Favorite Bottle of Wine

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by Chicago88

Ive tasted better Arbor Mist / Barefoot/ Yellowtail than some of the likes of Robert Mondavi, Opus 1, Kathryn Hall.. etc.

Malbecs are my favorite varietal.

I would put Mondavi in the first category. Opus One was founded in part by the Mondavi family. All three of those are pretty commercialized, just like Barefoot and Yellowtail. Again, probably things that can be had in Target or a grocery store. (I will say here, however, that good wines can be bought at a Costco or Sam's Club; they actually have pretty decent wine buyers.)

You have to be careful about Chardonnays...a lot of people are allergic to oak, so if they drink oak-barrel Chardonnays, they can get pretty sick. It's much more common than you'd think. They can drink steel-barrel Chardonnays just fine. Because of that, I only gift Chardonnay to people whom I know drink it regularly and enjoy it.