"wines under $10" news and stories

I love it when someone puts "palooza" at the end of a word, to make the person, thing, or event seem big and grand. Has anyone used the term "Blogapalooza" yet? I think that pretty much describes what we do here every single day.

The Boston Globe's Stephen Meuse recently held his annual Plonkapalooza wine tasting. Plonk is a red or white that you can get for under $10. Meuse and several other wine lovers get together every year to find out what the best ones are in Massachusetts (but available beyond, of course). It's so popular that they're suggesting five bottles every month now, but still get together every year for the annual big event.

This year there was a new panel that included wine store owners and professors. Here's a list of the 50 wines nominated this year, and the above link will tell you which reds and which whites won. 24 of the 50 were in the top 5 of each taster, and many of the wines came from South Africa.