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Nov 2, 2008

Best Value Wines From Wine Companion – James Halliday Shares His Secrets

James Halliday has written or co-authored over 60 books on wine since 1979, and has been a contributor to others (notably the Oxford Companion to Wine and Larousse Encyclopaedia of Wine). He has been kind enough to share with MagicChefHat the best value wines (from 2009 Wine Companion edition).

Here is the information:

Special Value Wines

As always, these are lists of 10 of the best value wines, not the 10 best wines in each price category. There are literally dozens of wines with similar points and prices, and the choice is necessarily an arbitrary one. I have, however, attempted to give as much varietal and style choice as the limited numbers allow.

Ten of the Best Value Whites $10 and under

Wine	Rating	Price
2007 De Bortoli Sacred Hill Traminer Riesling	87	$6.95
2007 De Bortoli Sacred Hill Colombard Chardonnay	87	$6.95
2007 McWilliam’s Inheritance Semillon Sauvignon Blanc	89	$6.99
2007 Beelgara Estate Range Semillon Sauvignon Blanc	87	$7.95
2007 Westend Estate Outback Semillon Sauvignon Blanc	88	$7.95
2007 Yalumba Oxford Landing Sauvignon Blanc	89	$7.95
2007 Arrowfield Estate Bowman’s Crossing Semillon Sauvignon Blanc	89	$9
2006 SplitRock Vineyard Estate Reserve Hunter Valley Semillon	89	$10
2007 Zilzie Selection 23 Sauvignon Blanc	90	$10

Ten of the Best Value Reds $10 and under

Wine	Rating	Price
2007 (Geoff Merrill) Mount Hurtle Grenache Rose	88	$8
2005 Andrew Peace Blue Sand Cabernet Merlot	89	$8.95
2006 Jindalee Estate Circle Collection Shiraz	88	$8.95
2006 Warburn Estate Premium Reserve Cabernet Merlot	89	$9
2005 Byrne & Smith Woolpunda Red Block Shiraz	88	$9
2006 Angove’s Long Row Cabernet Sauvignon	89	$9.99
2005 Llangibby Estate Adelaide Hills Tempranillo Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon	90	$10
2006 Sinclair Jeremy Cabernet Shiraz	90	$10
2006 Jacob’s Creek Shiraz	89	$10
2004 Koonowla The Ringmaster Shiraz	89	$10