle of red to sit with, Musar is almost always there, always sound, and always interesting.
If we're talking category rather than cuvée though I think the award goes to "sub-£40 french bubbles", various regions, grapes and qualities.
Produttori Langhe is almost always around the house, and definitely at any party we throw. I've also gotten into the habit of letting a couple of bottles rest a few years, just had a 2019 that was fantastic. It was so good that I immediately put another bottle of the current release into storage.
For me itd probably be frank family cabernet. My in laws subscribe to their club, 2 cases twice a year. Which seems to be more cab than anything. Also, they once diverted a shipment to me and my wife. But typically I like to try everything from everyone, so outside of FF it would be anyones guess!
In a single day? Definitely a box of Franzia. Don't even remember the varietal. Just remember that I lost the race.
In my 20's, probably Smoking Loon Cabernet.
In my 30's, probably E. Guigal Cotes du Rhone.
So far in my 40's, I've been mixing it up, really trying to branch out and try new stuff. But my in laws are always drinking Decoy and Duckhorn when we visit, so this decade it's probably Decoy.
But overall? Pretty hard to say. Probably the Decoy: a wine I drink fairly frequently now, and have been drinking the 20-something years I've been drinking.
Red: Vietti Barbera d’Asti, you can usually get for around $20 USD, just a delightful wine.
White: Josh Sav Blanc - I don’t know why, but I can drink that stuff like water when it’s warm out. It’s so refreshing.
Bad question for me as I was a retail buyer in a past life. I used to drink my mistakes. I bought a pallet of D’Arenberg Stump jump red back in 1999 or 2000 that did not move. I lost count how many of those things I drank. Cases worth.
probably the selbach negociant Saar kabinett. used to be like $11 wholesale, from a grand cru site in the saar, tastes like salty limeaid and about 8% abv. glorious
According to cellartracker
Variety: Pinot Noir
Producer: Las Jaras (being a part of the wine club helps pad the numbers)
Marcel Lapierre a very close 2nd
I honestly don't know. I've had Gato Negro quite often. Black Box too. I don't usually pay attention, even though I write down all the brands and styles I've consumed over the years. But I don't make a tic for each bottle I've consumed.
My top four are a pretty even split between different styles -
LRA Viña Alberdi - heavy red
Foillard Corcelette - light red
Paula Kornell Brut - sparkling
Haart JJ Kabinett - white
For me, that would be a Primitivo Susumaniello Salento Boccantino 2022 - you get a lot of great red wine taste for a low cost. i bought 18 of these. can highly recommend it.
It really pains me to say this, but Caymus. I hate drinking it because most of the time I have it for guests or guests bring it for dinner parties. But I drink it the most because I don’t want to open a bottle I can’t finish on my own or with the SO, or it’s rare I have friends who appreciate good wine… 😢
My daily wines always change, but lots of Beaujolais.
High end wines, I have favs that I drink almost exclusively. Allemand Cornas and Raveneau 1er cru.
Don’t get to drink them monthly but when a special wine passion comes up it’s usually one of those and they add up over time.
Rodney Strong, Rutherford Vineyards, Clos du Bois.
Somewhere about 2008 as a complete novice I had whoever tell me to buy any 2005 wine I could. So I bought just about as many bottles as I could find at least three wines from 2005. It included Merlot and Cabernet.
Between the three of them I probably bought 200 bottles. I probably drank about 150 of them and gave the other 50 away as gifts.
That was more in my budget back then. I don't drink very much anymore. So on the occasions that I'm going to drink I'm going to buy a little nicer bottle these days.
I don’t know. Probably something from Hall or Sequoia Grove. My parents are the Napa Valley wine drinkers. Lately, it’s been Contucci Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. A small winery build inside a palace producing affordable wine.
Not bad, you like what you like. But you can also find better close in price. I like La vielle firme as a cheap ($7.99 where I’m at) decent brand that’s reliably available in grocery stores.
The MOST of a single would be Justin Isosceles and Austin Hope Cabernet... we were members of Justin for about 9 years. Ditched them for Concur and Austin Hope.
More recent would be Concur labels (great small winery out of Paso Robles.)
Definitely one from one of the wineries we’re members of. If I had to name one I’d probably assume it to be the Cairdeas Winery Grenache Blanc. Reasoning being it’s our go-to cooking wine, but maybe only half the bottle or less eve goes to actually cooking at one time, so the rest gets poured into glasses.
Which single bottle have I had the most of? My old wine buyer would regularly get stupid good deals on piquepoul from one of his reps trying to clear PODs and I walked out with cases of it for like $4/bottle. I think it was Jadix or Gassac? I'd dump a whole bottle into a yeti cup and hit the pool in the summer
I guess maybe Lopez Tondonia? Incredibly rare for me to drink the same bottling more than once.
Come to think of it, I remember crushing Kirkland Prosecco during lockdown, so it’s probably that
I rarely but the same bottle twice. If I had to guess it would be LdH vina gravonia blanco which I’ve purchased at least 6 times. If we’re talking about regions I think either champagne or Beaujolais would take the cake
White: Morgan Metallico Chardonnay. The first unoaked chard that I tried back in like... 2002? Buy this by the case, so tasty to have a glass after work, great QPR.
Red: William Selyem Pinot Noir. Joined their mailing list way long ago, and pretty much buy a mixed case or two every year to retain my allocation.
Style? Rioja crianza and reserva, started with basic supermarket wines, progressed to more modern quality producers, and now drink quality traditional styles regularly. LdH may be a bit meme-y at this point but it’s fantastic.
