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Saturday, November 12. 2016

Tastiest affordable wine I have found yet, reposted


This is what I'll get for the Thanksgiving wine this year. 


We had a fine dinner on Saturday with friends at a Portuguese place.


I believe I discovered the tastiest affordable red wine at that restaurant: Ramon Bilbao Riserva. Yes, a Spanish Rioja - and in a Portuguese restaurant.  I can't use those fancy wine words (except rich and earthy for this one), so just try it if you are one of those millions always looking for delicious wine that tastes like a $60 bottle but costs $16.


My nice wine shop says they will get some for me, and that they have had enough requests for it that they may decide to carry it.


Ignore Wine Spectator - to me it's above a 90.



Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink at 16:19 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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I'll keep an eye out for that one.
#1 Texan99 on 2016-02-11 17:18 (Reply)
If you have a Total Wine & More near you, they have it in stock for $19.99, as well as a $12.99 Rioja Crianza, a $16.99 Rioja Limited, a Gran Reserva for $24.99 and a Rioja Mirto for $65.99.

http://www.totalwine.com/search/all?text=ramon-bilbao
#2 Jerry on 2016-02-12 08:19 (Reply)
I just bought some Ramon Bilbao 2013 Crianza from our local Costco for $15.99 Canadian, about $US11.81 and had the same reaction to this less expensive variant. Quite smashing, these folks know haw to make wine.

If a Canadian Costco has it, maybe your local one does too.
#3 Fred Z on 2016-11-13 13:54 (Reply)

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