Good Red Wine, I think it’s a common question, can you recommend a good red wine to try ? never mind we all have different tastes, different ideas on how much we would pay on a bottle, favourite countries to buy from etc etc. Is there a bottle out there that suits most tastes. I watched the TV series a couple of years ago with Oz Clarke and James May, when they toured the US. I think one of their goals was to find a good red wine for less than ten pounds, $15 dollars, and that ended up as a bottle of Ravenswood although exactly which one I couldn’t tell you. I know people who swear by a Malbec from Argentina, others who look for a Rioja.
For me it always been something from Chile, I’ve long held the belief that I get more for my money with a Chilean wine than a French wine, and I think this is true, how much I’m not sure but I reckon if I’m spending £10 or $15 on a bottle then I’m going to get a very good bottle of Chilean wine but a fairly average French bottle. Of course I’m talking generally, there are always exceptions.
As to what grape or vineyard, I haven’t got that nailed down yet, but its good fun sampling.
