On Apr 10, 11:16�am, "Mydnight" > wrote:
> On Apr 10, 10:56 am, "Gary Childress" > wrote:
>
> > Today at Costco I spent $35.00 for a bottle of Franciscan Magnificat.
> > The most I've yet spent on a bottle of wine. *I sure hope the stuff is
> > good!!
>
> Most of the stuff, especially around here in China, I buy is around
> 10USD. *There again, the wine quality is more akin to the 5USD range
> with a mark-up. *I have yet to find anything that doesn't have that
> "cheap wine" flavor sans a bottle of Malbec from Botega
> SomethingorOther a few months ago. *Ya'll pray for me in my newfound
> voyages into the universe of wine, please. *I'll need all the luck I
> can get.
>
> So much more difficult than tea.

That "cheap wine" flavor is more than likely the result of chemical
additives. Wine in the $5-$15USd range made in the USA is usually
made at a plant that resembles Dow Chemical more than a winery. These
wines rarely see any time in barrel and go from grapes to bottle
within a few days hence the need for chemical additives to stabilize,
preserve and "age" the wines by chemically manipulating the flavors
and tannins.