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Default Low-end wine and beginners (was Which red wine with Tri TipHors d' oeuvres?)

Dana H. Myers wrote:

> Do these wineries regard themselves as "low-end" ? I was
> really thinking of mass-market box and < $6/750ml retail
> as the "low-end" segment. I'd regard the above as boutique
> and/or regional curiosities.


I was referring to typical wineries that individuals frequent when wine
tasting. Most box/jug wine producers don't tend to cater to the walk in
wine tasters as much as most other typical wineries.

> I was thinking of Franzia, Woodbridge, Blackstone, Fetzer,
> Yellowtail, Beringer Founder's Estate, even Charles Shaw
> as more typical of wineries aiming at low-end mass-market.


True but those wineries are mass production facilities. I was referring
to noting what people request while out wine tasting at wineries.