Best cheap wine?

[brihaha]

Im somewhat of a connoisseur myself, but on a budget and i think i know the best cheap reds at the supermarket, its:
- Taylors Promised Land Cabernet Sauvignon ( the one with a seahorse on the front). It is rich, balanced, complex and easy to drink, $13.99 at New World currently

What is your pick for best cheapest wine?

 

[abelievingman]

@brihaha Chateau d'Cardboard.

 

[abelievingman]

@abelievingman But seriously, if you make it into Sangria or Mulled Wine if it's a box of red, or into a Spritzer if white, then nobody will really notice much at all if you're using a cheap wine to make it out of.

 

[grace911]

@brihaha Honestly the clean skin range from Woolworths is absolutely fine. The shiraz is nice.

For whites I like Fat Bird.

 

[cameronandjulie]

@grace911 Apparently Cleanskin takes the dregs from the rest of the industry so it’s realistically a lottery. You could be getting a bottle that’s leftover from an amazing Shiraz, or leftovers from a terrible one.

 

[grace911]

@cameronandjulie Totally.

However I've noticed that the woolworths clean skin reds have a less rough taste than the Paknsave ones.

 

[heathercc7774]

@cameronandjulie Cleanskins are typically excess produced from bumper harvests or cancelled export orders. They are a form of artificial scarcity. Can't have too much of your expensive wine floating around or it devalues the bottles your customers have paid a premium for.

From wikipedia:

Cleanskin wine was introduced to Australia in the early 2000s as a way for the wine industry to cope with a massive oversupply of wine, and a resulting drop in prices.

 

[chaz491]

@heathercc7774 Also not true

 

[heathercc7774]

@chaz491 No, you!

 

[missj]

@cameronandjulie Have been buying cleanskins for years and only once had a real dud.

 

[chaz491]

@cameronandjulie One hundred per cent not true!

 

[resjudicata]

@grace911 Second the clearskin.

For the price it is great stuff.

Worth also checking out the box range. Winesmiths do a very respectable Shiraz and per 100mls, it was something like 0.90$ a serve which honestly I don’t think is too bad. PAK’nSAVE often has the cheapest option.

 

[kay1807]

@grace911 CALL IT COUNTDOWN DONT GIVE IN

 

[grace911]

@kay1807 I'm so old it's returned to woolworths for me

 

[tekkud]

@grace911 I'm for the cab sav and the merlot. There's one that is a mixture of both but nah not really. But you can afford to be picky @$8.19

 

[styrmir]

@grace911 I love their merlot

 

[missj]

@styrmir Me too!

 

[youradventistfriend]

@brihaha Any of the reds from 19 crimes - the red blend is my favourite, I call it my 'house wine'. It's regularly on 'sale' for $13.99

 

[deryck]

@youradventistfriend 19 crimes cab sav is absolutely my go to

 

[mandabz]

@youradventistfriend The 19 crimes chardonnay is extremely good too.