French Wine: Underpaying and Overdelivering, Part 1
by Jarred Gild
Every wine drinker I've met has an anecdote about that time they didn't pay very much for a bottle and it way overdelivered- and now you can have another one! These two wines are some of the best deals we've come across, both cheaper then they should be, but for totally different reasons. It's no surprise, to us at least, that they're both French; when you have a country with so many people making wine for so long, there is inevitably going to be a number of them that are good at it. The real key though, the best way to make sure that you're getting a great bottle, a factor more important that varietal, place of origin, or even price, is having a good wine person. Tell them in what situation you plan on drinking the wine, what you normally like, and how much you want to spend, and they should almost always be able to get you something great for your money. Without further ado, good juice for $12 a bottle:
