This blog is for the average Joe who buys wine that costs less than $20 at your local grocery or big box store. If you routinely drink wine that is more expensive from your local wine shop and have a cellar full of collectable wine, this blog will not be for you. In Greenville SC we have the 4 largest retailers of wine on one stretch of Woodruff Road- Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Costco and Total Wine and More. This blog will help you find great wine at an affordable price.
It has been a little over 3 months since I last posted on this blog. I have taken that time to enjoy old favorites as well as wines bought directly from wineries. I needed a break from trying a lot of unfamiliar wines so that I might have something new to write about. However, now I am planning a live video post for the OlliLife newsletter at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman University about value wines from lesser known wine regions and this will require Wine Jane and I to do a lot of research. Well, someone has to do it! There are few places that have as much affordable quality wine as Spain. The best known wines from Spain come from areas like Rioja in the northern part of Spain. However, even greater values can be found further south in the areas bordering the Mediterranean Sea. One such area is Yecla, about 50 miles inland from the sea. In the past seven years, I have posted about four wines from Yeccla. All have been blends of the traditional Spanish g
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