Want to drink like a wine pro without breaking the bank? These 10 underrated wines deliver incredible quality for $20-35, often outperforming more expensive bottles. Learn wine at https://winefolly.com/
Whether you love bold reds or crisp whites, I’ll show you what wine professionals already know: the most exciting wines often fly under the radar. Join me as we explore exceptional varieties from Sicily, Portugal, South Africa, and beyond!
Video Chapters:
00:30 Why 10 Wines?
01:04 1. Nero d’Avola
02:02 2. Touriga Nacional
03:11 3. Carignan
04:16 4. Montepulciano
05:24 5. Cinsault
06:31 6. Pinotage
07:45 7. Chenin Blanc
08:56 8. Vermentino
10:12 9. Albariño
11:20 10. Marsanne-Roussanne
12:33 Outro
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49 Comments
This clip is awesome 👏🏻
I love Colombard, was not on your list but no once can blame you, there are many good options out there
Chile has lots of old-vine Carignan and Cinsault from Itata and Maule also worth seeking out.
Excellent suggestions. I have had most of them and will fill in the gaps.
This is a great video that I wish I saved for tonight with a glass of touriga nacional. You’ve shared so many great recommendations here!
Pinotage is amazing!
Did you hear that sound? That's my wine seller buying a new boat as buy one of each
Silvaner!!
As in most cases, Greek wines absent, despite being some of the best value for money; example: on Horkey's YouTube channel, the Greek Ramnista Xinomavro beat, in blind tasting, a Barolo 3 times the price. A few suggestions that come in between 20 to 30 dolllars: Ramnista, Karydas, Thymiopoulos Xinomavro reds, Gaia Agiorgitiko red, Sigalas Assyrtiko-Athiri white, Troupis Moschofilero Hoof Lur white, Alpha Estate Turtles Malagouzia white.
“Stemless wine glasses are good for… water.” —-Wine Folly 😂
Loved this — very enjoyable. I did not know Touriga but am sold, based on your comments. I'd heard of most of the others, and you already put me on to Nero D'Avola. I like Albarino and there is some grown in Canada. Finally, how about Charbono / Bonarda?
Great video but would like to have seen the label of the wines you tried. Not fair that you blurred that out. ☹☹
Would you consider doing a video on red wines that are NOT so tannic? I'm NOT a fan of highly tannic wine as I don't like needing to drink a pint of water after each sip! LOL!
I belong to a Meetup group called, SoCal Wine Enthusiasts. We did an A-Z zoom wine tasting series (actually twice) and tried all the wines you recommended in this video. It was so much fun to try wines I had never tried before. And it was fun to see which brands folks brought to the zoom. We got to see what everyone purchased in the category for that class and expand our wine knowledge and tastes.
At the start of this video my mind raced immediately towards Vouvray and Sardinian Vementino. Here you can get the good stuff around EUR 15-20. To add a couple of oddballs into the mix, I was also thinking of Georgian qvevri wines both red and orange, not white, like Saperavi, Rkatsiteli or Mtsvane. And also Greek Assyrtiko wines around the EUR 20,- mark, they can be outstanding and great with oysters.
Great list! Where are your usual glasses? Why did they disappear from the website?
I’d love to see a video on Silvaner! Very underrated.
This is a great vid. Lots of good info packed in a small suitcase! Love your energy as always. Had/know them all (thank you Master Guide Magnum Edition!). Gotta 😂 at “lackluster-assed”.
Here’s three for you that aren’t too obscure (2 white cuz I know you drink more of those and 1 red):
– Assyrtiko
– Cortese/Gavi
– Mencia
Cheers 🍷
enjoyable vid, and lots of good tidbits here! Thank you as always… you have such great talent!
Know and enjoy them all! Solid list!
Dry Torrontés from Argentina is another solid white I love and for the money so yummy! And Bonarda from Argentina for the reds!
Dear Winefolley, Thank you for the video. I can see you are a US-only channel since we, who live in Europe and France, know, and drink all these wines regularly. Please be a little more sensitive to viewers outside the US if you want to retain them. Don’t say that wines or grapes like Carignan, Chenin Blanc, and white Saint Joseph (to pick a few), are unknown.
Thank you for showing the wine of San Rucci Winery out of Bakersfield.
Great video. I'm currently drinking a cannonau (grenache) from Sardegna. Also a very much undervalued wine (although to be honest, not entirely my style.
