Invited to a dinner party and looking for a great bottle of wine to take? Or planning on giving wine to your employees or good clients for the holidays? It is possible to impress without breaking the bank. Go online and do a little research.
We have a subscription to Wine Spectator and they have lots of tools you can use to find great wines at reasonable prices. But you can also do the research for free. Go visit the Beverages and More! website. You can search on 90 point wines in various price categories - they even have an under $10 category. Impress your host and impress your palate. It's not that hard. And many of the wines you find online are available at your local grocery store. One of our favorites - Columbia Crest, Merlot Columbia Valley Grand Estates 2003 with a price of $11 and a Wine Spectator rating of 90. (You can get it even cheaper at Costco).

Gillian Parrillo
The Sacramento Executive