if you live in a state that has a trader joe’s chances are you can get charles shaw at $2 a bottle.

check this out….

it is VERY good wine and very inexpensive!

if you have a costco near you go there. i bought all my reception wine from costco. i don’t remember all of the brands, but coppola was 1 of the reds and it wasn’t too expensive. i think each bottle was about $12-$15 each.

PLEASE, steer clear of any flavoured wines (arbor mist) or any cheapo wines (woodbridge). Yellowtail may sell in magnums that would be ok for a red wine. They may even have a chard that would be acceptable. I’d recommend doing a Merlot and a Chard for the varietal of wines as you can typically get inexpensive bottles that still taste good.

I recommend Amberhill either Merlot or Cab. This is one of the few under $10 cabs I’d ever buy.
Toasted Head Chard would also be good, as would a simply Maryhill Chard.

Good luck to you and have fun! : )

I am simply amazed that almost all of the answerers until me wrote answers that seem to suggest that they are and you are assumed to be American!!! Like so many other questions. Don’t they know that the English version of Answers is reachable and read by all the computers in the English speaking countries listed below, most of which have their own dollar as unit of currency, and many computers in the other coutries as well? Their attitude really bothers me.

Anyway, to answer your question, I assume because you say you will have it with cheese you are looking for a red wine. Certainly if you are going to serve it in carafe buy boxed varietal or varietal blend wine, and save. Some of them are very good, especially many from Australia and South Africa (a few “jugs” from California, too) and they are getting better all the time because the world has a wine glut at present. Most better off-licenses in the U.K., Australia,, S.A. and the USA will have good selections, and many of Canada’s provincial monopolies as well (though more expensive there). But stay away from the new tetra packs. Every one I have tasted was just awful. Also, if you choose a Californian wine be careful about the alcohol – for some reason Californians are making more wine with higher alcohol that hits you like a hammer.

And for your future dinners don’t assume a $50 bottle is always going to be better than a $ 10 bottle. It’s not so.

arbor mist… like 7 bucks a bottle and a variety of flavors to choose from!

87/100 Cono Sur Pinot Noir 2005
Valle del Rapel, Region del Valle Central, Chile
Produced By: Vina Cono Sur
Distributed By: Maxxium Canada (Vancouver)

A new year from Cono Sur Pinot Noir 2005 and it’s still selling for less than $10. Cono Sur is releasing several new high-end pinots but at this price, with these flavours it’s hard to walk past this bottle. Spicy, licorice root and black cherries all with a touch of earth. By this by the case but be sure to decant each bottle and serve it blind. No one will believe you can buy pinot at this price.

89/100 Cono Sur Gewurztraminer Limited Release 2005
Bio-Bio Valley, Chile
Produced By: Vina Cono Sur
Distributed By: Maxxium Canada (Vancouver)

Lovely ripe nose with honey, ginger, sausage, peach, spicy mineral nose. Very round, soft, ripe palate but quite dry and balanced. Spicy, citrus, sausage, honey, nectarine skin flavours with a slightly buttery, mineral finish with good acidity, intensity and length.

87/100 Cono Sur Viognier Limited Release 2005
Valle del Colchagua, Valle del Rapel, Region del Valle Central, Chile
Produced By: Vina Cono Sur
Distributed By: Maxxium Canada (Vancouver)

This wine goes from strength to strength and the price must be embarrassing to many other wines. The nose is full, spicy open and brimming with orange citrus notes. Only 40 per cent of the wine sees wood the rest is kept in stainless steel. The palate is fresh and dry with honey and mineral flavours. Serve well chilled all summer this is patio superstar.

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Gotta have bubbly. Cook’s is a good brand for around $4.00, or at least it was in 1994. It’s about one step above Andre. My guests raved and wondered what it was, where they could find it, and it must have been so expensive! Easy to find too. And what better occasion for bubbly than a wedding!

Rosemount Traminer-Riesling (white) – under $10 a bottle and Rosemount Shiraz (red) – also under $10 a bottle. We served both at our wedding a year ago and all our guests were impressed with the selections and enjoyed them. Best wishes!!

Any wine from Chile will do the trick. It’s quite tasty and not “pricey” at all. Either white or red wine. Yummy.

Santa Carolina is fairly common with both white and red choices, and would be lovely to both the layman palet and the addict (like me). But really, anything you can find is good. Honestly – I’ve never had a bad experience with Chilean wine. And…I drink lots of wine. Lots. Loads.

Some of the people suggested Zinfandel. Personally, I wouldn’t serve it to the general population. Only a few would want it.

Brut Champange