On 2007-07-22, James Silverton > wrote:

> I guess standards differ. TJs wines are drinkable but I've not
> had a *great* bottle of wine for $5 since the 1960s :-)

I have. A 1L bottle, no less. Back around '92-93, Woodside was
closing out the previous year's bottling of Zinfandel. They were
discounting it all over town and I was just getting started on wines.
I bought out all the places that still had some, about 6 cases from
different stores, all bottled in different places, all about $5-6.
Most of it was just ok, a few bottles had turned, but there were 4-5
bottles that were spectacular, even by a neophyte's standards.

While not a $5 bottle, Gallo had a cab in '94 that was fantastic for
only $9-10. When people caught on, it went like wildfire. I wish I
still had some of those.

nb