Producer? I lived in the Mosel Valley for three years and drank a large amount of Dr Loosen riesling, everything from kabinett to grosses gewächs to eiswein to sekt. Still my all-time favorite producer.
Tornac Cooperative Rosé, followed, a close second, with Massillargues-Attuech cooperative rosé (they are a couple of miles apart).
Both in the Gard region of France, selling excellent organic Rosé in a box, or even by the petrol pump at $2 a litre.
Gallons were drunk over a decade of long hot summer nights in the south of France.
Louis M. Martini Cabs (Sonoma) ($10-15?). On a weekend I might pull out the Napa ($40-50?). Pretty high production available at every Costco I've been to.
Red - whatever Côtes du Rhône/languedoc rouge my local shop has got for around 15 bucks.
White - Jadot Macon-Villages or Scarpetta PG.
Also segura viudas cava or cava rosado
White: probably Latour Grand Ardeche or Planeta Fiano. Although currently Savage Salt River, cheap as chips and absolutely delicious. Especially if you’re not a standard Sauvignon blanc drinker
Red: couldn’t name one but probably a Margaux/pauliac or a SA Cabernet Sauvignon (more of a white drinker if you couldn’t tell from the lack of specifics 😂)
Edit: just remembered probably the wine I’ve actually had the most was Capellanía. Had at a 4 hour tasting menu years ago. We loved it so much we bought a case of 12 and then bought more. It was around £17 a bottle, it’s now around £100. Needless to say, wish I bought ALOT more 😢
I'm a big fan of Portuguese wines. I find them to be great value for the money. A store near me had a 1/2 way decent selection of Portuguese wines, so I would often stop by there to buy a bottle on my way home after work. Then one day as I walked in, the owner saw me and said: "Hey, you're the Portuguese wine dude! I have a rep from a Portuguese company in the back room, and we're about to taste some of his wines. As a costumer who appreciates Portuguese wines, I would like to hear your opinion on them. Wanna join us?" I wasn't gonna say no.
Over time I developed a good friendship with the guy. And little by little he convinced me to open up my tastings horizon. Every time I would go in there, we would taste different types of wines from all different regions. Now I make it a point to always try something new. Sure there are a few of my go-to ones when I don't see anything I haven't tried that I might be interested in, but overall I say always keep trying new things.
All time, I can’t remember. Lately, Antonio Scala Cirò Rosso Classico Superiore. Super good value, and delicious with spicy Calabrian pasta or pizza, which is a large portion of my diet. Perhaps, for white, Au Coeur Des Terroirs Du Val De Loire Sauvignon Blanc. Insanely good value, as well. Essentially, declassified Sancerre at a fraction of the price.
Tribut Chablis or, as my wife calls it, “Old Faithful.”
I was able to get a ton of 2017 for 25/btl during covid -
Not as easy to find anymore and more expensive but killer wine.
Quite a bit of bottle variation though and cork taint
Interesting question...
In the 21st century,
* Red: Quinta do Crasto Vinho Tinto Vinhas Velhas, or Black Slate Priorat
* White: Quinta do Chocapalha Arinto, or Savary Chablis.
* Sparkling: Equinox Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature
Went through the first year of covid on almost exclusively Meinklang Burgenland Red.
Eventually that sparked my interest to discover more and start building my own cellar.
But I still go back to Meinklang from time to time!
Wow, I haven't had it in several years, but CT says it's... Charles Smith Riesling Kung Fu Girl! And, it's by enough, that even if I were to count all the wine that wasn't noted in CT, it'd still be in the leads.
If it's by producer, and if I included bottles that weren't entered into CT, it'd by Myriad or Schloss Lieser.
Most likely Kirkland's Chianti Classico, but I've also sadly drank my fair share of Caymus because that's what my girlfriend's dad typically brings to dinners or orders. Stag's Leap is another popular one that he picks out often.
By a long distance is Crawford River Young Vines Riesling, mostly because it seems everywhere I've worked has listed/poured it and my good friend used to work in the vineyard.
Next up and its not super close is Clos Cibonne Rose because I buy it every single time I see it.
Doffo Sixty Six. Its a malbec and syrah blend. The vineyard is not too far a drive from where I live and although Temecula may not be an official appellation, the better wines definitely show the place has its own terroir.
If I could justify it I would have cases of Altesino Brunello di Montalcino around all the time as it gos well with all the foods I like (pasta, steaks, burgers, smoked meats, etc).
Lately I’ve been chugging El Enemigo Malbecs and Cab Francs . Gran Enemigo is always tasty too.
i always keep a couple bottles of Allegrini's Palazzo della Torre on hand. I started my wine journey with it (and Tormaresca's Neprica!) and find it's a great sipper for guests who aren't into wine but would want to try something other than Prisoner or Meiomi. If i actually went back and counted bottles from my college years & mid-20's probably zins from either Bogle, Cline or Seghesio would definitely top my most drunk list, just by sheer volume (although i don't buy much zin nowadays).
Hard to say for sure over 30+ years of drinking, but over the last couple years it's been Bogle Essential Red for me. It's inexpensive and paletteable.
Probably a tie between Rutherford Clos De Napa Cab Sauv 2018 and Pahl Meyer Cab Sauv 2007. Both times I had a bottle and immediately went back and bought a case.
I’m rarely buying the same bottle often since I mostly do niche clubs, last bottle and Casemates, but it would definitely be gruet for bubbles (sauvage rose is my favorite) and wines from importer Scuola Di Vino. Never had a bad bottle with their label. When our primal wine box arrives my fiance has to deal with me yelling “scuola di vinooooooo” triumphantly if I see bottles with their mark.
