So I was going to try one of Chateau St. Jean's less expensive bottles, but I just couldn't be persuaded with the selection at my local store ( Read more... )

First off, I dig the community concept. 
Probably one of the easiest staples as far as inexpensive wine goes:  Yellow Tail Shiraz.  I believe it's $7.99/ 750 mL bottle.
YellowTail also has a reliable Pinot Grigio.

I'm a bit confused actually.  For my birthday I received a bottle of Ravenswood cabernet sauvignon that was really good.  ($10.99-12.99/ ( Read more... )