Comments on: Enlarge your Pinot dollar – Pinot under $20 – new world or old world?

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:44:31 +0000

Frank,
Thanks for the referral of Fine Wine Discounters. Great selection of wine at very reasonable prices!!!
Jack

By: DW

DW — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:42:51 +0000

Looks like the issue here is availability.

If you all or yawl (depending on where yawl from) could get access to Oregon the way Virginia does then this discussion would most definitely be about which $40 Willamette Valley Pinot made you “poop your pants” or whose $90 Willamette Valley Pinot is worthy of a future orgy. Its almost as if the less you’ve heard about an Oregon Winery then the better they taste…Why…because “IF” they taste “THAT” “GOOD” “THEN” “WHY” “WOULD” “THEY” “TELL” “YOU”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:51:45 +0000

Fleur Central Coast PN and Rock Point Oregon PN are both very tasty new world style and can be found around $15-17.

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:13:16 +0000

Check out http://www.finewinediscounters.com. I’ve purchased a lot of wine from them and they provide excellent server!
-Frank

By: Norm

Norm — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:11:10 +0000

Does anyone know where I can get some Pinot’s online and inexpensive wine for that matter?
Thanks,
Norm

By: Bill Burge

Bill Burge — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:19:30 +0000

I third/fourth the Pali wines and am the biggest fan of the Bluffs.

By: Ned Hoey

Ned Hoey — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:23:49 +0000

This cost me $10. 2007 Antugnac Pinot Noir. Not a Burgundy but produced by a Burgundian producer in southern France. Better than many CA pinots costing 3+ times that.
The notion that it can’t be done or done consistently is not truthful.
It’s marketing propaganda.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:41:58 +0000

Why would anyone vote that Pinot under $20 has as much appeal as the dump bucket (19.0%, 39 Votes)? It seems to me people like to be ripped off. Name one other product where people would scoff at getting a deal. And if anyone out there thinks that decent Pinot Noir cannot be made for $20 they know nothing about winemaking and are willing to eat into marketing B.S.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:26:21 +0000

I think the problem with New World Pinot Noir (especially from Oz) is that the top half dozen under $20 are not exported.

By: Maratenes

Maratenes — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:57:21 +0000

I love Pinot, I prefer Burg, but there are some very good cali PN. Check out Tolosa PN San Louis Obisbo. Beautiful fruit forward Cali style. On of the better sub $20 PN I have tried recently.

By: Charlie Olken

Charlie Olken — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:27:40 +0000

Sounds like a Pali love-in. When I tasted the new Pali Pinots, the Huntington was still priced at $40, and it showed perfectly well. I was surprised when the winery sent out a press release advising that the price had dropped to $19. At that price, it is a bargain.

Other wines that showed up as bargains in my tastings were:
–Kenwood 2007 Russian River Valley, an amazing wine that tastes like Russian River Pinot. At $18, it outpoints its many of its AVA peers at twice the price. OK, its not Kosta Browne or Williams Selyem.

Carmel Road Monterey bottling at $17 is another wine with lots of quality for the money.

And if you are not familiar with the $12 Pinots of Castle Rock, and you are looking for priceworthy versions of the grape, try either the 2007 Sonoma County or the 2007 Mendocino County.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:15:23 +0000

My husband and I are big fans of Pinot but have found it difficult to find anything worth repeating under $20 until we started trying PALI too. They have 2 or 3 Pinot priced right at $20. I recommend trying Huntington

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:06:30 +0000

I’ve had a ton of great pinots from Burgundy for under $20

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:06:29 +0000

I’ve recently tried Pali which now has a few choices under $20. Alphabets and Huntington are out favorites. For the money its a no brainer. Their more expensive selection are even better but for the $ you will be hard pressed to find a better pinot.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:22:33 +0000

I haven’t had very much domestic Pinot under $20 that was great. I’ve had quite a few from Germany, Alsace, weird parts of France, and basic Burgundy that was good.

I also had quite a bit of great stuff at a good price in the Okanagan in Canada.