The Best of Budget Wine

If you're looking for some new, affordable wines to drink this summer - this article & video on LAist.com is the place to go. Budget drinking has become somewhat of an obsession with wine writers in recent months (thanks mostly to our lovely economic recession), and I have to say that a handful of those articles have turned me on to a number of really great, really cheap varietals. This particular piece, titled How to be a Budget Wino, gives a rundown of a few more wines that will surely make that list. LAist spoke with some experts from Fresh and Easy Neighborhood market to get down to brass tax about budget wine.

From LAist:

The folks at F&E work with wine producers from all over the world, including New Zealand, Argentina, Australia, Spain, and Italy, as well as on the West Coast of the US in Washington and here in California. They've got 65 specially-selected wines available exclusively at their stores, and many of them have won awards, and can be had for under $11. The folks at F&E floated some samples our way, and we've been sipping our way through a $4.99 Ogio Primotivo, a $3.99 Northwood Cabernet Sauvingnon, a $1.99 Vista Point Chardonnay, and a $4.99 Pink Flamingo Rose. (Our fave pick of the four is, hands down, the Primotivo; also, read about LAist's Caroline on Crack's Wine Smackdown taste test.)