favorite inexpensive wine....(less than 20$ a bottle). somthing that would go well?

Question

with pasta or pizza, or seafood.

Answer 1

We like drinking blackberry merlot. It's sweet and just the right amount of tang to it, and is less than $10.

Answer 2

Hmmm. 20$ would not be considered inexpensive in the USA. Are you Quebecois by chance? (that you put the dollar sign after
the "20" suggests that to me). If so, 20$CDN still would pay for 60% or more of what's sold at the SAQ; not to mention enough to buy any of the "dep" wines. And the SAQ is very strong in its Italian selection (I would be traditional and have only a good Italian red wine with pizza or red sauce pasta) - simply bring a dart to your SAQ store and throw it at the Italian wines costing $12-15CDN and buy whatever it hits. It will be pretty hard to go wrong. As for seafood, it would depend on what kind of seafood it is and how it is cooked and sauced. If it is fish smoked and cold with tangy sauces on the side you can't go wrong with a dry reisling or with a good dry Alsatian or northern Italian or British Columbian Okanagan (if you can find it!) pinot gris/pinot grigio. The latter grape type, or a wonderful vinho verde from Portugal (as little as $ 3.50US in the States or $8.50CDN at the SAQ), and sauvignon blanc from almost anywhere in the world (those from New Zealand are generally considered the best at present) would be dependable choices for seafood; generally the richer the and more flavorful the saucing the more sauvignon blanc should be chosen. (Note: sauvignon blanc is the grape of most Bordeaux blancs). Don't buy any of these white wines if they are more than 3 years old. Chardonnay can be more iffy: many can overwhelm if the seafood is cooked delicately, but some - Maconnais from France and chardonnay from Italy's Alto Adiage, for example, are very good for that.

I have just given you a few guidelines for choosing something
dependable to be good matches for just taking off the shelf if you are not sophisticated. Of course there are scores of other seafood applicable white wines - like Italian trebbiano or blanco de custoza for pasta with shellfish in garlic and oils - for specific, more discriminatory matches.

Or, if you are indeed Quebecoise, consider taking a drive to one of the small wineries near the American frontier and pick up a bottle of seyval blanc or vidal blanc - not more than a year old! - wines of local origin and pride generally interesting and good for seafood, and a pleasant trip (the Townships village of Dunham is the center of the tiny Quebec artisan winery industry but there are occasional wineries making vidal and seyval extending about 100 km east and west of there).

Answer 3

My fav inexpensive wines to go with pizza & pasta are:

Six Prong Red
Pepe Sangiovese
Cycles Gladiator Syrah
House Red
Maryhill Reserve Sangiovese (this may be a little more than $20)
Amberhill Cabernet
Il Bastardo
Chiaramonte

Nice inexpensive whites are:

Maryhill Viognier (a little sweet)
Fetzer Gerwurtztraminer (a lot sweet)
Maryhill Gerwurtz (also quite sweet)
Reuscher-Haart Reisling (Sweet but with a citrus finish)
Duck Pond Pinot Gris
Maryhill Reserve Chardonnay
Moscato Allegro (very sweet)

Have fun!

Answer 4

there a lot of good suggestions here but I always go with Yellow Tail. Its an australian wine, they have a merlot, cabernt, for your pasta and pizza and a chardonay for your seafood. Also I heard that Three Blind Mice was pretty decent.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Dear VirgoWiccan,

I like a Jacob's Creek Chardonnay, or something to that effect. Check the wine database at the Wine Spectator - hard to go wrong! Pinot Grigio or Riesling might not be too bad, either.

--j.

Answer 7

Beringer's or Sutter Home Pinot Grigio or White Zinfandel

Answer 8

Moscato is a light wine that is also sweet and usually around $10-12. It's in the Italian section usually.

Answer 9

Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio - great with pasta or try Luna-di-Luna the Chard/Pinot mix

Answer 10

I am not sure of a wine that would go well with those foods but for dessart you can buy a bottle of Mascoto wine for under $10. It is slighty sweet, and really good.

Answer 11

Pinot Grigio, though try to get it from the creators of the variety, Santa Margherita.