600 wines and I only had 61. I might propose the Chateau La Tour Saint Emilion or their Pauillac. I've only had two of their bottles of Saint Emilion and lusted for a bottle of their Pauillac. A cheaper but still excellent wine comes from the Mondavi brothers' Napa valley company. There once was one company owned by I believe was two sisters and three brothers. The two sisters and one brother wanted to branch into the cheaper coastal wines which I've tasted and are junk while the other two brothers wanted to continue with their Napa Valley operation that turned out high quality wines. I believe there is some bad blood in this split. A still cheaper wine that is almost as good as the Mondavi Napa Valley wines is in the state of Washington in the Columbia valley. The company is called Columbia and there is a Red Willow Valley which I believe is in the Columbia Valley that turns out some really good wines. This is the one I highly recommend. They used to have a vintner by the name of David Lake who put his name on the label of his best wines and they were well worth the money. I'm going to stick with my Red Willow, Columbia cabernet sauvignon as the best red wine for the price. They use to sell it at Costco.
For a sec I read the thread title as Blazers' Wives of Choice and thought that would have potential as the best thread of the summer. Then I noticed it's about wine and MM posted. That took the wind out of my sails. Haha
