Today on Serious Grape I take on California Cabernets --from a budget perspective. (picture from hahnfamilywines)
I love Cabernet from my home state, but they can be prohibitively expensive, hard to find, or both. What I can find in the wine stores and supermarkets is often blah and boring.
Recently I tasted through a wide variety of Cabernet Sauvignons. Click over to Serious Grape, my weekly column on Serious Eats, to see what I thought were the best in the $10 and under category, the $10-$15 category, the $15-$20 category, and the $20-$25 category.
No matter what your budgetary ceiling, if you love Cabernet from California I've got a recommendation for you.
i don't like the test of wine made from grapes... i wonder why the grapes is so delicious but when it is turned into wine, so many people don't like the taste..
ReplyDeleteI would never dare to find California Cab "values", but I think you have nailed a few goodies. Problem is that Cab is SO valuable it makes no sense to put it in a cheapo, you use it to boost production of your overpriced regular bottling...
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as a practical matter, i've basically given up on Cali cabs in the sub-$20 range after one too many boring insipid bottles.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you did the legwork & sipping for us!
please keep on blogging :]