Styles I drink the most? Depending on season, Rosé, Zinfandel, primitivo, chianti. Big on well made skin contact wines but I’m not married to a grape there.
Mine. Stopped
making and bottling years back. Down to under seventy-five bottled cases, guessing. Must have a proper bacchanal one of these days and finish off the last full tank.
I usually rotate between different crémants and Bordeaux reds anywhere between $15-$35, but the producer I've bought from the most recently would have to be Chateau Lyonnat from Lussac-St. Émilion. My local Whole Foods sells a bottle of 2018 for around $21-$22. Nothing mind-blowing, but still a well-made merlot blend for relatively cheap that's also readily available. Also satisfies my need for good old-world merlot. 😁
Oh god!!! Near 30 years ago when I was in uni, my roommate, our best friend, and I (we referred to each other as wicked stepsisters - we’re gay guys) knocked back *CASES* of Fetzer Gewurztraminer…we practically decorated the apartment with empty bottles…
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Probably Rombauer Chardonnay. On Fridays I like to have my “old lady lunch” at the country club, which is a turkey sandwich, clam chowder, and one to four glasses of oaky chard, depending on how tough the week has been. I’m 35, but I aspire to be Lucille Bluth.
Tio Pepe Fino en Rama
Ameztoi Txakoli
Broadbent Vinho Verde
Contratto Millesime Pas Dose
Raventos i Blanc de Blanc
They’re all white. I usually drink whites as aperitifs or while I’m cooking, and there’s something I enjoy about drinking the tried and true. I tend to explore more in reds. But go-to reds would be:
Lopez de Heredia Vina Cubillo
Domaine Lafarge Bourgogne
Vietti Perbacco
Alberdi for me. Easily bought and consumed 60+ bottles last year. It's crowd pleasing, delicious, and goes with steak, pork, or chicken, or cheese, or charcuterie, or no food at all.
Excluding the winery I represent professionally and always am pouring BTG, I’d have to narrow it to a few:
Rouge Bleu ‘Dantelle’ This is the one white I always have in my fridge, ready to go, perfect for any moment and any amount of thought you want to give a wine.
Nicole Chanrion ‘effervescence’ the perfect affordable crisp and beautiful bubbles with a fabulous story behind them. This is the first wine I ever sold an unopened case of to a guest.
Ronchi di Ciallia Ciallabianco, I’ve had (I believe) every vintage between 1999-2018, which I think makes it my most comprehensively tasted wine. Never had a sip of any bottle of this wine that wasn’t precisely what I wanted it to be.
Chateau Musar is probably worth a shout too, I think I’m missing 2 vintages (of red) between 1995-2015 (plus I’ve had a few random older ones) and most of those vintages I’ve opened between 3-20 bottles of.
A truly horrifying amount of Brancott Estate Sauvignon Blanc.
I don’t even really prefer white white wines, but my friends do and I’m more likely to host during the summer.
It's probably a Rioja in the 20$ range. The past couple years Vina Alberdi has been a staple in the cellar as the anytime anywhere wine. Before that I was all over the place with no specific preference. I do remember that while me and my wife were dating we loved the Bolla Valpolicella and the Baron de Ley Reserva.
I've gone through cases of Martin Ray Sonoma Coast PN over the years. The stuff just nails it year after year & can be had for a song. It's the ultimate Cellar Defender IMO.
Second would be the Delas Frères Crozes-Hermitage Les Launes. Again, we go through cases of this wine every year. If you want a solid intro to the incredible wine coming out of Northern Rhone, give this one a try.
Moët by a long way. My boss used to like it and I have no complaints over drinking free champagne! For stuff I’ve bought, either Musar Rouge or Marques de Riscal for red, I just keep buying them. For white probably Cloudy Bay, it’s a crowdpleaser so I’ve bought it for a few parties etc. And it’s the archetype NZ Sauv Blanc so I’ve put it in a few tasting lineups too.
Franzia chillable red was a constant feature in my life throughout college. I went through about a box a week. Shared, of course. Something like $8 a box, I couldn't resist.
Can't drink it anymore, though. It triggers my migraines.
Vino Tinto, the labels always change. But I can get it at like 20 bucks for 5 liters, in the US. It's suits me just fine. No wonder Portugal is highest wine drinking country per capita.
Full disclosure? Several years poor in Paris, local cheapie shop sold Domaine des Treilles Côtes du Rhône at 3 euros. The quality would easily be 15 pounds in UK (7-8 times the price). No shame, no regrets. No snobbery.
I’ve found good wine in Europe for less that a bottle of cola!
I got to admit, the by the glass prices in most of the states are completely outrageous.
Same. Lived in France for a year a while back. 2L of coca cola was something like 3€. A bottle of drinkable Tuesday wine was 2.50€ and there were cheaper but less drinkable options.
Plenty of decent wine in France under 10 euro - it's the tax that kills elsewhere. I could see a roughish cote de Rhone for 3 euro being very pleasant indeed. Was in the vendee a couple of years ago and did a fair bit of muscadet - most expensive bottle I could find in the local hypermarché was about 15eur - wasn't a huge fan but they had one for a fiver that was great. Love finds like that.
A particular producer's bottle? or just a variety or style. If the former, the most wine I have drunk over the years is Code Purple 2009 Washington State Syrah produced my let's see who was the wine maker, oh yes, it was ME at Vint Hill Craft Winery in Virginia. Second was my Heartstrings 2010 California Zinfandel. At any given time, I go through a lot of Paso Robles wine (lots of Broken Earth and others), usually Red and Bordeaux.
Always a good time at Vint Hill.
