I gravitate to a wine shop’s French and Italian sections for affordable quality wines; many excellent bottles from these regions are under the $20 price tag. Your options are wide and varied if you know what to look for.

First, understand that wine doesn’t have to be expensive to be good. However, consumers often choose what they are familiar with and overpay for sub-par or not-good wine.

My advice (when looking for wine in this price range) is to free yourself from brand-name wines of the New World and venture over to the Old World. You will likely get a very nice wine at a better value.

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