Dr. Francois
Well-Known Member
Flumpy said:Are you referring to all the CR line or just the Paisano?
Just the Paisano. The others, I feel, try to be something they are not. Paisano doesn't claim to be a varietal (Merlot) or immitation appelation (Hearty Burgundy). I get a headache when I drink CR from the other lines, but not with Paisano.
For the most part, though, you're buying bulk, unaged wine from lesser regions, for instance around Modesto, CA. Good areas for produce...not great areas for wine. Every wine producing country has these regions for domestic consumption and table wine. Ours comes in bigger bottles for bigger people and bigger value.
I don't think Americans have ever really understood table wine. The Spanish, French, Greeks, and Italians do not spend $19 on a bottle of wine for a Tuesday dinner.