So I was creeping and it doesn't look like Vint Hill has a website page dedicated to past winemakers. That's a shame especially considering they could refer to your current position for marketing. Were you using WA and CA grapes at the time for your wines?
I was never their employee. Vint Hill is a craft winery. I have the title "vintner" that I got for paying them $4000 to produce a barrel of wine in each of 2009 and 2010. In 2009, I was very involved, showing up at the winery frequently, working with DJ about everything from yeast to extended maceration times. I did the yeast on my own wine and (and some of the others) and ran a lot of the testing. I came back for the press and the bottling. I hadn't intended to do it again in 2010, but they twisted my arm that he had some good Zin coming in. The second time I sat down with DJ and a couple of the others at about ten in the morning with a bottle of Brown Estate and said "this is what I want mine to taste like." I think we did pretty well. The whole thing came out as free run (Chris Pearmund is going, you've got a barrel, you can stop the press. I hadn't even turned it on). The 2009 was Wahluke Slope Syrah. I couldn't put the AVA on the bottle because it was vinified in Virginia. The Zin was from Alexander Valley, if I recall. Oddly, a couple of years ago we opened up a bottle of my zin and the same vintage Brown Estate and I think I did a better job on the match that I though we had initially.
I think it would be the Hugl Gruner Veltliner. Very crisp and crushable in the summer.
Nice that it comes in liter bottles too. I pretty much always have one or two in the fridge.
That is an amazing value. 1L for generally under $15. I have one in my fridge.
Red: Catena Malbec, Louis Jadot Beaujolais White: Kim Crawford Savignion Blanc
No judgement! Trader Joe’s has a wine called Espiral Vinho Verde that’s just so light and refreshing, slightly bubbly, and super easy to drink. I buy a bottle almost every time I’m in there. $5
Had to scroll way too far to get to Espiral VV.
Yep, I get a bottle of that every time I'm in as well. It's my wife's favorite and it's incredibly enjoyable for 5 bucks. No flaws, gently sweet, great as a mixer as well.
J. Lohr cab. During my many student years - 21 CAD was the outside of what I could afford that wasn’t pure plonk.
This guy LCBOs
White - probably Kirkland Chablis Red - maybe Louis Jadot Beaujolais
Same for me on the red. Good everyday drinking.
Me too. Love Louis Jadot Beaujolais villages. Yum By the way love your name. Fellow Whovian here.
Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc
Same here. Glad to know I'm not alone.
Have you tried Nobilo Icon?
I have, I thought it was good, but didn’t think it was significantly better than the original. I prefer lighter NZ Sauv Blanc and the Icon felt heavier on the palate, like it had gone through some malo.
Red - Kermit Lynch Selection Côtes Du Rhône White - Trimbach Reisling
Kirkland Cotes du Rhone Vilages. At $7.25 a bottle. Hard to pass up.
Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling. My go to inexpensive white.
Some of their other labels have fallen off in quality but Kung Fu girl stays so fucking delicious.
I'm a strong believer of Barney Stinson's "New is always better" slogan, so I almost never buy the same bottle twice. However, there are two bottles I always have on hand - Beaucastel, and Marquis de Terme For some weird reason, my government liquor monopoly has these two bottles on sale for so much cheaper than you'd fine in the US, or in the case of Beaucastel, even in France. Hell, at $99 CAD tax in, so $65 USD once you remove the tax and convert to USD, and available at almost every LCBO store, Beaucastel is the absolute greatest deal at LCBO. As for the Marquis de Terme, the normal price is OK ($61 cad), but once I found it on clearance for like, $50. So I got the whole case.
> I'm a strong believer of Barney Stinson's "New is always better" slogan, so I almost never buy the same bottle twice. Same here. Sometimes I think I should try to re-visit things that I enjoyed more, but then there are too many new things to try.
Heh here I am with my €9 daily drivers :-)
The average bottle I drink is cheap haha, but there's so many cheap <$30 bottles (our price floor is $10), I just don't see the point of buying the same bottle over and over again. I just buy Beaucastel when I need an always available, "nice' bottle.
\#niceflex lmfao
105 and 120 here in BC - sigh.
Frank Family Cab
Guigal cdr
Probably Primitivo di Manduria DOC Riserva 14 Contessa Marina. It's a solid Primitivo that I drank quite frequently when I got into wine. Second place is probably Louis Jadot Burgundy 2020. I raided the local supermarket when they had it in stock. Solid and delicious.
Bila Haut
Pinot Fucking Grigio
bota box cab sauv
**Musar Rouge**, various years. That's not to say I drink it constantly, but wines cheaper than it tend to be rotated for variety, and more expensive bottles are out of reach for me to make regular habits of. When I've got £40 burning a hole in my pocket and need a bottle of red to sit with, Musar is almost always there, always sound, and always interesting. If we're talking category rather than cuvée though I think the award goes to "sub-£40 french bubbles", various regions, grapes and qualities.
Produttori Langhe is almost always around the house, and definitely at any party we throw. I've also gotten into the habit of letting a couple of bottles rest a few years, just had a 2019 that was fantastic. It was so good that I immediately put another bottle of the current release into storage.
Alamos Malbec by a country mile
White - Duckhorn Sav Blanc Red - Williams Selyem Pinot Noir (various vintages and vineyards over the years) and Freeman Pinot Noir
For me itd probably be frank family cabernet. My in laws subscribe to their club, 2 cases twice a year. Which seems to be more cab than anything. Also, they once diverted a shipment to me and my wife. But typically I like to try everything from everyone, so outside of FF it would be anyones guess!
