While some occasions require a carefully selected bottle aged in your cellar for years you’ll often find many more situations that need a quickly selected, affordable wine that tastes great. Good, low priced wine needs to please all range of tastes and preferences without breaking the bank. You should know, that great tasting wine does not need to cost a bomb. In fact, with a little bit of attention to the details of the label, area and brands you can find a goldmine of georgeous wines for only a few dollars. We’ve put together a list of our best wine under $10 to help you spend less time in our store and more time enjoying a glass of red with your friends.
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How to find good cheap wine
In a world that boasts shelves for cheap wine, it can undeniably be overwhelming and, frankly, a little confusing when it comes to choosing a bottle that fits your price range and that tastes really good. Wine, like good coffee and fine chocolate, is valued in higher monetary terms than other common products. Buying these super cheap products will definitely leave you waking up with a hangover the next morning, or lead to a coffee headache in the middle of the afternoon. Taking advantage of modest customer trends as well as the concentration of domestic and foreign vineyards in mass production, there is in fact a wide range of easy to drink grapes and not too sweet, all at bargain prices. Check out the tips and tricks on how to approach the purchase of cheap wine that even the wine snobs will enjoy.
Avoid Expensive Wine Regions
If you find a bottle for less than $10 from a region known for its good bottles, which cost on average more than $20, put the bottle down and move away slowly. It is highly unlikely that the $10 Napa Cabernet Sauvignon you are holding is that rough diamond. In fact, it’s probably full of sugar and the minimum amount of Napa grapes needed to put the Napa name on the label in the first place. Don’t waste your time with cheap wines from expensive wine regions.
Choose White wines instead of Reds
Generally, if you’re looking for a satisfying cheap wine, your palate will be much happier if you spend $10 on a bottle of white wine than $10 on a bottle of red wine. This is because red wine takes much longer and a lot more money at the end of the vineyard to eventually qualify, which means that the cheaper a bottle of red wine is, the worse it will be. Unlike red wine, white wine is not meant to last long and is usually used on the fruit side when the grapes are still young (except, of course, for nutmeg and chardonnay, which are dry white by nature). However, for the sake of spending, you will get more bang for a dollar on white than red. Since many white wines never see oak and spend very little time from the grapes to the glass – compared to red wines, which can age over the years – they are much more likely to find a quality white wine for less than $10. Especially if you are looking for something light, bright and refreshing. Wine is cheaper because you don’t pay for the time you spend doing it – because someone has to help cover the cost of this winery.
Look for less expensive labels from well-known wineries
There is an exception to the rule about wine regions: sometimes a famous producer in a prestigious region will have several labels on his wine offer. As with many brands, you will often find a premium label next to what offers good cheap champagne and other wines. You should also pay attention to sales and special prices for premium wines. A little bargain hunting can really be worth it.
Check the name & region closely
What is a wine name? Basically, the name tells you where the individual wine grapes were grown. For example, champagne is a place in France and the only place in the world where champagne can be produced. In addition, the name can be a specific description of a place where wine is grown, like the Napa Valley merlot. These geographical characteristics are regulated by law and applied to ensure that what is listed corresponds to what is in the wine bottle. But the more important, the more precise the name, the better the wine. When looking for a bottle of wine in a wine store, do not forget to see the name of the wine; if the label does not have a precise or vague geographical description, you can buy a bottle filled with cheap grape fillings, and this will not leave a good taste in your mouth.