Michael David has some very unusual (for California) Varietals. The have very good Camenere, Cinsalt and Teroldego. Give them a try!
Unfortunately mislabelled. Maddy names and superficially describes ten examples of grape varieties from specific regions, but unfortunately no specific wines. I would have loved to see the labels.
I also knew all of them and tried them all. They're all winners
Some nice info in here! Would love to know more about the specific examples you discuss (i.e. which producers etc.). One under the radar grape I tried for the first time recently was Assyrtiko from Greece which impressed me.
Dear Madeline, i am from Italy and i Wish 2 thank U fine introducinng 2 y audience out out standing Montepulciano and Vermentino. I ❤ them very much and they deserve higher fortune forca world Wide audience of consumers. Thank U again lots of ❤. Bye
Chenin Blanc is one of my favorite wines – YOU DON'T KNOW ME!
If you are in to Nebbiolo, Greek wine made of Xinomavro is a must try.
These wines are not obscure at all… obscure grape varieties(which apparently is what you mean with wines we havent heard of) are like Timorasso, Godello, Savagnin, Mavrotragano, Nerello Mascalese, Harsevelu, Poulsard etc. Most winegeeks know all the grapes you mentioned… I mean Chenin? Or do you mean we haven't heard of the specific wines that you have blurred out in the video?
Luckily, being based in Europe (AOC Cabardes) I knew all of these 🙂 I'd add Marselan, Gruner Veltliner, Godello and Bobal to your list.
Ms. Puckette, if you want to be taken seriously as a wine expert, and I can say with confidence this is something you're struggling with, you first need to step up your pronunciation and grammar. Have someone familiar with the rules of grammar proofread your copy, then have someone more familiar with wine check your pronunciation. Some of the more egregious examples:
5:35: Mispronouncing 'Cinsault'… it's not "sin soh"…the closest (anglicized) pronunciation is 'san soh.'
8:54: "…if it was Chardonnay…"
9:23: "…same refreshing qualities that has made…"
Aglianico is what is missing 🙂
Great video and topic. Great to see content on obscure varieties and less talked about locations. Have not had; Carigan, Cinsault, or Pinotage. Nor most of the whites, seeing whites are off my radar. For good or bad. Thanks for the info, and as always: Enjoy the sunlight held together by water🍷
1: Cote du Rhone white
2: Pinot Gris
3: Northern Rhone white from Saint Joseph
This video is fantastic!!! I love all the varietals and regions mentioned. BUT, I’m a bit of an evangelist for Mourvèdre (especially as a single varietal) and it wasn’t featured here! Mourvèdre is my favorite red grape and totally undervalued especially as a single varietal wine. Spain does single varietal monastrell but my favorites have actually been new world style wines from California. Wild Diamond vineyards in particular, Lake County CA, produced my favorite wine I EVER tasted in my life of wine drinking, hands down, from any grape from any region in the world. Their 2014 Mourvèdre was an insane value and everything I want in a red wine ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
shhhh don't tell everyone about albariños!!!
Love Nero d’avola, a go to for us. Love touriga, gosh, had them all. Love exploring wines. Yuck, not a fan of pinotage, yeah nail polish. Also try Vranec and aglianico if you like assertive wines.
I’ve had all except the Carignan. I really like Nero D’avola, Vermentino , Albariño and Montepulciano.
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I am excited to try some of these whites. I generally prefer reds and will venture into whatever I can find especially if I am not familiar with it. For whatever reason I have not really done the same with the whites. I will definitely try some of these.
I'm way way way over Cab Sav and Chards. I approve of all your suggestions and I'll add Barbera, Cairanne, Muscadet and Piquepoul to your list.
There's a winery in Santa Barbara called Tercero that makes a 100% cinsault and a cinsault rose and I get some bottles every time I go. Great with BBQ foods and a great, refreshing summer drinking wine.
A few weeks ago I purchased a bottle of Montepulciano for the first time. Very enjoyable and going outside the box for me.
Albariño! A greatly under-appreciated wine! One wine I wish you had included is Assyrtiko from Greece. I was familiar with all of these except the Portuguese wine.
albarinho! and the chilean indigenious grapes.
Vermentino di Sardegna is one of my all time favorites (salty crushed rock forward for sure) – also Cannonau di Sardegna is severely under valued
Why blur the names of the wines you are talking about? Super annoying. My wife and I were puzzled by this. It felt like the video was “lacking”.