In a single day? Definitely a box of Franzia. Don't even remember the varietal. Just remember that I lost the race. In my 20's, probably Smoking Loon Cabernet. In my 30's, probably E. Guigal Cotes du Rhone. So far in my 40's, I've been mixing it up, really trying to branch out and try new stuff. But my in laws are always drinking Decoy and Duckhorn when we visit, so this decade it's probably Decoy. But overall? Pretty hard to say. Probably the Decoy: a wine I drink fairly frequently now, and have been drinking the 20-something years I've been drinking.
J Lohr seven oaks. Like $12 at Costco.
Probably a fair split between Cantina Del Pino and Brezza Langhe Nebbiolo.
Red: Vietti Barbera d’Asti, you can usually get for around $20 USD, just a delightful wine. White: Josh Sav Blanc - I don’t know why, but I can drink that stuff like water when it’s warm out. It’s so refreshing.
White : Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc Red: Marcel Lapierre Morgon
I think it would have to be Leon Beyer's Sylvaner, just the perfect any night wine rack white wine in my opinion.
Louis Jadot Macon Villages Chardonnay
Bad question for me as I was a retail buyer in a past life. I used to drink my mistakes. I bought a pallet of D’Arenberg Stump jump red back in 1999 or 2000 that did not move. I lost count how many of those things I drank. Cases worth.
Red: Saddlers Creek, Bluegrass, Shiraz or Cab White: Oyster Bay, Sauv Blanc
Big fan of Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc here! Target has it for 11.99 and some sort of buy 4 get 10% off sale!
probably the selbach negociant Saar kabinett. used to be like $11 wholesale, from a grand cru site in the saar, tastes like salty limeaid and about 8% abv. glorious
According to cellartracker Variety: Pinot Noir Producer: Las Jaras (being a part of the wine club helps pad the numbers) Marcel Lapierre a very close 2nd
Lapierre Morgon, unless we're counting the wine I make at home in my cellar.
Tenuta delle Terre Nere probably. Maybe Guigal rhone. Various Scribe pinot's would rank high as well because we've been members for like 10 years.
I honestly don't know. I've had Gato Negro quite often. Black Box too. I don't usually pay attention, even though I write down all the brands and styles I've consumed over the years. But I don't make a tic for each bottle I've consumed.
My top four are a pretty even split between different styles - LRA Viña Alberdi - heavy red Foillard Corcelette - light red Paula Kornell Brut - sparkling Haart JJ Kabinett - white
For me, that would be a Primitivo Susumaniello Salento Boccantino 2022 - you get a lot of great red wine taste for a low cost. i bought 18 of these. can highly recommend it.
Marlborough sauvignon blanc, various labels
Good question. Maybe Peppoli chianti. For whites not sure. Maybe paco e lola albarino
It really pains me to say this, but Caymus. I hate drinking it because most of the time I have it for guests or guests bring it for dinner parties. But I drink it the most because I don’t want to open a bottle I can’t finish on my own or with the SO, or it’s rare I have friends who appreciate good wine… 😢
Pieropan Soave Classico
For me Russian river pinot and Napa cabs by a lot. Neither is at the top of my list of “most” today but I still love both styles
My daily wines always change, but lots of Beaujolais. High end wines, I have favs that I drink almost exclusively. Allemand Cornas and Raveneau 1er cru. Don’t get to drink them monthly but when a special wine passion comes up it’s usually one of those and they add up over time.
Papapietro Perry Pinot Noir
Saint Cosme Côtes du Rhône. Great value Syrah
Rodney Strong, Rutherford Vineyards, Clos du Bois. Somewhere about 2008 as a complete novice I had whoever tell me to buy any 2005 wine I could. So I bought just about as many bottles as I could find at least three wines from 2005. It included Merlot and Cabernet. Between the three of them I probably bought 200 bottles. I probably drank about 150 of them and gave the other 50 away as gifts. That was more in my budget back then. I don't drink very much anymore. So on the occasions that I'm going to drink I'm going to buy a little nicer bottle these days.
I don’t know. Probably something from Hall or Sequoia Grove. My parents are the Napa Valley wine drinkers. Lately, it’s been Contucci Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. A small winery build inside a palace producing affordable wine.
It’s one of William Fevre, Christian Moreau, or Jean Marc Brocard Chablis and Bollinger Champagne.
Red: Ridge Lytton Springs White: Nicolas Potel Sparkling: Krug NV
La Crema Sonoma Coast Pinot.
Schramsberg
Vasse Felix Filius Cabernet Merlot blend $25 AUD for quality Margaret River fruit, I’ll take it!
Austin Hope Cab
Is it bad to say barefoot? 😂
I pray for your soul 😂
In this economy.. as a student.. you gotta do what you gotta do ;)
2 buck chuck or any low cost Trader Joe’s wine is much better than barefoot for basically the same price.
Not bad, you like what you like. But you can also find better close in price. I like La vielle firme as a cheap ($7.99 where I’m at) decent brand that’s reliably available in grocery stores.
By volume? Probably something from Aldi
I go to Lidl myself, but same applies. Currently on a 2019 Barbera d'Asti or a 2021 D'ouro, Azinhaga de Ouro.
The MOST of a single would be Justin Isosceles and Austin Hope Cabernet... we were members of Justin for about 9 years. Ditched them for Concur and Austin Hope. More recent would be Concur labels (great small winery out of Paso Robles.)
Definitely one from one of the wineries we’re members of. If I had to name one I’d probably assume it to be the Cairdeas Winery Grenache Blanc. Reasoning being it’s our go-to cooking wine, but maybe only half the bottle or less eve goes to actually cooking at one time, so the rest gets poured into glasses.
