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del.icio.usSECOND LABELS, GOING GLOBAL CAN SAVE MONEY ON WINES
Here's how to be a savvy shopper for budget wines:
• Consider second labels. Many wineries make more than one wine. A portfolio can include pricey reserve wines and award-winning showstoppers as well as less expensive, downright decent everyday quaffing wines.
In the $10 range, some of these extended families are more obvious than others. Beringer Vineyards, for example, produces Stone Cellars ($8) and Beringer Founders' Estate ($8.99).
• It's OK to go biggie. If you are looking for party wine, checking the unit prices will keep the budget in check. Also, many stores give case discounts.
• Go global. The Italians, French and Australians produce inexpensive wines that hover in the $5.99-$7.99 range.
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