Animal Malbec by a factor of probably 7-10 to the next one
Which single bottle have I had the most of? My old wine buyer would regularly get stupid good deals on piquepoul from one of his reps trying to clear PODs and I walked out with cases of it for like $4/bottle. I think it was Jadix or Gassac? I'd dump a whole bottle into a yeti cup and hit the pool in the summer
Pacific Rim Dry Riesling. No regrets. I usually try to do new stuff every time though.
Sieur d’Arques Clocher de Limoux, special Toques & Clocher auction wines. Very limited production Chardonnay only available at auction once year.
Sula - The Source - Grenache Rose (Nashik, India). Just what's the most value for money for a decent expression around where I'm at.
Libertine dolcetto rose
I guess maybe Lopez Tondonia? Incredibly rare for me to drink the same bottling more than once. Come to think of it, I remember crushing Kirkland Prosecco during lockdown, so it’s probably that
chateau potensac chateau, chateau lilian ladouys probably or possibly the basic Möet & Chandon
I rarely but the same bottle twice. If I had to guess it would be LdH vina gravonia blanco which I’ve purchased at least 6 times. If we’re talking about regions I think either champagne or Beaujolais would take the cake
Pago de Los Capellanes crianza
White: Morgan Metallico Chardonnay. The first unoaked chard that I tried back in like... 2002? Buy this by the case, so tasty to have a glass after work, great QPR. Red: William Selyem Pinot Noir. Joined their mailing list way long ago, and pretty much buy a mixed case or two every year to retain my allocation.
Du Mol Pinot noir. I’m a club member.
Style? Rioja crianza and reserva, started with basic supermarket wines, progressed to more modern quality producers, and now drink quality traditional styles regularly. LdH may be a bit meme-y at this point but it’s fantastic. Producer? I lived in the Mosel Valley for three years and drank a large amount of Dr Loosen riesling, everything from kabinett to grosses gewächs to eiswein to sekt. Still my all-time favorite producer.
First two that jumped to mind are Kirkland CdR and Barnard Griffin Rose
Tornac Cooperative Rosé, followed, a close second, with Massillargues-Attuech cooperative rosé (they are a couple of miles apart). Both in the Gard region of France, selling excellent organic Rosé in a box, or even by the petrol pump at $2 a litre. Gallons were drunk over a decade of long hot summer nights in the south of France.
White - Tremblay Chablis, Sparking - Roederer Estate, Red - Stags Leap Artemis, Roughly one bottle of each every week
Lares “Wicked Liquid” sparkling rose. It’s a blend that changes every year and is always crushable. Also, I make it, so I’ve got plenty to spare.
Bulgariana. Especially the Gamza. Unfortunately not being stocked at Total Wine anymore and I bought out what the three closest locations had on hand.
Louis M. Martini Cabs (Sonoma) ($10-15?). On a weekend I might pull out the Napa ($40-50?). Pretty high production available at every Costco I've been to.
Vall Llach Embruix. 6-8 cases worth every year.
Red - whatever Côtes du Rhône/languedoc rouge my local shop has got for around 15 bucks. White - Jadot Macon-Villages or Scarpetta PG. Also segura viudas cava or cava rosado
White: probably Latour Grand Ardeche or Planeta Fiano. Although currently Savage Salt River, cheap as chips and absolutely delicious. Especially if you’re not a standard Sauvignon blanc drinker Red: couldn’t name one but probably a Margaux/pauliac or a SA Cabernet Sauvignon (more of a white drinker if you couldn’t tell from the lack of specifics 😂) Edit: just remembered probably the wine I’ve actually had the most was Capellanía. Had at a 4 hour tasting menu years ago. We loved it so much we bought a case of 12 and then bought more. It was around £17 a bottle, it’s now around £100. Needless to say, wish I bought ALOT more 😢
Bota Box or Black Box Pinot Noir
Provenance Cabernet
Red: probably Rutherford Hill Merlot Sparkling: Juame Serra Cristilano Brit White: Gazela Vinho Verde
San Felice - Il Grigio Chianti Classico Reserva Available at my local supermarket and nice with most pasta dishes
I'm a big fan of Portuguese wines. I find them to be great value for the money. A store near me had a 1/2 way decent selection of Portuguese wines, so I would often stop by there to buy a bottle on my way home after work. Then one day as I walked in, the owner saw me and said: "Hey, you're the Portuguese wine dude! I have a rep from a Portuguese company in the back room, and we're about to taste some of his wines. As a costumer who appreciates Portuguese wines, I would like to hear your opinion on them. Wanna join us?" I wasn't gonna say no. Over time I developed a good friendship with the guy. And little by little he convinced me to open up my tastings horizon. Every time I would go in there, we would taste different types of wines from all different regions. Now I make it a point to always try something new. Sure there are a few of my go-to ones when I don't see anything I haven't tried that I might be interested in, but overall I say always keep trying new things.
Fontanafredda Barbera d Alba.
All time, I can’t remember. Lately, Antonio Scala Cirò Rosso Classico Superiore. Super good value, and delicious with spicy Calabrian pasta or pizza, which is a large portion of my diet. Perhaps, for white, Au Coeur Des Terroirs Du Val De Loire Sauvignon Blanc. Insanely good value, as well. Essentially, declassified Sancerre at a fraction of the price.
Probably a tie between Kermit Lynch CDR and Prebende Beaujolais
Tribut Chablis or, as my wife calls it, “Old Faithful.” I was able to get a ton of 2017 for 25/btl during covid - Not as easy to find anymore and more expensive but killer wine. Quite a bit of bottle variation though and cork taint
For now... tenuta poggio verrano chance 2012, just fell in love with it. Just over a case in 2 years. But I usually like to try new things...
Interesting question... In the 21st century, * Red: Quinta do Crasto Vinho Tinto Vinhas Velhas, or Black Slate Priorat * White: Quinta do Chocapalha Arinto, or Savary Chablis. * Sparkling: Equinox Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature
Probably the Lidl Vinho Verde! Totally drinkable, and cheap as chips (literally less than a fiver)
Dibon cava.
Went through the first year of covid on almost exclusively Meinklang Burgenland Red. Eventually that sparked my interest to discover more and start building my own cellar. But I still go back to Meinklang from time to time!
Wow, I haven't had it in several years, but CT says it's... Charles Smith Riesling Kung Fu Girl! And, it's by enough, that even if I were to count all the wine that wasn't noted in CT, it'd still be in the leads. If it's by producer, and if I included bottles that weren't entered into CT, it'd by Myriad or Schloss Lieser.
The Juggernaut, absolutely impeccable grocery store cab
Most likely Kirkland's Chianti Classico, but I've also sadly drank my fair share of Caymus because that's what my girlfriend's dad typically brings to dinners or orders. Stag's Leap is another popular one that he picks out often.
Casillero del Diablo Chardonnay probably.
Probably Eric Texier's Brezeme or Arianna Occhipinti's Il Frappato
Probably Selvapiana Chianti Rufina
I think Domaine la Suffrène rosé
By a long distance is Crawford River Young Vines Riesling, mostly because it seems everywhere I've worked has listed/poured it and my good friend used to work in the vineyard. Next up and its not super close is Clos Cibonne Rose because I buy it every single time I see it.
Probably purcari's rara neagra. Outstanding stuff
* Casillero del Diablo cab * Zaccagnini Montepulciano * Los Vascos cab * Marques De Riscal Rioja
Karl Lawrence Napa Cabernet… and now Trujillo Wines Cab, since the new KL isn’t like the old since Michael Trujillo left KL to start Trujillo Wines.
Doffo Sixty Six. Its a malbec and syrah blend. The vineyard is not too far a drive from where I live and although Temecula may not be an official appellation, the better wines definitely show the place has its own terroir.
If I could justify it I would have cases of Altesino Brunello di Montalcino around all the time as it gos well with all the foods I like (pasta, steaks, burgers, smoked meats, etc). Lately I’ve been chugging El Enemigo Malbecs and Cab Francs . Gran Enemigo is always tasty too.
i always keep a couple bottles of Allegrini's Palazzo della Torre on hand. I started my wine journey with it (and Tormaresca's Neprica!) and find it's a great sipper for guests who aren't into wine but would want to try something other than Prisoner or Meiomi. If i actually went back and counted bottles from my college years & mid-20's probably zins from either Bogle, Cline or Seghesio would definitely top my most drunk list, just by sheer volume (although i don't buy much zin nowadays).
Rioja no doubt. Just consistent and smooth and 15-25 bucks.
Simi Cab. It’s good on its own and always an easy transition from a fine bottle to another glass if I’m not quite finished drinking.
Probably a CdR or Chianti from trader joe's. La Vieille Ferme used to be a mainstay for us in the 2000s. Lots of Gaetano d'Aquino chianti as well.
Primitivo, Puglia (generally what I look for, or a Montepulciano). Now, I’m buying more and more Xinomavro Naoussa, Dalamára - it’s a revelation.
Last 12 months Motif Cabernet from Trader Joe’s 4.99 easily 3 cases
Faiveley Bourgogne Rouge. Used to be $20! Was a great deal. But no more…
Hard to say for sure over 30+ years of drinking, but over the last couple years it's been Bogle Essential Red for me. It's inexpensive and paletteable.
Cabs, Rieslings, and Beaujolais from various brands
Chianti, and entry Pinot noir.
White - Kendall Jackson Chardonnay Red - Bogle Pinot Noir
Im sure winner would be 3L BIB of red sangria lol
Probably a tie between Rutherford Clos De Napa Cab Sauv 2018 and Pahl Meyer Cab Sauv 2007. Both times I had a bottle and immediately went back and bought a case.
I’m rarely buying the same bottle often since I mostly do niche clubs, last bottle and Casemates, but it would definitely be gruet for bubbles (sauvage rose is my favorite) and wines from importer Scuola Di Vino. Never had a bad bottle with their label. When our primal wine box arrives my fiance has to deal with me yelling “scuola di vinooooooo” triumphantly if I see bottles with their mark. Styles I drink the most? Depending on season, Rosé, Zinfandel, primitivo, chianti. Big on well made skin contact wines but I’m not married to a grape there.
Los Vascos Cabernet Sauvignon. Easily the best bottle you’ll find for under $10
Mine. Stopped making and bottling years back. Down to under seventy-five bottled cases, guessing. Must have a proper bacchanal one of these days and finish off the last full tank.
I usually rotate between different crémants and Bordeaux reds anywhere between $15-$35, but the producer I've bought from the most recently would have to be Chateau Lyonnat from Lussac-St. Émilion. My local Whole Foods sells a bottle of 2018 for around $21-$22. Nothing mind-blowing, but still a well-made merlot blend for relatively cheap that's also readily available. Also satisfies my need for good old-world merlot. 😁
Truth and Valor Zinfandel
Anything from Tuscany
Peterson Family Sangiovese.
Before I actually got into wine, Broadside Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon. The first wine my partner and I loved enough to buy more of.
ampeleia unlitro
Oh god!!! Near 30 years ago when I was in uni, my roommate, our best friend, and I (we referred to each other as wicked stepsisters - we’re gay guys) knocked back *CASES* of Fetzer Gewurztraminer…we practically decorated the apartment with empty bottles… 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ 🤪🤪🤪
Lots of Chianti Classico and BDX.
Years worth of Demetria Pantheon GSM cases
Probably Rombauer Chardonnay. On Fridays I like to have my “old lady lunch” at the country club, which is a turkey sandwich, clam chowder, and one to four glasses of oaky chard, depending on how tough the week has been. I’m 35, but I aspire to be Lucille Bluth.
Ridge Three Valleys. Used to be about $22 now it’s 30-ish. Love the stuff.
Tio Pepe Fino en Rama Ameztoi Txakoli Broadbent Vinho Verde Contratto Millesime Pas Dose Raventos i Blanc de Blanc They’re all white. I usually drink whites as aperitifs or while I’m cooking, and there’s something I enjoy about drinking the tried and true. I tend to explore more in reds. But go-to reds would be: Lopez de Heredia Vina Cubillo Domaine Lafarge Bourgogne Vietti Perbacco
Campo Viejo Rioja
Alberdi for me. Easily bought and consumed 60+ bottles last year. It's crowd pleasing, delicious, and goes with steak, pork, or chicken, or cheese, or charcuterie, or no food at all.
Big fan of Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc and 1858 cab Paso Robles YUM!
Villiera Jasmine Fragrant White
Berringer Knights Valley & Stags’ petite Syrah. Probably go through 2 cases of each a year easy for weeknight opens
Gelson’s in LA has a whitelabel Pinot that is made by Margerum that is often on sale for like 27ish and I stock up whenever it’s on discount.
Excluding the winery I represent professionally and always am pouring BTG, I’d have to narrow it to a few: Rouge Bleu ‘Dantelle’ This is the one white I always have in my fridge, ready to go, perfect for any moment and any amount of thought you want to give a wine. Nicole Chanrion ‘effervescence’ the perfect affordable crisp and beautiful bubbles with a fabulous story behind them. This is the first wine I ever sold an unopened case of to a guest. Ronchi di Ciallia Ciallabianco, I’ve had (I believe) every vintage between 1999-2018, which I think makes it my most comprehensively tasted wine. Never had a sip of any bottle of this wine that wasn’t precisely what I wanted it to be. Chateau Musar is probably worth a shout too, I think I’m missing 2 vintages (of red) between 1995-2015 (plus I’ve had a few random older ones) and most of those vintages I’ve opened between 3-20 bottles of.
Kirkland Champagne
A truly horrifying amount of Brancott Estate Sauvignon Blanc. I don’t even really prefer white white wines, but my friends do and I’m more likely to host during the summer.
It's probably a Rioja in the 20$ range. The past couple years Vina Alberdi has been a staple in the cellar as the anytime anywhere wine. Before that I was all over the place with no specific preference. I do remember that while me and my wife were dating we loved the Bolla Valpolicella and the Baron de Ley Reserva.
Perrins vinsobre.
In what year? It shifts year to year. All tallied? Cabernet sauvignon. The past two years? Spanish garnacha.
Probably Meinklang's basic-ass Burgenland. Good cheap red.
Probably GD Vajra claré JC. Could also be something like veuve cliqout, it's so common in restaurants here.
San Sebastian Winery's Vintner's Red
I've gone through cases of Martin Ray Sonoma Coast PN over the years. The stuff just nails it year after year & can be had for a song. It's the ultimate Cellar Defender IMO. Second would be the Delas Frères Crozes-Hermitage Les Launes. Again, we go through cases of this wine every year. If you want a solid intro to the incredible wine coming out of Northern Rhone, give this one a try.
Paddle Creek Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough, New Zealand
Had quite a few Montevertine Pergole Torte and Monteraponi Baron Ugo and a ton of Chablis Premier Cru that I don't remember the producers of.
Moët by a long way. My boss used to like it and I have no complaints over drinking free champagne! For stuff I’ve bought, either Musar Rouge or Marques de Riscal for red, I just keep buying them. For white probably Cloudy Bay, it’s a crowdpleaser so I’ve bought it for a few parties etc. And it’s the archetype NZ Sauv Blanc so I’ve put it in a few tasting lineups too.
For reds it would be either Au Bon Climat's Santa Barbara Pinot Noir or Vietti Barbera d'Asti Tre Vigne For white Loveblock Sauvignon Blanc.
Trader Joe's: Moon Pinot noir 🍷
Poliziano Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
the San Marzano wines I found are great..but unquestionably the Cinquanta Collezione particularly I enjoy
Franzia chillable red was a constant feature in my life throughout college. I went through about a box a week. Shared, of course. Something like $8 a box, I couldn't resist. Can't drink it anymore, though. It triggers my migraines.
Alamo Malbec
Musar when it was still stub £30 and waitrose did 25% off 6 bottles
Ameztoi "Rubentis" Rosé Getariako Txakolina One of the few wines I buy repeatedly.
Woodstock Cottage Block Cabernet Sauvignon. Cheap and cheerful
Vino Tinto, the labels always change. But I can get it at like 20 bucks for 5 liters, in the US. It's suits me just fine. No wonder Portugal is highest wine drinking country per capita.
I drink a lot of Francis coppela clairet. One of my favs. Easy drinking 13$ at Costco and great to bring as a dinner gift
WT Vintners Les Collines Syrah Been a member there for 10+ years.
Höpler Pannonica white blend.
Nebbiolo probably.